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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Interesting article, thanks for sharing. Lots to consider in response to this.
Agree, it's very well written, I've been in lots of discussion with friends over this exact point.
Only hindsight will really deliver the answer.
I had a long chat with close friend a couple of days ago about all this. WE lost a mutual friend to the big C 18 months ago. Wife, child, 43 years old.
Would you rather billions spent keeping the likes of this bloke alive, or getting a few more years out of the elderly?
I'm not offering an opinion, as that's massively disrespectful to those who lose their grandies or even their parents through this - as there will be some of us. Made me think tho.
If countries spent more money on research instead of military spending maybe we could cure cancer and shit like coronavirus. But it won't happen once the memories of covid 19 fade. Until the next big event
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Another area where the US govt will need to respond promptly and intelligently to reduce regulations:
Manufacture of medical devices has specific regulation around Good Manufacturing Processes [1] (GMP, one of many GxPs). This requires a Quality Management System [2] (QMS) and very specific training for everyone involved. Pretty much any manufacturer that is not already manufacturing in accordance with 21 CFR Part 820 [3] and related regulations will have a ton of work to establish a suitable QMS.
I'd like to think that at least some auto workers already have some taste of working under the eye of regulators and auditors and as such their adjustment to GMP has the potential to be smooth. The days of leaving empty beverage containers in the hollow of a door are long past, right?Management that is not experienced in FDA regulations will try to ignore or short-cut them. In the best of cases, this turns into fines and manufacturing delays. In the worst of cases, it turns into deaths due to defective product or manufacturing delays. Every level of management needs to be experienced in GxP.
The most reasonable path to getting a QMS in place and having compliant manufacturing would seem to be to have the manufacturing capacity be leant to an established manufacturer that has a solid QMS, the expertise to adapt it to the new reality, and a solid relationship with the FDA. That is, the auto manufacturer's management would need to be out of the picture or 100% subservient to the experienced medical device manufacturer.
Once that is worked out, I suspect that manufacture of the devices is comparatively easy. Put another way, it's probably easier to switch from sedans to tanks than it is to switch from SUVs to almost any medical gizmo.
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@junior said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@voodoo They should have NZ citizenship by descent, even without the passport
I have 3 kids. 1 was born in NZ, 2 in Ireland. All 3 have NZ citizenship but only the 1st can pass on to her kids. They also have Swiss citizenship which can be passed on in perpetuity (on the other hand to become a naturalised Swiss without a Swiss spouse is a long process - 12 years from memory).
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@Crucial said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
but in the UK the distribution is pretty much in/sort/out with manufacturers producing to order and in turn getting their raw ingredients the same way.
We've had our usual weekly ASDA grocery delivery only slightly disrupted so far - restrictions on things like toilet paper and paracetamol and substitutions for cleaning products and bleach. Delivery slots are being pushed back to 10-15 days though.
Weirdly, the drivers keep telling us their delivery volumes are actually down. Just cant work that one out.
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This is my anxious time of day now waiting for the latest press conference to start 😢
Italy has overtaken china's death toll....
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Reports 31 people caught the virus from 1 wedding in NSW. Apparently people at weddings getting drunk, dancing together eating from same tables etc.
Apparently wedding venues have put up marquees outside to get around the 100 indoor rule.
This is why westerners are fucked, all wedding venues should have shut down.
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Thankfully it’s Friday here, hasn’t always been the easiest keep my mind on work. Kinda getting over this constant cleaning and using hand sanitiser 100 times a day.
Those of you in Europe and Asia hope you can keep hanging in there.
I’m hopeful here in NZ we don’t ‘catch up’ to the rest of the world, hoping no drastic action is needed.
Keep your chins up, keep drinking tea or anything harder if required... oh and I’ve heard crumpets are great in times like this too.. -
Some of the innovative thinking is impressive. ASDA are working with places like sandwich shops and restaurants to set up pop-up supermarkets and airline logistics staff are working with the NHS supply chain.
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@chimoaus said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Virgil What do you put on those crumpets?
Butter and golden syrup is beautiful
I'm now getting homesick for that waxy white honey I grew up with.
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Thankfully it’s Friday here, hasn’t always been the easiest keep my mind on work. Kinda getting over this constant cleaning and using hand sanitiser 100 times a day.
Those of you in Europe and Asia hope you can keep hanging in there.
I’m hopeful here in NZ we don’t ‘catch up’ to the rest of the world, hoping no drastic action is needed.
Keep your chins up, keep drinking tea or anything harder if required... oh and I’ve heard crumpets are great in times like this too..Cheers Virg. The worst part is not knowing when the worst part is going to be.
Boris mentioned 12 weeks a few times tonight.
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