I should go in your direction though, spying is a genuine concern but human intelligence is so prevalent that sometimes I suspect that these type of openly expressed concerns are for show and to manipulate the masses. In terms of technology, the US and all "major" nations trust no one and are worried about all external sources and even some internal ones. I don't think that the US intelligence has more trust in Qualcomm than they have in Huawei.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
We're just about to go out of the village for the first time in 2 months. We have a valid reason, necessary vet visit. I've got all our paperwork ready as no doubt we'll get stopped!
Maybe Sophia's parents forgot to inform her about Tory spending on children and young people's services that has been cut by nearly £1bn in six years.
Or that council funding for women's refuges has been cut by nearly £7m since 2010. Then there's the cost of childcare and nurseries....et-fecking-cetera
And soon we'll have the highest death rate in Europe. Yes, well done Boris you fat, idle cnut.
Wasn't sure where to post this but I thought it was an interesting watch. Basically the UK government's decision to cover wages for employers is going to allow small/medium businesses to continue for the most part when the lock down ends.
That won't be the case in the US because some of those businesses won't be around by the time they receive any help from the government.
That won't be the case in the US because some of those businesses won't be around by the time they receive any help from the government.
Wonder would the government be looking at the excess deaths of those receiving state pension and roughly calculating the saving on that vs the money spent on furlough etc.
Its grim but id imagine theyd have to
Well said.
The olds couldn't be happier with the government at the moment,
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Ive said this a few times but what the government done here regarding financial help was unbelievable tbh.
Updated graph of hospital deaths in England by day of death. 366 deaths announced today, 180 fewer than this time last week. The slide in deaths seems remarkably consistent.Updated graph of deaths in England by day of death. 546 deaths announced today, 232 fewer than this time last week. Decline seems to be pretty steady.
Orange is a 5 day trailing average. Last 5-7 days will see large to moderate upward changes:
Orange is a 5 day trailing average. Last 5-7 days will see large to moderate upward changes:
Too early to be confident we're past 500-600 daily death tolls (for next few months anyway)?
Depends how many deaths occur outside of hospitals. You'd expect a bit of a bump today in order to cover the under reporting from the weekend so it might creep above 500 for the UK as a whole. We're definitely skipping down the mountainside though.
What happens in the future depends on our own actions as much as anything. Like if opening up sufficiently raises the infection rate we might be right back to early April figures come mid June. Hopefully not, but could happen.
Government is trying to shut him up for telling the truth!!!! We have to save him!!!
There's this perception that all tin foil hatters have that believing in that crap is evidence that you 'think independently' without having governments tell you what to think. I really can't wrap my head around how they are coming to those conclusions, must be some need for sense of superiority. Agreed about final part - people are so gullible and seem to not realize that believing in YouTube videos isn't the right way to go. 'HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE TELEVISION AND FAKE NEWS WHEN TRUTH IS OUT THERE ON YOUTUBE'.
You think? Qualcomm is headquartered in the US. I'd say the US government trusts them a while lot more than Huawei.
Many thanks to dear Stalin for our happy childhood. Those were the days...
Yeah, I'm sure the government and all the different agencies have official or unofficial contacts with such domestic organisations, as they can definitely be seen as part of the vital structures to national security.
That's near enough the most apt quip I've seen on this forum.
First findings from our nation wide testing study have been briefed to the media. Someone on Reddit has explained in a significantly better way that I ever could so I'll just post the link.
On a related note we've no new confirmed cases over the weekend (less testing) and 6 on Monday (all from the same nursing home). Our peak ICU capacity reached so far was at 35 %.
On a related note we've no new confirmed cases over the weekend (less testing) and 6 on Monday (all from the same nursing home). Our peak ICU capacity reached so far was at 35 %.
So the UK now has the second highest death rate in the world for covid19. Absolutely shocking.
And yet I see feck all on the media or news there about how bad it is, even on the BBC it's barely mentioned. Yet when Italy and Spain were at their peak all your saw was stories about the horror over there. Shocking.
I'm a telecommunications engineer working on the decommission side of 2G, 3G and occasionally on the new 5G rollout. Huawei have been manufacturing the majority of equipment for every network provider since 4G. They have equipment all over the UK already and have done for almost a decade.
I do. They most likely have people inside that they trust, they most likely have people inside Huawei that they trust but they don't trust these organizations as a whole.
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I’ve checked BBC and Sky News and neither is mentioning that the death toll is now at over 32,000. It just seems to be the The Telegraph and Guardian reporting it. Very strange.
Surprised care home deaths are that low. They're about 50% of deaths in other countries.
https://videos.metro.co.uk/video/me...991734844/960x540_MP4_2354112602991734844.mp4
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It's mentioned in the BBC's live feed, but that's the only place I've seen it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world...b1771ec68e4706631e499d&pinned_post_type=share
WHO urges countries to investigate possible early Covid-19 cases after French study
The World Health Organization has said a study by Frenchscientists which suggests a man was infected with Covid-19 as early as 27 December was “not surprising”, and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases.
The World Health Organization has said a study by Frenchscientists which suggests a man was infected with Covid-19 as early as 27 December was “not surprising”, and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases.
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I should have known as soon as i praise a Tory they'd show their true colours. Honestly the worst part of that is his closing statement, he goes from talking about NHS staff to "nothing should take away from the team spirit in which we should approach this".
So with Virgin leaving Gatwick what’s our thoughts on aviation post Covid? Flying becoming more expensive, less flights and only for the rich i imagine.
For what it's worth, Huawei's 5g technology idea ahead of its competitors, and also supposedly cheaper. So it doesn't really make sense to pay more for less
Btw, the alternative to Huawei for now isn't US tech. I think it's Nokia.
I doubt that would happen, companies will be bailed out by the government. I imagine there's not even enough rich people flying around to sustain airlines. Maybe a few companies will fold but those who remain will still want to keep flight prices as competitive as possible.
It would be a good thing if there were less flying from a global warming perspective, but it doesn't seem fair to limit it to the rich. How about rationing, everyone's allowed one return flight every two years? For holiday freaks they could save up their entitlement and get a few countries in at one go by using trains when they got there. Probably the wrong thread though.
A return to transcontinental rail travel would be most welcome - https://www.seat61.com/index-mobile.htm
Covid or not I think flights prices should include the damage the given flight does to the climate. That obviously means it's more expensive.
You will continue to get cycles where airlines are competing on price, some will end up going bust, prices rise as the surviving airlines become dominant, leading to room for new competitors to come in, airlines competing on price, etc.
Short term flights will be cheap coming out of the lockdowns as airlines will be trying to attract customers. Prices will rise medium term as more airlines fail.
I dont think so
whatever happens the planes have already been built and are going to operate for somebody for the rest of their service life... that might be new companies if existing ones go bust but somebody will put the planes in the air and people will still get on them I think even if there is a tough couple of years for airlines the planes will be around for 20 years and somebody will be flying them at whatever price they can get for it
Or there’s a surplus of planes because there’s not enough airlines to buy them, they get broken down for parts or left to rust on abandoned airbases.
Not sure why Angela McLean keeps getting picked for the daily updates. She still struggles to get through them.
Thought the same.