Coronavirus - Overall
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A lot of selective reporting going on to prove points tho.
Example - the one of staff streaming into Tesco like animals was showing this morning followed by the Italian one of showing 2 metres around every shopper in the queue outside.
Yet, I Went to Sainsbury's at 2pm yesterday, the car park was about a third full, and everybody was keeping well away from each other. And an Italian buddy of mine has informed me that it's bullshit what is being posted about Italy - there are people out everywhere.
I suspect every country is pretty much so exactly the same in honesty. Macron talking about telling the UK he'll shut the borders to UK if we don't change our stance, pretty much so ignores the picture of riots going on in various places in Paris which aren't being reported.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
A lot of selective reporting going on to prove points tho.
Good point, but it may simply be reporting of different areas/stores etc.
Mrs M's niece has noticed a big improvement in behavior but yesterday a Tesco in Dudley had to shut as shoppers barged thru security guards managing the NHS shopping hour.
Mrs M has come up with a great idea - offer people who don't want to self-distance and like to panic-buy, free holidays on cruise liners
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Macron talking about telling the UK he'll shut the borders to UK if we don't change our stance, pretty much so ignores the picture of riots going on in various places in Paris which aren't being reported.
Personally, I'm treating the sensationalist bullshit headlines as just that.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - Overall:
A lot of selective reporting going on to prove points tho.
Good point, but it may simply be reporting of different areas/stores etc.
Mrs M's niece has noticed a big improvement in behavior but yesterday a Tesco in Dudley had to shut as shoppers barged thru security guards managing the NHS shopping hour.
Mrs M has come up with a great idea - offer people who don't want to self-distance and like to panic-buy, free holidays on cruise liners
Free cruises! To Spain!**
** No guarantee Spain will let you in!
As always with these things, the very best and very worst of human nature is exposed.
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I just hope that turns out to be fake news. I really do.
Dentists are preparing for lock-down. Had our regular check-up cancelled last week but had a cracked tooth which was going to be fixed tomorrow. That's just been cancelled with only emergency stuff being done so I'm OK if it does flare up.
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Boris is delaying his update today... I feel something big is coming
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@R-L said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Boris is delaying his update today... I feel something big is coming
I know how that feels...
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Un-fucking-believable
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@Hooroo I don't know about Oz but yr vet is talking BS about NZ. His figures give 100 ventilators in NZ. I personally know three people who have been given them to have at home (2 chronic asthmatics one with COPD).
There are 200 ICU(ish) beds. All have ventilators. Around 500 High Dependency beds - not all have ventilators but there some to share around. That's just off the top of my head. There won't be enough if this thing gets big - but there's more than 100.
On top of which I know MoH has been talking to F&P about how they could start producing more. (Know someone in their design team).
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@sparky said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Boris Johnson to broadcast across all major UK TV channels at 20:30. Lockdown ahoy!
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Not sure if this goes here or the fitness thread.
Absolutely speechless.
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@chimoaus said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Not exactly scientifically sound but interesting to see which cities residents have stopped planning trips. Melbourne only down by 50%.
V interesting that Dutch, even with herd immunity strategy, are following government requests not to make unnecessary trips. Cherish your liberty or lose it?
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Victor-Meldrew It's strange how different opinions on the success or otherwise of adherence to the "don't travel unless necessary" message manifest themselves.
This is an acquaintances train ride in:
Perhaps tube users are different. LOL
Tubes on Saturday service, many stations closed. Not clever if you don't want crowding?
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UK in lockdown 😢