Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Goat]

So are we all Russian bots now?

 

[tsubaki]

No it wasn’t.

also what British person says “semester” there rather than “term”?

 

[tsubaki]

So are we all Russian bots now?

I did refer to comrade @peteblue yesterday....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Depends where you live Bruce

Well yes, the UK is over-run by Marxism so we're terrible for it.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

So are we all Russian bots now?

Natural order of divide and conquer, a constant paranoid state of mind.

 

[Amw79]

also what British person says “semester” there rather than “term”?

“SPRING BREAK!”

 

[Harryflashman]

It seems crazy that on the 7th April Chris whitty is saying we can learn from Germany and their “testing , testing , testing “ mantra when a number of people on here not to mention the wider world often with zero experience in the field were advocating exactly that a couple of weeks ago . How can we have dropped the ball so badly here when it’s seems so basic ?

 

[tsubaki]

It seems crazy that on the 7th April Chris whitty is saying we can learn from Germany and their “testing , testing , testing “ mantra when a number of people on here not to mention the wider world often with zero experience in the field were advocating exactly that a couple of weeks ago . How can we have dropped the ball so badly here when it’s seems so basic ?

Their
Only
Response
Is
Enrichment
(Self)

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It seems crazy that on the 7th April Chris whitty is saying we can learn from Germany and their “testing , testing , testing “ mantra when a number of people on here not to mention the wider world often with zero experience in the field were advocating exactly that a couple of weeks ago . How can we have dropped the ball so badly here when it’s seems so basic ?

I suspect what they're learning most about is how to project a message that people are happy with. Most of the stats that are put out are highly dependent upon the methodology used to collect them. I mentioned last week that in Czech, tests were coming back 90% negative. Turns out they're actually testing the same people multiple times, so their relatively high test numbers are actually on a relatively small number of people. Sounds good though doesn't it?

 

[PhilM]

Not to mention the water flouridation.

 

[Harryflashman]

Their
Only
Response
Is
Enrichment
(Self)

these people are highly paid, highly qualified professionals, we’re told “don’t question them , they know what they’re doing “ and in reality on occasion joe public seems to have a better grasp on what’s going on than them . That’s absolutely terrifying .

 

[scratchnsurf]

Depends where you live Bruce

How is Bruce's council tax calculated?

 

[Harryflashman]

I suspect what they're learning most about is how to project a message that people are happy with. Most of the stats that are put out are highly dependent upon the methodology used to collect them. I mentioned last week that in Czech, tests were coming back 90% negative. Turns out they're actually testing the same people multiple times, so their relatively high test numbers are actually on a relatively small number of people. Sounds good though doesn't it?

yeah but I get the feeling we’re doing the opposite so the mortality rate looks higher so people remain ‘frightened’ to comply . If we tested more and the death rate fell I think we’d see more ignoring of the restrictions. So it feels like we’re maybe going the other way , just a feeling .

 

[Sentinel]

I've noticed that no-one has answered the question. Why is that we all learned about Russian history? When UK and Irish folks moved to America.

 

[tsubaki]

these people are highly paid, highly qualified professionals, we’re told “don’t question them , they know what they’re doing “ and in reality on occasion joe public seems to have a better grasp on what’s going on than them . That’s absolutely terrifying .

TBF I am reasonably sure that they did what most senior civil servants / experts did and presented the political leadership with a range of options for a range of scenarios.

The political leadership then, through a rigorous process, then whittled those down to the craziest one and went with that. As you say almost everyone reacted in horror because of what that policy represented.