Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Brisan123]

Lesbian Vegans, What the Irish call a chip shop, people's 5k times and TV schedules and Dave calling just about everyone a murderer or apologist.

Good work.

And no animal porn
Must be a record for you @Bungle lol

 

[Brisan123]

Not really my Grandfather fought in the First World War hardly spoke about it joined under age as he was skint, came back settled in a job as a postman - died aged 63 after the affects of mustard gas ended up in an OAP home ....as we lived five in a 2 up 2 down ......
I always respect the people who fought for our country voluntarily, but I agree with you that if it happened again not many volunteers would step foreward, but no disgrace in having a 75th anniversary to remember how we gained freedom !
This Virus imo is worse than any war .......

Piece of urine

 

[RAFUH]

 

[Brisan123]

All warleaders have their faults - Churchill made many mistakes , but against a madman trying to dominate the world - he was never a eugenicist - he believed in our Empire rightly or wrongly, he was the right man at the right time - voted out of office after the war.......He never tried to gas one race off the planet ....
This pandemic is harder to fight as it is an invisible killer coming from a country with also a terrible human rights record.....

Where's my medal lol
Thats 3 in a row

 

[Brisan123]

All warleaders have their faults - Churchill made many mistakes , but against a madman trying to dominate the world - he was never a eugenicist - he believed in our Empire rightly or wrongly, he was the right man at the right time - voted out of office after the war.......He never tried to gas one race off the planet ....
This pandemic is harder to fight as it is an invisible killer coming from a country with also a terrible human rights record.....

I miss the challenge lol

 

[Eggs]

....the four nations of the U.K. not on the same page, indeed the regions of England not on the same page, Andy Burnham calling for no change. The North-West currently has the worst rates.

Johnson is Prime Minister of London and the South.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Thought this was very interesting

Why we fail to prepare for disasters

You can’t say that nobody saw it coming. For years, people had warned that New Orleans was vulnerable. The Houston Chronicle reported that 250,000 people would be stranded if a major hurricane stru…

timharford.com

 

[Bruce Wayne]

....the four nations of the U.K. not on the same page, indeed the regions of England not on the same page, Andy Burnham calling for no change. The North-West currently has the worst rates.

Johnson is Prime Minister of London and the South.

Not sure Londoners are particularly keen on him tbh.

 

[Eggs]

Not sure Londoners are particularly keen on him tbh.

...regardless, for too long politics has been too London centric. The fact the Tory’s did so well in the North is more to do with Labour failings that Tory popularity.

 

[arminisgod]

4th July for boozers

 

[tsubaki]

Thought this was very interesting

Why we fail to prepare for disasters

You can’t say that nobody saw it coming. For years, people had warned that New Orleans was vulnerable. The Houston Chronicle reported that 250,000 people would be stranded if a major hurricane stru…

timharford.com

Great article, though it does tiptoe a bit around the elephant in the room that is politicians (who are the common denominator between cuts, failing to protect / create emergency provision and messaging).

 

[mill]

Just in case anyone is stupid enough to still support this 'government', here's a handy breakdown of Johnson's countdown to disaster.

December 31st China alerts WHO to new virus.

January 23rd Study reveals a third of China’s patients require intensive care.

January 24th Boris Johnson misses first Cobra meeting.

January 29th Boris Johnson misses second Cobra meeting.

January 31st The NHS declares first ever ‘Level 4 critical incident’ Meanwhile, the government declines to join European scheme to source PPE.

February 5th Boris Johnson misses third Cobra meeting.

February 12th Boris Johnson misses fourth Cobra meeting. Exeter University published study warning Coronavirus could infect 45 million people in the UK if left unchallenged.

February 13th Boris Johnson misses conference call with European leaders.

February 14th Boris Johnson goes away on holiday. Aides are told keeps Johnson’s briefing notes short or he will not read them.

February 18th Johnson misses fifth cobra meeting.

February 26th Boris Johnson announces ‘Herd Immunity’ strategy, announcing some people will lose loved ones. Government document is leaked, predicting half a million Brits could die in ‘worse case scenario’.

February 29th Boris Johnson retreats to his country manor. NHS warns of ‘PPE shortage nightmare’ Stockpiles have dwindled or expired after years of austerity cuts.

March 2nd Boris Johnson attends his first Cobra meeting, declining another opportunity to join European PPE scheme. Government’s own scientists say over half a million Brit’s could die if virus left unrestrained. Johnson tells country “We are very, very well prepared.”

March 3rd Scientists urge Government to advise public not to shake hands. Boris Johnson brags about shaking hands of Coronavirus patients.

