Spat between Chief Minister and Dr Glover

[Gladys]

38 minutes ago, manxman34 said:

*are plural

The word is plural, ie the singular word.  

[Gladys]

2 hours ago, hissingsid said:

So you are the grammar Police now Gladys........great probably the most important job you have ever done in your miserable life.

How would you know? 

[Anyone]

Sid is all knowing.

[Gladys]

Of course. 

[finlo]

20 minutes ago, Gladys said:

How would you know? 

Re-election has made him protective or government types!

[Dr. Grumpy]

Hmm.... I had to look up Dr. Glover. As far as I can ascertain, she is not a medical doctor and does not have any relevant field expertise or experience in controlling a Pandemic. Also there's plenty of local experience and expertise in laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19. So I'm at a loss trying to understand why we think HQ should be listening to her rather than his Public Health and Infection control consultants. What am I missing here?

Edited October 27, 2020 by Dr. Grumpy

[Andy Onchan]

17 minutes ago, Dr. Grumpy said:

Hmm.... I had to look up Dr. Glover. As far as I can ascertain, she is not a medical doctor and does not have any relevant field expertise or experience in controlling a Pandemic. Also there's plenty of local experience and expertise in laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19. So I'm at a loss trying to understand why we think HQ should be listening to her rather than his Public Health and Infection control consultants. What am I missing here?

I might be wrong but if it wasn't for her we probably wouldn't have had the testing facility up and running in such a short time.

[Dr. Grumpy]

12 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said:

I might be wrong but if it wasn't for her we probably wouldn't have had the testing facility up and running in such a short time.

With respect, you are incorrect. It was people like Dr Shields, Mr Doyle and Dr Khan who were and are key to our success with on-island testing for COVID-19

[Andy Onchan]

4 minutes ago, Dr. Grumpy said:

With respect, you are incorrect. It was people like Dr Shields, Mr Doyle and Dr Khan who were and are key to our success with on-island testing for COVID-19

OK I'm wrong.

[hissingsid]

She is self promoting, has her own business I know Dr Khan played a big part who played a big part in setting up the testing also the continuing success of this service along with others.

[Non-Believer]

20 minutes ago, Dr. Grumpy said:

With respect, you are incorrect. It was people like Dr Shields, Mr Doyle and Dr Khan who were and are key to our success with on-island testing for COVID-19

I hope they've been recognised and rewarded for their efforts because they seem to have been very low profile? Of course they may have preferred that?

[Lxxx]

1 hour ago, Dr. Grumpy said:

Hmm.... I had to look up Dr. Glover. As far as I can ascertain, she is not a medical doctor and does not have any relevant field expertise or experience in controlling a Pandemic. Also there's plenty of local experience and expertise in laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19. So I'm at a loss trying to understand why we think HQ should be listening to her rather than his Public Health and Infection control consultants. What am I missing here?

Why do you need to be a medical doctor to set up laboratory facilities and offer expertise in molecular diagnostics and the like?

We have plenty of medical personnel on the island who have presided over one of the most inefficient and dysfunctional bureaucracies many will see in their lifetime. I would think this is the exact time we need heads other than our own Public Health to offer opinions in a scenario none of them will have faced before.  

[wrighty]

1 hour ago, Dr. Grumpy said:

With respect, you are incorrect. It was people like Dr Shields, Mr Doyle and Dr Khan who were and are key to our success with on-island testing for COVID-19

With respect, you are. Without @rachomics on island PCR testing for covid would not have happened when it did, if at all. Of course, Rizwan Khan and Steve Doyle were vital too - sorry don’t know Dr Shields. 
 

One reason Rachel needs to be involved in testing strategy discussions is logistics. She knows better than everyone how much we can do here, and how quickly etc. It’s no good someone announcing a mass-testing policy at borders, for example, if there’s been no discussion as to how it might or might not work. 

[Andy Onchan]

9 minutes ago, wrighty said:

With respect, you are. Without @rachomics on island PCR testing for covid would not have happened when it did, if at all. Of course, Rizwan Khan and Steve Doyle were vital too - sorry don’t know Dr Shields. 
 

One reason Rachel needs to be involved in testing strategy discussions is logistics. She knows better than everyone how much we can do here, and how quickly etc. It’s no good someone announcing a mass-testing policy at borders, for example, if there’s been no discussion as to how it might or might not work. 

And I was wrong, apparently 

[Dr. Grumpy]

9 minutes ago, wrighty said:

With respect, you are. Without @rachomics on island PCR testing for covid would not have happened when it did, if at all. Of course, Rizwan Khan and Steve Doyle were vital too - sorry don’t know Dr Shields. 
 

One reason Rachel needs to be involved in testing strategy discussions is logistics. She knows better than everyone how much we can do here, and how quickly etc. It’s no good someone announcing a mass-testing policy at borders, for example, if there’s been no discussion as to how it might or might not work. 

We can agree to disagree on this Wrighty, Rachel's input has to be weighted equally with that of the colleagues mentioned above whilst formulating policy in my view.