According to Wikipedia Bishop Michael Beasley is an epidemiologist; the Government website tells us (as some here must have already known) that Professor Gina Radford was Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England 2015-2019; Dr McCarthy’s CV has been discussed on the previous TA thread. I cannot comment (in the sense of not being competent to) on their collective expertise; it is interesting that they are all ordained priests, but I found their paper to be about the best, clearly-presented and most lucid material that has emerged so far from the C of E – and most other sources, it has… Read more »
Yes, I agree. I am not sure about the “earthquake” analogy, however. The shock waves of an earthquake are felt less strongly as you get further away. Unless the transmission rate is reduced to the point that there is no spread at all, the effects of an epidemic will magnify everywhere.
Having, personally, experienced being bombed in Coventry in WW2; living in Christchurch during the devastating earthquakes here not so long ago and with the current COVID 19 situation; I agree that there is a level of unpreparedness that is more than merely unsettling. However, having viewed a video of the Queen’s Speech to the Nation on FB this morning, I realize that – whatever the conflict and wherever in the world it occurs – we are ALL in this together. “Whether we are here or there (Paradise), we belong to The Lord. Blessed be the Name of The Lord!” WE… Read more »
Friends, this evening I hope we may join as a whole church to pray for our leader, Boris Johnson.
peterpi -- Peter Gross
4 years ago
As a Yank, I just want to say to all British readers of this website:
God save the Queen! Her speech was magnanimous and uplifting.
And God look over, and speed the recovery of, Prime Minister Johnson.
According to Wikipedia Bishop Michael Beasley is an epidemiologist; the Government website tells us (as some here must have already known) that Professor Gina Radford was Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England 2015-2019; Dr McCarthy’s CV has been discussed on the previous TA thread. I cannot comment (in the sense of not being competent to) on their collective expertise; it is interesting that they are all ordained priests, but I found their paper to be about the best, clearly-presented and most lucid material that has emerged so far from the C of E – and most other sources, it has… Read more »
Yes, I agree. I am not sure about the “earthquake” analogy, however. The shock waves of an earthquake are felt less strongly as you get further away. Unless the transmission rate is reduced to the point that there is no spread at all, the effects of an epidemic will magnify everywhere.
Having, personally, experienced being bombed in Coventry in WW2; living in Christchurch during the devastating earthquakes here not so long ago and with the current COVID 19 situation; I agree that there is a level of unpreparedness that is more than merely unsettling. However, having viewed a video of the Queen’s Speech to the Nation on FB this morning, I realize that – whatever the conflict and wherever in the world it occurs – we are ALL in this together. “Whether we are here or there (Paradise), we belong to The Lord. Blessed be the Name of The Lord!” WE… Read more »
Friends, this evening I hope we may join as a whole church to pray for our leader, Boris Johnson.
As a Yank, I just want to say to all British readers of this website:
God save the Queen! Her speech was magnanimous and uplifting.
And God look over, and speed the recovery of, Prime Minister Johnson.