Yeah more than a few then
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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It says it was posted 13 hours ago (the reply from London) so that must be yesterday morning?
My bad didnt catch that. Good eye.
Dont think it was any better this morning based on Twitter though
Other than common sense, what is stopping you going to someone's home if they invite you? The police isn't outside each home clocking who lives there and doesn't. They don't have the right (at least right now) to go into people's homes and make sure
Of course he says that but you can't stop people living in a block of flats going into each others flats if they want for example
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Then said people are already infected with dumb disease and the only cure is killing the brain.
Seriously you’d need to be dumb to interpret that it’s ok to go hang with friends.
See nobody cares discussing Scandinavia
We are on our own here
On a serious note, what path are Sweden following?
He’s also said that kids are immune
I'm hardly an expert on this but here's how I see it. Even with a perfect (i.e. zero new infections) lockdown/quarantine you're basically just delaying the inevitable and the virus will spread again once these restrictions are lifted leaving you with the same problem as before. Unless you're holding out for a vaccine but I think we all agree that locking everyone down for 12 to 18 months is not an option. Doing nothing is clearly the worst option (see Italy) so there has to be another way. I guess in an ideal world, you would completely isolate the high-risk groups while letting life continue normally for everyone else. But obviously, this is almost impossible to do as it assumes everyone behaves perfectly. Just thought it was interesting that is all coming from virologists (so not politicians or economists). There have been quite a few of them writing op-eds and giving interviews in German media.
Why (to me at least) having these drastic measures in place now still makes sense is that it buys us time. Time to develop a long-term strategy, make sure all supply-chains are working, hospitals have everything they need etc.
" I dont care because I've lived my life" selfish cnut.
Black cabs have the plexi glass. Sit on the opposite side to the driver. Wear gloves and mask. Cabbie wipes down after.
Much safer than the tube
Might be alone in thinking there has been a massive cover-up in the numbers that have died.
That was never the plan though.
Stay safeFirst it was corona, then we got hit by earthquake and now it's been snowing last 2 days with really cold weather outside.
Can't make this shit up.
I had a proper losing-my-faith-in-humanity moment while listening to that. What world are we trying to save here, with people as selfish and stupid as that in it, ruining it for everyone else? The interviewer just couldn't deal with it anymore and I fully understand.
So I'm in two minds what to do. My gf is at work, because it's a bodyshop that deals with NHS staff it's allowed to stay open. It's only a short way away but is a bus ride.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
). I'm not worried about the police, as there's none about anyway plus she works right next to a Tescos, but I want to do the right thing when I can.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
). I'm not worried about the police, as there's none about anyway plus she works right next to a Tescos, but I want to do the right thing when I can.Because people will have to either lie about symptoms or ignore them entirely if it means they won't get paid. While it will impact me massively I don't have any dependants and could just curb unnecessary spending while I ride it out. But if I had kids I imagine I may think differently about enforced isolation. I don't agree with those who are ignoring guidelines but also do empathise with their situations.
The government have been far too vague and expected employers and employees to take the hit to protect the economy, but the reality is not everyone is in a position to do that for the greater good. Something like an imposed government sick pay scheme would help limit those who will inevitably go to work while ill.
If heart inflammation is a risk, why are there anti-anti-inflammatory stories on the net? Why are anti-inflammatories so bad and is it a fact that one shouldn't use these?
EDIT: Ah! I see this wasn't actually discussed. You replied to another question. Sorry!
a) surely. Unless the bus is half empty.So I'm in two minds what to do. My gf is at work, because it's a bodyshop that deals with NHS staff it's allowed to stay open. It's only a short way away but is a bus ride.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
I really wouldn't risk it on a bus whether its busy or not. Think of the germs.
Common sense was telling us to start social distancing weeks ago... but affluent and like minded folk were stilling ramming out the pubs for their usual sunday roast up until the govt had to shut them down.
If you're staying in your car and you're sharing a household with this girlfriend then i dont see how you're breaking any lockdown. There's no risk of contact.So I'm in two minds what to do. My gf is at work, because it's a bodyshop that deals with NHS staff it's allowed to stay open. It's only a short way away but is a bus ride.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
People should be driving where possible right now.
