Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Got a contact in the Army. Who says they've been asked to plan for troop deployments to main supermarkets as crowd control to stop potential food riots. The Govt is now extremely worried. My guess is that they're expecting major supply chain problems in the coming weeks.

Could just be part of standard civil unrest contingency planning - no need to panic lads!



*grabs coat and heads for the Aldi!

*Grabs Uzi and heads for Waitrose!

 

[LinekersLegs]

Some of this will be as a result of the ramped up testing but still

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Just made a snake and bat pie, I’ll let you know.....

Or as it's better known a Pukka pie!

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

This is almost inevitable. Theres not even any decent tea bags on supermarket shelves now. Theres gonna be trouble and its gonna be soon. Putting people on lockdown is in my opinion a method of preventing unrest. This is a complete nonsense.

Yup - people are by nature panicky beasts. If it starts - then the situation will deteriorate pretty quickly. Enforcing lockdowns and controlling opening hours of supermarkets to let them re-stock fully is the only sensible way to handle this

 

[Harryflashman]

Got a contact in the Army. Who says they've been asked to plan for troop deployments to main supermarkets as crowd control to stop potential food riots. The Govt is now extremely worried. My guess is that they're expecting major supply chain problems in the coming weeks.

Could just be part of standard civil unrest contingency planning - no need to panic lads!



*grabs coat and heads for the Aldi!

If you remember they were slaughtered for planning and gaming exactly these scenarios for an possible issues over Brexit . It’s exactly their job to prepare for this .

 

[tsubaki]

Got a contact in the Army. Who says they've been asked to plan for troop deployments to main supermarkets as crowd control to stop potential food riots. The Govt is now extremely worried. My guess is that they're expecting major supply chain problems in the coming weeks.

Could just be part of standard civil unrest contingency planning - no need to panic lads!



*grabs coat and heads for the Aldi!

If thats true, then they have to make it clear that the lockdown doesn't apply in that part of the economy (food production / processing and transport / sales).

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

If you remember they were slaughtered for planning and gaming exactly these scenarios for an possible issues over Brexit . It’s exactly their job to prepare for this .

Agree - plan for it. Just hope it doesn't come down to it

 

[tsubaki]

If you remember they were slaughtered for planning and gaming exactly these scenarios for an possible issues over Brexit . It’s exactly their job to prepare for this .

TBF they were slaughtered over that because that was a deliberate choice of theirs; this isn't.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

If thats true, then they have to make it clear that the lockdown doesn't apply in that part of the economy (food production / processing and transport / sales).

I would hope they have that angle covered.

 

[COYBL25]

Feel free to donate foods to other countries then! haha. We have no concept of being hungry or poor like they do. You wouldn't say no to a dead bat if deserted on an island would you.

If only it was that simple.

It`s the keeping and eating that`s the problem, plus the complete and utter disregard for animal welfare.

It`s stuffing a dozen dogs ( choose your animal ) into a crate big enough for one.
Keep them alive and crammed in area where there aren`t even basic hygiene provisions.
Use dirty knives etc to kill them or even just throw them into a boiling pan alive.
Butcher the carcass without any thought whatsoever to hygiene ( there`s that word again )
Store the meat without refrigeration.
Serve it up for eating whilst ignoring every principle of basic hygiene ( ooh, there`s that word again ) like washing your hands or disinfecting work surfaces / equipment.

Being poor has nothing to do with it, being a lazy dirty [Poor language removed] is all to do with it.

 

[manxtoffee]

The global economy shrinks by 26% while China increases by 3%..

 

[Harryflashman]

TBF they were slaughtered over that because that was a deliberate choice of theirs; this isn't.

planning for worst case scenario seems totally reasonable to me and in fairness most of the criticism was those thinking it was the media trying scaremongering.

 

[tsubaki]

planning for worst case scenario seems totally reasonable to me and in fairness most of the criticism was those thinking it was the media trying scaremongering.

Yes, but its like planning to take a lifejacket and whistle with you when you try to drive across the Atlantic - if you get half way and then have to jump overboard its pretty much the worst case scenario to be hundreds of miles away from anyone else, but you are pretty stupid to have done it in the first place.

 

[COYBL25]

So are schools still open there?

My eldest lads has just shut - lack of teachers.

 

[neil999]

If only it was that simple.

It`s the keeping and eating that`s the problem, plus the complete and utter disregard for animal welfare.

It`s stuffing a dozen dogs ( choose your animal ) into a crate big enough for one.
Keep them alive and crammed in area where there aren`t even basic hygiene provisions.
Use dirty knives etc to kill them or even just throw them into a boiling pan alive.
Butcher the carcass without any thought whatsoever to hygiene ( there`s that word again )
Store the meat without refrigeration.
Serve it up for eating whilst ignoring every principle of basic hygiene ( ooh, there`s that word again ) like washing your hands or disinfecting work surfaces / equipment.

Being poor has nothing to do with it, being a lazy dirty [Poor language removed] is all to do with it.

I have heard the argument that the near starvation of China led to no empathy for animals, not agreeing or disagreing but its an interesting take