Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Jebus_lives]

It's amazing how many people buy that line from the government by the way. Totally absolves them of responsibility.

People really are stupid enough to think the politicians are just doing what the science tells them to do.

I think largely, the people that have championed Brexit for so long in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, now don't want to admit or consider that the same Government that lied, mislead and conned them on that will now do the same here.

As far as the Government goes, their first response in any circumstance is something that is fairly common among political spin:

deny discredit deflect delay distract

 

[Bungle]

Honest question, why do people care? It just seems so strange to be hanging on the edge of your sofa at 5pm to hear the latest death stats. If things are happening in your social circle then of course, it's important, but drooling over these national stats like it's the World Cup is just odd.

To be fair if it's the world cup it's starting to look like we haven't bottled it for once.

 

[Tubey]

Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing – study

The worst thing for the economy would be not acting at all to prevent disease spread, followed by too short a lockdown, according to research based on US data.

www.cam.ac.uk

Agree with that without even having to read it. Common sense. You might get some economic benefit from ignoring it in the short term but once the spike goes truly exponential then it overwhelms and would leave a much deeper economic cut over the long term.

 

[tsubaki]

Honest question, why do people care? It just seems so strange to be hanging on the edge of your sofa at 5pm to hear the latest death stats. If things are happening in your social circle then of course, it's important, but drooling over these national stats like it's the World Cup is just odd.

Because that’s how the crisis is presented to people, and has been since the start.

 

[COYBL25]

Honest question, why do people care? It just seems so strange to be hanging on the edge of your sofa at 5pm to hear the latest death stats. If things are happening in your social circle then of course, it's important, but drooling over these national stats like it's the World Cup is just odd.

For some bizarre reason, the British public by and large would rather hear about bad stuff, rather than good stuff ?

 

[JimmyJeffers]

‘Follow the science ‘ like ‘get Brexit done ‘ reeks of Cummings to me personally

Yeah you’d think so. Absolved of blame. If they try throwing various health advisers under the bus for this at a later date, a better picture of what’s gone on will likely get leaked.

 

[tsubaki]

Yeah you’d think so. Absolved of blame. If they try throwing various health advisers under the bus for this at a later date, a better picture of what’s gone on will likely get leaked.

“We started to attend SAGE because we thought they were willing to let thousands die” will probably get an airing too, one imagines.

 

[Tubey]

Yeah you’d think so. Absolved of blame. If they try throwing various health advisers under the bus for this at a later date, a better picture of what’s gone on will likely get leaked.

We already know - that's why it was leaked Cummings etc. were at SAGE meetings.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Because that’s how the crisis is presented to people, and has been since the start.

We're not sheep though, are we?

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

The only reason for sitting on the info to start using facemasks is to not deplete the availability of masks to the front line workers, I'm no fan of this Govt so far in all this but that's a valid reason to not suggest the whole population starts using masks.

There is a very minimal benefit from wearing a mask when out doing your weekly shop anyway.

 

[Walken]

Agree with that without even having to read it. Common sense. You might get some economic benefit from ignoring it in the short term but once the spike goes truly exponential then it overwhelms and would leave a much deeper economic cut over the long term.

Pretty sure that is how it played out in the states with the spanish flu, short term boosts for those who withdrew social distancing etc early but medium to long term the states that were more pudent did better.

 

[peteblue]

Boris starts his maternity leave today...

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

We're not sheep though, are we?

Bruce expertly fishing for somebody to trot out "Sheeple", there.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

For some bizarre reason, the British public by and large would rather hear about bad stuff, rather than good stuff ?

It seems like it, and there seems a particular fervour among those who deep down you suspect are relishing every apparent balls up by the government.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Boris starts his maternity leave today...

Bloody hell, I didn't know he'd given birth... Or was a woman.