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    Henry Winter in The Times

    He;s written several very positive articles about the club in recent months
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    4th and final part (too big to load as a single piece and behind a pay wall) Wednesday, March 18 One of Cinzia’s duties as portiere is to clean the lifts and the stairways. To show she’s done this she leaves everyone’s doormats propped against their doors — which reveals who’s around and who is...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Part three Friday, March 13 It’s getting closer. Yesterday our cleaner Ermie told us that a friend of hers, also a cleaner, works for somebody who has come down with the virus. We didn’t think to ask how good a friend this friend was, nor when Ermie had last seen her, or whether the friend had...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Part two Thursday, March 12 As it was a beautiful morning today, I decided I would take my chances and try to escape from our lockdown area. The Roman authorities have listed four reasons for which you can venture out: going to work, buying necessities, attending to your health and going home...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The article seems to be describing exactly the way the UK is trying to handle it There was an interesting article in the Sunday Times yesterday of an expat's experience in Rome as things escalated See below Looks like we are following the same path Coronavirus in Italy: for once, peace reigns...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Did anyone see the article in a weekend newspaper that shows that the vast majority of cases are in a band across the globe with a temperature range of 5c to 12c? Could that offer a glimmer of hope?
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    For those looking for someone to blame I can only say that a hospital doctor told me weeks ago that they knew what was coming and were clearing the wards to deal with it and negotiating with private hospitals to help These were contingency plans at that point but he expected the worst based on...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Britannia Hotels are the ruthless bastards in this case Voted Britain's worst hotel chain for seventh year in succession by Which?
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I see the biggest increase was under Blair & Brown
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I've been having some pretty serious treatment over the past couple of years at various NHS sites Every letter begs you to attend and says it costs the NHS £167 per missed visit So many users don't bother coming as they put their own convenience ahead of the pressure their missed appointments...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I have just been talking to a physio at the BMI London Independent hospital They are contracted to start taking non coronavirus patients from the Royal London from next week Leaving politics out of it there is a lot more planning going on than most realise
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    She needed her steroids There are two chances of them having got together Slim and none And Slim"s left town
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    My youngest daughter (who has asthma) has had the virus as has another daughter's husband Both work in London and are in their 30's It wasn't pleasant but both are starting to feel better and symptoms are going Most people like them won't be in the official statistics as they phoned their...
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    https://www.efl.com/news/2020/march/efl-statement-board-update-on-coronavirus/

    I suspect the players we want to keep will be offered extensions and the others will be allowed to run down Pretty ruthless but it happens at the end of June every year
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    London is incredible Loads of people out and about especially in the parks But far more people have the virus than the official figures say as once they self-isolate they aren't tested but simply asked to ride it out with paracetamol and wait for 7 days after they feel better before going out again
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Let's be honest which world leader has handled this well? It's a problem with no correct answers Even the brilliant communicator (before he went mad) Tony Blair would have struggled in these circumstances
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    Solutions to complete the Season

    All reporters on The Sunday Supplement this morning thought the season has to finish no matter how late
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Pretty reasonable analysis Also social media wasn't around to anything like the extent it is now in 2009
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    75% rule

    Interestingly racehorse trainer Dr Richard Newland, a former medical doctor who runs his own health care business thinks the hysteria has been overdone He was at Cheltenham this week and has runners at meetings with punters in attendance today He pointed out that 19000 people died of flu last...
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