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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,086
I've just read on the red button that Austria are going to ban crowds bigger that 5.
You'd be pissed off if you were 6th at the local bus queue.
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,087
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
I've just read on the read button that Austria are going to ban crowds bigger that 5.
You'd be pissed off if you were 6th at the local bus queue.
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Or one of the last two dwarves and Snow White was on heat.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,088
fernandopartridge said:
They want to get rid of that utter fucking drip Hancock and give him a job more in keeping with his intellect.
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Images of Father Dougal being given the job of guarding the corner flags come to mind. Big responsibility!
 
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Deleted member 4439

Guest
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,089
Some timely advice, if you can find it in the aisle

 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,090
I just hope they don’t shut the pubs, would be unbearable watching tv all weekend
 

Otis

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,091
SkyBlueDom26 said:
I just hope they don’t shut the pubs, would be unbearable watching tv all weekend
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Shutting in Ireland.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,092
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
I've just read on the red button that Austria are going to ban crowds bigger that 5.
You'd be pissed off if you were 6th at the local bus queue.
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Tudor Rose can stay open then at least
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,093
SkyBlueDom26 said:
I just hope they don’t shut the pubs, would be unbearable watching tv all weekend
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There are more things to do than tv and pub you know.
 

Grendel

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,094
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
There are more things to do than tv and pub you know.
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Yeah just got a jigsaw puzzle can’t wait
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,095
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
There are more things to do than tv and pub you know.
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Can’t beat going out on the weekend
 

fellatio_Martinez

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,096
If pubs shut I imagine the price of a pint will rocket up when they reopen to claw back some money.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Mar 15, 2020
  • #1,097
skybluetony176 said:
I think the biggest question arising from Coronavirus is will we actually learn anything about the delicate balance of life. Look at the immediate response to the virus compared to something like global warming. Still, as long as we have people like Trump in charge who’s currently wanking himself of on twitter because the stock markets have seen recovery so Coronavirus looses, Trump wins I’m guessing not.
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This is the same Trump that tried to buy/bribe exclusive rights for a vaccine from Germany.

He truly is a c**t.
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,098
Newspapers today are just jam-packed of doom mongering, apololyptic horror stories.

That's not going to make people panic is it.






 

Wyken Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,099
No one has said 4months isolation for the elderly.

The health exec on the Andrew Marr show said 'weeks or possibly months' which isn't an official guideline.

Still, it doesn't sell papers or generic Internet traffic otherwise...

Sent from my I3113 using Tapatalk
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,100
Nope, hasn't been said yet, but seemingly it is on the cards

Could do without these scaremongering headlines though.

We are trying to discourage panic bulk-buying aren't we?

Headlines like this are just going to make it more widespread.
 
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Marty

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,101
Otis said:
Nope, hasn't been said yet, but seemingly it is on the cards

Could do without these scaremongering headlines though.

We are trying to discourage panic bulk-buying aren't we?

Headlines like this are just going to make it more widespread.
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Headlines like that and the public panic are exactly the reason we're not told about things (aliens).
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,102
Marty said:
Headlines like that and the public panic are exactly the reason we're not told about things (aliens).
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Spot on, the misinformation and panic encouraging headlines in media and on social media is a joke.

That’s why I’m trying to reduce reading about it and coming on certain threads as people just trot the same arguments (some prejudiced, some not)/same stories.

We know the governments strategy, it’s complex (not just herd immunity, it’s still softening the curve as well - main aim). We know some experts and non experts agree with it, others don’t. We know the government is going to ban social gatherings, close schools and request self isolation for the elderly, it’s just when and for how long.

Ps other ‘experts’ only have a fraction of the info, data and understanding of the plan of the government and their advisors
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,103
CCFCSteve said:
That’s why I’m trying to reduce reading about it and coming on certain threads
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Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,104
Scientists in Israel likely to soon announce the development of coronavirus vaccine

