First Wave
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| First episode date | September 9, 1998 |
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| Final episode date | February 7, 2001 |
| Creators | Chris Brancato |
| Networks | Syfy |
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| ID | 888870 |
About First Wave
Former thief Cade Foster discovers a vast conspiracy about aliens planning to take over Earth. Foster must avoid detection from the aliens while trying to expose the plan.
Covid inquiry: First lockdown imposed a bit too late - Whitty
... Biggest impacts He added: " My view is, with the benefit of hindsight, we went a bit too late on the First Wave...
Covid inquiry: Chris Whitty to appear after Vallance says pair had different opinions
... The current stage of the inquiry is examining the UK government s response during the First Wave of the virus...
Covid inquiry: 'Lack of leadership' as virus spread in autumn 2020
... Asked about that phrase at the inquiry, on Monday, he repeated his view the UK had failed to act quickly enough in the First Wave of the pandemic, in March 2020...
Federico Klein: Ex-state department aide jailed for Capitol riot
... Prosecutors said Klein was in the First Wave of rioters to enter a Capitol tunnel on 6 January 2021...
Covid inquiry hears Matt Hancock wanted to decide who lived and died
... " So no, I don t think that is a fair statement in describing the decision calculus for the First Wave...
Afghan refugees forced to leave Pakistan say they have nothing
... The government says the First Wave of deportations will target those without any documentation - adding that the policy is only aimed at those that are in the country illegally...
Where are asylum seekers being housed in hotels in the UK?
... He also confirmed to the MPs for Knowsley and Harwich and North Essex that a hotel each in their constituency would be among the First Wave to stop taking asylum seekers...
Inside Kfar Aza where Hamas militants killed families in their homes
... Davidi Ben Zion, the officer who led the First Wave into the fight for the kibbutz and saw the carnage left by Hamas, acknowledged Israelis had deep political divisions - but insisted they were united now that they were under attack...
Covid inquiry hears Matt Hancock wanted to decide who lived and died
By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent
Matt Hancock, the health secretary as Covid hit, wanted to decide who should live or die if the NHS was overwhelmed, the Covid inquiry has been told.
The revelation came to light in evidence presented by Sir Simon Stevens , the former Nhs England chief.
In his witness statement, He Said Mr Hancock thought he, not doctors or The Public , should decide who to prioritise if hospitals became overwhelmed.
Sir Simon said: " Fortunately this horrible dilemma never crystallised. "
He told The Inquiry : " I certainly wanted to discourage the idea that an individual secretary of state, other than in The Most exceptional circumstances, should be deciding how care would be provided.
" I felt we were well-served by the medical profession, in consultation with patients to The Greatest extent possible, in making those decisions. "
Sir Simon also rejected suggestions by then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson , made in his witness statement which has already been handed to The Inquiry , that it was " very frustrating" to be forced into lockdown because the NHS and social care had failed to get to grip with the decades-old problem of delayed discharges.
This is where patients have to remain in hospital despite being ready to leave because of the lack of support in the community.
Mr Johnson said that about 30% of beds were occupied by such patients.
Sir Simon said that would equate to about 30,000 beds, but there could have been 200,000, perhaps even 800,000 patients in the reasonable worst-case scenario, needing a bed.
" Even if all of those 30,000 beds were freed up - for every one coronavirus patient who was then admitted, there would be another five who need that care and were not able to get it.
" So no, I don't think that is a fair statement in describing the decision calculus for the First Wave . "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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