Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[zzr45]

I just feel that capitalism is not just about extracting productivity and profit but also about exerting control.

The ironymeter has just exploded.

 

[davek]

Belgium the latest country to announce an ease of the lockdown.

Any sign of the British Banana Republic announcing anything similar, or is just moderately well governed countries that are going to do this?

 

[Chris O'Connor]

The need to concentrate resources far more on cancer and heart disease is now becoming urgent, the reorientation of the NHS to tackle Covid-19 is threatening to overwhelm it with non Coronavirus deaths, this is now getting very worrying.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Belgium the latest country to announce an ease of the lockdown.

Any sign of the British Banana Republic announcing anything similar, or is just moderately well governed countries that are going to do this?

We are waiting on Cummings to formulate a snappy easy to understand command that Johnson can communicate to his acolytes it will be similar to, Get Britain Out, Get Brexit Done, Follow my the Science... We will know when, it will be repeated to nauseousness even here...

 

[davek]

We are waiting on Cummings to formulate a snappy easy to understand command that Johnson can communicate to his acolytes it will be similar to, Get Britain Out, Get Brexit Done, Follow my the Science... We will know when, it will be repeated to nauseousness even here...

Whatever term they use, it'll be timed to happen when the Murderer-in-Chief is back off his 4 week holiday.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Whatever term they use, it'll be timed to happen when the Murderer-in-Chief is back off his 4 week holiday.

Has it been that long?

 

[arminisgod]

Belgium the latest country to announce an ease of the lockdown.

Any sign of the British Banana Republic announcing anything similar, or is just moderately well governed countries that are going to do this?

ffs its literally been 5 weeks of lockdown! We have 2 more yet... what's the rush??

 

[arminisgod]

Looks like the UK is returning to open for business.

Very quick turnaround and quite unusual given the governments official stance is stay at home.

nothing has changed. Hardware stores have always been open as construction and manufacturing are classed as key work

 

[arminisgod]

Maccies opening in May.

A lot of my clients are returning to work next week... Business is back I’m telling you.

I just wonder what’s changed because new infections are still high, as is the daily death rate.

Again... Maccies have always been allowed to be open. They chose to shut not the Government

 

[davek]

Has it been that long?

It'll be roughly 4 weeks if he comes back on Monday. That'll be the time elapsed from the moment he started to self isolate.

I fully expect him to have a tan and an ale gut.

 

[davek]

ffs its literally been 5 weeks of lockdown! We have 2 more yet... what's the rush??

I think you've made your usual mistake mate: responding to what you thought was in a post rather than what actually was in it.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

Whatever term they use, it'll be timed to happen when the Murderer-in-Chief is back off his 4 week holiday.

Another post full of the usual invective and hyperbole, you'll leave yourself nowhere to go if it went (further) downhill from here.

 

[spectateur]

Belgium the latest country to announce an ease of the lockdown.

Any sign of the British Banana Republic announcing anything similar, or is just moderately well governed countries that are going to do this?

France also has announced a reduction in lockdown conditions from May 11th.
On condition that the rate of infection continues to decrease.
Also washable masks will be made available and will have to be used in public places and on transport.

I have read that UK government does not think masks a good idea ( Cummings interpretation of science?), or is it that procurement services have forgotten to order any?

 

[Minimeister]

We are waiting on Cummings to formulate a snappy easy to understand command that Johnson can communicate to his acolytes it will be similar to, Get Britain Out, Get Brexit Done, Follow my the Science... We will know when, it will be repeated to nauseousness even here...

100,000 tests a day. 50,000 might be absolutely pointless but 100,000 tests a day....

 

[LinekersLegs]

The need to concentrate resources far more on cancer and heart disease is now becoming urgent, the reorientation of the NHS to tackle Covid-19 is threatening to overwhelm it with non Coronavirus deaths, this is now getting very worrying.

My Dad’s heart surgery looks like it is being scheduled for within the next fortnight.

This is in the south of Spain which hasn’t been as hard hit are the north but think there is growing recognition of the impacts on other health issues.