Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[summerisle]

What would you do ?....

Well, I'd stop this for a start :

 

[peteblue]

Well, I'd stop this for a start :

Who opened the gates ?.....

 

[arminisgod]

seem to be vaccinating 400k per day now. Really are getting it done. The whole population should be done by June at that rate

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

What would you do ?....

Do you think the tories have handled this thing well?

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

seem to be vaccinating 400k per day now. Really are getting it done. The whole population should be done by June at that rate

1st round at least

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

We are all in it together... Just some get dosing at the recommended time.

Private members club vaccinating clients abroad is 'proud' to offer the service

A £25,000-a-year UK private concierge service is flying its members to the UAE and India to receive vaccinations

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[peteblue]

Do you think the tories have handled this thing well?

Not particularly.....

 

[COYBL25]

Hundreds of kids gleefully sledging in the snow on the hill by us.

Should I :

(a) Stand at the top of the hill with my megaphone, screaming MURDERERS at them.
(b) Call the Police and demand that mounted police clear them with a cavalry charge and baton rounds.
(c) Kettle them and then send them off for internment.
(d) Ready the nearest lamp posts for business.
(e) Enjoy the fact that amongst all the doom and gloom, they`re out of the house, getting some fresh air and enjoying themselves.

 

[peteblue]

Hundreds of kids gleefully sledging in the snow on the hill by us.

Should I :

(a) Stand at the top of the hill with my megaphone, screaming MURDERERS at them.
(b) Call the Police and demand that mounted police clear them with a cavalry charge and baton rounds.
(c) Kettle them and then send them off for internment.
(d) Ready the nearest lamp posts for business.
(e) Enjoy the fact that amongst all the doom and gloom, they`re out of the house, getting some fresh air and enjoying themselves.

a) obviously......

 

[Chewbacca]

It’s all fun and games until grandma dies

 

[Amw79]

Hundreds of kids gleefully sledging in the snow on the hill by us.

Should I :

(a) Stand at the top of the hill with my megaphone, screaming MURDERERS at them.
(b) Call the Police and demand that mounted police clear them with a cavalry charge and baton rounds.
(c) Kettle them and then send them off for internment.
(d) Ready the nearest lamp posts for business.
(e) Enjoy the fact that amongst all the doom and gloom, they`re out of the house, getting some fresh air and enjoying themselves.

e)


Then d) then a) then b), then c)

 

[Haydn]

What would you do ?....

I would make sure that the regulations and guidance on workplaces were unambiguous and prioritised on the protection of employees health.

Too much is left to convenient interpretation by the employer with little if any chance of sanction for any breach.

I would make employers apply for exemption to allow each employee to attend work.

Exemption would require justification and demonstration against robust criteria why a) that activity is essential and b) why it cannot be undertaken remotely.

I would make sure that the enforcing authorities had sufficient resources to inspect and enforce the regulations in work places, rather than make sure they have been reduced to a threadbare level that can’t actually do the job.

There’s loads of other stuff I would do but that would be week 1.

 

[Goat]

Hundreds of kids gleefully sledging in the snow on the hill by us.

Should I :

(a) Stand at the top of the hill with my megaphone, screaming MURDERERS at them.
(b) Call the Police and demand that mounted police clear them with a cavalry charge and baton rounds.
(c) Kettle them and then send them off for internment.
(d) Ready the nearest lamp posts for business.
(e) Enjoy the fact that amongst all the doom and gloom, they`re out of the house, getting some fresh air and enjoying themselves.

All of them apart from e.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Our esteemed Prime Minister, best PR not on top of his brief not so good PR an outright liar, well I never.

Covid: 'More deadly' UK variant claim played down by scientists

One says he is surprised Boris Johnson shared the early data when it is "not particularly strong".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BlueToff]

It really is getting hold of younger, fitter people this time around

I am absolutely not going to say young, healthy people can't get this or get this badly.

But, nobody goes through their life without getting ill. And young, healthy people can handle it in that - yes, they may feel absolutely awful (and it may last for a while) - but they are very unlikely to end up in hospital.

One of my mates had it in December and he still can't run properly. He's been training to do an iron man and is super fit, but he struggles to go more than a few miles now. He's getting better bit by bit but it's so random how it affects people.

All this being said, our best protection is our body's immune system. It's better than any vaccine, which is why panic about a vaccine not giving 100% protection is just utter drivel. It is there to give the immune system a boost. People who are 'vulnerable' (old, underlying conditions etc) need that boost more than people who have no underlying concerns. I just think the whole panic over vaccines and new strains is completely misplaced and the CMOs both said as much the other day - there is no evidence that they won't work at all.

Know that wasn't your general point so I'm not aiming it as a response to your post, just in general!