Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[degsy]

I hate to shatter your hopes and dreams of a socialist dystopian society in the future, but once this is all over you’ll be seeing the worlds biggest pasty guzzling, lager swilling, muck eating, back, sack and crack party the world has ever seen.

I'm in

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

For those of you interested in the different strategies of suppression or elimination and particularly the approaches taken by the UK and New Zealand, the link below should open a recorded video seminar on the subject.

COVID-19 elimination in New Zealand: Could it work in the UK?

lshtm.cloud.panopto.eu

 

[BlueToff]

You’ve no evidence to suggest this.

Suppose it depends what 'restrictions' are.

Is having to wear a mask in a supermarket, GP surgery/any medical practice, public transport etc a 'restriction'?

Probably. And I'm sure those will be things we have to do - probably sensible as well - moving forward.

 

[BlueToff]

I hate to say it, the true effectiveness of these vaccines remains to be seen.

Well... yeah

But, also, so what?

 

[BlueToff]

I wish people would stop comparing the UK and NZ...

New Zealand is 10% bigger by land mass yet has 13x less populace. NZ also isn't a hub of international finance and trade.

So whilst it's very viable for NZ to lockdown each individual flight to their country, it isn't quite as viable for us. And even if we did that, NZ would still have an easier time than us with COVID due to sheer population density.

They aren't comparable countries in any way, shape or form in relation to COVID.

Been my point too.

Same with Aus, though Melbourne is slightly more of a hub there (and no surprise to see that was the most hard-hit place in Aus).

It's 2.5 hours flight from Sydney to Auckland (I know, I've done it).

There's around 1.8m people in the Auckland region - nearly half of NZ's entire population. On the south island (@Toffee in Jandals can back this up) the drive from Christchurch down to the tourist hotspot of Queenstown is around 9 hours IIRC. And you pass through about four tiny towns on that drive.

They have done brilliantly and it's a testament to their PM, who has had to deal with some horrific stuff in her tenure (the Christchurch shootings for example). Think we can all agree that we'd rather have her than Johnson.

However, if you could pick a country that would be able to effectively control a pandemic just based on location, population, the fact that it's in no way a transport or trade hub, then it'd be NZ.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

@ForeverBlue92 is organising it, it’s being held in @peteblue pub and @Bruce Wayne is in charge of the armed security

I call dibs on the back sack n crack ♡

 

[coollino]

My friends gf is a nurse and she has just had her second jab pushed back TEN weeks.

 

[daza_1973]

Redirect Notice

Your best sexual partner during the Covid-19 pandemic is yourself or someone within your household and you should follow the government guidelines about social distancing, hand washing and face coverings.

I know it’s not what they meant, but....isn’t that illegal? Except maybe in a few US states.

Kopite mums and sisters - run for the hills then...…...

 

[Brennan]

Suppose it depends what 'restrictions' are.

Is having to wear a mask in a supermarket, GP surgery/any medical practice, public transport etc a 'restriction'?

Probably. And I'm sure those will be things we have to do - probably sensible as well - moving forward.

Something tells me he wasn't talking about masks. He specifically said 'lockdowns for years' which there is no evidence for whatsoever.

 

[Brennan]

Covid: Women on exercise trip 'surrounded by police'

The two women were given £200 fixed penalty notices after driving five miles to go on a walk.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[grandjoeblue]

Covid: Women on exercise trip 'surrounded by police'

The two women were given £200 fixed penalty notices after driving five miles to go on a walk.

www.bbc.co.uk

Surely that is overpolicing?

You get people having parties and all kinds yet they're fining people for walking in large open spaces?

The rules should specifically state you cannot drive for exercise if that is what they plan to police.

 

[bullybeef]

My friends gf is a nurse and she has just had her second jab pushed back TEN weeks.

That’s to be expected I’m afraid... unless your the PM’s father or one of his cronies!

 

[COYBL25]

Covid: Women on exercise trip 'surrounded by police'

The two women were given £200 fixed penalty notices after driving five miles to go on a walk.

www.bbc.co.uk

If that was me, I`d be taking that one to court.

Talk about heavy handed.

Whatever happened to common sense ???

 

[roydo]

If that was me, I`d be taking that one to court.

Talk about heavy handed.

Whatever happened to common sense ???

Reading that, they chanced on the police who were obviously at a remote place for another reason. They needed them gone pronto imo.

 

[COYBL25]

Reading that, they chanced on the police who were obviously at a remote place for another reason. They needed them gone pronto imo.

Why not send them packing, rather than taking all the time involved to take their details required to fill the fixed penalty tickets ???

Derbyshire was the force at the beginning of all this, that sent a drone up to catch dog walkers.