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If everybody who could afford a million donated a few millions each, so millionaires & billionaires it’d apply to, you’d have this crisis sewn up In no time.
Not whilst you have the population density we have. That should really read dense population who do not self isolate and stay home, do not adhere to the 2 metre rule, or social distancing and go around in groups, in reality taking the p**s.Jakubclaret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:03 pmIf everybody who could afford a million donated a few millions each, so millionaires & billionaires it’d apply to, you’d have this crisis sewn up In no time.
I’m talking globally, I’m talking about throwing copious amounts of money at scientists to work 24/7, every available scientist working & the research budget into every drug possible no money no obstacle, I should have clarified it wasn’t just the UK I meant, I’m talking about rinsing bill gates & suchlike.
Perhaps "Bill Gates and Suchlike" are already actively looking for a cure and will wait until the "suchlike" who want to "rinse" them are wiped outJakubclaret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:15 pmI’m talking globally, I’m talking about throwing copious amounts of money at scientists to work 24/7, every available scientist working & the research budget into every drug possible no money no obstacle, I should have clarified it wasn’t just the UK I meant, I’m talking about rinsing bill gates & suchlike.
I agree generally with the post, in relation to the costs I wasn't just talking about getting the vaccine over the line which in itself will save lives longterm, I was talking about the costs now in relation to the NHS, it's obvious to notice that there's shortages of everything in terms of nurses & PPE & beds eventually, hence recruiting the volunteers which is being discussed now on a seperate thread, more money at this present time would enable more kit, more nurses, more beds, a better standard for the people stricken with the virus, eventually a lack of money will play a part with shortages it's just a question of when, the longer it continues the need will intensify.mdd2 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:25 pmThey have moved pretty quickly as it is. I don't think money is constraining efforts to find a vaccine or novel treatments.I posted elsewhere on the board but in less than 3 months they have isolated a virus, mapped its structure, developed a method to diagnose infection within a few hours (we still do not know how good it is ie sensitivity and specificity-percentage of false negatives and false positives) and pretty soon to have a test which shows those who have had infection and have antibodies. And looking at the mutations they can tell in some instances where a traveller picked up their infection.That is pretty damn good in my mind.
If they get a vaccine by the end of the year then that would be incredible.
I think you overestimate just how much money Bill Gates has. If the US government took every penny he has and started spending it at midnight tonight, they would run out of cash at 8 pm tomorrow.Jakubclaret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:15 pmI’m talking globally, I’m talking about throwing copious amounts of money at scientists to work 24/7, every available scientist working & the research budget into every drug possible no money no obstacle, I should have clarified it wasn’t just the UK I meant, I’m talking about rinsing bill gates & suchlike.
Where are these nurses coming from? You can't turn someone into a nurse just by paying them. Training takes time as well as money. There's no need to obsess about money - the government is throwing vast amounts at it. I suppose that PPE shortages could be addressed by going to the poorer nations of the world and offering them so much money that they might deprive their own nurses of PPE so that ours could have it, but is that really the aim?Jakubclaret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:19 pmI agree generally with the post, in relation to the costs I wasn't just talking about getting the vaccine over the line which in itself will save lives longterm, I was talking about the costs now in relation to the NHS, it's obvious to notice that there's shortages of everything in terms of nurses & PPE & beds eventually, hence recruiting the volunteers which is being discussed now on a seperate thread, more money at this present time would enable more kit, more nurses, more beds, a better standard for the people stricken with the virus, eventually a lack of money will play a part with shortages it's just a question of when, the longer it continues the need will intensify.
There is also the point that Gates has committed about 90% of his wealth to his foundation - it is the largest/richest of it's kind and has been in operation for 20 years - he also persuaded Warren Buffet to add his wealth to it as welldsr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:45 pmI think you overestimate just how much money Bill Gates has. If the US government took every penny he has and started spending it at midnight tonight, they would run out of cash at 8 pm tomorrow.
How much extra benefit would it be if, say, weathermen started work on coronavirus cures? I suspect that most of the available and qualified scientists are already working on coronavirus
Wasn’t that from 2015?Chester Perry wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:52 pmAnother point about Bill Gates - he told the world to prepare for a pandemic 2 years ago - the world did not listen
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_th ... anguage=en
yeah I changed that - he has spoken again in the last few days
Chester Perry wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 5:04 pmyeah I changed that - he has spoken again in the last few days
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_ho ... 9_pandemic