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Last wednesday, having spoken in a debate, she was packed into a division lobby with 318 other Conservative MPs: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=202

by twic 7y ago

Last wednesday, having spoken in a debate, she was packed into a division lobby with 318 other Conservative MPs: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2020-03-04b.903.0 https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2020-03-04b.903.0 With grim irony, voting against a motion on increasing equal access to healthcare.

makomk 7y ago
Against a motion blaming the current government for inequality in health outcomes. The vote itself is a minor and uninteresting bit of political theater; all the actual substance is in the debate. It's also worth noting that this isn't simply about access to healthcare - as several MPs from both sides of the aisle point out, it's about broader social and economic issues and their impact on people's health. That seems like something to bear in mind when considering how much economic damage is worth it to try and stop this coronavirus.
- KaoruAoiShiho 7y ago
  So you're advocating giving up on containment? If you do it renders the efforts of everyone else in the world also useless.
  - mygo 7y ago
    We are way past containment. Obviously containment has failed. It is not contained. We need to be focusing on mitigation. Containment and mitigation are two entirely different strategies.
    - KaoruAoiShiho 7y ago
      It worked in all the asian countries.
PeterisP 7y ago
It's claimed that she's self-quarantining now. However, shouldn't everyone she had contact with be self-quarantining for 14 days now, to verify if they caught it from her or not? Is NHS recommending that? Are all her recent contacts (including these MPs) being traced and tested or quarantined?
- marksomnian 7y ago
  From the article: > Public Health England had started tracing people she had had contact with, and the department and her parliamentary office were closely following its advice. So that will probably happen within a day or two.
  - notahacker 7y ago
    The idea of the Opposition passing legislation because all her government colleagues in the voting lobby are unable to attend due to being in self-isolation is an interesting one...
- Balgair 7y ago
  > But she added she was worried about her 84-year-old mother who was staying with her and began to cough on Tuesday. Well, that's not great. I hope all of them remain healthy or get well soon.

by twic 7y ago

makomk 7y ago

Against a motion blaming the current government for inequality in health outcomes. The vote itself is a minor and uninteresting bit of political theater; all the actual substance is in the debate. It's also worth noting that this isn't simply about access to healthcare - as several MPs from both sides of the aisle point out, it's about broader social and economic issues and their impact on people's health. That seems like something to bear in mind when considering how much economic damage is worth it to try and stop this coronavirus.

KaoruAoiShiho 7y ago
So you're advocating giving up on containment? If you do it renders the efforts of everyone else in the world also useless.
- mygo 7y ago
  We are way past containment. Obviously containment has failed. It is not contained. We need to be focusing on mitigation. Containment and mitigation are two entirely different strategies.
  - KaoruAoiShiho 7y ago
    It worked in all the asian countries.

PeterisP 7y ago

It's claimed that she's self-quarantining now. However, shouldn't everyone she had contact with be self-quarantining for 14 days now, to verify if they caught it from her or not? Is NHS recommending that? Are all her recent contacts (including these MPs) being traced and tested or quarantined?

marksomnian 7y ago
From the article: > Public Health England had started tracing people she had had contact with, and the department and her parliamentary office were closely following its advice. So that will probably happen within a day or two.
- notahacker 7y ago
  The idea of the Opposition passing legislation because all her government colleagues in the voting lobby are unable to attend due to being in self-isolation is an interesting one...
Balgair 7y ago
> But she added she was worried about her 84-year-old mother who was staying with her and began to cough on Tuesday. Well, that's not great. I hope all of them remain healthy or get well soon.