Schroedinger's test
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
- Thread starter Don't Kill Bill
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I don't know what it's like in the cities, but this week seems to have been the unofficial lifting of the lockdown here (semi-rural NE Somerset).
A local barber shop and tattoo parlour have reopened in the last couple of days. Both the Co-op shops have ditched the 1-in-1-out, one way system and markings on the floor. Staff were just brushing past everyone when I was in earlier. The roads have been noticeably busier all week.
I guess the virus is over. Good job, everyone.
A local barber shop and tattoo parlour have reopened in the last couple of days. Both the Co-op shops have ditched the 1-in-1-out, one way system and markings on the floor. Staff were just brushing past everyone when I was in earlier. The roads have been noticeably busier all week.
I guess the virus is over. Good job, everyone.
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That’s just fecking nuts. If there’s not enough capacity to do all the testing they would like to (which is fair enough, loads of countries scrabbling for finite resources) then they need to ration and prioritise. Diverting these limited resources to an online, first come first served, free for all is populist madness.
Awesome we can all relax then.
I remember you talking about your daughter in another thread, are you absolutely sure she has the virus? As in has a positive test? Even the worst cases going into intensive care are generally resolving quicker than that.
She’s definitely on the “champagne when they drop” list.
TIL that the 2018 'Tide Pod Challenge' was actually a radical immunisation programme for young people ahead of the coming global pandemic. Who knew?
If you didn't laugh, you'd cry.
If you didn't laugh, you'd cry.
I'm not the biggest fan of the series but the Black Mirror episode - Hated In The Nation always comes to mind when this cnut is brought up.
It will be interesting to see who the British right try to blame this crisis on. They will of course go after the usual targets of immigrates, ''liberal cosmopolitans'', anyone who isn't white, people on benefits etc etc. But I can see them trying to paint the real heroes of the pandemic as the good old british tax payer with their blitz like spirit, who sacrificed their daily routine to stay indoors and watch Little Britain on the telly, while - insert group to hate here - were busy dancing at work.
We truly do live on Daily Mail Island.
@finneh
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Construction continues near my house (last I checked, about a week ago)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/constr...ep-working-as-coronavirus-spreads-11585308782
This confirms it's a wider phenomenon in the US than my neighbours. And they suceeded in winning that designation as essental workers in New York (and other states presumably).
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Construction continues near my house (last I checked, about a week ago)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/constr...ep-working-as-coronavirus-spreads-11585308782
This confirms it's a wider phenomenon in the US than my neighbours. And they suceeded in winning that designation as essental workers in New York (and other states presumably).
Also in the UK, it took a lot to make construction stop, not just a fall in market demand. There were worker walkoffs and union agitation as late as 29th March, a week after the shutdown
Theres a special place in hell for her.
I run a construction company - i would say that if somebody is building a skyscraper the amount of temporary works involved with the steelworks during construction would in many occasions mean its safer to continue and reach a safe hold point before leaving sites and that could be a long time as an incomplete structure often has potential safety and stability issues. (we are working on a number of half completed bridges and the same rules apply - essentially the safest thing is to finish it properly)
Most house builders start up again in the uk next week - most large infra never stopped - though its slower and there is a lot of distancing measures and additional ppe (facemasks for example) being required plus close working in confined space is pretty much stopped unless safety critical
a throne probably
Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui told reporters on Thursday (Apr 23) that men should be entrusted with grocery runs because women "take a long time as they browse around and hesitate about this and that", Kyodo news agency reported. "Men can snap up things they are told (to buy) and go, so I think it's good that they go shopping, avoiding human contact," the 56-year-old added. When challenged by a reporter, he acknowledged his remarks might be viewed as out-of-touch, but said they were true in his family.
Game changer!
Game changer!
Crazy. Even in a controlled reopening I imagine we should still be observing social distancing measures in shops etc for quite some timeSomething about his technique suggests to me that's not the first "hot dog" he has sneaked into his mouth while he hopes no-one is watching!
