Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Catfish Blues]

Makes you wonder why wigan was put under restrictions though, as its only on the edge of greater Manchester and is a large borough.Yet Lancashire being closed down bit by bit .

I presume it's political with two main drivers. Firstly, because Greater Manchester has an elected mayor, it's more autonomous than a county so can be seen to act collectively. Secondly, it's to try and limit the amount of blame being apportioned to the Asian community.

The latter might seem a bit PC, and it's a bit harsh on Wiginers, but just on here, you can see there's an undercurrent of Islamophobia from some posters, so you can kind of understand the thinking. To be fair, it's not just Gtr Manchester, much the same thing has happened in Rossendale, which has an average level of infections, but is subject to restrictions.

For what it's worth, although areas with relatively high Asian populations are currently the focus, I think going forward, we'll see similar issues in quite a few deprived areas, regardless of the ethnic mix.

 

[Kenshin]

I hope your neck gets caught in a pulley cable and you die doing what you love

That's a disgusting way to talk to someone.

No need for that at all.

 

[Billy Dean]

That's a disgusting way to talk to someone.

No need for that at all.

I hope you examined every possible need and every possible combination of words before you came to that conclusion.

 

[Prevenger17]

That's a disgusting way to talk to someone.

No need for that at all.

It's okay, apparently it wouldn't work anyway

 

[PSB1]

I like to think of good manners as the K Y jelly of social intercourse. I suspect one or two in this thread are suffering from severe chafing.

 

[spectateur]

Youd have nothing to get angry about if I do that.

There, you've admitted it. WUM.

 

[BlueStevie35]

That's a disgusting way to talk to someone.

No need for that at all.

Just like there’s no need for the gymhead’s remarks about overweight people

 

[degsy]

I presume it's political with two main drivers. Firstly, because Greater Manchester has an elected mayor, it's more autonomous than a county so can be seen to act collectively. Secondly, it's to try and limit the amount of blame being apportioned to the Asian community.

The latter might seem a bit PC, and it's a bit harsh on Wiginers, but just on here, you can see there's an undercurrent of Islamophobia from some posters, so you can kind of understand the thinking. To be fair, it's not just Gtr Manchester, much the same thing has happened in Rossendale, which has an average level of infections, but is subject to restrictions.

For what it's worth, although areas with relatively high Asian populations are currently the focus, I think going forward, we'll see similar issues in quite a few deprived areas, regardless of the ethnic mix.

Melbourne's 2nd wave is hitting very similar parameters and typical locations - but the death toll is going off the scale

1st wave - the whole of Australia 112
2nd wave - 95% Melbourne so far 157

 

[BlueStevie35]

Hospital figures - 16 is the announced total, down one on yesterday but up 10 on last Saturday. Of this 15 were in English hospitals, up 5 on yesterday and up 11 on last week with 7 occurring in the past 10 days

 

[orly]

feels like a second wave is just starting to kick in

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[verreauxi]

 

[davek]

Coronavirus: Randox recalls up to 750,000 test kits over safety concerns

Some kits sent to care homes should be returned, but the government says the risk to safety is low.

www.bbc.co.uk

They're just 'kin rubbish arent they?

The hundreds of millions they bung into the pockets of their mates in the private sector and they place lives at risk.

Utter murdering Tory scum.

 

[summerisle]

Best in der werld, allegedly.

 

[BlueStevie35]

All settings - 55 is the announced total, down 43 on yesterday and down 19 on last Saturday bringing the 7 day rolling average down to 53.29. The earlier hospital figure sees that average rise back into double figures at 10.86