Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Laughable. You think that clown is going to come out of this with thousands dead with anything other than a reputation in the gutter. That's insane. There isn't a spinning machine available that could sell that line to the serfs who put him in power on the promise of Brexit.

He'll be Chamberlain or worse. That's his historic legacy. An appeaser.

To be fair dave even if Labour were in power I bet things wouldn't be any better and we would still be coming out of this with thousands dead.

 

[peteblue]

Of course not, cos your an utter moron, so why would you use determining factors.

I just used your own argument.....

 

[peteblue]

To be fair dave even if Labour were in power I bet we would still have thousands dead.

No, they would be alive, because Abbott would have done the counting.....

 

[BlueToff]

There was a media report of general medical review this morning of an admittedly small sample saying they hadn’t found any examples of it spread shopping or even in the hairdressers. I think there is still so much to learn and it’s obviously only one set of data .

Yeh but in terms of being in a small, confined space with other people not within your household, the shop is pretty much the only place still open where that can happen?

 

[Harryflashman]

One of my wife's best friend's father has just died from pneumonia complicated by covid-19. RIP.

so sorry for you loss mate , my guess is there will be a lot of these by the time this is over .

 

[evilwebby]

Well I’m not shooting it down if you read my posts I’m asking questions .

Exactly it’s to ease pressure which is what I suggested a couple of weeks ago , I’m not arguing with that . However every other country doing it is large scale testing so even though I’m allowed to question without coming up with new solutions, as I’ve not got any real data and several times they’ve been less that truthful , but I’ll try . How about when the government were briefed on this and GOP politicians shifted their stock we started buying testing kits . How about we utilise what kits we do have to do what 90% of the rest of the world is doing and isolate sufferers then trace back infection , test them and then isolate the infection .

I’m not saying I’m right but you asked for an idea . I’m allowed to question because kind acceptance of any policy feels like a bad idea especially in a crisis , given for example they’ve lied and changed tack at least once so we can agree they aren’t perfect . I’m not saying they’re wrong , I’ve no clue and I hope they’re right it’s not about political points scoring I wouldn’t care in farage had the answers . I’m just saying this particular solution of short term isolation seems limited in its benefits . I don’t think we disagree in what they are I just perhaps feel that large scale testing would be a useful addendum but look we all want the same thing mate .

Ok, yeah, sorry.. I agree. Widespread testing is obviously hugely desireable. Our govt obviously recognises this having set a target of 100k tests/day by the end of this month. We'll see if it happens, but it is crystal clear that they see it as an imperative. Whatever the numbers are, it will happen as fast as it can.

In a sense we are lucky this virus is happening in this day and age. With the power sharing capabilities the internet affords us we can quickly share notes, analyze data, and decide on the best solution. Additionally, many of us can do work from home; sectors of our economy are still churning over which simply wouldn't have been possible in another era. Had it hit 20 years ago the damage could well have been many times higher.

 

[Walken]

Pretty sure it was all in the same announcement. But I am not making political points in the midst of a pandemic. You are.

your desire to defend the government says otherwise

 

[Amw79]

No, they would be alive, because Abbott would have done the counting.....

Might be time to update your ‘go to’ counting joke/reference to a somewhat more recent and certainly more relevant example.

 

[peteblue]

Might be time to update your ‘go to’ counting joke/reference to a somewhat more recent and certainly more relevant example.

No mate, that police counting will never go away......

 

[peteblue]

so sorry for you loss mate , my guess is there will be a lot of these by the time this is over .

yep, I’m just glad that at the moment I don’t know of anyone I know...and I hope it keeps that way......

 

[peteblue]

your desire to defend the government says otherwise

Perhaps, and I know this is a silly concept, but perhaps he’s just trying to be even handed......

 

[Amw79]

No mate, that police counting will never go away......

A now irrelevant public humiliation, which was ultimately inconsequential, which people have well had their mileage out of now.

Meanwhile government ministers miscount the number of ventilators in the country.

 

[RAFUH]

Have I missed this being posted?

 

[peteblue]

A now irrelevant public humiliation, which was ultimately inconsequential, which people have well had their mileage out of now.

Meanwhile government ministers miscount the number of ventilators in the country.

Still funny though.....

 

[Amw79]

Still funny though.....

and there we have it.