They would be breaking the law, surely ?
Don't care much about disrespect for clappers and stuff, but what is the actual point in prancing about in PPE? What purpose does it serve? We've been overwhelmed with people posting their post-PPE faces on social media with pressure sores on their faces and whatnot. While I find that attention-seeking behaviour, they at least serve the purpose of hopefully making people stay at home when they see what donning PPE does to the people who have to wear them to care for the infected.
What does dancing in PPE do?
Note: I say this as someone who's working in an ICU/Covid unit.
Problem is, I never know where the damn stuff is. The layout in shops never makes sense to me. I hate it.
Guess he missed my post about seeing men in the grocery store without their wives earlier. Out of touch doesn't even come close.
No offence, but dude! Please format your posts! I keep on looking for rhymes and can't find any.
If it makes them happy and gives them a bit of joy then I'm all for it. I can't be watching that kind of crap but let them have some fun and a bit of a release.
The countryside is a lawless state right now. Not seen any police presence in ages. Speeds limits definitely don't exist around here at the minute either. Youths are still loitering in fairly big groups.
In all seriousness though, I don't know what the deal is. I don't know if they're just pushing their luck until the police swing by and say "oi, you can't do this" and they close again. Is there penalties for businesses opening without the government saying so?
I agree, it's definitely something that should remain in place in some capacity until a vaccine is widely available. It's beginning to feel like people have just had enough and are just shrugging it off, at least in the very small sample size around me anyway. The sunny weather isn't helping.
I will ejaculate on her grave when the day comes.
She can't believe the shit she comes out with. She's just found a way to make money basically. Nobody is this dumb.
as in on the day of the funeral... Ill chip in for you legal fees if you do
This is from the government website.
. Compliance
Everyone is instructed to comply with the rules issued by the government in relation to coronavirus, in order to protect both themselves and others.
As of 1pm on 26 March 2020 new Regulations extending the restrictions are now enforceable by law in England due to the threat to public health. These supersede Regulations that came into force at 2pm on 21 March 2020. They are enforceable in Wales from 4pm on 26 March 2020, Scotland from 7.15pm on 26 March 2020 and Northern Ireland from 11pm on 28 March.
Where an owner, proprietor or manager carrying out a business (or a person responsible for other premises) contravenes the Regulations, that person commits an offence.
In England, Environmental Health and Trading Standards officers will monitor compliance with these regulations, with police support provided if appropriate. Businesses and venues that breach them will be subject to prohibition notices, and fixed penalties. With the support of the police, prohibition notices can be used to require compliance with the Regulations including requiring that an activity ceases.
If prohibition notices are not followed, or fixed penalty notice not paid, you may also be taken to court with magistrates able to impose potentially unlimited fines
Barbers and tattoo parlours are on the list of businesses to close with no exceptions, for obvious reasons as social distancing in these places would be impossible.
noted, with thanks.I thought twitter had banned her to be honest
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/31/katie-hopkins-twitter-account-suspended
Give me a bottle of bolly and I'll do it myself.
You say that but there are probably more people agreeing with her on there than there are slating her. It’s crazy.
Set up a go fund me... I think you would be able to get several Melchizedek's of bolly in a couple of hours
They're probably just the early batches of tests that barely worked. Or is it incredibly cynical of me to think an MP would distribute tests they knew were of little use for face saving?
It would be irresponsible but we're so far past that being a consideration for disbelief these days.
761 apparently.
A drop from last Friday again, but still......
A drop from last Friday again, but still......
Where, UK? I'm reading 684 on my BBC feed, perhaps I am not counting other deaths?
Yeah UK.Google. Some hits are saying 684 some 761 no idea which is correct
Normal Bollinger is only £35
I'm seeing 5,386 new cases too. This is still fecking grim.
she’s just so horrible. If she’s being serious it’s like she has some really deep underlying mental health issues.