tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post330463265015785436..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz update about Coronavirus (COVID-19) 1 April John Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-28411512713664396652020-04-15T00:15:27.577+01:002020-04-15T00:15:27.577+01:00Hi Anon
I have not spent 7 years training to be a...Hi Anon<br /><br />I have not spent 7 years training to be a doctor so can I suggest that people like us stay alert and questioning but do not offer such directional opinions on matters which we do not know enough about?John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-76719085223779613552020-04-05T14:49:43.700+01:002020-04-05T14:49:43.700+01:00there has been panic buying up and down the countr...there has been panic buying up and down the country and various shops accused of hiking up prices. yes this is very wasteful. The waterfront was open during the day last week. When the DLR is closed then I am sure that alternative transport arrangements will be made.<br /><br />Our NHS has been underfunded for the past decade and South Koreans appear to have tackled virus very quickly. John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-11135187877492930802020-04-05T02:02:07.231+01:002020-04-05T02:02:07.231+01:00I read in the UEL in the Royal Docks is providing ...I read in the UEL in the Royal Docks is providing free accommodation to NHS Nightingale staff.<br /><br />However, the NHS staff will have trouble walking from the UEL student accommodation to the the Excel, as waterfront walk between Newham Dockside and UEL is is closed off. There was a sign to say, it was closed due to coronovirus. <br /><br />The NHS staff will have to walk along the dual carriage, which would n't be safe. Or they may take the DLR, which may be a problem late at night or early morning. <br /> <br />Also, it may be better if the NHS staff walk it to their accommodation between Excel and UEL, just in case they are infected. It is sad to read about the lack of PPE. They may end up infecting other key workers or a cancer patient going to Central London for chemo. <br /><br />I am struggling to understand how the South Koreans have sophisticated equipment for their medics, whilst our NHS staff have something which looks inadequate. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-73838885154878776312020-04-05T01:51:00.663+01:002020-04-05T01:51:00.663+01:00I read the Excel exhibition centre has being conve...I read the Excel exhibition centre has being converted to a NHS nightingale, to deal with COVID-19 patients.<br /><br />I am concerned about how they will be handling the exhaust air?<br /><br />Excel was built as an exhibition centre, not a contagious diseases hospital. <br /><br />If you have 500 hospital beds (or 5000 hospital beds), then you have a lot of people breathing. A lot of air, which needs to be exhausted out. Because you have a high concentration of infected people, the air will likely contain the virus. Do they have a filtration systems, to trap the virus? Is the air being released is clean?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-6769013082045814592020-04-05T01:23:38.942+01:002020-04-05T01:23:38.942+01:00[Mayor] "We have also had complaints about sh...[Mayor] "We have also had complaints about shops “hiking” prices for some essentials, and while there are lengthy and complicated legal means to tackle this, the best advice is to refuse to shop there."<br /><br />A colleague told me the Asian food shops had closed down due to panic buying. They sold out of everything. They shuttered and left. If they hiked up prices, then it deters people buying more then they need, then they will go elsewhere, or may be come back, when they really need items. It is unfair on the poor. <br /><br />I saw a neighbhoour, buy food, which could last an entire year. If this behaviour is replicated around the globe and 7 billion people are panic buying and hoarding. Then what do the poorest of the poor eat in the developing nations eat??. Most of our food is imported. I hope the people who paid silly prices and hoarded, fell like a bunch of wallies, when supplies have been re-stocking. <br /><br />The supermarket shelves where picked clean of the more unusual items, which I tended to buy. I suspect most of those stuff will end up in the back of the cupboard and then end up in the bin come expiry date. <br /><br />The people who got caught out, where the ones who were not panic buying. High prices, means they can still buy potatoes to feed the family. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com