Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[YoboCopter]

Dodgy that fella.

Something not right with him at all.

I appreciate hes putting a positive spin on things, but most of what he writes is without foundation at all.

Because your a gloom merchant and postivity kills you

 

[TommyDavo]

I need a bigger telly, them graphs don’t fit

 

[Goat]

Because your a gloom merchant and postivity kills you

Yeah im not sure how you reached that conclusion, but I consider myself quite an upbeat person personally.

Im just not really into people making outlandish statements without any basis of accuracy.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Disagree mate and he's ex WHO.

So is Keith Moon and I wouldn't believe a word he said

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Dodgy that fella.

Something not right with him at all.

I appreciate hes putting a positive spin on things, but most of what he writes is without foundation at all.

His name is Charles Tit like, which is somewhat unfortunate.

 

[Barnfred 55]

We have been asked at work if we can provide schools with any spare Covid signage and floor vinyl stickers as they have nothing. This is a request directly from the schools themselves.

Absolute disgrace.

Who supplied yours mate? Genuine question

 

[Neiler]

I hate to think what our Banana Republic comparative figures are for all groups.

Are they out there mate?

 

[Neiler]

Daily deaths for countries up to 15th May. Ireland shown first, then ordered by total death toll. The focus here is on the shape of each graph. Countries with a weaker national response (based on the university of Oxfords Stringency Index) highlighted in red.

 

[RFUS]

Disgusting conference at the moment. Still not producing "the science" and trying to guilt trip teachers with emotional pleas about the most vulnerable children needing to be in school. Ignoring of course that schools are indeed still open for vulnerable pupils and always have been.

Funny how Eton won't be opening until September.

 

[Toast]

Who supplied yours mate? Genuine question

Not sure on the floor vinyl. ( used to be Elements point of sale )
The signage comes straight from head office.
PPE comes from a company called Preema.

 

[Neiler]

Daily new confirmed cases for selected countries up to 15th May. Again the focus is on the shape of each graph. Countries with a weaker national response highlighted in red (based again on the university of Oxford's Stringency Index).

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Disgusting conference at the moment. Still not producing "the science" and trying to guilt trip teachers with emotional pleas about the most vulnerable children needing to be in school. Ignoring of course that schools are indeed still open for vulnerable pupils and always have been.

Funny how Eton won't be opening until September.

I've asked before, but why can't schools perform temperature tests of children at the entrance, as many employers currently do, and only admit those with normal temperatures? That would seem to minimise the risk from poor social distancing, which seems hard to achieve between pupils.

 

[Goat]

I've asked before, but why can't schools perform temperature tests of children at the entrance, as many employers currently do, and only admit those with normal temperatures? That would seem to minimise the risk from poor social distancing, which seems hard to achieve between pupils.

Have you tried to take 1000 kids temp Bruce?

I will volunteer you for that job!

 

[LinekersLegs]

Yeah im not sure how you reached that conclusion, but I consider myself quite an upbeat person personally.

Im just not really into people making outlandish statements without any basis of accuracy.

It is making claims like this “growing evidence that struggles in warmer climates” that a) seem to directly contradict observed outbreaks such as Manaus which is currently 30C b) doesn’t present any evidence to support the theory that have me questioning his assessment.


I like reading people who take contrary viewpoints but want them to at least back their theories up with a bit of data.

 

[RFUS]

I've asked before, but why can't schools perform temperature tests of children at the entrance, as many employers currently do, and only admit those with normal temperatures? That would seem to minimise the risk from poor social distancing, which seems hard to achieve between pupils.

Off the top of my head the biggest issue would probably be getting them back home again. The vast majority of secondary school pupils arrive at school without a parent so from a safeguarding point of view, you can't just send them back the way they came. Additionally how do we get the tech to do this? Are there cheap and reliable solutions for the kind of numbers schools would need to deal with?

From a scientific point of view I've read mixed things about temperature tests as a high temperature only presents in the symptomatic for a fraction of the time they are infectious. That is not to say it wouldn't still be helpful, just like having PPE. But the Government say we don't need PPE either....