I'm hearing stories of private firms with virus testing kits begging to help Public Health England and being turned away with contempt until very recently, on the grounds that PHE has an aversion to anything done by the private sector. The firms don't dare say this publicly.
A really interesting and informative thread detailing the timeline from when the China virus was first released. No surprise really, but it’s even earlier than we thought.
Exclusive: China’s government found 2,000 new animal viruses including deadly bat viruses and studied them at unsecured lab 3 miles from Wuhan wild animal market. Did the deadly coronavirus escape from the lab? https://t.co/p63notWIox
I’m really uneasy with EasyJet reportedly paying its shareholders £174m in dividends, and then days later, using the Government job retention scheme to pay its staff...
The Netherlands recalls 600,000 N95 masks purchased from China because the filters did not function properly. This follows Spain having to replace COVID-19 rapid tests purchased from China because they gave high rate of false positives and negatives. https://t.co/vPJLUYhmwd
Mercedes F1 and University College London engineers develop new coronavirus breathing device that means patients do not need intensive care beds - and they could be in hospitals within DAYS
https://t.co/yAUq1wrAao
Thank you for your incredible response to our previous tweet about our medical visors. We have the capability to produce thousands per day, but we need supplies of 1.0mm PET clear plastic. If you can help us, click here to get in touch >> https://t.co/4sxsi0PWCO #ProtectOurNHS
Dave my husband is a cleaning manager in Sainsbury’s, an essential worker. Every day he cleans the trolley handles, checkouts, everything people touch. He has no ppe, no magic sanitisers. Like most, it’s not near heroic, it’s to keep a small wage coming in and not getting sacked.