Iâve been at pains to try to suggest that whatever is happening might NEED to be happening.
Iâm not a medical person and weâre in a pandemic FFS.
I just want to be told about the choices that are being made.
At the moment, information is being kept from us in our daily briefings and weâre getting spun to.
If theyâve been contacted by that many suppliers, itâs likely that theyâll make a decision on which ones to contract. They arenât just going to say âweâll take them all, name your price,â are they, nor should they. The FT source might be leaking sour grapes for all we know, I donât like his use of the phrase âthey missed the boatâ.
LOL.
Iâm wasting my our time here, arenât I?
on the subject of care homes
In Serbia police arrested a care home manager in the city of Nis, after 140 residents got infected. The manager allegedly allowed visits by relatives, and residents to leave the home, violating the lockdown. The charges could result in a 12-year jail term
This gives some background
But the NHS decided this relatively simple model was no longer required because the treatment of Covid-19 patients required more sophisticated devices than it was originally thought were needed.
Iâm allergic to twitter 
So, yes, probably 
Posted at 11:2711:27
New plans for recording UK care home deaths
The UK has been releasing daily coronavirus death tolls, but the figures have been hospital deaths only - they have not included deaths at peopleâs houses or in care homes.
New figures from the Office of National Statistics published on Tuesday provide more information on deaths in care homes, but they are about two weeks out of date. Thatâs because they rely on death certificates, which take a while to process.
Health officials are now trying to find ways to provide more up-to-date information from care homes.
From later this week, deaths that are suspected or confirmed to involve Covid-19 will be recorded daily, Englandâs care regulator has said.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says these new figures should provide a âclearer picture of deathsâ and highlight worst-hit regions.
The CQC says it will work with the ONS and Public Health England.
It is currently unclear whether these figures will be released publicly.
It would help if the government would just stop lying. Saying it was unable to join the EUs procurement schemes as it had not received an e mail of invitation. Raab finally admitting yesterday that there were shortages of PPE, after weeks of saying it was a âdistribution issueâ. Just two examples. Hancock and Raab taking it in turns to give the daily briefing, apart from one disastrous turn from Patel. None of them being honest, evading questions, their overiding priority appears to be a damage limitation exercise on their incompetence, a masterclass on passing the buck. I remember watching a Newsnight at least three weeks ago where a director of a company manufacturing ventilators complained that despite them contacting the government with an offer for his company to speed up manufacture and supply ventilators the government didnât even acknowledge them. Government spokesperson said the correspondence must have been mislaid or other such nonsense and they would get on to it. The company are still waiting. The only logical conclusion is that âherd immunityâ is still the order of the day.
To me the only logical conclusion is that they really have not got a fucking clue how to manage this crisis and have applied the same tactics as with Brexit or the election⊠lie and confuse and deflect⊠because there will be enough fucking twats âclapping for Boris Churchillâ and being inspired by his good spirits and shear body mindedness to âsurviveâ when lesser mortals will have jumped willingly into a bodybag (if they could find one) the moment they had a snivel⊠where is the real leadership, real statesperson? Who can provide the truth no matter how difficult?
I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. At least Bazza is happy and feeling smug now that plenty of Russians are dying. Heâs probably raising a glass or two of champagne in celebration as we speak.
Local ICU capacity will be decreasing unless PPE is delivered this week. 1000 gowns per day are required. Thatâs every day. One truck load on Friday isnât going to cut it.
Just had an update from our doctor friend at Poole - 11 patients 17 empty beds Plenty of PPE. Now not expecting a surge
Really depends upon locality. Also heard today about ambulance crews being redeployed from the south to London to help out
Lots of beds, ventilators, masks and gloves. Gowns, not so much.
Ouch. Take that herd believers
Theyâre even managing to have a row about this over here.
President - it will bring 400 tons of gear
Plane - I can only lift 200 tons.
Lands - it has 80 tons on boardâŠ
OK so weight volume ratio is the answer but they live a good row here instead of DOING anything to help business/population not earningâŠ
Okay I have a request guys. Can we all stop with the doom and gloom? I need the lockdown lifted by the end of May so I can get my new puppy home. Whatâs that? Selfish? Not really as that would mean the virus is beaten but either way I want my puppy
Sorry tigger but I think thatâs highly unlikely. Iâm betting on the end of June when our Government fails to pay the self-employed at the promised time.