Not covering anything else specifically but this:
Apparently the PPE we have received is of poor quality/doesnt meet the basic standards needed. Not sure if this is a purchasing issue, or a delivery issue, however its clear we still cannot get appropriate PPE. NHS purchasing teams have been told they cannot buy PPE at the moment, it has to be all bought centrally to reduce the chance that there is "competing" requirements. It seems we are trying to buy kit, but what we are sent is not of suitable quality from the suppliers.
I have stayed quiet and been reading for a while, I have never been against a restart, I just couldn't see how it could be done in the timescale and safely. I am still not sure I have seen anything to suggest that isn't the case still. The fact they are coming up with more and more ridiculous suggestions shows they are desparate.
It does seem however:
1) Fast PCR (accurate to about 85-90%) can be achieved, but this ignores the dormancy issues. The only thing that might cause a problem with competing resources is that these kits still rely on elements that are needed by the NHS, and that they are struggling to purchase
2) I am still not convinced that even with testing that once one team has infections then it can be stopped from spreading to other players/teams.
3) BCD can be the only option until we have a more open policy in general. I think we will see normal games by October/November now. I still think that screws the EFL though.
That’s pretty bad, to be honest this whole Ppe thing has been all over the place and like you said it’s difficult to actually pinpoint where it’s going wrong. But what you’re saying makes sense as there have been so many conflicting stories of hospitals with loads of kit and some without, even people I’ve spoken to. So essentially hospitals were sort of running the ship themselves, some were getting good kit, some bad and now the process is changing? Did have a search online and saw this, nuts really
https://www.theguardian.com/society...hs-procurement-official-privately-selling-ppe
As for the rest I guess we’ll see how Germany does with Bundesliga. That’s an advantage the PL has, it has the opportunity to see it play out elsewhere. Though you know what’ll happen, Germany will master it and it’ll be a rip roaring success and somehow the PL will feck it all up and it’ll be a disaster.
1) I wait for the day that MDs staff challenge each other breathing in a colleagues face while grappling to flip a burger with bosses cheer them on, cleaners running a book, and academics at MDs University debating the reframing of McDonaldization. All for an extra Star.
2) You do know this machines need cartridges and swabs that are in short supply.
3) You do understand the Premiere League is a different social construct to football clubs?
1) Now you’re just being silly aren’t you
2) I am aware you need to be swabbed to be tested for a virus. I’ve done it a few times in my life.....giggidy.
I think my overall struggle to fully accept and understand there is indeed an ongoing worldwide shortage of all these supplies is because the two biggest culprits are the Uk and US. Two of the most powerful nations in the world yet when you look at testing figures these two nations are performing abysmally. Why are other countries doing it better? How are they seemingly not suffering similar
continued shortages ? I get that at any one time there will be shortages but it’s over two months, come on.
I get there’s so many variables at play but it’s been enough time to get things in reasonable order. At some point you just have to look at the obvious answer staring you in the face.
3) You do understand that the Premier League and it’s clubs are actually part of the same thing and that they work in tandem.