bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: Any chance you could put in a word for me to get funded for a few million? I have a kind of a hunch, based on, well, there's a bottle in our FA cabinet, that Calpol might be the answer. I'll have some results by the end of the summer. Honest. I'd actually say it would be a good idea for the government to have some stocks of Calpol, given the way a lot of OTC medicine suddenly became unavailable in March. I wonder what you'd have said if they'd bought a boat load of PPE and ventilators in January. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: So it is unproven in this situation. Indeed. You sound like some Tory minister in charge of research funding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, bendan said: I'd actually say it would be a good idea for the government to have some stocks of Calpol, given the way a lot of OTC medicine suddenly became unavailable in March. I wonder what you'd have said if they'd bought a boat load of PPE and ventilators in January. I'd have said they were acting on the findings of exercise Cygnus - albeit almost four years late. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, bendan said: I wonder what you'd have said if they'd bought a boat load of PPE and ventilators in January. Are you seriously comparing buying proven protective life saving medical equipment with unproven potentially highly dangerous/unproven lethal drugs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Johnson is trying to emulate that Spanish lad that managed a 6 year skive. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35557725 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, bendan said: Indeed. You sound like some Tory minister in charge of research funding. Buying a load of malaria tablets because a fat orange racist says he’s taking it isn’t funding research. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I'd have said they were acting on the findings of exercise Cygnus - albeit almost four years late. No, you'd have been in a purple-faced rage about the government giving money to 'their mates' in big business while people rely on food banks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Are you seriously comparing buying proven protective life saving medical equipment with unproven potentially highly dangerous/unproven lethal drugs? No, I'm comparing buying PPE and ventilators to buying medicine in situations where we have no idea whether we'll need them or not 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Buying a load of malaria tablets because a fat orange racist says he’s taking it isn’t funding research. No, you're right, it's not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Just now, bendan said: No, I'm comparing buying PPE and ventilators to buying medicine in situations where we have no idea whether we'll need them or not The narratives around PPE/ventilators and and unproven drug are completely different here as well you know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, bendan said: No, I'm comparing buying PPE and ventilators to buying medicine in situations where we have no idea whether we'll need them or not That's mental. Where do you stop with buying unproven medicines then just in case they might work in the future? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: The narratives around PPE/ventilators and and unproven drug are completely different here as well you know. We're spending loads of money on various medicines/potential vaccines at the moment that we wouldn't do in normal circumstances. I'd much rather we do that than adopt a wait and see approach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Could be worth getting a stash in for people who need it for Lupus or Malaria etc in case fuckwit Americans buy it all up. Edited May 20, 2020 by welshbairn 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dee Man said: That's mental. Where do you stop with buying unproven medicines then just in case they might work in the future? In a pandemic that is ripping your economy and society to bits, you should be going further than in normal circumstances. I can only assume you think 35million is a lot of money in terms of UK spending. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Could be worth getting a stash in for people who need it for Lupus or Malaria in case fuckwit Americans buy it all up. Too late brazil is buying as much as it can....its "jair,s" latest brainwave as trump is about to put a travel ban in place on brazil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Paternity leave when its his sixth bairn and he's supposedly in charge of a country in crisis. Sakes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Could be worth getting a stash in for people who need it for Lupus or Malaria etc in case fuckwit Americans buy it all up. Exactly. We've been rightly complaining about them twiddling their thumbs from Jan to March, now we're raging that they're not just waiting to see what develops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, bendan said: In a pandemic that is ripping your economy and society to bits, you should be going further than in normal circumstances. I can only assume you think 35million is a lot of money in terms of UK spending. For something that is useless, yes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dee Man said: For something that is useless, yes. But as has been said, it is proven in the treatment of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as in the treatment and prevention of malaria. Trump being an arse doesn't change that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 31 minutes ago, bendan said: In a pandemic that is ripping your economy and society to bits, you should be going further than in normal circumstances. I can only assume you think 35million is a lot of money in terms of UK spending. Aye, 35 million barely covers the stationary on some Whitehall projects. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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