Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Nymzee]

Shouldn't they be given priority

I mean, there's only so many things you can do under isolation

*shrug* I have no answers you seek.

 

[peteblue]

What's her opinion on single use plastic gloves and medical equipment at the moment I wonder ?

we haven’t the heart to tell her.....

 

[peteblue]

Really, really dangerous misreporting this - Something i'd expect from the Mail Online but not a respected paper like the Guardian

At this point can't help feeling that the media are spreading fear rather than information

hahahaha......

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[Catfish Blues]

You're not breaking any laws by going multiple times.

Partly true, but you'd be a bit of a knobhead if you ignored it.

The "staying at home" link is backed up by

The relevant authorities, including the police, have been given the powers to enforce them – including through fines and dispersing gatherings.

though.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Really, really dangerous misreporting this - Something i'd expect from the Mail Online but not a respected paper like the Guardian

At this point can't help feeling that the media are spreading fear rather than information

It's nothing new from our media mate. At a time when we need calm amongst the population the media are the last people we should be listening too.

 

[navidson]

hahahaha......

Come on - in the canon of newspapers in this country it's relatively well respected

 

[navidson]

It's nothing new from our media mate. At a time when we need calm amongst the population the media are the last people we should be listening too.

Can't put the telly on without ITV pushing some sort of 'How scared should we be of the Coronavirus' junk

People know what they need to do - You saturating the airwaves with this is making people anxious

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Can't put the telly on without ITV pushing some sort of 'How scared should we be of the Coronavirus' junk

People know what they need to do - You saturating the airwaves with this is making people anxious

I've literally stopped reading or listening (apart from this thread) to everything about the virus mate and as you said "people know what they need to do" because you only have to look at the pics of deserted streets and people adhering to protocol at the supermarkets to see this.

I'm just spending my day watching stuff on telly that makes me laugh, and of course listening to a bit of Lou Reed, though my missus calls Lou Reed stuff depressing!

 

[roydo]

I've literally stopped reading or listening (apart from this thread) to everything about the virus mate and as you said "people know what they need to do" because you only have to look at the pics of deserted streets and people adhering to protocol at the supermarkets to see this.

I'm just spending my day watching stuff on telly that makes me laugh, and of course listening to a bit of Lou Reed, though my missus calls Lou Reed stuff depressing!

Same here. Talksport has been an unexpected source of much enjoyment.

 

[Voodoo Billy]

Really, really dangerous misreporting this - Something i'd expect from the Mail Online but not a respected paper like the Guardian

At this point can't help feeling that the media are spreading fear rather than information

And they're doing it under the pretence that they're trying to hammer home the severity of the situation to younger people. The dreadful Kay Burley was on and on at Gove the other day trying to get him to give her a juicy headline figure of estimated overall deaths, just to make a good headline. I'm no fan of Gove but she was badgering on and on about it when she could surely have got more useful information out of him which might have proved useful for people. It's lazy, dangerous misreporting as you say.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Same here. Talksport has been an unexpected source of much enjoyment.

I don't normally listen to Talksport roydo, but it has been a good source of a 'pick - me - up' of late.

 

[Paris]

Skip to 19.55

Just wow

 

[roydo]

I don't normally listen to Talksport roydo, but it has been a good source of a 'pick - me - up' of late.

I used to listen during the day when working, but rarely at the weekend. Its been excellent imo. The dice football matches are a scream!

 

[gonetomorrow]

I would thing the anger will only grow. Reading about Barca yesterday asking the players to take a pay cut and them refusing. Now going from £200-400,000 per week down to £100-200,000 per week is not exactly going on the breadline. There may well be a few bubbles pricked by the end of all this....

I agree. Some reevaluation of the price we put on certain jobs and services may take place too. Instead of swallowing the blandishments of politicians about NHS funding or social housing for instance perhaps the public will start holding them to account.