Saw those. Not paying one hundred and eighty for them though.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
- Thread starter Don't Kill Bill
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Saw those. Not paying one hundred and eighty for them though.
At least it's too cold for locusts.First it was corona, then we got hit by earthquake and now it's been snowing last 2 days with really cold weather outside.
Can't make this shit up.
And then you see Trump and pals talking about cracking on as normal within a few weeks because "old people would happily sacrifice themselves to protect the economy" and realize the USA is proper screwed
Why?
The Greatest Generation haven't sacrificed enough? Why doesn't Trump lead by example and sacrifice his worthless cnut heel spur of a life?
If there's one thing this virus is going to absolutely thrive on, it's ignorance, liberty and personal freedom.
It's not really them anymore. You'd have to be at least 91 now to have been old enough to sign up even for the last few months of the war. Can't be many left who fought.
What? There will be plenty in that age group in America.
I was in the same boat, fortunately my ex wife agreed the sensible decision would be for my son to stay with me as she works in the hospital so it was an easy decision.
I love Weezer but them Cuomo brothers are a right pair of tits.
The American response to this will hopefully alert some of those 'America is #1' type people. I genuinely hope so. I love that country but feck me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_U.S._veterans_of_World_War_II
I think that comes out as vaguely around 1 in every 1000 people in the US.
Actually, I was talking about the government paying cabs to JUST ferry NHS workers around.
So no one would be paying anyone, and they could take appropriate measures for protection for drivers and individual passengers.
Cabs, paid by government, just to take individual NHS workers to and from work.
I'm not saying just letting everyone get it is a viable strategy but 'herd immunity' is clearly not nonsense but very important. There was another virologist on German TV last night who warned against slowing down the infection too much too quickly as this makes achieving herd immunity much more difficult. According to him, we have to find some sort of middle ground, between slowing it down enough to ensure the health system's capacity to act and protecting the most vulnerable on one side and managing the infection rate in a way immunity can develop on the other. He isn't alone with this opinion, a number of virologist and epidemiologists have said similar over the last few days.
Pictures from the world in lockdown.
See the first reply from London this morning
Interesting, I think I worded my post badly to be honest, I meant that as in the initial strategy which seemed to be, just let it spread with 0 worries.
I was under the impression regarding herd immunity, that you need a vaccine for it to be effective?
Maybe with that in mind we are achieving a strong middle ground.
Yeah more than a few then
Wtf is up with these old people
It says it was posted 13 hours ago (the reply from London) so that must be yesterday morning?
My bad didnt catch that. Good eye.
Dont think it was any better this morning based on Twitter though
Other than common sense, what is stopping you going to someone's home if they invite you? The police isn't outside each home clocking who lives there and doesn't. They don't have the right (at least right now) to go into people's homes and make sure
Of course he says that but you can't stop people living in a block of flats going into each others flats if they want for example
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Then said people are already infected with dumb disease and the only cure is killing the brain.
Seriously you’d need to be dumb to interpret that it’s ok to go hang with friends.
See nobody cares discussing Scandinavia
We are on our own here
On a serious note, what path are Sweden following?
He’s also said that kids are immune
I'm hardly an expert on this but here's how I see it. Even with a perfect (i.e. zero new infections) lockdown/quarantine you're basically just delaying the inevitable and the virus will spread again once these restrictions are lifted leaving you with the same problem as before. Unless you're holding out for a vaccine but I think we all agree that locking everyone down for 12 to 18 months is not an option. Doing nothing is clearly the worst option (see Italy) so there has to be another way. I guess in an ideal world, you would completely isolate the high-risk groups while letting life continue normally for everyone else. But obviously, this is almost impossible to do as it assumes everyone behaves perfectly. Just thought it was interesting that is all coming from virologists (so not politicians or economists). There have been quite a few of them writing op-eds and giving interviews in German media.
Why (to me at least) having these drastic measures in place now still makes sense is that it buys us time. Time to develop a long-term strategy, make sure all supply-chains are working, hospitals have everything they need etc.
" I dont care because I've lived my life" selfish cnut.
Black cabs have the plexi glass. Sit on the opposite side to the driver. Wear gloves and mask. Cabbie wipes down after.
Much safer than the tube
Might be alone in thinking there has been a massive cover-up in the numbers that have died.
That was never the plan though.
Stay safeFirst it was corona, then we got hit by earthquake and now it's been snowing last 2 days with really cold weather outside.
Can't make this shit up.
I had a proper losing-my-faith-in-humanity moment while listening to that. What world are we trying to save here, with people as selfish and stupid as that in it, ruining it for everyone else? The interviewer just couldn't deal with it anymore and I fully understand.
So I'm in two minds what to do. My gf is at work, because it's a bodyshop that deals with NHS staff it's allowed to stay open. It's only a short way away but is a bus ride.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road). I'm not worried about the police, as there's none about anyway plus she works right next to a Tescos, but I want to do the right thing when I can.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
). I'm not worried about the police, as there's none about anyway plus she works right next to a Tescos, but I want to do the right thing when I can.Because people will have to either lie about symptoms or ignore them entirely if it means they won't get paid. While it will impact me massively I don't have any dependants and could just curb unnecessary spending while I ride it out. But if I had kids I imagine I may think differently about enforced isolation. I don't agree with those who are ignoring guidelines but also do empathise with their situations.
The government have been far too vague and expected employers and employees to take the hit to protect the economy, but the reality is not everyone is in a position to do that for the greater good. Something like an imposed government sick pay scheme would help limit those who will inevitably go to work while ill.
If heart inflammation is a risk, why are there anti-anti-inflammatory stories on the net? Why are anti-inflammatories so bad and is it a fact that one shouldn't use these?
EDIT: Ah! I see this wasn't actually discussed. You replied to another question. Sorry!
So I'm in two minds what to do. My gf is at work, because it's a bodyshop that deals with NHS staff it's allowed to stay open. It's only a short way away but is a bus ride.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
a) surely. Unless the bus is half empty.
I really wouldn't risk it on a bus whether its busy or not. Think of the germs.
Common sense was telling us to start social distancing weeks ago... but affluent and like minded folk were stilling ramming out the pubs for their usual sunday roast up until the govt had to shut them down.
So I'm in two minds what to do. My gf is at work, because it's a bodyshop that deals with NHS staff it's allowed to stay open. It's only a short way away but is a bus ride.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
If you're staying in your car and you're sharing a household with this girlfriend then i dont see how you're breaking any lockdown. There's no risk of contact.
People should be driving where possible right now.