Coronavirus - Overall
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@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall:
FNM tour postponed until Feb-Mar 2021.
Considering I had no idea it was on, I'm now hoping I can pick up some tickets when they ahve the new schedule, I assume some people wont be able to make the changed time.
Hmmm, maybe this should be in the positives thread?
Good way to look at it. They've already confirmed dates and venues for next year.
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@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@nzzp The US decided not to go with the test data provided by the Chinese and then stuffed it up, delaying things. Then for quite a while they were only testing people who were hospitalised. They allowed it to get out in the community and now they are scrambling to catch up.
Perfect storm really. Really mobile population who weren't informed and made poor decisions, slow government responses, prioritising economics ahead of health and inability (in a western democracy) to go down the autocratic route
There's still massive push back against the lock down from some quarters. It's going to be extremely difficult to contain when you add those factors into the sheer size of the country/population. They're also doing a good job making it a partisan issue - American politics is just the worst.
Huge buying of guns and ammo! 😩
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So my Xbox One arrives today. I was humming and harring the other day as was looking to buy 2nd hand on ebay and thought they were a bit expensive. Then found argos selling brand new for 260, then found currys doing the same. Sat down to lunch and came back to buy from currys, they'd upped the price to 350, so tried to buy from Argos - no stock south of the thames it seems. Unlucky...then found someone on ebay who'd just thrown one up that he'd opened to use the Live code only and was selling for 260 so grabbed it.
Just checked the argos site - they now have them selling for 450.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Food for thought
Yep. The virus will be bad for the western world but it will utterly decimate the 3rd world.
Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, parts of Asia and South and Central America will lose huge amounts of their populations
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - Overall:
So my Xbox One arrives today. I was humming and harring the other day as was looking to buy 2nd hand on ebay and thought they were a bit expensive. Then found argos selling brand new for 260, then found currys doing the same. Sat down to lunch and came back to buy from currys, they'd upped the price to 350, so tried to buy from Argos - no stock south of the thames it seems. Unlucky...then found someone on ebay who'd just thrown one up that he'd opened to use the Live code only and was selling for 260 so grabbed it.
Just checked the argos site - they now have them selling for 450.
Ouch! Price gouging.
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Here were go
Time for a whole tranche of incompetent jobsworths killing the NHS from the inside to be jettisoned.
Every member of staff should pull a Spartacus.
The fuckwits can't send them all home.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Here were go
Time for a whole tranche of incompetent jobsworths killing the NHS from the inside to be jettisoned.
Every member of staff should pull a Spartacus.
The fuckwits can't send them all home.
Maybe I'm missing some local terminology / cliches, but could you please elaborate on your additional points?
What is your view on the article? I genuinely don't know! Am curious though, as I have one and wonder if we are on the same side of the ledger.
Hope not, as agreeing is boring ...
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - Overall:
So my Xbox One arrives today. I was humming and harring the other day as was looking to buy 2nd hand on ebay and thought they were a bit expensive. Then found argos selling brand new for 260, then found currys doing the same. Sat down to lunch and came back to buy from currys, they'd upped the price to 350, so tried to buy from Argos - no stock south of the thames it seems. Unlucky...then found someone on ebay who'd just thrown one up that he'd opened to use the Live code only and was selling for 260 so grabbed it.
Just checked the argos site - they now have them selling for 450.
The dilemmas of a Westerner.
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@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - Overall:
So my Xbox One arrives today. I was humming and harring the other day as was looking to buy 2nd hand on ebay and thought they were a bit expensive. Then found argos selling brand new for 260, then found currys doing the same. Sat down to lunch and came back to buy from currys, they'd upped the price to 350, so tried to buy from Argos - no stock south of the thames it seems. Unlucky...then found someone on ebay who'd just thrown one up that he'd opened to use the Live code only and was selling for 260 so grabbed it.
Just checked the argos site - they now have them selling for 450.
The dilemmas of a Westerner.
How do we cope?I know right! How do I cope? Put it back on ebay for 400 of course.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Here were go
Time for a whole tranche of incompetent jobsworths killing the NHS from the inside to be jettisoned.
