Yeah, but what about all the other germs? They cannot build up immunity against those, and a hyper-hygienic period could adversely affect their immune system as a whole. Or so I've believed. Hopefully someone can tell me I'm mistaken and that immune systems don't work like that.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
So, if we are right in our understanding then various "innocuous" diseases could become more serious for a whole generation... I hope we're wrong.
Possibly. I was just surprised when they said this as I thought it would be more in the most crowded city in the UK
Just seen this posted from the other day . As others have commented on Brazil seem to be heading into very dark times . Absolutely harrowing if the clip is genuine.
What precisely does Stay Alert mean in relation to Corona Virus.
Sounds more like a terrorist alert.
Sounds more like a terrorist alert.
Yes let's get on with it. Let the NHS be overwhelmed and let countless people die.
I bet whichever idiot came up with the stay alert slogan won't be employed much longer. Has to be one of the "message experts" recently brought in from the leave team.
Or is it from boris directly and he's still thinking of that invisible mugger.
Or is it from boris directly and he's still thinking of that invisible mugger.
It is a strange phrase. But maybe it’s more like a polite ‘don’t be stupid’ message.
The amount of after lockdown parties or massive benders planned for after lockdown, as if when lockdown is lifted the virus disappears.
Might be they peaked first. It was blowing up there on the govuk map while North West was fairly low and has now caught up.
People are focusing on the phrase for some strange reason.
The message is ridiculous, it’s just not strong enough. People have been flaunting the rules anyway, we can fully expect the idiocy to reach a whole new level of ‘I dont give a feck’
It already reached that this weekend with all the street parties.
The government probably wanted to reflect the next phase. If you open the garden centres and relax outdoor exercising and say stay home it doesn't quite fit but obviously it did before under our first 5-6 weeks of lockdown. It's saying go out but be on your guard and you can control it if you keep to the distancing etc.
They should change the phrases and maybe put some simple images of distancing alongside so people get the picture.
They should change the phrases and maybe put some simple images of distancing alongside so people get the picture.
Maybe it should have been STAY ALERT, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.
Sounds like something Shaw Taylor would come out with.
It's just a slogan for fecks sake! 
Seems ok if one is relaxing certain things.
I find Scotland relaxing exercising and sticking to the original STAY HOME to be a little mixed messaging, more so if they open garden centres too. We're opening the garden centres but Stay the fook Home.
Italy figures today:
New cases 802, deaths 165.
New cases 802, deaths 165.
Yes lets stay indoors forever let the economy go to sh*t, and let everyone have mental breakdowns and commit suicide.
Any deviation away from the message "stay at home" is rightfully going to be scrutinized. People haven't given a feck for weeks now and the fact that the message isn't clearly stay at home anymore will mean more people will give less of a feck.It's just a slogan for fecks sake!
Is that an improvement or not?
Haha yeah, super funny!It's just a slogan for fecks sake!
You shouldn't really talk about things you have no understanding of.
Getting on with it will just nullify the sacrifices everyone has made thus far.
Edit - just to educate you further. We still have no idea the impact this virus has on children. People are also catching the disease twice. Thus its thought the virus may remain dormant in the lungs, like tuberculosis, before becoming active again.
Allowing the virus to spread again will just overwhelm the NHS. Where services are taken away from things like cancer treatment.
Then when the population is ravaged, what good would it do to the economy? Or mental health.
This little Britain, blitz mentality is fecking idiotic.
But let's get on with it ay.
The tory cnuts are about to ease lockdown this evening. I'm certain we shall see a second peak due to stupid street parties that have taken place lately.
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Our government's slogan is "Stay Safe". Now what could that mean? If we get right down to it? Mmm...
My guess would be you can still carry it physically on e.g. your hands from touching stuff, but you won't be able to carry it in your system, so to speak. But I'm not a doctor.
And you know exactly what your talking about? We've seen new cases in Germany and south Korea once they eased up. Its not going away unless we get a vaccine. We need to get on with it one way or another and learn to live with it.
Therein lies an issue for me. We've constructed something as a society (the economy) and led people to believe that it has more value than human life.
Its got nothing to do with that, eventually people wont even be able to afford to eat. Not everybody has savings to dip into do they.
Eh? You do realise with an economic collapse comes a loss of life too?
The problem we are having is weighing up deaths due to covid 19 Vs deaths due to economic collapse.
It's a balancing act at the moment.
You don’t want to push all old people online.
My parents are at least halfway smart but their news sources are the newspaper, or aggregated content on Facebook.
No slight on old people as a group. I know you’re of an older vintage yourself. Most are right headed. But too few understand that ‘content’ is not ‘news’.
But many over 50 are in some very narrow lanes already. Narrowing them won’t help.
Who suggested that? Just you I think.
The economy isn't some abstract concept. It's an aggregation of human output.
Every doctor who saves a life and every farmer who grows an apple is contributing to the economy.
It's how stuff gets made, how things get done and how regular people are able to acquire the things they need to stay alive.
Restrictions should totally be lifted for key workers first, so I can go play golf.
I did joke about it at first, but it's a possible step in the right direction tbh.
Key workers are well aware of risks and practice social distancing at their workplaces anyway, what better group to test some places on how they would open? Maybe a fortnight of key workers for restaurants , golf , non essential shops to see how it goes. We've all got letters to say we are key workers haven't we?
There is probably a million flaws in that, and I am sure you guys will quickly point them all out to me.
I did joke about it at first, but it's a possible step in the right direction tbh.
Key workers are well aware of risks and practice social distancing at their workplaces anyway, what better group to test some places on how they would open? Maybe a fortnight of key workers for restaurants , golf , non essential shops to see how it goes. We've all got letters to say we are key workers haven't we?
There is probably a million flaws in that, and I am sure you guys will quickly point them all out to me.
Its not though. Its not a Brexit negotiation. It all comes down to how to halt the spread of the virus. Restarting the econony is just the result of that.
It's not really. Not yet anyway. Deaths from Covid far outweigh anything else at the moment.
So will we be allowed to go visit family or not? I'm so confused. I'd like to go take my 9 month old daughter to see my parents for the first time in 3 months, they've missed almost a third of her life, time we won't get back. I don't understand why I can't do that, at a safe distance of course, but it's perfectly fine for me to walk around within 2 metres of people or go to the supermarket rammed with people I've never met in my life.
If Garden Centres are being allowed to open (random) then I don’t see why things like Golf Courses shouldn’t also open (for all). They are more outdoors than Garden Centres and there is no need to get within 2 metres of fellow golfers. I don’t play golf so I am not biased either way.
Lowest numbers since the very beginning of March.
We're about to find out how well the virus really transmits in outdoor spaces because parks etc have been fecking rammed this weekend.