Finally some good news
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,105
It is definitely getting a bit wearing waking up & checking phone only to find a wall to wall avalanche of stories about how everyone over 60 or with a medical condition is going to die & how the world is about to crumble. At work, saw about 5 cars during a 1 hr journey- very surreal.
 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,106
I heard on GMB this morning that the Republic of Ireland doesn't have a NHS.
Now that I didn't know.
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,107
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
I heard on GMB this morning that the Republic of Ireland doesn't have a NHS.
Now that I didn't know.
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There is no "NHS", thats right, but you will get care just the same as you do in England, for free apart from some basic charges for things like GP visits. Its paid for through taxes- so so its not right to say that there is no free healthcare even though its not 'called' anything. Health insurance is huge though, its a two tier system with Public & Private and as I have kids and- rightly or wrongly- I wanted peace of mind, I went with the private. I have often wondered why I bother but there you go. I pay €196 per month and that pays for 50% cost of all GPs, dentists fees (€60) and if god forbid anyone got hospitalised then we'd be whisked straight into a 'private room' with no delays at all. But 9/10 months its money spent for zilch. Thats not a lot to pay comparatively- you can pay thousands per month if you want 24/7 readiness for anything that could ever possibly happen and round the clock access to a doctor- we're talking silly money, I've seen €3,000 per month quotes before.

At the same time, a lot of people don't have any insurance at all because they believe the care you get in the Public Health system is no different to the care you get with, and see it as a huge scam. They may well be right, the insurance companies sell fear, and we have the same issues here as there with overcrowding, waiting lists etc, so like I say, rightly or wrongly I went with it.
 
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tisza

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,108
Ring Of Steel said:
as I have kids and- rightly or wrongly- I wanted peace of mind, I went with the private. I have often wondered why I bother but there you go.
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I did the same here in Hungary for the same reasons but also the "national health service" here is poor. Best doctors either private or emigrated, facilities are poor,e.g. atm don't even have correct facemasks for doctors & nurses treating coronavirus patients.
When my father-in-law got cancer I was shocked by the hospital conditions etc. so took the whole family private.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,109
tisza said:
I did the same here in Hungary for the same reasons but also the "national health service" here is poor. Best doctors either private or emigrated, facilities are poor,e.g. atm don't even have correct facemasks for doctors & nurses treating coronavirus patients.
When my father-in-law got cancer I was shocked by the hospital conditions etc. so took the whole family private.
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Funny you should use that example, I was just reading a thread from a GP saying we’ve got the same problem here!
 
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tisza

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,110
shmmeee said:
Funny you should use that example, I was just reading a thread from a GP saying we’ve got the same problem here!
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shocking isn't it. There's a case here of some doctors and nurses being quarantined in a hospital as they treated a patient with the virus without having the proper protective equipment available.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,111
China to the rescue

Alibaba's Ma donates coronavirus test kits to US
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,112
skybluetony176 said:
China to the rescue

Alibaba's Ma donates coronavirus test kits to US
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Fair play, there will be some comforting acts of kindness/generosity in these difficult times

ps certainly better than the Chinese government response, considering they initially suppressed the release of info about the virus which impacted their own/others ability to contain it.

I don’t blame them for the virus itself but they could/should have been open about it earlier. Interesting (and brutal) article on the regime and their response....

Xi Jinping has buried the truth about coronavirus | Ma Jian
 

mrtrench

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,113
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Scientists in Israel likely to soon announce the development of coronavirus vaccine

Finally some good news
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This story is being used by Corbyn's loyal band of antisemites on Twitter as 'evidence' that Israel manufactured the virus.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,114
mrtrench said:
This story is being used by Corbyn's loyal band of antisemites on Twitter as 'evidence' that Israel manufactured the virus.
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Was going to say, a few of the far left will have a dilemma if the vaccine is Israeli.
 
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Gazolba

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,115
You either take action before it gets bad or wait until it gets bad before you take action.
I know which way governments operate and I know which way I operate.
 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,116
shmmeee said:
Was going to say, a few of the far left will have a dilemma if the vaccine is Israeli.
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Pathetic if they do, embarrassing
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,117
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Pathetic if they do, embarrassing
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This is a joke. No one is going to not take a vaccine because it came from da joos.
 

mrtrench

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,118
shmmeee said:
This is a joke. No one is going to not take a vaccine because it came from da joos.
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,119
mrtrench said:
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Even him.

No atheists in a fox hole, no anti semites in an ICU.
 

Marty

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,120
shmmeee said:
This is a joke. No one is going to not take a vaccine because it came from da joos.
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Well, maybe this guy. I know he mentions America, but he'd be devastated if the superior culture next door made the vaccine.

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr would reject any coronavirus vaccine made by 'infidel' America
 
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