Coronavirus - Overall
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@Toddy said in Coronavirus - Overall:
How is Greece not completely fu*ked? Ton of smokers, old population, generational living arrangements, poor public health system etc. Is it purely a case of covid19 not getting a hold there yet and the worst is to come? Or is there some other reason for low infection rate?
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@Toddy said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Toddy said in Coronavirus - Overall:
How is Greece not completely fu*ked? Ton of smokers, old population, generational living arrangements, poor public health system etc. Is it purely a case of covid19 not getting a hold there yet and the worst is to come? Or is there some other reason for low infection rate?
Olive oil.
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@dogmeat said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Frank where'd they find the extra virgin?
a horse farm in the Waikato
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While we thought high smoking rates might have been a factor in the Italian spread, it seems smoking might actually reduce your risk of the disease!
French researchers are planning to test nicotine patches on coronavirus patients and frontline health workers after a study suggested smokers may be much less at risk of contracting the virus.
The study at a major Paris hospital suggests a substance in tobacco – possibly nicotine – may be stopping patients who smoke from catching Covid-19. Clinical trials of nicotine patches are awaiting the approval of the country’s health authorities.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall:
While we thought high smoking rates might have been a factor in the Italian spread, it seems smoking might actually reduce your risk of the disease!
French researchers are planning to test nicotine patches on coronavirus patients and frontline health workers after a study suggested smokers may be much less at risk of contracting the virus.
The study at a major Paris hospital suggests a substance in tobacco – possibly nicotine – may be stopping patients who smoke from catching Covid-19. Clinical trials of nicotine patches are awaiting the approval of the country’s health authorities.
pffft the French think smoking cures everything
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
pffft the French think smoking cures everything
And butter.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
pffft the French think smoking cures everything
And butter.
in this case, they may be right
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
pffft the French think smoking cures everything
Their '99 & '07 RWC Teams were notoriously heavy smokers..
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
pffft the French think smoking cures everything
Their '99 & '07 RWC Teams were notoriously heavy smokers..
I saw Roger Federer having a crafty one after a curry at the Wimbledon tandoori when Tony Roche was his coach!
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Overall:
pffft the French think smoking cures everything
Their '99 & '07 RWC Teams were notoriously heavy smokers..
I saw Roger Federer having a crafty one after a curry at the Wimbledon tandoori when Tony Roche was his coach!
Worst @jegga imitation ever.
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Karma is a bitch
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Bones
Rid simweer BoJo his N Zild fimly.Prolly not from Inverrrrrcarrrrrgill though eh!
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Karma is a bitch
The Darwin Awards have been notified...
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - Overall:
NI WILL get reformed. Some general increases but even Tony Blair has pointed out that the only near term way out is to grow the economy, so entrepeneurs can't be spanked too hard?!
Don't you believe it. There's still a strong-ish cultural opposition in the UK against people making money and taking risks.
Just ask Jamie Oliver or the crap that gets thrown at James Dyson or JCB because they manufacture in Asia.
The media here plays a huge part. As they absolutely love to build up a persons profile / persona and them smash it down.
There is a still a strong appetite here to support entrepreneurship, perhaps more so for those that are out of the public eye. I certainly feel here that everybody has a shot at it, which is not the case in many other places. You stood zero chance of becoming extremely wealthy in Asia unless your family was already part of the money club.
I still remember when working at a US Bank there, we were trying to bring this kid into our business line and the head of the area saying no as he didn't have the right background. It was a non-sales role so relationships /network meant jack shit, whilst skills and worth ethic meant everything.
Perhaps for early entry into the big jobs that's still a ridiculously high factor in the UK, but not for progressive roles.
Amazing announcment, not picked up by mainstream press: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/JDW/14506570.html
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - Overall:
NI WILL get reformed. Some general increases but even Tony Blair has pointed out that the only near term way out is to grow the economy, so entrepeneurs can't be spanked too hard?!
Don't you believe it. There's still a strong-ish cultural opposition in the UK against people making money and taking risks.
Just ask Jamie Oliver or the crap that gets thrown at James Dyson or JCB because they manufacture in Asia.
The media here plays a huge part. As they absolutely love to build up a persons profile / persona and them smash it down.
There is a still a strong appetite here to support entrepreneurship, perhaps more so for those that are out of the public eye. I certainly feel here that everybody has a shot at it, which is not the case in many other places. You stood zero chance of becoming extremely wealthy in Asia unless your family was already part of the money club.
I still remember when working at a US Bank there, we were trying to bring this kid into our business line and the head of the area saying no as he didn't have the right background. It was a non-sales role so relationships /network meant jack shit, whilst skills and worth ethic meant everything.
Perhaps for early entry into the big jobs that's still a ridiculously high factor in the UK, but not for progressive roles.
Amazing announcment, not picked up by mainstream press: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/JDW/14506570.html
They are cun*s
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - Overall:
NI WILL get reformed. Some general increases but even Tony Blair has pointed out that the only near term way out is to grow the economy, so entrepeneurs can't be spanked too hard?!
Don't you believe it. There's still a strong-ish cultural opposition in the UK against people making money and taking risks.
Just ask Jamie Oliver or the crap that gets thrown at James Dyson or JCB because they manufacture in Asia.
The media here plays a huge part. As they absolutely love to build up a persons profile / persona and them smash it down.
There is a still a strong appetite here to support entrepreneurship, perhaps more so for those that are out of the public eye. I certainly feel here that everybody has a shot at it, which is not the case in many other places. You stood zero chance of becoming extremely wealthy in Asia unless your family was already part of the money club.
I still remember when working at a US Bank there, we were trying to bring this kid into our business line and the head of the area saying no as he didn't have the right background. It was a non-sales role so relationships /network meant jack shit, whilst skills and worth ethic meant everything.
Perhaps for early entry into the big jobs that's still a ridiculously high factor in the UK, but not for progressive roles.
Amazing announcment, not picked up by mainstream press: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/JDW/14506570.html
Coming after the porkies they spouted in their "38 Days that Lead to Disaster" article on Sunday (which was systematically taken apart by the government Press Office) the Times has been brutally exposed of late.
And that was before the scientist the Times said argued for an earlier lockdown in the SAGE meetings denied he was in favour of an early lockdown - and he wasn't at the meetings
Not surprised they went after Weatherspoon. He's an ardent Breexiteer while the Times is strongly Remain - at times to the point of deranged.