Hedgecutter Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Detournement said: The medicine thing seems like complete nonsense to me. The Berlin airlift kept West Berlin supplied with everything for 11 months. The idea that the government can't coordinate with Pharma companies to get medicine over the channel is absolutely absurd. They clearly have the resources to do that. Unless you live beside an airport, problem solved: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, Detournement said: The medicine thing seems like complete nonsense to me. The Berlin airlift kept West Berlin supplied with everything for 11 months. The idea that the government can't coordinate with Pharma companies to get medicine over the channel is absolutely absurd. They clearly have the resources to do that. I'm sure everything is possible at a price but what a fucking waste. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, GloryHole said: That last paragraph, oft. Scenes if/when the highest court in the country rules that the result of Scottish law should (in the eyes of the English) 'trump' the result of English law. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Snafu said: There's a story running now about a father's fear for his daughter who's life-saving medicine for helping her body deal with her new kidney after a transplant ran out at the hospital he goes to collect from, so ended up going to Bristol to source the medication there. The concern that the likes of hospitals are not stocked with supplies ready for the possibility of a no deal exit. My opinion - saving money, budget etc. https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/brexit-fears-dad-after-being-16907787 It's poor now and has been for years and it could get worse. It's an example of the problems many people could face from the possibility of a brexigeddon. After my recent regular check-up and refill at the local hospital, two of my five prescription items were out of stock, and had to be collected two days later. While I was waiting for what they did have, four other patients were given "IOUs" rather than the medication they obviously need. The drugs I'm on now aren't particularly heavy duty, so I'm just slightly inconvenienced. If this shitstorm was coming over the horizon when I was undergoing my cancer treatment, I would have been properly apprehensive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: Once the flu hits and I haven't logged on for a couple of weeks, your wish will be becoming true... I'm no spring chicken, either... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 49 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Beheading in the Tower of London would be nice. Nah, we'll get him back up on that zipline. And leave the cúnt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I'm no spring chicken, either... Are you chlorinated? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Granny Danger said: Are you chlorinated? We haven't Brexited yet... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Just now, Jacksgranda said: We haven't Brexited yet... Aye but No Deal preparation like... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 The medicine thing seems like complete nonsense to me. The Berlin airlift kept West Berlin supplied with everything for 11 months. The idea that the government can't coordinate with Pharma companies to get medicine over the channel is absolutely absurd. They clearly have the resources to do that.Airdropping in medicine like they do in 3rd world countries is the best idea we’ve got.Brexit is well on track. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 The medicine thing seems like complete nonsense to me. The Berlin airlift kept West Berlin supplied with everything for 11 months. The idea that the government can't coordinate with Pharma companies to get medicine over the channel is absolutely absurd. They clearly have the resources to do that.But....but......we’ve got The Failing Grayling Ferry Line for this sort of thing, don’t we ??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 25 minutes ago, Detournement said: The medicine thing seems like complete nonsense to me. The Berlin airlift kept West Berlin supplied with everything for 11 months. The idea that the government can't coordinate with Pharma companies to get medicine over the channel is absolutely absurd. They clearly have the resources to do that. operation P{lainfare/Vittles, with planes arriving sometimes at rate of more than one a minute, brought in 4500 or so tons a day. The Raf currently has around 130 transport aircraft - and more than half of those are the smaller payload, slower choppers. The airlift supplied all sorts, we'd just need meds. But rather than the less than two million population localised in a very small area, we'd need these drugs to be dispersed to almost forty times as many people living all over the islands. I can't be arsed working out where all the fucking fuel is going to come from. Still, at least we've moved on from WWII references to the Cold War. Some kind of progress, I suppose. Oh, and BLLLLUUUUUEEEEEEPAAAAAASSSSSPOOOOORRRTS! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Are you chlorinated? Only when I mix up the chemicals in my squalid sex pond hot tub. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Another moron to put on ignore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 17 minutes ago, Snafu said: I find it interesting and disturbing how even the central and moderate right wingers of politics are being removed from the government, like a purge and the far right are slowly grasping power within the chaos, shutting down democracy and creating a power vacuum which can leave few or just one alternative. Interesting and disturbing because something similar happened in Germany during the late 20's and 30's. Interesting that the supposedly rabidly right wing BBC is showing series stuffed full of analogies and parallels at the moment called The Rise of the Nazis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 31 minutes ago, GloryHole said: The Daily Mail with an exclusive about how one of the Scottish judges loves France...and Jazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Interesting that the supposedly rabidly right wing BBC is showing series stuffed full of analogies and parallels at the moment called The Rise of the Nazis. That's just to soften us up... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Detournement said: The medicine thing seems like complete nonsense to me. The Berlin airlift kept West Berlin supplied with everything for 11 months. The idea that the government can't coordinate with Pharma companies to get medicine over the channel is absolutely absurd. They clearly have the resources to do that. I have already explained the issues with drug supply. We don't produce many drugs in the UK. Pharmaceuticals are highly regulated with tightly controlled and documented supply lines. There are major worldwide issues with counterfeit drugs, some of which have made it into the UK, despite the regulations. Supply chains must ensure the drugs are appropriately stored at appropriate temperatures and that this is recorded. Many drugs cannot be stockpiled. We have current shortages of key drugs, a weak pound will encourage speculators to buy drugs in the UK for export abroad. Guaranteeing quality and reliability of supply is going to be a significant challenge, given we follow EU regulations currently. Edited September 12, 2019 by Cyclizine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: 47 minutes ago, Detournement said: t. operation P{lainfare/Vittles, with planes arriving sometimes at rate of more than one a minute, brought in 4500 or so tons a day. The Raf currently has around 130 transport aircraft - and more than half of those are the smaller payload, slower choppers. The airlift supplied all sorts, we'd just need meds. But rather than the less than two million population localised in a very small area, we'd need these drugs to be dispersed to a The government could use boats as well as planes or put on special medicine trains to go through the tunnel. Medicines already get distributed throughout the country so that's a non issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Detournement said: The government could use boats as well as planes or put on special medicine trains to go through the tunnel. Medicines already get distributed throughout the country so that's a non issue. We managed during the Blitz, we can get through this by Jiminy! Why we would voluntarily create this mess and huge expense is beyond me though. Edited September 12, 2019 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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