The fact that they already target a lift of measures after 2 months, could be ‘light at the end of the tunnel’, something to be optimistic about. However it could also be a recipe for disaster. Time will tell.
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We're talking about different things here. Running marathons has been shown to damage the heart and coronary arteries. Any kind of heart problems are a significant risk factor for this virus.
Anti-inflammatory drugs are known to reduce the body's immune response to other respiratory diseases. There is no concrete proof they do this with Covid19 too but health authorities are recommending against using them out of caution.
The big problem with COVID and is making ignorant politicians to make themselves look like fools in the initial stages of the disease is that Covid fatality rate worldwide is lower than seasonal flue overall (60 to 86% of infected people don't even get into the system) if you look at stats and they think they can keep the infection numbers low.
The first problem is that biologist affirm that this virus has been in Europe for months, but under the radar. In PT this thing happened during a Bird Flue outbreak in some parts of the country, and Bulgaria was also with a seasonal flue problem and this was happening all over Europe, so they think much probably a lot of those people were in reality affected by this virus, that's why the patient zero in Italy revealed not to be the "real" patient zero .
Problem is is that the infection rate is something never seen before. It is so infectious that it is estimated that more than 60% of infected people are not even into the system. This virus is beating every healthcare system by quantity numbers, so having a small % of fatalities doesn't really matter, because a small percentage of a huge population will overload any system in the world.
The first problem is that biologist affirm that this virus has been in Europe for months, but under the radar. In PT this thing happened during a Bird Flue outbreak in some parts of the country, and Bulgaria was also with a seasonal flue problem and this was happening all over Europe, so they think much probably a lot of those people were in reality affected by this virus, that's why the patient zero in Italy revealed not to be the "real" patient zero .
Problem is is that the infection rate is something never seen before. It is so infectious that it is estimated that more than 60% of infected people are not even into the system. This virus is beating every healthcare system by quantity numbers, so having a small % of fatalities doesn't really matter, because a small percentage of a huge population will overload any system in the world.
China are definitely not communist. Authoritarian yes but they haven't been communist for a long, long time.
No country has ever been truly communist, despite the names of the respective political parties. If you look closely at their statements , it always was "Living in socialism and building the communism".
There was, probably hundreds of thousands according to off-record reports from news reporters. They bloody dragged thousands of people into shady vans to take them who knows where and they even sealed doors and windows during weeks.
But the guy who'll have the idea to write that article might well name it as "My last article ever".
Go and get her. You've got to think of the intent behind these measures, and in that case going to get her is the best thing to do.So I'm in two minds what to do. My gf is at work, because it's a bodyshop that deals with NHS staff it's allowed to stay open. It's only a short way away but is a bus ride.
Do I: a) drive and pick her up later b) stay at home and let her get the bus.
Surely a is the best option for her and others on public transport, however I don't want to be like everyone else and break the 'lockdown' (there's still plenty of traffic/people walking up and down my road
Cabbie won't wipe down after, any public transportation method needs deep cleaning. It's not a safer way than public transportation, the problem with the overcrowding on the tube is around the number of carriages they're putting on, and non-essential workers using it. Address that and we solve the problem, without any requirement to risk taxi's and workers.
According to this, some help may be on the way soon for self-employed
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A body shop that deals with NHS staff? Such a loose reason to stay open! Difficult scenario.
Just announced in the House of Commons, the Chancellor is working on a self employed solution, the difficulty of distinguishing tax returns (sometimes a year and a half old) between those out of work now and those who are finding more work is proving the difficulty on an accurate number.
Did they mention zero hour workers?
Agree with this. The danger of the virus lies not in it's potency, but it's spreadibility. A long surface life coupled with asymptomatic transmission is just a rather fecked up combination to deal with.
SARS/MERS/Ebola are way more lethal, but you at least you could shut that shit down within weeks.
Yes, they are included in the furlough scheme but it is down to the employer to declare them on that status.
They don't give a shit probably because they have the highest level of private health insurance. Guaranteed a top class doctor and a ventilator if they need one. Selfish cnuts.