The money has switched from Tories to Reform, these grifters have always been in politics for the dosh.

And cut out the 'flunami', 'super flu', 'worst case scenario' rhetoric (looking at you, NHS England, for the latter two).

It's not helpful. At all.

I follow Trish because she knows her stuff. But on this I disagree. It's healthy debate.

And I wore a respirator for work over many years.

The two people I saw today (while shopping) wearing FRSM would have *no chance of avoiding infection* in an enclosed space that had a virus circulating.

I understand where Trish is coming from. An FRSM can help. And a respirator that is loose fitting can be worse than a FRSM.
But I think we should be raising our game to explain the details of what PPE should be worn and how.

Korea and much of Asia wear respirators.

What took you so long?

Also wearing just any old mask (e.g. FRSM) will leave you prone to catching a different airborne virus, to the one you already have.

This is definitely not best practice but a slippery slope to failure.

It's not difficult to educate the public which face covering performs better and why. Just difficult to get someone at UKHSA or NHS to explain it all.

Source control?

"We are still learning" about #LongCovid according to Chris Whitty. Very much like it took years to grasp HIV.