On 10/04/2020 10:42, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 07:36:17 +0000, Stephen Cole wrote:

Harry Bloomfield, Esq. wrote:
Dave Liquorice formulated the question :
All we can do is watch the hospital admissions and once they are
showing a consistent fall for a couple of weeks, lift some of the more
draconion ones and keep a close eye on the admissions. If they start
to exponentialy rise bang the restrictions back on. The tricky bit is
spotting early enough the difference between the rise that will occur
when the restrictions are lifted and a rise that means it's starting
to take off again.

The big problem with that, is the long lag between lifting restrictions
and the infections appearing.

Sensible would be system of lifting restrictions in a closely confined
area, as a test. In Italy they have isolated a village for experimental
purposes.


I expect that the so-called Immunity Passport will be rolled out toot
sweet, so those of us that are economically productive and have shrugged
off a dose of Covid-19 already can get back to our usual routines. It
doesnt take a close study of the Tory mindset to know that theyre much
more keen about getting the economy going than keeping pensioners alive;
the next General Election is too far away for the loss of potential
voters to over-ride the cost of lockdown. And many of those that will
die from this wouldnt make it to the next election anyway, so its even
less of a concern for your common or garden Tory politico.

Of course, therell still be millions of Boomers on lockdown for months
to come while they wait for a vaccine. Theyll kick up an almighty fuss
about €œsnowflake millennials€� being allowed to do what they like again,
but the alternative is they roll the dice and catch the plague. A big
risk for that demographic.

All predicated on the - as yet untested - theory that it's not possible
to become reinfected, and that there are huge swathes of people that have
somehow developed immunity. All without a shred of evidence.


Yet the media haven't stopped screaming about the 'anti-body test' while
the Government are being sensible and evaluating the tests, checking
they are reliable etc.

I'd love to see one of the Government Scientists confront one of the
media types and call him a fool and point out just how stupid the media
are being.

If only Journalist who asked sensible questions were allowed into the
briefings, there wouldn't be any questions.

R4 this morning had an interview with someone who had come out of ICU.
Year older than Boris, clearly a far more serious case etc. He was asked
the most inane questions and they tried to draw conclusions re Boris.
Conversely, a chap local to use, even older, with several underlying
conditions, had been in ICU, his family had been told to expect the
worst, he was home a few days later, looking remarkably good in the
circumstances. People aren't the same. They recover differently.