Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Here's the thing I learned from reading about him... He is lazy, blinkered, believes that his opinion outranks data but he also is a massive fan of presenteeism, believing he works hard because he is "present" for 14 hours a day. He almost never takes sick days (at any time in his history) because he thinks its a sign of weakness.

Its a really bad profile to work for.

You don't need to take sick days when you can say I can't be arsed to chair that important COBRA meeting today, just get on with it without me and txt me the details later.

 

[Bungle]

I wonder if his baby's nanny will have full PPE...

There's a good chance the nanny will be expecting herself in 9 months now.

 

[Walken]

I mentioned it the other day Bruce, there were probably some out there who were disappointed with the home care death figures because it shortened their stick to beat the government with.

There was also a great many who are concerned for the truth also, that have friends and family working or residing in care homes and are genuinely saddened at the situation and just want some clarity to alleviate the anxiety that ambiguity brings.

 

[Brisan123]

We're not sheep though, are we?

Brexit would suggest otherwise

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

There was also a great many who are concerned for the truth also, that have friends and family working or residing in care homes and are genuinely saddened at the situation and just want some clarity to alleviate the anxiety that ambiguity brings.

Oh I agree with what you say there mate. The government should be more upfront about what is going on to those families who are looking for answers because they will have sadly lost elderly relatives. But there will always be that small minority of people who have an agenda even through this sad and worrying time.

 

[Tubey]

As an aside, how apt that scene is now to life in 2020, where people are called bigots for saying men can't magically transform into actual real women.

They thought of that joke as the most silly thing they could think of and we went about making it a reality hahaha

 

[Jebus_lives]

@JEBUS_LIVES said we need to get a hobby

As long as he's doing it from the safety of his house...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

There was also a great many who are concerned for the truth also, that have friends and family working or residing in care homes and are genuinely saddened at the situation and just want some clarity to alleviate the anxiety that ambiguity brings.

Still not sure I follow though really. If you had a relative in a home in Bournemouth, I can very much understand how keen you'd be to understand what they're doing in that specific home, and perhaps even in that town, but I'm not sure what events in Skegness would have to do with your great aunt Joey in Bournemouth?

 

[PhilM]

Unless every single person is wearing a face mask, it's not really gonna do much at all.

Doesn't protect you, but it does protect others. Hence, everyone needs to be wearing one.

I'm not saying it should/should not be mandatory - don't really have an opinion on it. Just saying it needs to be a wholesale approach if it is enforced. And not sure you can really track it in any way.

In reality, the evidence isn't really that strong, but even a small impact would hopefully reduce the r0 rate even further, when combined with all other measures.

It'll certainly have the most impact if everyone wears one, but even a high percentage of the outgoing public wearing one would have some impact on the r0 rate.

In the long term, I'd probably advocate everyone wearing a mask outside the home alongside washing hands, but there needs to be adequate planning for this.

Will there be enough stock for the population? Will people have to buy them and if so where from or will the government provide them?

 

[Brisan123]

Still not sure I follow though really. If you had a relative in a home in Bournemouth, I can very much understand how keen you'd be to understand what they're doing in that specific home, and perhaps even in that town, but I'm not sure what events in Skegness would have to do with your great aunt Joey in Bournemouth?

That explains a lot
@Joey66 is transgender lol

 

[Jebus_lives]

We're not sheep though, are we?

Not part of the herd Bruce?

 

[Barnfred 55]

Thats a risky bet if a second or third wave hits any of the big economies leading to more lockdowns

I hate slogans

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Not part of the herd Bruce?

I was 100,001st in the queue and that [Poor language removed] had run out of tests.

 

[tsubaki]

Oh I agree with what you say there mate. The government should be more upfront about what is going on to those families who are looking for answers because they will have sadly lost elderly relatives. But there will always be that small minority of people who have an agenda even through this sad and worrying time.

Most of them work in Government

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

That explains a lot
@Joey66 is transgender lol

That's a scary thought!