Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Spadge Vernacular]

By the sounds of it I'm not sure your personality is really gonna be a hit with women anyway so wouldn't worry about that.

Who said he means with women?

 

[davek]

That answers the question of why hasn't it been implemented in the last few months but doesn't answer 'why now?. The Tories are still making the decisions and are still totally inept.

The Tories are saying yes now because the gear is there and the info to make face coverings is widespread now; and because the Tories want to see a trickle of customers in shops become a deluge.

All roads lead to the Tories on this.

 

[Alan Whittle]

I always thought I couldn't just go and get a flu jab. I only got mine as I was already in the docs getting some other jabs.

I think it is primarily for the old (over 60?) and vulnerable. I have had one for the past 10 years or so ( a long way pre 60) due to a dodgy immune system.
They differ each year in their effectiveness and in the reaction to the jab itself ( from no reaction to have to go to bed for 36 hrs.)

 

[Tea_drinker]

Ill fitting home made craft project masks all round then. Follow the science. Absolutely ludicrous.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Ill fitting home made craft project masks all round then. Follow the science. Absolutely ludicrous.

It’s only ill fitting if you’re dumb enough to not wear it correctly in the first place

 

[mill]

Been wearing a mask when going in shops for months now, on the basis that I am, in fact, not a braindead simpleton and have common courtesy.

Even if you think it's pointless (and yes, the science isn't exactly superb for the efficacy of it), there's loads of people who don't. Just have a bit of decency and wear them.

Oh, and to the Americans particularly, who are prone to the "MAH PERSONAL LIBERTEHS!" stuff - grow up. It's a mask. Just grow up.

I find the comparison of wearing the mask and the idea of oppression completely ridiculous and distasteful.
I honestly don’t understand how people can compare the two things.

 

[mill]

I'm doing my best to preserve my mental health. Sticking a stupid mask on my face doesnt make me feel good about myself. Some people dont understand mental health and the need for a person to feel good and confident.

Jumped the shark now mate.

 

[Harryflashman]

That'll be top of Bold Street this weekend.

No dignity; no discipline; no conscience.

town has been pretty quiet really , seems midweek has been busier than expected as people seem to be avoiding busy times . Places with outside areas are doing better and most places finding they’re closing early as people have a couple and head home .

you’ve made clear your opinions on the British public but the vast majority are policing themselves and behaving in a sensible and responsible manner .

 

[davek]

Prepare now for winter COVID-19 peak, warn infectious disease experts | Imperial News | Imperial College London

The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter, says a new Academy of Medical Sciences report.

www.imperial.ac.uk

"Prepare now for the worst" - with these murderers in charge?

Lol.

 

[Nymzee]

Who said he means with women?

True he is a gym sted head

 

[Amw79]

town has been pretty quiet really , seems midweek has been busier than expected as people seem to be avoiding busy times . Places with outside areas are doing better and most places finding they’re closing early as people have a couple and head home .

you’ve made clear your opinions on the British public but the vast majority are policing themselves and behaving in a sensible and responsible manner .

I went to town on Saturday for the first time. Couple of drinks outside on Castle street, then a meal. Everyone was very cautious and sensible, seating was appropriately distanced, and to my eye everyone was broadly responsible.

We left early, so it may have got worse later on as the drink kicked in, but anecdotally, rules were well observed.

 

[davek]

town has been pretty quiet really , seems midweek has been busier than expected as people seem to be avoiding busy times . Places with outside areas are doing better and most places finding they’re closing early as people have a couple and head home .

you’ve made clear your opinions on the British public but the vast majority are policing themselves and behaving in a sensible and responsible manner .

Not the British public per se. Just the helmets amongst them.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Masks in the shops.

But feel free to go the pub and for meals where everybody shares glasses and cutlery.

Murdering scum. Ordering pubs not to wash glasses and cutlery. During a pandemic too.

Words fail me

 

[Bruce Wayne]

"Prepare now for the worst" - with these murderers in charge?

Lol.

Well the scientists writing the report are advising SAGE, and I know the Imperial team will be trying to do what they can to get these findings out to the wider public, so there's not really much else 'they' can do, is there?

 

[Harryflashman]

I went to town on Saturday for the first time. Couple of drinks outside on Castle street, then a meal. Everyone was very cautious and sensible, seating was appropriately distanced, and to my eye everyone was broadly responsible.

We left early, so it may have got worse later on as the drink kicked in, but anecdotally, rules were well observed.

well I don’t believe it did , I think it was probably busier earlier on when you were there than later and the two busiest streets were the pedestrianised zones of castle and bold .

people seem desperate to paint the city as like Benidorm or magaluf at the height of summer but so far that just hasn’t been the case .