March 4th Government stops providing daily updates on virus following a 70% spike in UK cases. They will later U-turn on this amid accusations they are withholding vital information.

March 5th Boris Johnson tells public to ‘wash their hands and business as usual’.

March 7th Boris Johnson joins 82,000 people at Six Nations match.

March 9th After Ireland cancels St Patrick’s day parades, the government says there’s “No Rationale” for cancelling sporting events.

March 10th - 13th Cheltenham takes place, more than a quarter of a million people attend.

March 11th 3,000 Atletico Madrid fans fly to Liverpool.

March 12th Boris Johnson states banning events such as Cheltenham will have little effect. The Imperial College study finds the government’s plan is projected to kill half a million people.

March 13th The FA suspends the Premier League, citing an absence of Government guidance. Britain is invited to join European scheme for joint purchase of ventilators, and refuses. Boris Johnson lifts restrictions of those arriving from Coronavirus hot spots.

March 14th Government is still allowing mass gatherings, as Stereophonics play to 5,000 people in Cardiff.

March 16th Boris Johnson asks Britons not to go to pubs, but allows them to stay open. During a conference call, Johnson jokes that push to build new ventilators should be called ‘Operation Last Gasp’

March 19th Hospital patients with Coronavirus are returned to care homes in a bid to free up hospital space. What follows is a boom of virus cases in care homes.

March 20th The Government states that PPE shortage crisis is “Completely resolved” Less than two weeks later, the British Medical Association reports an acute shortage in PPE.

March 23rd UK goes into lockdown.

March 26th Boris Johnson is accused of putting ‘Brexit over Breathing’ by not joining EU ventilator scheme. The government then state they had not joined the scheme because they had ‘missed the email’

April 1st The Evening Standard publishes that just 0.17% of NHS staff have been tested for the virus.

April 3rd The UK death toll overtakes China.

April 5th 17.5 million Antibody tests, ordered by the government and described by Boris Johnson as a ‘game changer’ are found to be a failure.

April 7th Boris Johnson is moved to intensive care with Coronavirus.

April 16th Flights bring 15,000 people a day into the UK - without virus testing.

April 17th Health Secretary Matt Hancock says “I would love to be able to wave a magic wand and have PPE fall from the sky.” The UK has now missed four opportunities to join the EU’s PPE scheme.

April 21st The Government fails to reach its target of face masks for the NHS, as it is revealed manufactures offers of help were met with silence. Instead millions of pieces of PPE are being shipped from the UK to Europe.

April 23rd - 24th Government announces testing kits for 10 million key workers. Orders run out within minutes as only 5,000 are made available.

April 25th UK death toll from Coronavirus overtakes that of The Blitz.

April 30th Boris Johnson announces the UK has succeeded in avoiding a tragedy that had engulfed other parts of the world - At this point, The UK has the 3rd highest death toll in the world.

May 1st The Government announces it has reached its target of 100,000 tests - They haven’t conducted the tests, but posted the testing kits.

May 5th The UK death toll becomes the highest in Europe.

May 6th Boris Johnson announces the UK could start to lift lockdown restrictions by next week.

Can I ask what the source is for this?

Because when you look at that timeline of events, it’s impossible to defend. Or at least I’d be interested to see someone try.

What an absolute shambles.

 

[zzr45]

Must say I’m still confused as to where the hell this consensus has come from that everyone needs to go back to work today. Pretty sure it was a case of if you can’t work from home and your workplace is actually open.

After a quick spike in infections in Germany it seems to be going down after lockdown has been lifted compared to the height of the virus. The fatality rate hasn’t shot back up there, so not sure why it would here?

 

[scratchnsurf]

Can I ask what the source is for this?

Because when you look at that timeline of events, it’s impossible to defend. Or at least I’d be interested to see someone try.

What an absolute shambles.

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I like the bit where he had a bit of time off to sort out his personal life.

 

[mill]

All warleaders have their faults - Churchill made many mistakes , but against a madman trying to dominate the world - he was never a eugenicist - he believed in our Empire rightly or wrongly, he was the right man at the right time - voted out of office after the war.......He never tried to gas one race off the planet ....
This pandemic is harder to fight as it is an invisible killer coming from a country with also a terrible human rights record.....

Joey he a eugenicist.

Churchill and Eugenics

By Sir Martin Gilbert CBE Abstract: When he was Home Secretary (February 1910-October 1911) Churchill was in favor of the confinement, segregation, and sterilization of a class of persons contemporarily […]

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