Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[kenada_blue]

Of course, partly due to the fact the person once infected didn't live long enough to spread it.

Mine is just an observation that some might have thought this would always be the way. We were warned about SARs and MERs and they never arrived and that could have instilled complacency with planning how to deal with this kind of event.

It's also why South Korea jumped on controlling it now

 

[peteblue]

Not so sure about that Pete. About 50% of our work has to be done on customer sites, I was due on one next week, but they won't let me through the gates, so that's a fair chunk of money which isn't coming our way this month. No big deal for us, there's only six of us and we're mostly winding down for phased retirements anyway, so the money isn't really that important, but any relatively new business which involves freelancing is going to be hit hard.

I appreciate that. A mate of mine was supposed to be working in a number of EU countries but has basically been told everything is shut until September. Unless he is struck down or we make a complete arse of our own economy he will find a way.....hope it goes well for you....

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

WTF

That's niche pornography right there.

 

[Brisan123]

To be fair thats the gamble of Johnson. He has gambled it won't be too serious, and his hands off approach will work. He may be proven spectacularly right, but he's playing high stakes poker.

With elderly and vulnerable peoples lives as the stakes

 

[kenada_blue]

As it stands, we havnt a clue who acted too late, too early, rightly or wrongly.

I can see the logic in the "ban travel, shut everything down asap" approach, but then I see "experts" saying that might be counter productive, in the fullness of time.

The only thing I am comfortable with is that the UK Government appear to have a plan. Which appears to be based on science, not the internet.

Time will tell.

That's where theres valid points on both sides.

Could easily see an explosion after a lockdown too

 

[roydo]

Prepare to be vaulted Pete - it's gonna get ugly.

Just got back from the co-op and the shelves are bare! No bread, no eggs, no butter, no pasta, no tinned stuff left. Loads of alcohol though...Happy days!

See you on the other side!

Well my local Sainsburys shows no sign of panic buying, other than the national pastime of buying bog roll.

 

[Brisan123]

As it stands, we havnt a clue who acted too late, too early, rightly or wrongly.

I can see the logic in the "ban travel, shut everything down asap" approach, but then I see "experts" saying that might be counter productive, in the fullness of time.

The only thing I am comfortable with is that the UK Government appear to have a plan. Which appears to be based on science, not the internet.

Time will tell.

As I said the dead body count will tell

 

[xena]

Rumour has it that Ireland is going into the red zone on Monday
Bars ,restaurants ,gyms cinemas etc all being forced to close
Army deployed to stop panic buying and hoarding
Certain non essential shops closing etc
Obviously we Irish are a dirty lot and don't wash our hands enough

Bet you'll still have to go to work though.

 

[Catfish Blues]

Well like it says, people start suffering from self-isolation fatigue and whatnot. I can understand their reasoning for wantimg to delay more serious measures.

Oh, I understand the reasoning mate. If social distancing and other measures, don't eradicate the virus, then, over time we're almost bound to see peak after peak.

I think the main risk with our strategy is that, although we flatten the curve somewhat, we could end up with a situation where the epidemic has passed, and then a few months later anti-virals and vaccines come available which would have saved lives if we'd come down harder and quicker on social distancing and flattened the curve even more.

This will sound bloody heartless, but we've also had a couple of mild winters and, partly because of that, and partly because the seasonal flus we've had have been well controlled, the death rate has been low for the last two years. That leaves quite a few frail people in the population who might not normally have been around to be exposed to COVID-19, which could well inflate the death rates by a bit and make us look worse than what we really are.

I dare say that'll be in the models though.

 

[Toast]

Italy acted too late
Spain acted too late
They both admitted that
Ireland is learning from their mistakes
Britain is not

Got a feeling this may be more accurate.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Well my local Sainsburys shows no sign of panic buying, other than the national pastime of buying bog roll.

Must just be my townsfolk running around like headless chickens. I did manage to purchase a couple of tins of mackerel which I will wash down with copious amounts of alcohol before embarking on a midnight looting spree.

No Potatoes though...just WTF!!

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

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Got a feeling this may be more accurate.

My mate i live with is from Italy and his Dad is a GP there.

It's not that bad.

Unless he's just saying that to comfort his only son.

 

[davek]

At this moment in time, the strategy seems to be supported by all of the U.K. political parties.....

There's an agreed ceasefire on the wisdom of the medical advice and consequent policy decisions right now in order to show unity. But there's widespread disagreement over the funding of initiatives.

 

[peteblue]

For me what the WHO is proposing sounds more logical but guess we’ll see.

Hopefully both modes actually work...

 

[Brisan123]

Bet you'll still have to go to work though.

Yes but for slightly over 50% of the population I work in what is considered a vital industry.




We make chocolate 50,000 tonnes every year lol