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Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,306
BornSlippySkyBlue said:
I think one take out from this whole thing is that we all need to stop being scummy gits and follow the basic personal hygiene protocols we are being shown regardless of whether we think we have it, have had it or are too cool to catch it. Meaning more hand washing, sneezing / coughing as taught etc. And if you think there’s any way you could still be infectious avoid high-risk environments (schools, care homes, hospital etc).

No guarantees, but common sense to help reduce further spread.
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To be honest, anybody who coughs or sneezes without basic manners of covering their mouth and nose needs to be put down anyway.
 
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djr8369

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,307
Anyone know if the team are still training throughout all this?


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NortonSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,308
GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee said:
We get it. You like Branson. He’s not gonna shag you.


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Actually I don't give a shit about Branson but I do believe that blind hatred and ignorance is wrong.
I also find it strange that you believe it is a sexual thing? You need to isolate yourself and get rid of your own frustration...
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,309
djr8369 said:
Anyone know if the team are still training throughout all this?


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Judging by them all saying how bored they are I assume not.
 

NortonSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,310
clint van damme said:
how can people have opinions of high profile media figures without ever knowing them? Are you serious?
And you're wrong about Branson not having anything to do with Virgin airlines.
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Okay I will leave you with your facts.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,311
riyadhskyblue said:
Actually I don't give a shit about Branson but I do believe that blind hatred and ignorance is wrong.
I also find it strange that you believe it is a sexual thing? You need to isolate yourself and get rid of your own frustration...
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Took your posters of him down yet
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,312
I do think social media need to start blocking people like Piers Morgan who just wants to get everybody worked up. No wonder people are panic buying when he's trying to tell everybody it's the end of the world all day every day.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,313
Nick said:
I do think social media need to start blocking people like Piers Morgan who just wants to get everybody worked up. No wonder people are panic buying when he's trying to tell everybody it's the end of the world all day every day.
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He's proved to be an absolute wanker in all of this, i used to like him but not anymore
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,314
dubed said:
I think if the context were presented that narrowly, I'd agree. It's unfortunate that any serious analysis and discussion of world affairs disappeared from the common media years ago. But do I believe at this time that SARS2 will have a worse outcome than swine flu, which on most accounts has the same mortality rate as SARS2, high inflection rate and no immunity or vaccine? No, I don't necessarily: I think we are still trying to understand the risk and impact.

Nor do I want to be too critical but providing statistics such as SARS2 has a 14% mortality rate (from a limited-base denominator) in the elderly without comparison to the fact that the flu rate mortality itself is nearly 7% only doesn't seem overly helpful.
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Its not just the mortality rate though is it? It’s the R0, the incubation period, the hospitalisation rate and the lack of a vaccine.
 

David O'Day

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,315
Nick said:
I do think social media need to start blocking people like Piers Morgan who just wants to get everybody worked up. No wonder people are panic buying when he's trying to tell everybody it's the end of the world all day every day.
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You need to delete some of the people on here that post the same deluded shite

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BornSlippySkyBlue

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,316
Good to see the club fighting the good fight:
 
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djr8369

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,317
Nick said:
I do think social media need to start blocking people like Piers Morgan who just wants to get everybody worked up. No wonder people are panic buying when he's trying to tell everybody it's the end of the world all day every day.
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What’s he been saying?


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shmmeee

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,318
BornSlippySkyBlue said:
This is the bit that worries me more than the damn virus, how the hell I’d look after the kids (without cross-infecting) with zero protective gear (as we were told not to bother) if I or them get ill.

Feels like they want families to self-isolate as a group while the virus ripples through the family before everyone comes out two weeks’ later immune and ready to save the rest of us.
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That is exactly what they want. Though of course without testing we don’t know if we are ready to come out and save everyone.
 

BornSlippySkyBlue

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,319
SkyBlueDom26 said:
He's proved to be an absolute wanker in all of this, i used to like him but not anymore
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WTF dude?
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,320
djr8369 said:
What’s he been saying?


