Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[duncs pigeon]

North wales. There’s been an outbreak of infection in a local chicken factory. 6 people working there tested positive yesterday, only a matter of time before that number rises. Then take into consideration who they have been in contact with and the knock on effect from that.... can honestly say I’m glad I’m away in work at the moment

Lets hope its controlled mate. Here in NE Wales Ive heard its ok atm.

 

[PITA]

With all due respect mate, I don't think you have any idea what you're talking about, or have done since the start of this whole thing. Fit and healthy people are more than capable of exercising at home and, anecdotally, I don't think I have ever seen as many joggers and walkers out in my area than I have during this pandemic.

You seem to have taken one angle on this from the very start and kept to it, despite the reality of it evolving over the course of March. Let's follow your train of thought.

1. Not reading any facts


2. Only 20 deaths, madness....


3. Only 1000 deaths. Well at least they're old


4. Only 4000 now...


5. Well, life's dangerous, whatcha going to do?


6. Again, only old people (despite this not being true) and some weird segway into David Attenborough and evolution



Now, we're at a point where it is estimated that over 60,000 people have died from this thing in the UK, and well over a 100,000 in the US. That was with lockdown measures for 3 months. I just want to ask you one question:

Is there any chance, even slim, that you are utterly clueless about the nature and character of a global pandemic and how to curb it, and that all of your arguments are just based on you wanting everything to be the same again?

Properly schooled. Well done.

 

[Paris]

I've just walked past the KFC drive-thru and I can report that the scones are amazing

 

[roydo]

I've just walked past the KFC drive-thru and I can report that the scones are amazing

They do scones? Sound.

 

[Barnfred 55]

They do scones? Sound.

Posts from yesterday

I've just been to town myself to buy some new clothes. I couldn't believe how busy it was. Shocking scones.

Don't tell me they were putting the jam on first?. 'kin murderers the lot of them.

 

[arminisgod]

And that figure will quite probably rise significantly once furlough support ends.

2 of our major retailers have gone bust today. Oak Furniture Land and Harveys

 

[Armchair Blue]

Lets hope its controlled mate. Here in NE Wales Ive heard its ok atm.

Denbighshire still getting a few cases but Flintshire is doing well so far

 

[AUXLEN]

From the UK obvs

 

[BlueStevie35]

87 hospital deaths announced by the NHS today, 54 up on yesterday (today being a data lag catch up) and 51 down on last Tuesday. Of that 79 were in English hospitals, 51 up on yesterday and 50 down on last Tuesday with 71 occurring in the past 10 days

 

[Brennan]

87 hospital deaths announced by the NHS today, 54 up on yesterday (today being a data lag catch up) and 51 down on last Tuesday. Of that 79 were in English hospitals, 51 up on yesterday and 50 down on last Tuesday with 71 occurring in the past 10 days

So it’s now fair to say we are under 100 daily deaths ? Excluding deaths from previous days etc

If so, Coronavirus is now less deadly in the UK than the seasonal flu is between November and February...

Food for thought when screaming STAY IN YOUR HOUSE

 

[BlueStevie35]

So it’s now fair to say we are under 100 daily deaths ? Excluding deaths from previous days etc

If so, Coronavirus is now as deadly in the UK as the seasonal flu is between November and February...

The actual 24 hour data has been running in the tens for about a month to 6 weeks now. The daily all settings figure has still to come down to regularly be under 100 but it’s on the right track

 

[RAFUH]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) potential coronavirus vaccine is likely to provide protection against contracting COVID-19 for about a year, the company’s chief executive told a Belgian radio station on Tuesday.

The British drugmaker has already begun human trials of the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford, with a phase I trial in Britain due to end soon and a phase III trial already begun, Pascal Soriot told broadcaster Bel RTL.


“We think that it will protect for about a year,” Soriot said.

AstraZeneca said on Saturday that it had signed contracts with France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands to supply the European Union with up to 400 million doses of the potential vaccine.


It has also agreed deals with Britain and the United States.

“If all goes well, we will have the results of the clinical trials in August/September. We are manufacturing in parallel. We will be ready to deliver from October if all goes well,” Soriot said.

 

[spectateur]

So it’s now fair to say we are under 100 daily deaths ? Excluding deaths from previous days etc
If so, Coronavirus is now less deadly in the UK than the seasonal flu is between November and February...
Food for thought when screaming STAY IN YOUR HOUSE

But it is NOT seasonal flu, is it?
It's a new and unknown virus that has a wide range of effects and is highly infectious.
OK, fewer people seem to be dying from it now but many of those infected do become very unpleasantly ill, often with after effects which will be with them for the rest of their lives.
Best to remain cautious.

 

[Toast]

First time in months we have got no queue for a long period of time to get into the store.

Opening hours being extended as well now.

 

[Brennan]

But it is NOT seasonal flu, is it?
It's a new and unknown virus that has a wide range of effects and is highly infectious.
OK, fewer people seem to be dying from it now but many of those infected do become very unpleasantly ill, often with after effects which will be with them for the rest of their lives.
Best to remain cautious.

Not sure anything you’ve said disagrees with what I posted ?

Of course flu and covid are not the same, but that’s not the key point.

In a country which is about to add millions of unemployed to 600,000 in May, it is not prudent to advocate for continued lockdown. This virus is less deadly on a daily basis than something which most people shrug their shoulders at every winter.