Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[N.S.N.O.]

Indeed. Lockdown advocates are basically asking the government to prop up vast numbers of organisations, and the people who are/used to be employed by them. That's a level of welfare that's unprecedented and I'm not sure just how feasible it is.

It isn't going to matter soon enough, people will stop going to pubs, restaurants, cinemas, cafes, zoos soon enough when the numbers of infected start to rise sharply...and those businesses will have no choice but to cut staff or close completely for the foreseeable future...

 

[Amw79]

Doea anyone have a word for something that hasn't been done before?

New

Novel, original, inaugural, innovative

 

[Cool_Blue]

Looking at the Skyline webcams in Italy showing totally deserted public spaces in major cities. And in Tenerife, beach entrances cordoned off, policemen the only humans in sight . It’s all very weird.

 

[Jamiednm]

I had to go out to get some basic supplies earlier, and this was the scene in the streets:

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Infection Trajectory: See Which Countries are Flattening Their COVID-19 Curve

The number of COVID-19 cases around the world continues to grow, but each country has a different infection trajectory. This chart tells the story.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[Jamiednm]

South Korean news are reporting that Corona has mutated in to a computer virus after a fella sneezed on his computer. If this thing takes the internet down, we are totally screwed.

 

[Tubey]

I know it's going to be controversial to call this the Chinese Virus, and perhaps he'll rightly be called racist for saying so...






... but at the same time it 100% totally needs to be said and China need to be held accountable here.

 

[Brennan]

I’d be in favour of an immediate increase in taxation to fund small businesses directly. An additional 5% for all income over £25,000 for example.

Combine this with a government bailout as occurred with the banks.

I’d like to think our wealthiest would have the decency to contribute also. Unless they’d rather see the economy which they’ve all profited from so merrily tank for years that is.

We all need to play our part here.

 

[aazak]

"We were expecting herd immunity to build. We now realise it’s not possible to cope with that," professor Azra Ghani, chair of infectious diseases epidemiology at Imperial, told journalists at a briefing on Monday night.

"In the UK, this conclusion has only been reached in the last few days," the report explained, due to new data on likely intensive care unit demand based on the experience of Italy and Britain so far.

 

[Walken]

To be fair what he said was correct. Countries that continues with the open door approach are those that suffer the most.

I think his advice may have been somewhat more generic than what has been deployed

 

[Bluerover]

I have just seen that Irish Revenue Commissioners have deferred collection of Local Property Tax for two months to those who pay by Direct Debit.

March and April payments dates now cancelled, and to resume in May.

Sensible approach by Government as every little helps particularly for those off work.

 

[aazak]

I have just seen that Irish Revenue Commissioners have deferred collection of Local Property Tax for two months to those who pay by Direct Debit.

March and April payments dates now cancelled, and to resume in May.

Sensible approach by Government as every little helps particularly for those off work.

I'm not a supporter of any party, but I think our government has been as good as possible so far in this. Probably no harm having a doctor in charge at this time.

 

[Sentinel]

Infection Trajectory: See Which Countries are Flattening Their COVID-19 Curve

The number of COVID-19 cases around the world continues to grow, but each country has a different infection trajectory. This chart tells the story.

www.visualcapitalist.com

Thanks for sharing, hopefully getting over that initial spike and whether health systems can cope with that will be instrumental. Initially it's going to be hard without doubt but after that, we're at levels that our manageable.

 

[davek]

"We were expecting herd immunity to build. We now realise it’s not possible to cope with that," professor Azra Ghani, chair of infectious diseases epidemiology at Imperial, told journalists at a briefing on Monday night.

"In the UK, this conclusion has only been reached in the last few days," the report explained, due to new data on likely intensive care unit demand based on the experience of Italy and Britain so far.

The Johnson Government gambled they and the hand picked medical advisers they chose knew better than the World Health Organisation and the experience of other governments who had already gone through the early stages of Coronavirus. They didn't. They gambled with all our lives.

 

[YoboCopter]

When will the army be on the street enforcing lockdown will it deffo happen?

Ill go insane