Coronavirus

[Megadrive Man]

13 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Aren't they accusing america of inventing it in some lab then setting it free in Wuhan? Wouldn't surprise me if they had a vaccine and it will miraculously come to light in the next month or so and they will charge through the fucking roof for it. Trump is all about making money. I hope he dies when a rotor blade from his helicopter scalps him. Or gets hit by a stray golf-ball. Or shot. The fucking bastard. 

 

I'm not sure about that, but the selfish orange cunt did try and buy Germany off on a vaccine.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-tried-to-pay-germans-scientists-for-coronavirus-cure-2020-3?r=US&IR=T

[Tony Moanero]

With regard to the elderly and vulnerable having to self-isolate for 12 weeks, does this include people under 70 who have type 2 diabetes?

[johnsusername]

1 hour ago, Sugar Ape said:

 

Needless to say, I hope they all get the virus. 

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, Rico1304 said:

Are we assuming that the scientists who devised this policy are Tories, or that the Tories have over-ruled them.  If it’s the latter then where are the dissenting voices?  

we’ll only know if it’s the right policy in a few months.  

This government, rather like trump's, if you are a dessenting voice, you'll be fired and they'll bring someone else in who will jump to their tune. O assume at times like that with lives at risk, smart and senior people would likely prefer to be inside the tent pissing out than outside the rent pissing in. At least inside they can try to influence. The rest of the world is pretty much looking at us and telling us we're doing it wrong. 

50 minutes ago, Mudface said:

I get what he's saying, and the point about the cruise ship was very interesting, but surely the massive lock down in Hubei is mostly responsible for the slowdown?

I think the cruise ship is a bit of a distraction. Everyone was locked in their rooms. Ok, so there's central heating. But nobody was mixing. Yet it still managed to spread. I would feel certain the rate has decreased in China more to do with the distancing, isolating and testing than just it got to the natural end and the numbers always said that. 

[Bjornebye]

5 minutes ago, MegadriveMan said:

 

I'm not sure about that, but the selfish orange cunt did try and buy Germany off on a vaccine.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-tried-to-pay-germans-scientists-for-coronavirus-cure-2020-3?r=US&IR=T

I wasn't being that serious mate. 

[Moo]

1 hour ago, Rico1304 said:

Are we assuming that the scientists who devised this policy are Tories, or that the Tories have over-ruled them.  If it’s the latter then where are the dissenting voices?  

we’ll only know if it’s the right policy in a few months.  

Have they released the scientific data/rationale yet? As far as I know there's plenty of dissenting voices who are outside the tent on this, one of the main complaints being that they can't help without access to the science behind the strategy. 

If you're taking about government appointed scientists and medical officers it's obvious they also consider the politics of the situation, they always have, why would now be any different? 

[Davelfc]

5 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

With regard to the elderly and vulnerable having to self-isolate for 12 weeks, does this include people under 70 who have type 2 diabetes?

• Vulnerable groups should self-isolate for 12 weeks from this weekend even if they have no symptoms
• This includes people aged 70 and over and other adults who would normally be advised to have the flu vaccination, including people with chronic diseases such as chronic heart disease or chronic kidney disease, and pregnant women 

 

 

I have a mate who isn't 70 but he and his wife have either diabetes or high blood pressure and they're close to 70;. They are self isolating for 12 weeks. 

[redheart]

Today at the supermarket I saw a young couple snatch toilet roll from a pensioner in a supermarket. I was so outraged I intervened and gave the old lady one of the 19 packets from my trolley!

[Oh Buoy]

6 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

With regard to the elderly and vulnerable having to self-isolate for 12 weeks, does this include people under 70 who have type 2 diabetes?

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/coronavirus

 

Diabetes UK have some useful info on this fella.

[Davelfc]

I was ging to say Macron comes across more statesman than Johnson and that's with a translator. But then the bar isn't that high . 

[Strontium]

[Oh Buoy]

 

[clockspeed]

50 minutes ago, SasaS said:

It was for the rest of China, but they have been locked down for almost 2 months now, and if the numbers are true, the infection stopped spreading within the province as well, similarly to the cruiser.

Need the mathematical gurus on the site to explain but think he was able to predict the slow down because there was no way the spread could keep growing exponentially. For that to happen every person infected had to keep infecting the same amount of virgin uninfected people every day. That physically could not happen  regardless of the lockdown. So that's were his quote of if the model could follow the exponential growth pattern everyone in the world would have been infected within 90 days.  Bit long winded but that's my take.

51 minutes ago, SasaS said:

It was for the rest of China, but they have been locked down for almost 2 months now, and if the numbers are true, the infection stopped spreading within the province as well, similarly to the cruiser.

Yeah the data for the cruise ship the most interesting of all. 

[Bjornebye]

6 minutes ago, Philtrum said:

I was ging to say Macron comes across more statesman than Johnson and that's with a translator. But then the bar isn't that high . 

Strontium Dog comes across better than any of them Tory shitpipes 

[J-V]

16 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

With regard to the elderly and vulnerable having to self-isolate for 12 weeks, does this include people under 70 who have type 2 diabetes?

Yes, it falls under a high risk catagory.

[SasaS]

France, as expected, goes the way of Italy and Spain.

[Anubis]

2 minutes ago, SasaS said:

France, as expected, goes the way of Italy and Spain.

Making paella a staple dish?

[Bjornebye]

3 minutes ago, SasaS said:

France, as expected, goes the way of Italy and Spain.

Embracing facism? 

[easytoslip]

21 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Needless to say, I hope they all get the virus. 

Fuckin' pricks at the best of times

[Anubis]

5 minutes ago, SasaS said:

France, as expected, goes the way of Italy and Spain.

Ordering all pet dogs to be taken to the local sausage factory?

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

From the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Guess who?... 

 

 

[Anubis]

10 minutes ago, SasaS said:

France, as expected, goes the way of Italy and Spain.

Banning TV repeats of The Paul Daniel’s Magic Show?

[Captain Turdseye]

The Donald is on BBC News now. 

[Oh Buoy]

Right, I'm worried about our Tony.

I'm pretty sure that's the first time he's repped me.

Balance it out, mate. Yer biscuits are jarg Netto brands.

[easytoslip]

49 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

There were street dealers already out for the 24 hours it wasn't available for here. 

It's been like that since just before xmas, grim times