Samantha McHale

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Hello I am Samantha and live in Manchester, UK. I am a mother and a grandparent to 3 boys. I have a lifelong illness, however, this enables me to focus on personal development and learning.

Location Manchester, UK

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  • @YakubuSalifu Thank you for your response and further explanation of the question asked about Specifity and Sensitive testing. As i move through the additional topics and gather more information. i gain a better understanding of the nuance within the topics.

    I read your piece and love the 3I's - always love a good abbreviation to aid the retention of...

  • Still not sure I understand this question especially after reading some of the answers provided by the rest of the learners...Doh!!!

  • Hi Susan, Im in the UK also and feel very much like the response taken nationally, has reduced the time we might have acquired before widespread infection took hold. In one of the previous topic areas, there is a report by The WHO that addresses your concerns about the benefits of isolating and interrupting the infection rate. A non-pharmacological response is...

  • As i understand the question posed; a very sensitive test is specifically seeking a result for a defined infection/virus denoting positive presence of the markers of the infection/virus of interest. A test that also carries low specificity is indicating that the majority of tests taken, are positive, thereby suggesting widespread infection amongst the tested...

  • It is easy to attribute blame and place the sole responibility upon a nation of 1.6Billion people for causing the current disruption. It isnt helpful and from the above information contained in the WHO's own Mission visits, the reality is that China and the Chinese people, collectively and rigourously responded to contain the spread of the infection.

    Here...

  • Hello and thank you for providing this course and learning opportunity. I am a patient with an underlying health issue and wish to contribute to the need for research and further the objective of implementing a robust response for any future need, in particular, how the public responds to practising health measure, personal agency thereby increasing universal...