Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Disgruntledgoat]

Keir Starmer tells PM to take responsibility for his failures on schools

Keir Starmer tells PM to take responsibility for his failures on schools

Labour leader clashes with Boris Johnson over delayed reopening at heated PMQs

www.theguardian.com

He's not going to break the habit of a lifetime now is he?

 

[Tea_drinker]

You know what the best workout machine is?

The human body.

It's one option and I do work out at home. But I've had enough of it. Its boring and stupid and unnecessary.

I hope all those in the danger zones are working out hard at home too, to try to get out of the danger zone.

 

[Nymzee]

Well done .

I’ve got Kettlebell , free weights, resistance band and bike so I’m good but unfortunately others lack your foresight and planning .

I don't really know if it's foresight or planning to know a lockdown is coming (when happening all over the world) and that my gym would be shutting lol

 

[Harryflashman]

I don't really know if it's foresight or planning to know a lockdown is coming (when happening all over the world) and that my gym would be shutting lol

I don’t think everyone expected it to last , thought of the gym issue and had gyms as their thoughts people were in a general panic and toilet roll seemed to be the major concern for some reason. I had most of my stuff in And for the resistance bands but within a few days prices went up .

 

[LinekersLegs]

More evidence that loss of taste/smell is one of most reliable warning signs, especially among younger people. Wearing a mask seems to have provided higher protection than would have thought.


Participants reporting anosmia (loss of sense of smell) or ageusia (loss of sense of taste) had 10 times the odds of having infection, compared with those who did not.
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Lower odds of infection were independently associated with self-report of wearing a face covering (55.8% versus 80.8%; OR = 0.3; 95% CI = 0.2–0.5),

 

[Brennan]

I don't really know if it's foresight or planning to know a lockdown is coming (when happening all over the world) and that my gym would be shutting lol

People have more important things to worry about perhaps ?

 

[Nymzee]

People have more important things to worry about perhaps ?

Well considering how much of a meltdown this person is having over a closed gym I suspect they didn't have more important things to worry about.

 

[Goat]

It's one option and I do work out at home. But I've had enough of it. Its boring and stupid and unnecessary.

I hope all those in the danger zones are working out hard at home too, to try to get out of the danger zone.

Yeah all the over 70s have set up a Cocoon swimming pool.

 

[Harryflashman]

More evidence that loss of taste/smell is one of most reliable warning signs, especially among younger people. Wearing a mask seems to have provided higher protection than would have thought.


Participants reporting anosmia (loss of sense of smell) or ageusia (loss of sense of taste) had 10 times the odds of having infection, compared with those who did not.
...
Lower odds of infection were independently associated with self-report of wearing a face covering (55.8% versus 80.8%; OR = 0.3; 95% CI = 0.2–0.5),

That is very interesting. so anecdotally I know a few people who’ve had the covid and others who’ve had antibody test , several of the latter were adamant they’d had covid . Those who’ve been positive almost universally, certainly a significant proportion have suffered the smell taste symptoms. It interesting so see those stats back It up .

 

[Goat]

I see the gym heads are kicking off again cos Uncle Albert dying is getting in the way of their GAINS.

 

[davek]

More evidence that loss of taste/smell is one of most reliable warning signs, especially among younger people. Wearing a mask seems to have provided higher protection than would have thought.


Participants reporting anosmia (loss of sense of smell) or ageusia (loss of sense of taste) had 10 times the odds of having infection, compared with those who did not.
...
Lower odds of infection were independently associated with self-report of wearing a face covering (55.8% versus 80.8%; OR = 0.3; 95% CI = 0.2–0.5),

The UK doesn't do masks. A nation of Geordies proudly going bare-chested into an Arctic winter.

 

[Harryflashman]

I see the gym heads are kicking off again cos Uncle Albert dying is getting in the way of their GAINS.

i mean I’m fewmin lad

 

[davek]

I see the gym heads are kicking off again cos Uncle Albert dying is getting in the way of their GAINS.

"We cant breathe" "We cant train".

 

[Goat]

i mean I’m fewmin lad

Its laziness, simple as.

There are 1000s are ways to stay fit and stay healthy and none of them involves a gym.

 

[Harryflashman]

Its laziness, simple as.

There are 1000s are ways to stay fit and stay healthy and none of them involves a gym.

i’ve got stuff at home And in all honesty I’m probably ‘fitter ‘ or trimmer than when the gym was open . It took me a week /10 days to get a routine sorted but having a couple of bits of basic equipment Helped plus I hump Heavier stuff if I need to Every now and again . I was also carrying an injury When we lockdown so it was less of an issue . It’s deffo not keeping me awake at night that I can’t go .

that said for slightly different reasons I miss the routine of the gym and I’ll go as soon as it’s open . Like I say I know , through various groups , that to some people in all its forms training and specifically gym training can be So helpful to mental and physical health and recovery . I get some people think it’s ridiculous and I get people can do press ups at home or dips and ive got a whole routine now plus I’m not complaining. However for some it’s not just a case Of wanting to get massive .

So some people miss The gym , others Everton , some miss the pub , some 5 a side And some seeing their family or grandkids even though we all do no one really should Criticise anyone’s coping strategies for life even though to many of us those issues listed seem totally incomparable .