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Contact tracing and immunity passports: questions for the government
openrightsgroup.org/blog/2020/cont… #COVID19 #coronavirusuk
Today we are releasing a short briefing on COVID19, the government response and privacy: the full text is here: openrightsgroup.org/about/reports/… #covid19 #CoronaUK #coronavirus
Key points are that we know very little about the government’s plans on mobile contact tracing apps, or immunity passports, both of which can be done in ways that protect privacy, or not.

Plus: we need the @ICOnews to help with clear public advice. #covid19 #coronavirus
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The Times today

Meanwhile, Far Right intensify propaganda against testing & urge us all to trust in UK Gov experts & senior officials....who haven't even managed to ensure adequate supply of plastic pinafores, let alone proper PPE

#HerdImmunity #Covid19UK #Covid19 #OurNHSPeople
The vile UK Far Right have been holding up Sweden's aggressive #HerdImmunity strategy as an exemplar

BUT Sweden's deaths are sadly coming home to roost

Norway, which has tested most & has strict lockdown, has much lower death rate

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#Covid19 #Covid19UK
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Whilst all eyes on the NHS, there is a storm brewing in social care

Many vulnerable potential #coronavirus victims, stuck in settings which may facilitate transmission if there is staffing crisis or insufficient supplies, incl PPE

#CoronaUK #Covid19

theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
Cases at HCOne's 80 bed Highgate care home in Lanarkshire jump - 6 to 11

At Oaklands, Hove where most residents tested positive, manager "expressed her concern that none of her staff had been tested for the virus."

hc-one.co.uk/Carehomes/High…

#Covid19UK

carehomeprofessional.com/more-care-home…
Staff and residents test positive for #coronavirus at Bradwell Hall 187 bed nursing home in Staffordshire

"A large number of staff are also unable to go in to work after showing signs of the illness."

#Covid19 #Covid19UK

stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-…
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Some key takeaways:

1) LOOK at the death rates by age group. Under 50s death rate is 0.1% from 803 deaths. Even 50-70 is low. 70+ it bites hard. Takeaway: be responsible. Protect elderly relatives from infection. /2
Next. The ‘good news’ is that the pneumonia experienced by critical cases responds to standard treatments in the standard way. Ventilation, either ‘invasive’ (ie tube) but also some ‘non’ invasive. ICU medicine knows how to do this /3
Next. The critical thing is to be able to provide intensive care beds to everyone who needs one. @DrMCecconi says that is happening in Lombardy and the hard-hit bits of N.Italy/4
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