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PANIC PANIC PANIC
 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,321
BornSlippySkyBlue said:
WTF dude?
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Regarding brexit some of his tweets made sense, now he's a twat
 

BornSlippySkyBlue

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,322
shmmeee said:
That is exactly what they want. Though of course without testing we don’t know if we are ready to come out and save everyone.
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Or even if they had covid 19.
 
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BornSlippySkyBlue

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,323
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Regarding brexit some of his tweets made sense, now he's a twat
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He’s always been a grade A twat. Fact.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,324
hill83 said:
Plus I don’t even know if I’ve got it. And what if my wife shows symptoms in 13 days. Locked in again. And then what if she hasn’t got it then? Shambles
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Nope just 14 days for you all as ive read it
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,325
riyadhskyblue said:
Or NOPM...
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I'm a proper 'hippy', I agree with it all, but the stupid terminology really gets on my nerves
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,326
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Briefly from here:

1. We will be open for all of Easter under the same arrangements as the next few weeks.

2. Teachers are likely to be asked to provide grades for GCSE and A level students.

3. Due to the right to appeal being maintained we have been asked to estimate as high a grade as realistically possible.

I can’t describe how I feel at this moment but I have already bollocked students celebrating what is going on.
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What would you prefer?
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,327
SkyBlueDom26 said:
He's proved to be an absolute wanker in all of this, i used to like him but not anymore
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He blocked me after I put up the fake picture of his paper showing the soldiers pissing on someone after he'd been moralising about "doing the right thing", he really doesn't like that
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,328
riyadhskyblue said:
Okay I will leave you with your facts.
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there's no such thing as my facts there's just facts. You said:

Virgin Atlantic is currently 49% owned by Delta Airlines, with an additional stake of 31% recently acquired by Ai France-KLM.

You're wrong.

Subscribe to read | Financial Times

and read point 5 in the editors notes of this article:

Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic Launch World’s Leading Partnership | Air France - Corporate

"The customer benefits of the joint venture are unaffected by the recent confirmation that Air France-KLM will no longer buy a 31 per cent stake in Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Group will retain its 51 per cent majority stake in Virgin Atlantic, with Delta continuing to hold 49 per cent."
 
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,329
There are only two people here today from 50, proper eerie
 

Johnnythespider

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,330
BornSlippySkyBlue said:
He’s always been a grade A twat. Fact.
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Is that a real grade A or one that's been awarded by BSB
 
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SkyBlueDom26

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,331
Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map

Talk about a fucking joke
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,332
David O'Day said:
You need to delete some of the people on here that post the same deluded shite

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To be fair, they aren't high profile.

Same as Stan Collymore going round Supermarkets taking photos of people stockpiling, what does he think thats going to do? People will then see it and rush out to get somethintg.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,333
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map

Talk about a fucking joke
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I dont get it?
 
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BornSlippySkyBlue

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,334
Ring Of Steel said:
He blocked me after I put up the fake picture of his paper showing the soldiers pissing on someone after he'd been moralising about "doing the right thing", he really doesn't like that
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He’s not keen on being reminded of Milly Dowler either surprisingly.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,335
Nick said:
I dont get it?
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On about trying to stop the spread yet there are thousands of flights in the sky.....

Look at china/Italy
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,336
SkyBlueDom26 said:
On about trying to stop the spread yet there are thousands of flights in the sky.....

Look at china/Italy
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You know they're in mid air and not actually in China & Italy don't you?
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,337
I don't think there will ever be a time with no flights in the sky.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,338
Stepping up testing to 25,000 a day, it is obvious that if that is ramped up then confirmed cases will go up compared to when they were testing say 5,000.
 
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djr8369

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,339
Nick said:
Stepping up testing to 25,000 a day, it is obvious that if that is ramped up then confirmed cases will go up compared to when they were testing say 5,000.
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Might get more useful to look at the percentage of positive tests which has been rising the last few days.


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tisza

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  • Mar 19, 2020
  • #4,340
Nick said:
Stepping up testing to 25,000 a day, it is obvious that if that is ramped up then confirmed cases will go up compared to when they were testing say 5,000.
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Govt here just admitted they've managed just over 2200 tests since it kicked off.
 
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