Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[nsno-chris]

Congratulations blud.

no congratulations needed, just knowledge and a lack of selfishness

 

[Tea_drinker]

wow

you’ve gone from a Grade B tit, straight to an A+ tit in a matter of seconds

well done

Demonstrating a good range of insults there. That's how you convince people that you are intelligent and you clearly know your stuff.

 

[orchard]

Can't believe they're discussing how we're helping other nations with covid in the HoC.

Christ, keep our government well away would be a good start.

 

[nsno-chris]

Demonstrating a good range of insults there. That's how you convince people that you are intelligent and you clearly know your stuff.

Yes

 

[Barnfred 55]

@Barnfred 55 remember I mentioned my mate who hadn`t set foot outside of his house since all this began and has no intention of leaving the house until there`s a vaccine ?

We`ve got a cottage booked in N.Yorks for a long weekend in mid Aug and in view of the fact that it appears that pubs etc are going to be open in some capacity soon, I messaged him last night about the planned weekend.

He immediately started putting up barriers - " what about the person who washes the glasses and serves your drinks in the pub / what about the chef / I`m not getting takeaways. as how can you trust the person who`s made and handled your food ".

I`ve given up and put another mate on standby.

He's got it bad hasn't he. Was he always a worrier or maybe his wife?

Has he got any close family you can speak to who can maybe help you out

At the end of the day you may have to just let this run it's course. He still needs keeping an eye on though as his actions aren't really normal.

I'd drop the subject of weekends away but still keep in regular touch with him by phone just to let him know you're still around.

I have a similar problem with a friend of mine who is also paranoid about the disease (with good reason) I'll tell you his story later. But I phone him every couple of weeks just for a chat but at the same time just keeping an eye on his mental state if you get my drift.

I think it's important that somebody from the outside keeps in touch with your mate whilst they're going through this self quarantine. Just keep the subject matter away from the virus. I was going to say talk about football but if he's a blue that's probably worse

 

[Barnfred 55]

Did you establish whether or not any of his family were at heightened risk mate?

He's quite right imo to eliminate these frivolous risks if so, imo of course. Did you see the epidemiologists poll?

You haven't see his previous post in fairness. This isn't just about a weekend away

 

[Brennan]

Another 3500 jobs gone today.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Well they are less likely to put a strain on the nhs due to their good sense is staying fit rather than over eating, smoking and being lazy so yes they do deserve recognition.

Big fan of this. Hunker down, don’t give an inch to anyone. Make more and more absurd claims to back up your initial point which most people have forgotten. DO NOT GIVE IN! Show no weakness!

 

[Papa Shango]

Well they are less likely to put a strain on the nhs due to their good sense is staying fit rather than over eating, smoking and being lazy so yes they do deserve recognition.

I do all four of those things.

Not all at once obviously.

Lifting weights is a pretty basic concept though, you can craft anything into a weight, pretend you are in prison or something.

Sounds to me like you are making excuses to be honest.

 

[mrb85]

It wasn't really. There was a significant time to address it once it was known about, but it took huge amounts of effort and finance to avoid it.

Huge amounts of wasted effort on a threat that was quickly seen as a money spinner for the IT boys.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Another 3500 jobs gone today.

Bloody Brexit.

[Edit] Oh, wait.

Wrong thread.

 

[YoboCopter]

Gyms are good for not catching corona makes you less fat

Open them boris

 

[COYBL25]

Another 3500 jobs gone today.

It was always going to come down to health v the economy in the end.

This is just the start of it, it`ll get worse when the furlough scheme ends

 

[Kenshin]

It seems noone is talking about covid-19 anymore.

How odd? More so that they are happy to mass gather and ignore government advice despite complaining That the advice wasn't right.

 

[COYBL25]

He's got it bad hasn't he. Was he always a worrier or maybe his wife?

Has he got any close family you can speak to who can maybe help you out

At the end of the day you may have to just let this run it's course. He still needs keeping an eye on though as his actions aren't really normal.

I'd drop the subject of weekends away but still keep in regular touch with him by phone just to let him know you're still around.

I have a similar problem with a friend of mine who is also paranoid about the disease (with good reason) I'll tell you his story later. But I phone him every couple of weeks just for a chat but at the same time just keeping an eye on his mental state if you get my drift.

I think it's important that somebody from the outside keeps in touch with your mate whilst they're going through this self quarantine. Just keep the subject matter away from the virus. I was going to say talk about football but if he's a blue that's probably worse

He`s not a natural worrier, but he comes from a science background and is a genius with stats and numbers. I`m guessing that he`s done research and made his decision based on the stats and the numbers that he`s crunched.

His missus is odd, but sound once you get to know her, she comes from a professional medical background.