Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[peteblue]

Hurrah for Greece! Poor but happy!

"Still resilient after taking tough and early action, Greece can now look forward to a summer tourist season beginning in July", Guardian.

When all the Covid ridden Brits, Italians, Spanish and Chinese can visit and leave a little present.....where do the Guardian believe these holidaymakers are coming from......

 

[Jebus_lives]

Ah Medical students not junior doctors then...

I don't know for certain, Im sure he will clarify.

 

[peteblue]

I'm deffo on the alert, Ive just put our dogs out in the garden for the night on patrol just in case Covid tries to break in.

I‘ve just given the wife and kids the sentry duty rota......

 

[Jebus_lives]

we’re all going to die because we had the wrong slogan.......ffs......

The UK has demonstrated fairly well the power of a meaningless slogan...get it right and it lets people believe they are entitled to act entirely as they desire and believe in their own exceptionalism, get it wrong and it lets people believe they are entitled act entirely as they desire and believe in their own exceptionalism.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I‘ve just given the wife and kids the sentry duty rota......

I hope you've given them a tumbler and peice of paper to trap Covid and toss it outside if they see it coming near.

 

[ToffeeTim]

The UK has demonstrated fairly well the power of a meaningless slogan...get it right and it lets people believe they are entitled to act entirely as they desire and believe in their own exceptionalism, get it wrong and it lets people believe they are entitled act entirely as they desire and believe in their own exceptionalism.

The idea that we need a slogan annoys me in itself. We dont need a slogan. Anyone obsessing with a slogan needs to calm down.

We need the government to give detail and stop being vague. Last thing we need are 3 word soundbites that maybe sound nice, but can be interpreted whatever way people like.

People seemed to love the stay at home slogan even though they went outside multiple times a day. I dont get it.

 

[Neiler]

I'm deffo on the alert, Ive just put our dogs out in the garden for the night on patrol just in case Covid tries to break in.

Who in their right mind would consider the virus “if you will” an “invisible mugger”, you’ve been sloganed mate.

 

[Kurt.]

It’s a balls up mate... here in wales the restrictions we’ve had are still in place for 3 weeks yet if you live on the Wirral you can now drive here for your exercise if that’s what you want to do ? It’s not a coherent message from the prime minister at all.... he has only spoken with London in mind ... it’s reckless

Just an add to this ..... a Tory mp from Shrewsbury is kicking off that his constituents can’t visit their favourite beaches in wales and has called for the welsh government to be disbanded.... that’s your tory government guys

 

[Goat]

Just an add to this ..... a Tory mp from Shrewsbury is kicking off that his constituents can’t visit their favourite beaches in wales and has called for the welsh government to be disbanded.... that’s your tory government guys

Our Tory Government.

 

[Kurt.]

Our Tory Government.

C u next Tuesdays

 

[duncs pigeon]

It’s a balls up mate... here in wales the restrictions we’ve had are still in place for 3 weeks yet if you live on the Wirral you can now drive here for your exercise if that’s what you want to do ? It’s not a coherent message from the prime minister at all.... he has only spoken with London in mind ... it’s reckless

Hopefully people get the message that the laws in Wales are different and not allowed to travel over the border. Wales have got it right imo

 

[Barnfred 55]

I’m sure his doctor would have preferred to give him a test but he can’t walk to a testing place, you don’t want him using public transport and even a taxi isn’t fair to the driver(s).

So either a) someone comes to his home to do the test b) someone in ppe drives him to a testing place and back or c) wait and see if he gets sick enough to require an ambulance and hospital admin where they will presumably do a test. I can see why in a stretched situation they have gone with c but it is very, very from ideal.

Localised testing is needed urgently. I'd have thought it would be a prerequisite of any effective TTI system anyhow.

 

[bullybeef]

And so will a lot of working class.

Working class does not = construction worker. It doesn't even = 'low skilled' (for lack of a better term!) jobs.

I'm working class. I can - when I do work - work from home.

My friends are all working class. Pretty much all of them - that haven't been furloughed - are working from home.

The project manager at the company where I used to work is definitely middle class. I know that he will have been on-site and has been for the last two weeks because that's when they went back to work (albeit following social distancing rules).

I said the majority of the wealthy and middle class will be working from home.

I didn’t say that the majority of people working from home will be middle class.

Please learn to read and comprehend.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Employers will not be allowed to get away with forcing people to go to work.
Hey Boris you've been spending too much time with that Corbyn chappie.

 

[Agent Blue]

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.

One of the most informative posts I have ever read on this Forum.

Thank you.