Thanks

I wrote a management plan at the outset. The number of times I had to change it as the Government advice changed wasn’t funny. But all the staff pulled together and this will leave us stronger

Care Homes generally don’t make the profit. The property owners tend to, mostly private equity and based offshore.

Ok, fingers crossed!

Not to blow our own trumpet, but we do appear to be the only country producing treatments that genuinely make a difference so far. Here's another

Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial 'a breakthrough' [Link]

"The preliminary results of a clinical trial suggest a new treatment for Covid-19 dramatically reduces the number of patients needing intensive care, according to the UK company that developed it.

The treatment from Southampton-based biotech Synairgen uses a protein called interferon beta which the body produces when it gets a viral infection.

The protein is inhaled directly into the lungs of patients with coronavirus, using a nebuliser, in the hope that it will stimulate an immune response.

The initial findings suggest the treatment cut the odds of a Covid-19 patient in hospital developing severe disease - such as requiring ventilation - by 79%.

Patients were two to three times more likely to recover to the point where everyday activities were not compromised by their illness, Synairgen claims.

It said the trial also indicated "very significant" reductions in breathlessness among patients who received the treatment.

In addition, the average time patients spent in hospital is said to have been reduced by a third, for those receiving the new drug - down from an average of nine days to six days."

Boat race crew back in training?

Tomorrow is the official start of a whole new sport for the British: face-mask fascism. Scoring opportunities will range from the low - judgments, piety and self-righteousness - through finger-pointing and abuse - to the very high-scoring physical assaults.

Let the games commence.

COYP