Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Tea_drinker]

What are you watching? Jackanory?

In the words of the PM the UK has got off lightly and is a pinnacle of success.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

My lad was saying we'll find out next week about Boris' strategy for the lockdown?

 

[roydo]

In the words of the PM the UK has got off lightly and is a pinnacle of success.

I didnt hear him say anything remotely like that. But ok.

 

[ToffeeTim]

My lad was saying we'll find out next week about Boris' strategy for the lockdown?

Supposed to be releasing a document about how we relax things and when it might be possible.

Nothing sounds imminent though. They are just drawing up plans.

 

[LinekersLegs]

He been ill, just had a premature baby and is prime minister of an utter disaster for the country.
He can't come back to work looking like Phil Jagielka after a summer break !!

*drifts off for a moment in happy remembrance of different times

 

[COYBL25]

My lad was saying we'll find out next week about Boris' strategy for the lockdown?

Seems that way - cue a load of doomsday scenarios swamping the likes of Twitter.

 

[tsubaki]

I know this is based on China data which raises questions on core data accuracy but would be very interesting to see if this is the case elsewhere

Making a link between a city’s density and its vulnerability to epidemics may seem like an obvious connection. But it may, in fact, be off the mark. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its spread across the globe, places with high urban population density have seemed to be especially at risk to some observers. A common argument is that high population density makes cities more vulnerable to epidemics because of the possibility of frequent interpersonal contacts. New York City is often cited as a prime example.

This argument may sound straightforward, but on examination, its premise is not well-grounded. If you look around the world, some extremely dense cities, such as Singapore, Seoul, and Shanghai, have outperformed many other less-populated places in combating the coronavirus. Based on evidence from China, we would like to present a counter argument.

TBF "dense" covers a lot of ground when talking about cities; people can live in areas of high density but not come into contact with that many people. Take the metro systems for example, where some of London's lines (Northern and Central especially) as well as some of Paris' (the Metro rather than the RER) are really compact and people wedge in, often for more than 10 minutes at a pop and in conditions of poor air quality. Are the systems in Asia that bad?

 

[roydo]

Supposed to be releasing a document about how we relax things and when it might be possible.

Nothing sounds imminent though. They are just drawing up plans.

The obvious conclusion is they need to see a sustained Neg Rep on that R number before they dare.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

What are you watching? Jackanory?

Well it is Boris Johnson, so a story of fiction

In case you missed, 29 minutes Johnson slipped in country comparison, as they do.

 

[roydo]

Well it is Boris Johnson, so a story of fiction

In case you missed, 29 minutes Johnson slipped in country comparison, as they do.

What country mate?

Cos all I heard was that comparing countries is an utterly pointless exercise.

 

[Harryflashman]

Or showing how a very complicated scientific issue is really important, and if we keep doing what most are, things will continue to improve.

In a way a kid would understand.

I’ll take that onboard mate , in truth it was just a light hearted comment .

I would perhaps question whether those who sit every night for half an hour or more to watch or listen are the audience that need it laid out in such a fashion .

 

[peteblue]

What are you watching? Jackanory?

They see and hear what they want, not necessarily what is actually said or shown....sad really.....

 

[roydo]

I’ll take that onboard mate , in truth it was just a light hearted comment .

I would perhaps question whether those who sit every night for half an hour or more to watch or listen are the audience that need it laid out in such a fashion .

Thats a fair point. Its a really simple message, like social distancing is, and that seems to be continuing, so hopefully it will drip feed into the population in the same way.

 

[peteblue]

I’ll take that onboard mate , in truth it was just a light hearted comment .

I would perhaps question whether those who sit every night for half an hour or more to watch or listen are the audience that need it laid out in such a fashion .

Probably not, but it’s done now.....

 

[peteblue]

Face coverings for confidence......