- Coronavirus Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on March 1, 2020, 4:37 pm
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There has just been a scathing attack on the BBC News Channel on the government's mishandling and its response to the reported increase in UK cases. There are 12 new positive cases making 35, reported 15 minutes ago. Coronavirus: Twelve more cases confirmed in England https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51697991 It came from Prof John Ashton who is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashton_(public_health_director) 'Professor John Ashton CBE (born 27 May 1947 in Liverpool) is a former a lecturer and professor of public health at Southampton/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine /and the University of Liverpool Medical School. He was Regional Director of Public Health/Regional Medical Officer for the North West of England for 13 years and Director of Public Health/County Medical Officer for 6 years.' So he knows what he's talking about. He fears the worst because so much of the national health and the public health systems has been broken or has been dismantled since 2009. There is not even adequate provision for contact tracing in his opinion. One of his tweets: https://twitter.com/Johnrashton47/status/1234137549733494795?s=20 He also quotes Guardian articles on his Twitter feed. He was particularly critical of Johnson and his shambolic response. |