Reply to: keeping it for themselves

[darmstadt]

Was it the Chinese?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...coronaviruses/

With support from the USA?

US gave $3.7 million to Wuhan laboratory for conducting experiments using virus from bats

[WTFH]

Methanol is an alcohol. I don't recommend drinking it.

Evidence that NAT learns from his mistakes.

[NotAllThere]

Isn't Chloroquinine a quinoline and that is found in alcohol based drinks also in cocoa and black tea? Also the name suggests that is has some relationship with quinine so Gin and Tonic is probably the best :-) I have probably had this drug, having had malaria when living in Nigeria which also gives rise to why so many expats in far-flung foreign places drink Gin and Tonic (it's actually the tonic which has quinine in it)

Yes, it's related to the quinine in your tonic. But being related doesn't mean "the same as". Methanol is an alcohol. I don't recommend drinking it.

[WTFH]

There was a care home manager on the radio earlier and she was explaining how they get through more than 300 face masks each day. They used the Government emergency procurement system for PPE as they were running out and 4 days later they were issued 160 masks for their staff that use over 300 face masks per day. PPE is in short supply and looks like it is going to stay that way...

Oh, don't get me wrong, one delivery barely touches the surface.
I've seen local guidelines being issued suggesting masks can be washed/wiped down between use. No they can't.

[darmstadt]

There was a large delivery of masks due to clear Heathrow today. It got through 2 days early, so deliveries were being made yesterday. Most of these were going to privately managed hospitals

There was a care home manager on the radio earlier and she was explaining how they get through more than 300 face masks each day. They used the Government emergency procurement system for PPE as they were running out and 4 days later they were issued 160 masks for their staff that use over 300 face masks per day. PPE is in short supply and looks like it is going to stay that way...

[WTFH]

There was a large delivery of masks due to clear Heathrow today. It got through 2 days early, so deliveries were being made yesterday. Most of these were going to privately managed hospitals

[ladymuck]

It appears 3M need raw materials from Canada to produce the masks.

Are they shipped over part-baked?

[darmstadt]

Nice:

MPs are allowed to claim an extra £10,000 in expenses to help them work from home during the coronavirus pandemic.

It comes on top of the existing £26,000 a year that MPs can each claim to cover their office costs.
...

New guidance published last month by the Indpendent Parliamentary Standards Authority, which polices the MPs’ expenses regime, said: “This is an uncertain and challenging time. Ipsa is committed to supporting MPs and their staff to carry on with their work as far as possible.”

And a letter to MPs from Richard Lloyd, the interim chair of Ipsa, said: “We have agreed a series of immediate measures that we hope will provide you with the resources and flexibility to concentrate on your parliamentary duties and support your staff.”
...
In addition to the extra £10,000, Ipsa has also relaxed the ruled on the evidence MPs must provide to back up their expenses claims.

There is a Fail articles....Why are MPs getting extra GBP10k in expenses while businesses are collapsing, asks Nick... - LBC

[d000hg]

looks like those lovely people over in india are keeping all the chloroquinine for themselves


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...premium-europe

i wonder if people will remember their behaviour???

Well they probably need all of it

[WTFH]

It appears 3M need raw materials from Canada to produce the masks.

[NigelJK]

Brings a whole new angle to playing 'Top Trumps'

[vetran]

US blocks millions of N95 face masks headed for Canada | World news | The Guardian

its Trump.

[ladymuck]

US blocks millions of N95 face masks headed for Canada | World news | The Guardian

[darmstadt]

Half inched:

So the Scottish Chief Medical Officer resigns for taking a couple of unnecessary trips and the UK Prime Minister runs around infecting his girlfriend, his personal photographer, the Health Secretary, the UK Chief Medical Officer and who knows who else, the UK Health Secretary comes out of isolation with symptoms after 6 days instead of 14 and then publicly opens new wards at a field hospital and takes a tour breaking social distancing rules and they are good to carry on in their jobs?

What is going on with the world of Westminster?

[vetran]

"Release the recipe"

Chloroquinine is out of patent. It is available generically. All you need to make it are production facilities. Novartis has commited to donating 130 million doses. Novartis commits to donate up to 130 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to support the global COVID-19 pandemic response | Novartis

in which case there is no problem apart from your smilie infection, that is a nasty case you have.