Louisa Stage

Dundee Medical student, interested in Public Health

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@DavieConeheed @DundeePublicH haha never noticed, so simple and so effective. could minimise the damage done by crazy stories in tabloids

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

#fluscenario @DundeePublicH what about a public NHS 24 news channel, such as the BBC news channel?

[Christopher McCann @AspirantMedic]

@DundeePublicH @stagelouisa Agreed, as does Lord McAlpine! #fluscenario

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@AspirantMedic agreed, seems impossible anyway, but one can dream!

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@DundeePublicH of course! i meant it was pretty informal, rather than a lecture! also gets people thinking, rather than just taking notes

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

i think even this #fluscenario session counts as educating medical students, pretty easy and cost effective to do, would help in pandemic

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

#fluscenario control of media would be effective in preventing hysteria, but not easily done, they like stories that sell!

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

#fluscenario not to be pessimistic, but will we ever be able to deal well with pandemic? the virus always mutates quicker than we can handle

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@Riiidic but containment also sounds like you're being locked in your house and left to get on with it. bit like the black plague..

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@TaraMcClay agree with your point about 'health' people being vaccinated - also means that public services aren't shut down

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@jdcuthbertson what about the bad rep NHS24 has? would people trust another helpline if their main one is useless? #fluscenario

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@FionaGoodall 'flu'line instead? #fluscenario

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@JamieNoyes1 would save the infected person leaving the house and infecting more, if they knew a qualified doctor was giving accurate advice

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@JamieNoyes1 agreed, in an ideal word its stepping over the line. but in pandemic, to reduce spread of infection, possibly understandable?

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@DundeePublicH about the balance between doc's health/public health - are priority group docs who are at increased risk required to work?

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@DundeePublicH if we do end up with a flu pandemic, what are doctors required to do? must they work?

[Dundee Public Health @DundeePublicH]

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[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@jdcuthbertson ah okay sorry i misunderstood, but if a pandemic lasts for 3 - 5 months as the twit-longer says, i don't think it's feasible!

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@jdcuthbertson I'm sure it's not actually £8 for a vaccine straight from a pharmaceutical company, just tesco making money #fluscenario

[Louisa Stage @stagelouisa]

@jdcuthbertson parents could be off work and not earning money, and elderly family may be hospitalised, what about cost to NHS?