SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)

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Well, it's very rare that she speaks to the nation. When she does, it's an occasion and people recognise that things are serious. It's not so much what she says, the content is less important than the fact that she's said it.

Exactly. I don't particularly care for the royals but many do and they want to hear from her. My mother was very excited to hear the speech and was happy what was said.
 

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The comments I see below tweets like this one make me think the UK is properly fecked. Completely different attitude here in Ireland, where you’re much more likely to see people go to the opposite extreme. What the feck is wrong with you people? It’s almost as though the whole Brexit thing has made a lot of you wilfully contrary. It’s actually quite depressing. The UK used to be a bastion of sanity and common sense. Not any more.
Shoot the fecking lot. Apart from the affluent, like-minded ones and @Regulus Arcturus Black
 

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Well, it's very rare that she speaks to the nation. When she does, it's an occasion and people recognise that things are serious. It's not so much what she says, the content is less important than the fact that she's said it.
If it makes people stay inside, i'm all for it.

She's on a hiding to nothing. If she doesn't speak it'll be what the hell is the Quenn doing, if she does then half will be pissed off and half will be jingoistic.

Best to just let it go and worry about the real issues here.
I don't think she would've been criticised if she said nothing, but I see your point.

It's as pointless as clap for carers or rainbows drawn by children.

Take from that what you will.
:lol: Now that I agree with

The bit when she said "Shout-out to the Caf".
Big up the 'Caf massiv
 

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Personally I think its great.

Either way, it's a fantastic way to enhance his empathy for what's going on, fortify his resolve and inspire his future decision making.
Yeah, you're right. The more I think about it the more it's definitely a good thing to do. It just had to work its way past my reflexive cynicism.
 

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The comments I see below tweets like this one make me think the UK is properly fecked. Completely different attitude here in Ireland, where you’re much more likely to see people go to the opposite extreme. What the feck is wrong with you people? It’s almost as though the whole Brexit thing has made a lot of you wilfully contrary. It’s actually quite depressing. The UK used to be a bastion of sanity and common sense. Not any more.
The message at the start of this whole thing was dreadful. Since then, it's been a massive uphill battle for them to change it & actually get people buying into it.
 

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Football will not be happening for 12 months at least (I think there are 4 countries that have started seasons), closed doors or not.
I think so as well, though they might finish this season behind closed doors... in a year. Would actually be good opportunity to regroup before 2022 World Cup which is supposed to take place in December. They could start the season before that one in November or so next year and have it run until September.
 

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I think so as well, though they might finish this season behind closed doors... in a year. Would actually be good opportunity to regroup before 2022 World Cup which is supposed to take place in December. They could start the season before that one in November or so next year and have it run until September.
Actually, the timing of Qatar is pretty fortuitous then, which I had not considered. I don't agree about the behind doors thing, I just can't see it happening - the players will ultimately stop it if it got that far.
 
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The message at the start of this whole thing was dreadful. Since then, it's been a massive uphill battle for them to change it & actually get people buying into it.
Yeah I guess that’s part of it, but we’ve banged on over here about how extremely unlikely it is that outdoor activities are a place that this virus spreads, yet still, if the authorities changed their tune, I’d listen whether I think it’s daft or not and I’d imagine the majority of others would also. If I went out it’d be to a lonely spot, I wouldn’t be hanging around in an area with lots of others like that.

I think shaming people miles away from civilization in the Peak District, on their own walking is daft as feck, but I can understand people being pissed off at this in a rather crowded area.
 

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I wonder how difficult it is to stay at home these days, with internet, and communication and video chat. God forbid we had the same situation as the people had during the spanish flu, no TV no Internet and so on, Just stay the feck at home unless you need food or other essential stuff like medicine. Do not allow this shit to spread.
 

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what is pointless about either of those initiatives?
That's not what I said. They have a point in terms of raising morale for a certain section of society, just like the Queen's speech did.

Try reading the line you didn't bold.
 

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Yeah I guess that’s part of it, but we’ve banged on over here about how extremely unlikely it is that outdoor activities are a place that this virus spreads, yet still, if the authorities changed their tune, I’d listen whether I think it’s daft or not and I’d imagine the majority of others would also. If I went out it’d be to a lonely spot, I wouldn’t be hanging around in an area with lots of others like that.

I think shaming people miles away from civilization in the Peak District, on their own walking is daft as feck, but I can understand people being pissed off at this in a rather crowded area.
I think the problem with that is, the more they let it go - the more people push the boundaries and start to take the piss. That lonely spot, isn't all of a sudden so lonely if a few other people think it's a good idea and they also fancy getting down there.

I usually hike around the peak district the summer & the usual places are rammed out because that's where the car parks/infrastructure is. And for your average person, it's probably the most convenient place to get to.
 

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Actually, the timing of Qatar is pretty fortuitous then, which I had not considered. I don't agree about the behind doors thing, I just can't see it happening - the players will ultimately stop it if it got that far.
I mean they’d do that in a year or so. Not now.
 

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What a turnaround . I was talking to a Jamaican women that came here in the 60's , and she remembers that was not the reception they got when they joined the NHS.