Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[JokerJ]

They've taken my nephew into Preston hospital, put him on morphine, so it's not corona but I hope he doesn't pick the virus up while he's in hospital

 

[Tipp blue]

The financial aftermath of this is going to be horrific, we'll be paying for this for a long time.

 

[mrb85]

The Forex market alone is worth $5.1 trillion a day and London's share is 36% = roughly $1.8trillion =£1.5 trillion. A 1% levy = £15 billion a day and £750 billion a year.

Does this calculation assume that only the final transaction is taxed, or is the tax applied at every stage, like VAT?

 

[summerisle]

I wonder what the UK figures will be ?

 

[navidson]

The Chinese ended lockdown in Wuhan, effective immediately. Now Wuhan people will roam all over China. Second wave if it comes will be devastating. We have to make sure no Chinese planes arrive in Europe until September.

I wouldn't allow them in at all - Far as i'm concerned the Chinese Government are guilty of a massive war crime here

 

[canuckblue]

Spitting even without this virus is considered common assault under law, probably be worse done to a copper.

Unless you're Jamie Carragher.

 

[summerisle]

In nice plain English.

Q&A: Hunt for Holy Grail vaccine to protect us all from Covid-19

What is needed to control this pandemic?

www.independent.ie

 

[orchard]

I wonder what the UK figures will be ?

Fwiw (Reddit anecdote):
Update from civil service mates: New requests for Universal Credit are now at 300 per second


Seems high to me,but people have been complaining about various parts of the system for a week or so, having to go through the process several times, sometimes getting locked out at I'd verification stage. I personally don't have a clue about it,but it doesn't appear to be robust or efficient.

 

[mrb85]

Every one of us have concerns over the nation's health. Some also have concerns over short term and long term economic costs. I have to say that now we're subject to movement restrictions I'm increasingly worried about the social impacts. In particular I'm worried about how long public order can be maintained if, as is virtually certain, 'lock down' is continued after the next review in 3 weeks time. And with most retailing closed to the public and retail outlets vulnerable to criminal intrusion I wonder how long it will be before we begin to witness events of an illegal nature and even eventually something along the lines of the 2011 city riots that included widespread looting of shops. Not a pleasant prospect but I'm sure it will have been pondered upon with the Police at Cabinet level. A breakdown of law and order alongside a possible breakdown of health services will keep us all awake at nights.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Toast]

Cheerful as ever. lol

Don't you even think about doing this Carlo.

 

[aazak]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[COYBL25]

I wouldn't allow them in at all - Far as i'm concerned the Chinese Government are guilty of a massive war crime here

The global community needs to unite in forcing them shut down of the disgusting " wet markets " and animal markets forever, regardless of the cries of " it`s part of our culture ".

Second time in two decades that a pandemic has originated from the way they keep and eat animals.

It`s truly terrifying to think what could happen if there was a third pandemic.

 

[canuckblue]

Every one of us have concerns over the nation's health. Some also have concerns over short term and long term economic costs. I have to say that now we're subject to movement restrictions I'm increasingly worried about the social impacts. In particular I'm worried about how long public order can be maintained if, as is virtually certain, 'lock down' is continued after the next review in 3 weeks time. And with most retailing closed to the public and retail outlets vulnerable to criminal intrusion I wonder how long it will be before we begin to witness events of an illegal nature and even eventually something along the lines of the 2011 city riots that included widespread looting of shops. Not a pleasant prospect but I'm sure it will have been pondered upon with the Police at Cabinet level. A breakdown of law and order alongside a possible breakdown of health services will keep us all awake at nights.

You might see some military presence if that scenario unfolds. You would hope it doesn't, but as we've seen, situations like this bring our the worst in some people.