Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[ToffeeTim]

I do enjoy driving. But the thought of a 260 mile drive isn't very appealing, and definitely not if I was feeling bad.

I've only drove about 50 miles in total since the end of March. Its saving me an absolute fortune.

 

[Nymzee]

Number of people who think he should resign went up after the press conference... so that went well then.

Only 59%?

 

[Papa Shango]

These people hold such a low opinion of the general public that they cant even be arsed to make up good lies.

They may as well just point and laugh at us at the next briefing.

 

[ste d' indica]

Only 59%?

A large proportion of those remaining 41% will be largely immovable.

 

[ramacca]

Haha, short and sweet

Gove, 'it was police advice that you could drive to take exercise'.(in reference to Cummings visiting Bernard Castle on Sunday 12th April) Was it? Odd that the police didn't issue new guidelines for driving to exercise until Thursday 16th April.

Driving to take a walk is lawful during England lockdown ...
www.theguardian.com › world › apr › driving-for-exer...

Driving to take a walk is lawful during England lockdown, police told
This article is more than 1 month old
‘Reasonable excuses’ also include moving house, buying luxuries and essential repairs

Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent
@JamieGrierson

Thu 16 Apr 2020 18.07 BSTLast modified on Thu 16 Apr 2020 21.44 BST




People take their daily exercise on Fraserburgh beach, Scotland, on 15 April. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Driving to the countryside and walking – where more time is spent doing the latter than the former – is among a list of reasonable excuses for Britons leaving their home during the coronavirus lockdown, according to advice issued to police.
A document published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the professional standards body the College of Policing says public statements made soon after the adoption of the lockdown regulations suggested members of the public could leave their homes only if “essential” to do so.
However, the document says the legal basis for police is in fact whether someone has a “reasonable excuse”.

Pinnochio Gove really does need to get his lying act together.

 

[RAFUH]

https://www.witn.com/content/news/R...kwisXJpNLgrgACorjHHrpoel9xyNoNt2WARt2QhJmyXbE


Protesters fighting Governor Roy Cooper’s order, to delay the reopening of certain kinds of businesses, are saying they have a second amendment right to use force against a tyrannical government. Members protesting Monday in Holly Ridge said they plan to do so if they find it necessary.

“Show, shout, shove, and shoot. We’re only in the show part. Let’s start small,” said William Argenbright, who organized Monday’s protest. “We’ll get there if it needs to be, but I, in the heart, don’t believe it has to get there.”

The protest was one of several that took place across the state Monday. The comments come just a day after the husband of the founder of the Reopen N.C. movement sparked safety concerns over the protest in Raleigh in a Facebook live video.

"We don't want to kill anybody, but are we willing to kill people, are we willing to lay our lives down? Yes. We have to say yes," said Adam Smith.

Small business owners said they’ve been closed for far too long, including Nick Koumalatsos, owner of Snap Fitness Holly Ridge. He said earlier this month, the Holly Ridge Police Department charged him with a Class 2 misdemeanor for opening his gym before he was allowed to.

“We’re a small town. There’s not any sort of need for this abuse of power on the citizens,” said Koumalatsos. “Can you do something for public safety? Yes. But it needs to be done the right way and the right parameters.”

But not everyone agrees. Courtney Ribet has worked in healthcare for seven years and said it's just too early to reopen the state now. “Yes, it’s the summertime and it’s getting to be the end of May and everyone wants to get out and go to the beach,” said Ribet. “But, there’s a difference in just going out and going out and not being prepared.”

Koumalatsos said he plans on filing a lawsuit against the state and the Town of Holly Ridge for not allowing him to open his gym. WITN tried several times Monday to contact the Town of Holly Ridge and the Holly Ridge Police Department for comment, but as of Monday night had not heard back from town leaders.

 

[marnie]

Had to go and sign on today HATED IT.She asked me if I was actively looking for work lol lol My reply was 'Give me a chance love,I only found out i was unemployed yesterday' FFS

 

[Seathestars]

Driving to " test your eyes " is deffo a code in the doggers handbook.

@Seathestars could you decipher the code for us please ?

Fisting session, Sunday night, Barnard Castle

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

 

[tsubaki]

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the right - “lockdown did nothing”

 

[ToffeeTim]

0 deaths in Northern Ireland in last 24 hours. First time in about 70 days.

Good stuff

 

[ste d' indica]

the right - “lockdown did nothing”

There's a fair amount of context to those comparisons, but its still grim reading and indicative of our global peers.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Anyone backing Cummings and Johnson’s behaviour at this point, have completely lost their marbles.

Anyone backing Cummings and Johnson after the last few day are getting into Forest Gump mentality.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

In 'clapping for the NHS news', the missus has had 9 consultations booked in over the last few days, of which 3 have actually turned up. But the country really loves and respects the NHS or something

 

[BlueStevie35]

135 deaths in hospitals reported by the NHS today, 59 up on yesterday. 116 have come from English hospitals, up 57 on yesterday with 104 happening in the past 10 days