Britain's response to Russia

tangled_metal

Tried to find out figures for full hazmat suit incidents but my Google skills aren't good or there really was only 2 cases in 2017. Beachy head incident and one after a fire. There will be more because there's enough chemical plants in the UK to expect incidents. A few years ago one near me forced stay indoors / shut windows warnings.

However it's to be expected two novochok incidents in one town/area will cause to authorities to panic at every suspicious illness in public. Expecially of the media want to play up the tensions.

Look at it the other way around. People get seriously ill very quickly in unknown circumstances. Do you take precautions or treat it as straight forward risking potential spread of whatever caused it? A balancing act and one that someone makes without hindsight.

BTW weren't the authorities looking into other Russian exile deaths? Has there been anything reported on that?

surrey_commuter

Tangled Metal wrote:

Tried to find out figures for full hazmat suit incidents but my Google skills aren't good or there really was only 2 cases in 2017. Beachy head incident and one after a fire. There will be more because there's enough chemical plants in the UK to expect incidents. A few years ago one near me forced stay indoors / shut windows warnings.

However it's to be expected two novochok incidents in one town/area will cause to authorities to panic at every suspicious illness in public. Expecially of the media want to play up the tensions.

Look at it the other way around. People get seriously ill very quickly in unknown circumstances. Do you take precautions or treat it as straight forward risking potential spread of whatever caused it? A balancing act and one that someone makes without hindsight.

BTW weren't the authorities looking into other Russian exile deaths? Has there been anything reported on that?

Is Salisbury full of Russians eating in bad chain restaurants?

authorities aren't going to look at the other deaths as they would have to answer why they initially turned a blind eye

rjsterry

Tangled Metal wrote:

Tried to find out figures for full hazmat suit incidents but my Google skills aren't good or there really was only 2 cases in 2017. Beachy head incident and one after a fire. There will be more because there's enough chemical plants in the UK to expect incidents. A few years ago one near me forced stay indoors / shut windows warnings.

However it's to be expected two novochok incidents in one town/area will cause to authorities to panic at every suspicious illness in public. Expecially of the media want to play up the tensions.

Look at it the other way around. People get seriously ill very quickly in unknown circumstances. Do you take precautions or treat it as straight forward risking potential spread of whatever caused it? A balancing act and one that someone makes without hindsight.

BTW weren't the authorities looking into other Russian exile deaths? Has there been anything reported on that?

Yes they were. There were some conclusions reported, but I don't recall any details.

bompington

Do you seriously think that just because they didn't post their conclusions on BikeRadar, the authorities haven't been looking quite closely at things?

rjsterry

Pfft. What isn't on Cake Stop isn't worth knowing about.







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tangled_metal

If Google can't find it it hasn't happened! Truth!

bompington

So here's a wee bit of info on one of the innocent civilian tourists.

bianchimoon

A Russian flag appears on salisbury Cathedral on one year anniversary of Novichok attack, there's some sick folk out there

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... hok-attack