Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[The binman chronicles]

Every company in the country that were going to keep their staff and pay them are mightly relieved this evening.

 

[Nymzee]

I wonder if this goverment support will prompt my company to boot us all off site for a while.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Better safe than sorry.

He’s in great form though, life as normal but a cough.

But you’re right, stay in and finally make Sky Movies justify itself.

 

[The binman chronicles]

This is of course a lovely story but did anyone else think she is probably going to catch a mild cold next week and pass on anyhow?

No? Just me then (awaits incoming arrows ).

 

[LinekersLegs]

This is of course a lovely story but did anyone else think she is probably going to catch a mild cold next week and pass on anyhow?

No? Just me then (awaits incoming arrows ).

I hadn’t until you mentioned it

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Hang on, so my landlords can get a 3 month breather on their mortgage for this house I rent but I still have to pay 70% of my rent to live in it? Ffs.

Just adapt mate. It'll be right.

 

[Nymzee]

Just adapt mate. It'll be right.

I've got money, it's fine, just doesn't seem fair.

 

[Voodoo Billy]

Where on earth do Sky News get these reporters from? "Are you worried?" "Have you ever seen anything like this before?" Well yes and no obviously!

 

[mill]

This is what’s been puzzling me about italy. They’ve been on lockdown and not going out for what, a week now? The shops are empty, only one at a time being admitted. But the death toll keeps on rising, so there must be another reason. Is it that older family members are often living at home with the family? They don’t stick their old folk in homes like we do. And we don’t seem to ever hear what the ages of the dead are as a percentage. e.g. are they overwhelmingly over 80 say, or 90?

They didn’t move quickly enough so health service was overwhelmed.
Aged demographic.
Lots of multigenerational households.
Lots of people migrated from cities to rural second homes, taken virus with them, spread through rural communities that lacked the infrastructure.

Lots has contributed. But basically, the more draconian and quick then response, the lower the death rate.

 

[Blue 1]

Has anyone tried smoking DMT and just talking to the coronavirus?

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I've got money, it's fine, just doesn't seem fair.

No more unfair than giving employees 80% of their wages guaranteed while giving freelancers £350 a month to live off (that's assuming that Universal Credit works under what you presume would be a heavily reduced HO workforce, which I highly doubt given the problems they had under a full workforce)

 

[Bruce Wayne]

They didn’t move quickly enough so health service was overwhelmed.
Aged demographic.
Lots of multigenerational households.
Lots of people migrated from cities to rural second homes, taken virus with them, spread through rural communities that lacked the infrastructure.

Lots has contributed. But basically, the more draconian and quick then response, the lower the death rate.

They probably could have done things differently, but if the Imperial stats are to be believed, this is coming to every country, as even under full lockdown, there will be more demand for ICU than supply, and by a decent margin.

 

[Nymzee]

No more unfair than giving employees 80% of their wages guaranteed while giving freelancers £350 a month to live off (that's assuming that Universal Credit works under what you presume would be a heavily reduced HO workforce, which I highly doubt given the problems they had under a full workforce)

80% of a permanent wage

How do they work out 80% of self-employed with varying monthly incomes?

 

[roydo]

No more unfair than giving employees 80% of their wages guaranteed while giving freelancers £350 a month to live off (that's assuming that Universal Credit works under what you presume would be a heavily reduced HO workforce, which I highly doubt given the problems they had under a full workforce)

The Government is going to announce they are skint, and pay everyone on the public pay roll 80%!