Every member of staff should pull a Spartacus.
The fuckwits can't send them all home.
Maybe I'm missing some local terminology / cliches, but could you please elaborate on your additional points?
What is your view on the article? I genuinely don't know! Am curious though, as I have one and wonder if we are on the same side of the ledger.
Hope not, as agreeing is boring ...
Gag order.
Shut up or you're done.
Bollocks in my book.
If all NHS staff post that the PPE measures in place are inadequate or non-existent then it will nullify the bullying of middle management.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan I think if someone said drinking bleach would kill the virus, some would drink it.
Didn't thst happen in the States?
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Here were go
Time for a whole tranche of incompetent jobsworths killing the NHS from the inside to be jettisoned.
Every member of staff should pull a Spartacus.
The fuckwits can't send them all home.
Maybe I'm missing some local terminology / cliches, but could you please elaborate on your additional points?
What is your view on the article? I genuinely don't know! Am curious though, as I have one and wonder if we are on the same side of the ledger.
Hope not, as agreeing is boring ...
Gag order.
Shut up or you're done.
Bollocks in my book.
If all NHS staff post that the PPE measures in place are inadequate or non-existent then it will nullify the bullying of middle management.
In normal times I would agree with that. But I do think there is a fine balance between publicising the short comings of the NHS and putting fear into the general population.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Here were go
Time for a whole tranche of incompetent jobsworths killing the NHS from the inside to be jettisoned.
Every member of staff should pull a Spartacus.
The fuckwits can't send them all home.
Maybe I'm missing some local terminology / cliches, but could you please elaborate on your additional points?
What is your view on the article? I genuinely don't know! Am curious though, as I have one and wonder if we are on the same side of the ledger.
Hope not, as agreeing is boring ...
Gag order.
Shut up or you're done.
Bollocks in my book.
If all NHS staff post that the PPE measures in place are inadequate or non-existent then it will nullify the bullying of middle management.
In normal times I would agree with that. But I do think there is a fine balance between publicising the short comings of the NHS and putting fear into the general population.
Needed now more than ever.
Publicise the shit out of it.
Show the public that if they don't fucking wise up and listen to government directives then they will be admitted to a system which is understaffed, understocked, and unprepared.
That's providing factual information not fear mongering.
My mate who sent me the link is an ICU nurse.
He wrote 'Ironically I can guarantee you many of the doctors in the NHS voted Tory'
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@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - Overall:
World is getting creepier by the second. This is the president of Slovakia. Surprised Taxinda hasn’t rocked this look yet.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Needed now more than ever.
Publicise the shit out of it.
Show the public that if they don't fucking wise up and listen to government directives then they will be admitted to a system which is understaffed, understocked, and unprepared.
That's providing factual information not fear mongering.
My mate who sent me the link is an ICU nurse.
He wrote 'Ironically I can guarantee you many of the doctors in the NHS voted Tory'
Yes, that is one angle. The other is balancing the power of fear. People must feel secure in the NHS, regardless of it's short comings. Having said that, I don't agree with gag orders either, so perhaps I contradict myself internally.
Nothing ironic in NHS doctors voting Tory. Anybody could see the opposite party's views on what they were going to do to the NHS was unachievable, would cause shocking disruption to society in general and would also see them significantly out of pocket themselves, in unnecessary additional taxation.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Needed now more than ever.
Publicise the shit out of it.
Show the public that if they don't fucking wise up and listen to government directives then they will be admitted to a system which is understaffed, understocked, and unprepared.
That's providing factual information not fear mongering.
My mate who sent me the link is an ICU nurse.
He wrote 'Ironically I can guarantee you many of the doctors in the NHS voted Tory'
Yes, that is one angle. The other is balancing the power of fear. People must feel secure in the NHS, regardless of it's short comings. Having said that, I don't agree with gag orders either, so perhaps I contradict myself internally.
Nothing ironic in NHS doctors voting Tory. Anybody could see the opposite party's views on what they were going to do to the NHS was unachievable, would cause shocking disruption to society in general and would also see them significantly out of pocket themselves, in unnecessary additional taxation.
I suspect many would now choose out of pocket over out of breath