Corona Virus

[murphy]

38 minutes ago, Lionator said:

The collapse of government incoming. 

Oh no...not a.... 'unity government'?

 

Imagine Corbyn and Abbott at the helm. 

 

Get well soon Boris! 

 

 

[Guest MattP]

Just now, murphy said:

Oh no...not a.... 'unity government'?

 

Imagine Corbyn and Abbott at the helm. 

 

Get well soon Boris! 

Can you imagine Diane Abbott doing the press briefings.

 

She would be cancelling Casualty to send the Doctors to the front line.

[WigstonWanderer]

2 hours ago, Manini said:

I 100% reckon that a huge proportion of the population has had the virus and it’s been in circulation in the uk well before it was first reported as being here. 

Only about 10% of the tests that have been performed in the UK have been positive. As only those who have a good reason to be tested are being tested, it is likely that this is an upper limit.

[VLC86]

5 minutes ago, MattP said:

Can you imagine Diane Abbott doing the press briefings.

 

She would be cancelling Casualty to send the Doctors to the front line.

Twitter called, it wants it’s joke back.

[Strokes]

2 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Twitter called, it wants it’s joke back.

Tell Twitter there is nobody to take the calls due to the high volume of calls, caused by the corona virus. Please email instead.

[yorkie1999]

2 hours ago, Collymore said:

Well if that was the case surely the hospitals would have been under the cosh much earlier. 

Not if it takes longer for the virus to take effect in a large number of people. Without testing of people who not in hospital, no-one has any real idea of the scale of infection.

[Guest MattP]

Is the German data a bit iffy?

 

 

[Toddybad]

Think we're slowly getting closer to a possible government of national unity. Apparently being openly discussed by some MPs. Think the Tories also want some cover for the huge failings in their tactics and communications so far once the numbers start really growing.

[pSinatra]

I'm still working, as a grounds maintenance manager for a town council.  It's just me & a couple of other lads.  We're just cracking on.   It's in North Nottinghamshire & it's proper rural.  Our town doesn't even have a gas supply.  I'm just trying to gauge if everywhere is the same.

 

So we're out & about all day, every day.  After the 'lockdown' on Monday evening - Tuesday & Wednesday we barely saw anyone.  A bit busier yesterday, but today there must be at least 50% of the normal traffic.

 

It is a town full of simpleton in-breds, but I get the feeling they think the virus won't bother with somewhere in the middle of nowhere, or they're just bored of the lockdown already.

 

Does it seem a lot busier outside near you?

[Vlad the Fox]

1 hour ago, EnderbyFox said:

Just saw on Twitter that Sky are still sending engineers into peoples homes to install/fix tv. Shocking- how is this an essential service? Making people go from house to house to install a box then potentially bringing a life threatening disease into their own homes. 

 

They’re allowed;

 

From the government website;

 

Work carried out in people’s homes, for example by tradespeople carrying out repairs and maintenance, can continue, provided that the tradesperson is well and has no symptoms. Again, it will be important to ensure that Public Health England guidelines, including maintaining a 2 metre distance from any household occupants, are followed to ensure everyone’s safety.

 

It goes on to say that they aren’t allowed to enter houses where the occupants are self isolating however. I personally think if people can continue to work safely, then they should. 

[st albans fox]

3 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Not if it takes longer for the virus to take effect in a large number of people. Without testing of people who not in hospital, no-one has any real idea of the scale of infection.

I’m not buying that the virus was all over the country months ago - it’s simply a scientific and medical  impossibility 

 

No doubt there were some isolated cases which for any number of reasons were kept that way. Of course, when we finally get vast swathes of the country checked for the antibody, many who have them will muse when they must have contracted the virus - the answer will be March and first half April.  It if they want to believe it was January then it won’t matter ! 

[Finnaldo]

41 minutes ago, MattP said:

They'll be fine.

 

Boris saw off a far more grotesque virus than this back in December. 

Man flu?

[urban.spaceman]

20 minutes ago, MattP said:

Can you imagine Diane Abbott doing the press briefings.

 

She would be cancelling Casualty to send the Doctors to the front line.

 

[VLC86]

10 minutes ago, Strokes said:

Tell Twitter there is nobody to take the calls due to the high volume of calls, caused by the corona virus. Please email instead.

And then wait a year, for someone to reply saying it will take another year. Then Twitter goes bust and we are back to square 1 and he gets away with it. Disgusting.

[Guest Electric Yetis]

759 total deaths

[st albans fox]

19 minutes ago, pds said:

759 total deaths

182 in one day !!

 

thats getting on for double where we were and judging by the noises coming out from London at the moment next week and beyond is going to prove v tough ....

[reynard]

9 minutes ago, pds said:

759 total deaths

And that is at 5pm yesterday. This will be the daily death toll soon I fear.

[Guest Kopfkino]

Bollocks to a government of national unity. Its tough to see what any member of the shadow cabinet, aside from John Ashworth, could possibly offer. Even if the entire Conservative party was incapacitated it'd be much more effective to call up the student council at a local primary school

 

I also think that people that Guardian readers that think twitter is representative of the country are gonna be in for a shock when they realise yet again they've forgotten the world outside their bubble. I am yet to speak to any actual people that has been particularly critical of the government. All anecdotal of course but just got off the phone with someone whose spent the last 3 years that I've known him telling me how all Tories are scum and don't care about people like him who now loves Boris and Rishi. 

[Guest Kopfkino]

 

This is good, 

[Finnaldo]

16 minutes ago, Kopfkino said:

I also think that people that Guardian readers that think twitter is representative of the country are gonna be in for a shock when they realise yet again they've forgotten the world outside their bubble. I am yet to speak to any actual people that has been particularly critical of the government. All anecdotal of course but just got off the phone with someone whose spent the last 3 years that I've known him telling me how all Tories are scum and don't care about people like him who now loves Boris and Rishi. 

Interesting, I’ve noticed the opposite. Lifelong self-employed Conservative voters who feel totally let down by the fact they’re expected to survive until June with no help. Generally there’s little change in opinions though. 

[Salisbury Fox]

50 minutes ago, murphy said:

Oh no...not a.... 'unity government'?

 

Imagine Corbyn and Abbott at the helm. 

 

Get well soon Boris! 

 

 

Covid-19 for the many not the few

[Guest Kopfkino]

52 minutes ago, murphy said:

Oh no...not a.... 'unity government'?

 

Imagine Corbyn and Abbott at the helm. 

 

Get well soon Boris! 

 

 

 

Probably still be working out how to blame Israel for it all

[TheUltimateWinner]

Seems the government has opted for Dyson ventelators over G-Tech ones.

[Finnaldo]

3 minutes ago, Salisbury Fox said:

Covid-19 for the many not the few

Wasn’t that Boris’ plan with herd immunity?

[Guest Kopfkino]

3 minutes ago, Finnaldo said:

Interesting, I’ve noticed the opposite. Lifelong self-employed Conservative voters who feel totally let down by the fact they’re expected to survive until June with no help. Generally there’s little change in opinions though. 

 

Yeah that'd be a gripe I could imagine being prevalent but not come across it myself because people I've spoke to accept its all very difficult for the government. 

 

My personal view is the criticism of the government over the self-employed is ludicrous but its obviously tough if you're affected. But otherwise, in most conversations I've found myself the one being most critical of the government for a lack of planning when they could have and the unclear comms.