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#Covid19UK #Ventilators

Extremely concerned with slow action / inaction following letter to SoS Health

Ventilators should have been top priority for last 2wks: it’s been a known problem since 2016

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2016
Our letter
German govt
Newsnight film👇
#Covid19UK #VentilatorShortage

This shortage is neither news nor was it unavoidable

“Despite the severe failings exposed by 2016 pandemic planning Exercise Cygnus, the govt’s planning for a future pandemic did not change”

Shocked they did nothing
newstatesman.com/politics/healt…
#VentilatorShortage

I’m urging all existing specialist producers to accelerate production

German govt ordered 16000 from two domestic producers

Britain worse equipped and slower to start; asks any manufacturer to instantly retool “easier said than done”
economist.com/business/2020/…
#VentilatorShortage

All of us welcome publishing tech specs and the appeal to manufacturers

But this should have been done weeks ago; ventilation & ICU have been known capacity problems since 2016

We’re losing time we don’t have; let’s get ahead of this
#VentilatorShortage

My thoughts are with everyone on #Ventilators tonight, and their anxious loved ones - including these medics who contracted #Covid19 while treating patients

We need SoS Health to be getting ahead in all areas of #NHScapacity & #PPE
#VentilatorShortage

While I welcome the entrepreneurial spirit of asking any engineering company to join the fight, this is highly specialist lifesaving equipment & hard to make

Govt should be ahead of capacity shortages; we also need #ventilators staff
news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
#VentilatorShortage

The #NHS has 8175 respirators
It looks like we need several times this
1200 extra is NOT a “massive deal”

All capacity is welcome capacity; but we need less triumphalism, and more ventilators - this is very far from being solved
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Ed Davey MP 🔶🇪🇺
@EdwardJDavey
#Covid19UK – my statement on economic reponse of govt

We face an unprecedented threat, and we must utilise every available resource to protect people's livelihoods and support business at this extraordinary time.

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#Covid19UK – economic statement

The level of financial interventions proposed by govt may prove commensurate with the gravity of the current crisis, but must be kept under review.

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#Covid19UK – economic statement

For now, we urge government to act rapidly to implement the measures outlined by the Chancellor to provide immediate relief to businesses already struggling, and to provide certainty for the coming weeks and months.

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Ed Davey MP 🔶🇪🇺
@EdwardJDavey
Dealing with #covid19UK should be govt’s top priority.

I’ve called on #Johnson to pause Brexit trade talks and extend transition period so Ministers can focus.

Failure to prioritise is a recipe for disaster.

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theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
UK faces a gathering storm of managing #Coronavirus, dealing with ongoing #FloodingCrisis, whilst attempting most complicated negotiations and supply chain restructure for generations.

Govt couldn’t manage #floods crisis on its own, so how can they tackle all 3 massive threats?
#Johnson has been conspicuous by his absence during #flooding crisis and failed to show the leadership required over a threat as serious as #Coronavirus.

He’s out of his depth.
And we’re out of time.

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Ed Davey MP 🔶🇪🇺
@EdwardJDavey
Britain should be championing human rights, not trashing them - and our global reputation along with.

After WW2 we helped create the European Convention & Court, with Churchill playing key role.

I love our country. This is not who we are.
uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id…
Written in 1950, the European Convention on Human Rights is supported by 47 states, stretching far beyond EU

It’s one of the world’s anchors for a free & fair society

We must stop #Johnson taking away the rights & freedoms of Brits under guise of Brexit
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_…
Sadly this is not a new fight...

I’ve defended human rights before from Tory attacks, and I’ll defend them again.

And I’d hope the vast majority of the British people are with me.

Protecting human rights is who we are.
#BrexitDividend #ToryDamage
politicshome.com/news/uk/home-a…
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B Sriramulu
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Grad student advisors: Your mentees lives & work are changing in real time, & concerns affecting their wellbeing may be layered. Some are stressed, others are ok and have emotional bandwidth for peer mentoring. Consider check-in’s with each to discuss several things:
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💵Basic needs
Conferences are cancelled, and money has been spent for them that may not be easily reimbursed. Some students make ends meet w side gigs that may have been cancelled. All of this falls in the middle of debates about grad students’ cost of living. Have the talk.
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Lukas
@BaddictsPH
REMEMBER THIS: Feb 1, 2020

A Chinese man from Wuhan has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines. First death outside China. Duque rejected the idea of temporary ban for it might start “political and democRatic repercussions” 1/n

#COVIDー19 #MMLockdown
Duterte agreed that imposing a ban might “threatened the goodwill he had built” w/ China and focused instead on the issue of cancelling the VFA ‘coz Bato’s US visa has been cancelled by the US. Dito palang nag-ingay na kami. Pero di kami pinakinggan. 2/n #COVIDー19 #MMLockdown
Backtrack. Yung namatay last Feb1 nakapagtravel pa sa 3 probinsya with someone na also infected. There were also flight still coming in from Fujian province to Davao as late as Jan 29 without 14day quarantine. 3/n #MMLockdown #COVIDー19
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Jaime Alejandro Sánchez Gutiérrez
@PleuralPOCUS
ESTRATEGIA DE CONTROL DE #COVID EN #UK

¿Se intenta algo similar en México?
@doctormacias

ABRO HILO

Copiado y traducido de: @iandonald_psych
1. La estrategia del gobierno en #COVID Es ➕ refinado que los utilizados en otros países y potencialmente ➕ eficaz. Pero también es➕riesgoso y se basa en una serie de suposiciones. Deben ser ✅, y las medidas que introducen deben funcionar cuando se supone que deben hacerlo
2. Todo esto supone que estoy en lo correcto en lo que creo que el gobierno está haciendo y por qué. Podría estar equivocado, y no me sorprendería. Pero me parece a mí.
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Dr Nicole Beardsworth is on strike
@NixiiB
Boris has announced NO NEW MEASURES to contain #COVID-19, & has basically said "keep calm and carry on." No school closures, no university closures & a belief that "banning big gatherings won't help, & may make things worse." Spectacular leadership failure at a watershed moment.
They're stopping testing all cases & will essentially lose a sense of how many cases there are. They're saying that the population needs to develop "immunity" for when this comes around again, & that people should realise that they will lose many more loved ones before their time
Somehow the British government keeps insisting that they are "following the science" but are taking the opposite course of action to every other country in the world. They expect to already have 5-10 000 cases, and are no longer going to accurately keep score...
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Robᵉʳᵗ Graham
@ErrataRob
I keep seeing this article go around. It's the height of silliness, spending more effort on political attacks against "preppers" than discussion what you should do to prepare.
blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/p…
There's a good chance we'll end up like Wuhan with most of the population stuck at home for weeks, even a couple of months. So do the obvious thing and stock up on some canned food and medical supplies you can't do without, and read: ready.gov/kit
That's the practical persons guide to preparing. The SciAm op-ed was the "Young Comrades Guide to Socially Responsible Preparedness", the same suggestions, but colored by politics.
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