Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Walken]

Psychopathic traits linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic

New research provides some initial evidence that certain antagonistic personality traits are associated with ignoring preventative measures meant to halt

www.psypost.org

 

[Harryflashman]

Psychopathic traits linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic

New research provides some initial evidence that certain antagonistic personality traits are associated with ignoring preventative measures meant to halt

www.psypost.org

so the biggest shock takeaway on reading that is throughout this I’ve found myself complying with the guidelines.

 

[Walken]

so the biggest shock takeaway on reading that is throughout this I’ve found myself complying with the guidelines.

You will have to hand in your psychopath card I'm afraid mate. I think in general it's just living with a bit of empathy for others, wearing a mask or observing social distancing is really a very minor inconvenience to show enough respect for other people that you aren't taking a chance of causing them or their relatives misery. Been some very eye opening comments on here from some extremely self indulgent people

 

[Harryflashman]

You will have to hand in your psychopath card I'm afraid mate. I think in general it's just living with a bit of empathy for others, wearing a mask or observing social distancing is really a very minor inconvenience to show enough respect for other people that you aren't taking a chance of causing them or their relatives misery. Been some very eye opening comments on here from some extremely self indulgent people

so true .

I may have to but I worked hard to get it , a lot harder than refusing to wear a mask let me tell you

 

[Barnfred 55]

All settings - 110 the announced total, up 98 on yesterday but down 28 on last Tuesday. Despite the standard high figure for a Tuesday, the 7 day rolling average falls to 64.86. The earlier hospital figure brings that average down to 14.86

While it is looking good that the hospital average is falling to the equivalent of 2 people a day, it’s still very concerning that the figures are being padded to high levels by non hospital settings. Nearly 100 even for a data lag day is still unacceptable

I said the other day mate. I still think we have an issue in care homes. Nowhere near as bad as it was at it's zenith,, but a problem nonetheless

 

[davek]

Brit tourist tests positive for coronavirus in Lanzarote with husband 'unwell'

The woman is now in quarantine after becoming the first UK holidaymaker in Spain to test positive since the country opened its borders to tourists again on June 21

www.mirror.co.uk

The Spanish need to send them back if they know what's good for them.

And their political leaders need lynching for allowing British tourists into the country. Send them back.

 

[roydo]

The Spanish need to send them back if they know what's good for them.

And their political leaders need lynching for allowing British tourists into the country. Send them back.

Isnt clear if she caught it there, or imported it in. Matters not really.

I cant get my head around anyone needing to go abroad so badly they would risk either scenario anyrate.

 

[peteblue]

The Spanish need to send them back if they know what's good for them.

And their political leaders need lynching for allowing British tourists into the country. Send them back.

I’d rather they keep them tbh.....

 

[davek]

Isnt clear if she caught it there, or imported it in. Matters not really.

I cant get my head around anyone needing to go abroad so badly they would risk either scenario anyrate.

Some people just aren't intelligent or strong enough to resist the corporate seduction of 'getting back to normality' and spending cash on the things they used to.

The Spanish people (and Greeks and Portuguese etc) should be up in arms over the resumption of tourism with the UK.

 

[davek]

I’d rather they keep them tbh.....

I'd have no objection if they put them in concentration camps.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I know @davek will waffle about how great they've been, and I'm not really interested in arguing, but Czech has been 'open' for a bit now, and numbers are rising, such that three regions now have local measures in place, and they've had more cases per head than the UK for about two weeks now, with yesterday's figures seeing a doubling from previous week days.

Whether this results in such a second wave that national measures are required I suppose time will tell, but hopefully it provides a cautionary tale that we're not out of this wood by a long way.

 

[Harryflashman]

I'd have no objection if they put them in concentration camps.

I think you might need to address your anger issues to be honest

only joking mate

 

[brieverton]

Dr explaining the pandemic to a coma patient who just woke up…
Dr: “They shut down the world because of a worldwide pandemic.”
Patient: “OMG! How many people are infected?”
Dr : “About 11 Million.”
Patient: “OMG! 11 million people died?”
Dr: “No, only 500 thousand… Kind of.”
Patient: “What do you mean ‘kind of’?”
Dr: “Well… they keep halving the number of deaths due to double counting, inaccurate tests and mislabeled death certificates. Also, most of the people that die are elderly and dying of other things. There are also people who died because of incorrect ventilator use and other treatments because no-one really understands the virus.”
Patient: “I don’t get it. So how many died from ONLY the virus… like literally dropped dead in the street?”
Dr: “No-one. Only in hospitals and nursing homes”
Patient: “I don’t get it.”
Dr: “Neither do I, it’s a very confusing time.”
Patient: “So they cured the other 11 million people then?”
Dr: “No, most didn’t have any symptoms and in fact they didn’t even know they had it.”
Patient: “I don’t get it.”
Dr: “Neither do I.”
Patient: “It doesn’t sound very deadly. If the other 11 million people didn’t have symptoms then how do they even know they had the virus?”
Dr: “They were tested.”
Patient: “But you just said that the tests are inaccurate.”
Dr: “They are. No-one has isolated the virus so the tests don’t really test for that.”
Patient: “I don’t get it.”
Dr: “Neither do I.”
Patient: “Ok. So when will this pandemic be over?”
Dr: “When they develop a vaccine to stop the virus.”
Patient: “The virus that nobody gets or dies from.”
Dr: “Exactly.”
Patient: “I don’t get it.”
Dr: “Neither do I.”

If you got something from writing that, fair enough I guess.

It's more than anything else reading it will be able to say.

 

[COYBL25]

I'd have no objection if they put them in concentration camps.

Socialism at it’s finest.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Covid-19 is worse in cold weather, research suggests

Experts warn that their findings paint a grim picture for the colder weather, when it is thought the disease may re-emerge.

www.thejournal.ie

This is a very interesting and, if you think too much about it, worrying article.

Can I just check with you first that I got the gist of it. There's always been a belief that maybe the virus was not as contagious in warmer weather. But what this report is suggesting is that the virus is just as contagious, but it is not as dangerous and doesn't attack the bodies systems in much the same way as it does in colder weather.

They are using this to explain why the mortality rate in some of these warmer countries are nowhere near as high as the European death rate during the colder months of February and March.

Does this not throw a question mark over some of the treatment breakthroughs, particularly those in the UK.? These (the likes of dexamethasone) were announced in June/July. is it possible that the effectiveness of these drugs has been overemphasised by the virus being less lethal due to the warmer weather?

There are a lot of articles being produced at the moment predicting a very hard autumn and winter and a very severe second wave across the UK and Europe. I'm hoping that controlling the spread of the disease through social distancing and track and trace will prevent this happening.