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Badger-Roy
24-03-20, 07:33 PM
Sign up and make a difference, the NHS are working their nuts of to keep us safe from the plague, it’s our turn to return the favour.
https://www.goodsamapp.org/nhs?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlou0w-yz6AIVy7TtCh0C2gxGEAAYASAAEgIqz_D_BwE
So the tories spend the last ten years running the NHS into the ground, starving it of funds so it'll die a death and they can privatise it, create the hostile environment to scare away all the non-"white British" workers, and now in the hour of need they want people to work for nothing.... f*ckers...
Badger-Roy
24-03-20, 08:54 PM
So the tories spend the last ten years running the NHS into the ground, starving it of funds so it'll die a death and they can privatise it, create the hostile environment to scare away all the non-"white British" workers, and now in the hour of need they want people to work for nothing.... f*ckers...
At risk of falling out (but more then willing to do so) can I politely ask you to shut up and leave politics at the door at this time when EVERYONE should be pulling together and NOT using this as a soapbox to be an armchair expert. If your not willing to help why bother replying.
We all need to pull together at this time, whatever has gone before must be put aside.
Badger-Roy
24-03-20, 10:12 PM
We all need to pull together at this time, whatever has gone before must be put aside.
Thank you and very well said.
As someone who owes his sons life to the nhs anything I can do to help the system work I will , regardless of who should be funding what and by how much.
Signed up earlier, I was doing the local volunteering thing prior though that seems to have now fizzled off. Unfortunately my job means i don't have lots of time (Logistics).
I agree with Scotty's sentiments and those views should air now, as now is when people are listening. However Roy is right in that we should club together and sort this **** out ASAP. The politics around it shouldn't stop people doing what they can. This is quite a wide call, don't think you need to be young, healthy and with a car, they are also needing people to man the phones and talk to those isolated alone who maybe mentally going through hell.
"People help themselves, Strong people help those around them". It's time for everyone to be strong.
Looks like there has been an excellent response. As a construction worker, im still having to go out there, not out of choice i will admit. well done to all those who have signed up.
wiltshire builders
31-03-20, 09:52 PM
At the risk of falling out...
This evening I had an old customer, who is a GP in Bath, call me and ask is I had any face masks she could have because the NHS can't provide them.
2 weeks ago I was working for an MIU nurse in Chippenham who said they have to work in pairs when seeing suspected Covid19 cases but only have protective suits for 1 person at a time.
There is only 1 reason why this is happening and it's 100% political.
Volunteering is a wonderful thing but let's not forget why there is a need for it the next time we vote.
People either support the NHS or vote Tory. One cannot do both.
Badger-Roy
01-04-20, 06:49 AM
At the risk of falling out...
This evening I had an old customer, who is a GP in Bath, call me and ask is I had any face masks she could have because the NHS can't provide them.
2 weeks ago I was working for an MIU nurse in Chippenham who said they have to work in pairs when seeing suspected Covid19 cases but only have protective suits for 1 person at a time.
There is only 1 reason why this is happening and it's 100% political.
Volunteering is a wonderful thing but let's not forget why there is a need for it the next time we vote.
People either support the NHS or vote Tory. One cannot do both.
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/03-03-2020-shortage-of-personal-protective-equipment-endangering-health-workers-worldwide
Are those little blue buggers at fault for every country having PPE shortages as well!
A pandemic being 100% political, how does that work exactly,? I thought it was a virus?
As for your old customer asking you for face masks you should ask her to ring around other surgery’s as my local doctors are providing face masks to anyone entering the surgery (against WHOs advice) which tells me they at least have plenty.
The reality of the current situation is NO-ONE could have seen this pandemic coming and if any government (blue or red) had spent billions on the thousands of ventilators, PPE and other equipment that is currently needed just to put in storage on the of small chance it may be needed then the public would have whinged and moaned about the wasted public money as all these things have limited shelf life’s, should they have a huge store of boats in case of mass flooding or others things for worldwide disasters that are very unlikely but may happen in the future?
Oh and yes one can vote Tory AND support the NHS and I’m extremely proud do say I do so.
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/03-03-2020-shortage-of-personal-protective-equipment-endangering-health-workers-worldwide
The reality of the current situation is NO-ONE could have seen this pandemic coming
not wishing to pee on anyones bonfire here but not sure thats quite right Roy, There was that Chinese doctor that warned about it in December 2019 and got silenced that you may not have been aware of.
https://nextshark.com/li-wenliang-whistleblower-doctor-wuhan-coronavirus/
Badger-Roy
01-04-20, 11:00 AM
not wishing to pee on anyones bonfire here but not sure thats quite right Roy, There was that Chinese doctor that warned about it in December 2019 and got silenced that you may not have been aware of.
https://nextshark.com/li-wenliang-whistleblower-doctor-wuhan-coronavirus/
Dunno mate but sick of people trying to turn a **** situation into a soapbox to scream politics from. All I was trying to do was raise awareness and get volunteers. Last time I do.
Dunno mate but sick of people trying to turn a **** situation into a soapbox to scream politics from. All I was trying to do was raise awareness and get volunteers. Last time I do.
There will always be people like that mate, you know the saying....you can't educate pork :p
Anyone else live on this yet?
I've noticed it scans roughly an 800m radius around me, I'm guessing they tested this in urban areas. In more rural setting it looks like my housing estate in Tidworth has about a dozen people covering just the estate but a village behind us has nobody despite it being a 3 minute drive away.
The 2 people within 800m of our gp surgery must be getting hammered
Anyone else live on this yet?
I've noticed it scans roughly an 800m radius around me, I'm guessing they tested this in urban areas. In more rural setting it looks like my housing estate in Tidworth has about a dozen people covering just the estate but a village behind us has nobody despite it being a 3 minute drive away.
The 2 people within 800m of our gp surgery must be getting hammered
What is it your using WR , some sort of APP ?
What is it your using WR , some sort of APP ?
Yeah, if you follow the original link to volunteer after they verify your identity you download and login to an app they are using. Its basically a map showing "On duty", volunteers. I was watching my icon though and after a while it started showing me casting a search bubble in and out which only spread 800m.
Not sure if everyones will be identical the app encompasses all 4 volunteer types. I'm down for 2 so what i see may vary to others.
Yeah, if you follow the original link to volunteer after they verify your identity you download and login to an app they are using. Its basically a map showing "On duty", volunteers. I was watching my icon though and after a while it started showing me casting a search bubble in and out which only spread 800m.
Not sure if everyones will be identical the app encompasses all 4 volunteer types. I'm down for 2 so what i see may vary to others.
Nice one .
As far as I can see it makes no difference who is in government they will all cut services as much as they can. Our bloodbike group is celebrating its 30th year this year and at no point with any government in that time has it been thought ' we don't need to do this anymore as the NHS can cope'. Insread of armchair politics get out and help out.
Burbler
01-04-20, 08:33 PM
RNLI should be government backed as well.
RNLI should be government backed as well.
I don't believe they want to be. I read somewhere recently they enjoy being independent and running the show how they choose.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/what-coronavirus-can-teach-us-about-hope-rebecca-solnit?CMP=share_btn_fb
Badger-Roy
07-04-20, 10:45 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/what-coronavirus-can-teach-us-about-hope-rebecca-solnit?CMP=share_btn_fb
That’s a good thought provoking read mate. Well worth taking the time it takes to digest it.
Very interesting read, as has been said, very thought provoking.
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