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Ring Of Steel

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Grendel you haven't commented on these latest developments, except to dismiss it because it was posted by Schmeee.

The government are backtracking on their original plan as they know they got it wrong. Do you still think they were right? Do you think their new proposals are the right thing to do?

“Would you rather be in France?”
 

djr8369

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Saying on the BBC now new modelling has changed the plan as 250,000 deaths were predicted. Apparently based on numbers of people needing intensive care in Italy. NHS would never have enough capacity. New data says previous strategy would not work and WHO advice turned out to be right.


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Sky Blue Pete

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Take your Boris blinkers off mate.

They fucked up.

We were the only country in the world adopting this plan. We were going against the advice of the WHO.

They've changed their plans based on data I'll give you that - the data clearly shows they got it wrong so they had to do something different.
I actually know someone on the team at imperial college. Its fluid
 

cc84cov

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Because it is highly unlikely to have a meaningful effect. Young people and especially children seem to be the least affected and less important to transmitting the disease than they are for influenza.
Or they know nurses will be off work looking after the kids leading the hospitals totally fucked...100% there is something we are not being told
 

djr8369

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Grendel you haven't commented on these latest developments, except to dismiss it because it was posted by Schmeee.

The government are backtracking on their original plan as they know they got it wrong. Do you still think they were right? Do you think their new proposals are the right thing to do?

Guessing we’ll go from only believing certain experts to only believing what certain experts said on very specific days?


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Brighton Sky Blue

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Or they know nurses will be off work looking after the kids leading the hospitals totally fucked...100% there is something we are not being told

It is both. Plus the small matter of cancelling GCSEs and A-levels less than 2 months in advance
 

Ring Of Steel

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Saying on the BBC now new modelling has changed the plan as 250,000 deaths were predicted. Apparently based on numbers of people needing intensive care in Italy. NHS would never have enough capacity. New data says previous strategy would not work and WHO advice turned out to be right.


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Well who could have predicted that
 
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cc84cov

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The food situ is what worries me I haven’t panicked at all now I’m on the verge of going to Tesco to try stock up

what’s everyone’s thoughts on the food situation?
 

djr8369

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The food situ is what worries me I haven’t panicked at all now I’m on the verge of going to Tesco to try stock up

what’s everyone’s thoughts on the food situation?

Have a reasonable stock in and top it up regularly with small shops, don’t go crazy so there’s enough for everyone but balance that knowing at some point you’re highly likely to be home for a fortnight (while probably being able to pop out)


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djr8369

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The food situ is what worries me I haven’t panicked at all now I’m on the verge of going to Tesco to try stock up

what’s everyone’s thoughts on the food situation?

The real worry is if a lot of people are sick or just on lockdown the supply chains start to struggle. Does anyone know if the countries in full lock down let jobs like this continue? What about power stations? Data centres?


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cc84cov

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The real worry is if a lot of people are sick or just on lockdown the supply chains start to struggle. Does anyone know if the countries in full lock down let jobs like this continue? What about power stations? Data centres?


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Good question
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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My mum works in a senior school the rumour is they could close Friday she’s just told me but no1 knows

In my school there are whispers of closures next week and senior management are ramping up making sure that all teachers are set up to deliver work by Teams/OneNote etc. If the exams indeed are cancelled then it would also make irrelevant all the work I have put in to help my exam classes and the work that these classes have put in over the years. A few seem delighted at the prospect-most are actually disheartened or pissed off. We might have to end up using predicted grades or mock exams and unit tests if the worst comes to it. Hoping it doesn't.
 

BornSlippySkyBlue

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And the latest chart:

Once again, the plan of doing nothing has done a really good job of flattening the peak hasn't it.

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I think I preferred Philosorapter’s chart, on which I think the line of interest was on a similar trajectory.
 

fellatio_Martinez

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The food situ is what worries me I haven’t panicked at all now I’m on the verge of going to Tesco to try stock up

what’s everyone’s thoughts on the food situation?

All online shopping has been booked out for weeks so your best bet is to either order through click and collect because the shops complete the orders at the start of the day when stocks are replenished or to go to a 24 shop very early when they've restocked.

I couldn't find any fresh meat in Tesco or Sainsburys today so I went to Lidl which had plenty. It also had pretty much full shelves of everything and in reality it's just as good if not better than the more popular supermarkets.
 
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djr8369

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In my school there are whispers of closures next week and senior management are ramping up making sure that all teachers are set up to deliver work by Teams/OneNote etc. If the exams indeed are cancelled then it would also make irrelevant all the work I have put in to help my exam classes and the work that these classes have put in over the years. A few seem delighted at the prospect-most are actually disheartened or pissed off. We might have to end up using predicted grades or mock exams and unit tests if the worst comes to it. Hoping it doesn't.

Saw earlier that Microsoft teams is already struggling under increased demand.


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Nick

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The food situ is what worries me I haven’t panicked at all now I’m on the verge of going to Tesco to try stock up

what’s everyone’s thoughts on the food situation?

Just go to a small local shop and get what you need. No panic, job done.
 

djr8369

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Yeah my daughter has been learning how to use that just in case.

Will be interesting to see if any of these things stick and make organisations more flexible. Useful way of combating climate change, pollution and reducing congestion on the roads.

As somebody else has said we’re witnessing the worlds largest remote working experiment.


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cc84cov

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Plenty up the Ricoh long ish cue’s slightly bustier than usual at this time of night I’ll start getting some bits tomorrow just incase
 

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