To be flabbergasted by this Government’s incompetence.

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*2000 of 500,000 NHS staff tested.
*Germany performing nearly TEN TIMES the number of tests as the UK. despite the WHO saying for weeks and weeks that they key is to “test test test”
*Continuing shortages of basic PPE for health workers (who are being threatened if they speak out)
*Thousands of people still cramming on to public transport, with not one metre let alone 2 metre distance.
*The Government failing to sign up to the EU ventilator scheme.
*Being one of the last Western countries to close schools and implement any kind of lockdown.

I know it’s tough for everyone but this is a level of criminal negligence from the British government. Absolutely shocking.

Remington, I think anyone with half a brain knew we’d kill the world with overpopulation. Here we are.

To those who wonder why Germany is doing so well. The answer lies with a decentralised system contracted to private providers. All hell breaks loose every time anyone suggests a similar system here, so........

Remington is definitely a troll.....

Bah, “ The answer lies with a decentralised system contracted to private providers”

You mean individual suppliers are better able to keep control and plan for emergencies?

//Ilovemypantry

@Blossomad
I am so sorry that your elderly relative is in this awful position and it must be devastating for you as a family. I can only imagine what you are going through 😢//

Thank you. I feel a bit anxious and overwhelmed with it now. It’s hitting home finally. He is my sisters dad, my mums second husband. It’s going to be hard for them and distressing.
The hospital seem to have abandoned any attempt to be sensitive toward patients or family. It doesn’t feel like we are in the U.K. even, it feels very third world/ war zone. Never experienced anything like it.

Remington is clearly a town crier from the past with all the ye’s and trying to be heard. Yawn.

Hahahah thanks for proving my point you Muppet.

Do you mean ye muppet.

Remington reminds me of Groundskeeper Willie 👀

Well Remington is making me smile on this dreary day, I’ll give them that.

It’s going to be horrendous. But I don’t think acting like Fraser from Dad’s Army gives any insight...

Yer doomed, aye, doomed, I tell ye...

ye + Pierce Brosnan fan? Must be Co. Meath.

Remingtonsteeleswife

Yep. All very funny. Till the shit hits the fan in 14 days.
You have no fucking idea.
Have you any idea how scared ye should be. How absolutley devastating it will be.
Wake the fuck up you morons.///

I’m prepared for things to get a lot worse. I think these two weeks are going to be bad. I’ve previously been out a bit for shopping and work but I’m in now. I have to go out tomorrow briefly but I’m avoiding going out for ANY reason in the next two weeks. I know the kids will be trying to break lockdown soon and that worries me.

Oh Blossomad that's horrible, I'm so sorry

It's terrible to lose someone under any circumstances but I can imagine it's even harder when it seems like no one is caring much for him, or for your family's feelings.

Co meath. Sigh.
The ignorance showing again.

Yes Remington I do have an idea. I’m a fucking nurse who was redeployed and working the ICU in the teeny tiny shit storm that was swine flu. I know what is coming, most of us do. But there is absolutely no point running round manically. What is helpful is to think this is the situation, what are we going to do. Which I think the government has done a lot of in the past 3-4 weeks. It could’ve been done sooner but you can’t change the past.

Swine flu.
Pls.
Walk in the fucking park compared to tho.
Walk in the fucking park.

I will not knock our Government at this difficult time. Nobody expected this so our Country wasn't prepared for a pandemic. All the shortages have to be made (test strips/face masks etc) and that takes time. Also closing down our businesses will have caused a Recession and obviously the Government were waiting to see if it really had to be done. All the other Countries around the world are in the same boat apart from China who have lost tens of thousands but have kept it quiet and have lied to the World. Let's just praise people for doing their best in this troublesome time and stop the negativity.

Matt Hancock was impressive in tonight’s briefing. If all his promises around testing are kept, we’ll be in a much better place. Whoever wrote his speech is at the top of their game.

As I said Remington. You’re clearly just a dumb arse wanting to shout your head off. You’ve provided my entertainment for half an hour but now you’re just boring. Ya basic!

Very telling that the first comment on this thread is that it could be worse. It's bad, but it could be worse.

The Germans don't have that attitude. The best is NEVER good enough.

We're the opposite of the Germans.

Come on, that was a good guess. He's a proud son of Navan.

“ Nobody expected this”

Why did we run exercises in this if we didn’t expect it? How could anyone look at the population level and NOT expect this?