Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Goat]

Yeah theirs was supposed to be end of this month just gone. became obvious about two weeks ago I think that they had to cancel, but then it would have been forced on them anyway. Proper miserable stuff.

Know at least one person as well who couldn't go to a family funeral.

We certainly picked the wrong year to finally plan a wedding and a family holiday!

A minor concern currently tho.

 

[Paris]

Why is it 'headline' news that it could take 6 or more months for things to get back to normal?

Did people actually think that this would all quickly blow over and we'll be in the Lisbon by the end of April?

My optimistic hope is that it will be 6 months but a more realistic hope is longer than that.

 

[Blues Harp]

This ^

Remember when "cancelling mass gatherings wasn't needed because the evidence suggests it's not much of a risk"?

Useless, the lot of them.

Didn't realise it was her who did the Cheltenham "advice" Ooooopppps!!

 

[orly]

We certainly picked the wrong year to finally plan a wedding and a family holiday!

A minor concern currently tho.

Yeah true for sure. But the long term damage of this kind of thing adds up and becomes a psychological "footprint". Very worried about the level of suicide in the next month tbh

 

[summerisle]

Very uplifting.

 

[Blues Harp]

Refreshing change from the forced sincerity of her colleagues and the politicians who have appeared on that platform?

Ah.....the Cheltenham lady.... Oh dear.

 

[roydo]

Ah.....the Cheltenham lady.... Oh dear.

Hindsight is going to be a very very heavy club to beat folk with soon.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Yeah true for sure. But the long term damage of this kind of thing adds up and becomes a psychological "footprint". Very worried about the level of suicide in the next month tbh

We are gearing up for Wednesday onwards when it will begin to boil over...

Just been informed a friend of my mother's has passed away, confirmed COVID19 over 70 and a smoker, however, known to be healthy as you can be with age and lifestyle choices.

 

[Joey66]

Ah.....the Cheltenham lady.... Oh dear.

Heard today the channel tunnel is still open with no checks for the virus on our side just a leaflet asking the visitors to self isolate for 14 days .....

 

[riddick]

Very uplifting.

I was so on board until they added the choir part. WHERE THE HELL ARE THE PEOPLE SINGING?!

 

[Tipp blue]

I've got to look forward my missus cutting mine. Or I just grow it. Not as if anyone else is going to see it

If you arnt a scruffy c*** after a lockdown then you've not done it right, I'm going to give up shaving and all.

 

[Jay]

Here is something very interesting: https://futurism.com/neoscope/half-coronavirus-carriers-no-symptoms

Iceland, population 364,000

– As of March 25, Iceland has administered 12,615 tests.
– Of those tests, Iceland has found 802 confirmed cases.
They’ve nearly tested 3.4 percent of the entire country

Today's numbers: 1,020 (total) confirmed cases since March 25, up 200 something, no idea how many more they tested.

Out of 1,020 confirmed cases they have 2 deaths so far and 19 seriously critical cases

0.2% death rate and 2% seriously critical

about half of those who tested positive are non-symptomatic

 

[aazak]

The finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, Thomas Schäfer, has killed himself after apparently becoming “deeply worried” about how to deal with the economic impact of coronavirus, the Local reports.
“We are in shock, we are in disbelief and above all we are immensely sad,” state premier Volker Bouffier said in a statement.

 

[Tipp blue]

Here in Canada 63 deaths 1% of the people that had/have the virus, still very scary.

Was talking to my brother yesterday, he's living in Vancouver and he's working away block layer. Nothing shutting down at all. Although he is a notorious liar so I'm not even sure I can believe him.

 

[Charlie Sweet]

We certainly picked the wrong year to finally plan a wedding and a family holiday!

A minor concern currently tho.

Stay strong and healthy and they'll be even better next year