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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,991
So. What do we reckon today? School closures? Money for people as well as businesses?

Cant see UBI or anything big like rent/utilities freezes. Increase in SSP and benefits maybe?
 

GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,992
Nick said:
How many are from coronavirus?

The 45 year old who had motor neuron disease was told 2 years ago when he was diagnosed that he had 2 years to live.

Yet the story is 45 year old dies from coronavirus. Proper scare mongering.

Obviously it's sad people are dying, of course it is.
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If you read the article he was given 2 months in June 2018. It isn't June yet. People often outlive these estimates. His wife said his "fight with MND was not ready to be over". Yes, he was clearly ill already, but the illness has caused a premature death from an already limited lifespan, so it has killed him. It's not scaremongering. Most of us will be fine, but plenty of people with underlying health issues will die before they should. One of my mates is diabetic, and this is perfectly treatable, however, without his medication he would be dead. God forbid, as a vulnerable person if he was to succumb to this illness despite being otherwise healthy, you would say 'scaremongering'.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,993
Mr Panda said:
I usually work at home a day a week, this is my third day at home in a row for probably the first time.

I've never been so productive in all my working life. Even communicating is easier because I can do it as and when I have relevant updates which are worth sharing, which aren't diluted with other less relevant messages.
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Yeah in an old job I worked from home a couple of days per week. I find it much, much more productive, especially if you have an element of flexi-time, I would start working at 7am and finish around 14:30.
 

Flying Fokker

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,994
fernandopartridge said:
Because he did Nick. When they tell you you've got x time to live, it doesn't set a timer. He died of coronavirus ultimately but had underlying health conditions.
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When you die of MND you die a death far worse than Coronavirus.

Your muscles waste away your diaphragm gets pushed up to your shoulders and you cannot breathe. It happened to my stepfather anyway. He died gasping for air because his lungs were the size of fists. I suppose they could have put Pneumonia on his death certificate. I wouldn’t believe a word of it.
 
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CCFCSteve

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,995
Probably the most important figures currently (confirmed cases are pretty useless as we know there are tens of thousands or more carrying it) are available hospital beds and those in intensive care/on ventilators (and therefore available ventilators)
 
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Grendel

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,996
shmmeee said:
So. What do we reckon today? School closures? Money for people as well as businesses?

Cant see UBI or anything big like rent/utilities freezes. Increase in SSP and benefits maybe?
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Schools will have to be closed. I’d assume we will see packed pubs in the media on Mother’s Day and then the full lockdown will occur

London I guess will be totally locked down by the weekend
 
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,997
djr8369 said:
A lot of arguing over graphs and axes and how to display the data. I took the data (confirmed cases) and plotted it linearly. If you then offset our data by 15 days we are on exactly the same curve as Italy, presumably why the government are so keen to increase mitigation measures now to slow it down (Vallance said we're three weeks behind the other day though). Also our rate of growth has been higher than theirs for almost every day in March.

I think I shared a graph the other day where instead of cases it was cases per 100,000 which looks a bit better as we have a bit of a higher population.
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How does our rate of growth compare with their rate of growth as it was 15 days ago?
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,998
CCFCSteve said:
Probably the most important figures currently (confirmed cases are pretty useless as we know there are tens of thousands or more carrying it) are available hospital beds and those in intensive care/on ventilators (and therefore available ventilators)
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Was thinking the same about numbers in hospital
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #3,999
CCFCSteve said:
Probably the most important figures currently (confirmed cases are pretty useless as we know there are tens of thousands or more carrying it) are available hospital beds and those in intensive care/on ventilators (and therefore available ventilators)
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Yeah, confirmed cases though suggests a lot of demand on the health service already given that we're testing people on admission to hospital
 
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jordan210

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,000
Lockdown is rumoured to be this weekend
 
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djr8369

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,001
shmmeee said:
So. What do we reckon today? School closures? Money for people as well as businesses?

Cant see UBI or anything big like rent/utilities freezes. Increase in SSP and benefits maybe?
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I'm guessing they won't put money in our hands until we're at the door with pitchforks. Will be QE type stuff as much as possible.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,002
CCFCSteve said:
Probably the most important figures currently (confirmed cases are pretty useless as we know there are tens of thousands or more carrying it) are available hospital beds and those in intensive care/on ventilators (and therefore available ventilators)
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NHS capacity is absolutely the key figure. Will determine both mortality rate and when we are likely to come in/out of lockdown. I assume it’s not published anywhere though?
 
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David O'Day

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,003
jordan210 said:
Lockdown is rumoured to be this weekend
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More facebook rumours

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Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,004
Schools closing announced today it seems.
 

jordan210

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,005
David O'Day said:
More facebook rumours

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Been told by a friend who has sources in Government. It could be worse case planning. But I think we are getting close to lock down.
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,006
jordan210 said:
Lockdown is rumoured to be this weekend
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Im guessing we wanted to try asking nicely first and have looked at traffic/footfall data and seen it’s not working if so. No one seems to be taking it seriously.

Might be London only at first. I’ve heard that rumour.
 

clint van damme

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,007
jordan210 said:
Lockdown is rumoured to be this weekend
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Is what I'm hearing. Wait and see.
Heard an incredible amount of bullshit over the last few days.
 

Philosoraptor

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,008
Important announcement.


And for those who are going to struggle through these dark times..

 
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jordan210

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,009
clint van damme said:
Is what I'm hearing. Wait and see.
Heard an incredible amount of bullshit over the last few days.
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Yup. To may people trying to be the news and sell stories.

only bonus so far off all this is Eurovision song contest being cancelled.
 

clint van damme

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,010
shmmeee said:
Im guessing we wanted to try asking nicely first and have looked at traffic/footfall data and seen it’s not working if so. No one seems to be taking it seriously.

Might be London only at first. I’ve heard that rumour.
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What makes you say no one is taking it seriously?
Roads seem fairly empty? I'm going out for a walk shortly. I'll let you know my observations!
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,011
shmmeee said:
All of them Nick. They wouldn’t have died if they didn’t have coronoavirus. You’ve got a life expectancy as well, doesn’t mean if you get hit by a bus tomorrow you died of natural causes.
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I didn't mean to sound unsympathetic, it is more the way it is put across. "It's not just old people now as he was 45" as the headlines.

He was 45 and he had a fucking awful disease the poor bloke.
 
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djr8369

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,012
fernandopartridge said:
How does our rate of growth compare with their rate of growth as it was 15 days ago?
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It's comparable bar a few crazy days they had. If you discount those first couple of weeks where we seemed to have a lid on it the mean is the same.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,013
clint van damme said:
What makes you say no one is taking it seriously?
Roads seem fairly empty? I'm going out for a walk shortly. I'll let you know my observations!
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Just from conversations yesterday and general traffic and stuff. Though to be fair it’s changing daily.
 

Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,014
I'm convinced there are loads of people walking round with extremely mild symptoms thinking they just have a cold.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,015
jordan210 said:
Been told by a friend who has sources in Government. It could be worse case planning. But I think we are getting close to lock down.
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I was told by a friend who has sources at the local unicorn farm.

You may see greater restrictions in London though.

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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,016
Nick said:
I didn't mean to sound unsympathetic, it is more the way it is put across. "It's not just old people now as he was 45" as the headlines.

He was 45 and he had a fucking awful disease the poor bloke.
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Yeah, same with that 21 year old lad in Spain who was immunocompromised.
 

covmark

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,017
shmmeee said:
Just from conversations yesterday and general traffic and stuff. Though to be fair it’s changing daily.
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I was working in Brighton yesterday, roads were noticeably quieter, but not deserted by any means.

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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,018
covmark said:
I was working in Brighton yesterday, roads were noticeably quieter, but not deserted by any means.

Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
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Office car park was about half full yesterday to be fair. Maybe I’m being harsh.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,019
clint van damme said:
What makes you say no one is taking it seriously?
Roads seem fairly empty? I'm going out for a walk shortly. I'll let you know my observations!
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He is talking utter bollocks.

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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,020
Some people seem to not get what happens during a lock down.

Even in lockdown someone people will be leaving their houses legitimately.

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clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,021
shmmeee said:
Just from conversations yesterday and general traffic and stuff. Though to be fair it’s changing daily.
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Ok. I know a lot of people who have started working from home and my driving routes, (to work, dropping my son to work), have been very quiet, but that's just my little bubble.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,022
Any Italy France Spain numbers ??

still can’t understand only 3 cases in coventry
 
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CCFCSteve

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,023
NI also closing schools with immediate effect

Think Williamson (can’t stand him) will announce something later. Reckon England will be closing as well
 

usskyblue

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,024
GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee said:
The guy is an absolute fucking moron.

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Fucking tell me about it.

US cases are going to skyrocket now test kits are going out. Atlanta had 50 for 900,000 people ffs.

There’s blood on his hands...and on the hands of the fucking useless experts that initially said you couldn’t catch it off of surfaces.
 
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cc84cov

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  • Mar 18, 2020
  • #4,025
shmmeee said:
So. What do we reckon today? School closures? Money for people as well as businesses?

Cant see UBI or anything big like rent/utilities freezes. Increase in SSP and benefits maybe?
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I reckon the biggest ever recession once Boris calls back in that £330bn
 
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