Coronavirus

[Scott_M]

I've already contact the airline and insurance. If the advise is not to fly etc, you can claim from 28 days before the flight is due to leave.

 

I'm crossing everything for the message not to change before 26th June.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Just now, Scott_M said:

I've already contact the airline and insurance. If the advise is not to fly etc, you can claim from 28 days before the flight is due to leave.

 

I'm crossing everything for the message not to change before 26th June.

 

My insurance says as long as the FCO are saying "all but essential" then they wont cover it for a refund. Ridiculous.

[Scott_M]

1 hour ago, Aw Geez said:

 

My insurance says as long as the FCO are saying "all but essential" then they wont cover it for a refund. Ridiculous.

Sorry, I don’t follow. If it’s only essential travel, then they will pay?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

1 minute ago, Scott_M said:

Sorry, I don’t follow. If it’s only essential travel, then they will pay?

 

They wont pay. They will only cover a refund if its a complete travel ban. "all but essential"? Tough shit, looks like you're going on holiday or losing thousands.

 

Hard to believe they can get away with that. I'll be looking into it more.

[Elite]

Just now, Aw Geez said:

 

They wont pay. They will only cover a refund if its a complete travel ban. "all but essential"? Tough shit, looks like you're going on holiday or losing thousands.

 

Hard to believe they can get away with that. I'll be looking into it more.

I'm glad I cancelled my booking as soon as this all started as I'd have lost over 2k. I lost a £240 deposit but you can never rely on holiday companies to not try to fuck you over.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

The UK Statistics Authority have called out the government over their misleading and over inflated testing figures. 

 

Good. The slippery fucks. 

[Bruce Spanner]

I like Ashworth, used to share a pint with him now and again years ago, and I think once he grows in to the role he'll do a fine job of holding the Health Minister to account.

 

He's just destroyed every lie Hancock has told in parliament, shame nobody apart from me is watching.

[Captain Turdseye]

56 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

I like Ashworth, used to share a pint with him now and again years ago, and I think once he grows in to the role he'll do a fine job of holding the Health Minister to account.

 

He's just destroyed every lie Hancock has told in parliament, shame nobody apart from me is watching.

Grows into the role? He’s had the job for nearly four years!

[Bruce Spanner]

2 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Grows into the role? He’s had the job for nearly four years!

I mean as a proper front and centre politician who people invite on to things to give a full and proper opinion and not just an occasional talking head.

[sir roger]

4 hours ago, Spy Bee said:

I have booked flightl only, so I will be covered should the flight not be able to fly.

If it's with easyjet you might get the refund by Xmas.

[TheHowieLama]

6 hours ago, Spy Bee said:

That's from April 30th from what I can tell.

What is - the forecast?

[Pureblood]

Face masks and social distancing work. 

 

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-face-masks-and-social-distancing-do-work-but-are-not-foolproof-says-study-11998934

[polymerpunkah]

3 hours ago, Aw Geez said:

 

They wont pay. They will only cover a refund if its a complete travel ban. "all but essential"? Tough shit, looks like you're going on holiday or losing thousands.

 

Hard to believe they can get away with that. I'll be looking into it more.

I don't know if it still applies to you in the UK, but you might want to look into EU 261.

 

Regulations regarding passenger rights for flights involving EU countries.

 

 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

4 minutes ago, polymerpunkah said:

I don't know if it still applies to you in the UK, but you might want to look into EU 261.

 

Regulations regarding passenger rights for flights involving EU countries.

 

 

 

Will do thanks. Was booked through a travel agent though so doubt ill get a refund direct from the airline.

[Spy Bee]

59 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

What is - the forecast?

Yeah, prior to Sweden announcing that it saw growth in Q1.

 

I will actually say that ideas of perpetual growth in an economy are fucking stupid.

[Spy Bee]

Not a mask in sight in the House of Commons.

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, Spy Bee said:

Yeah, prior to Sweden announcing that it saw growth in Q1.

 

I will actually say that ideas of perpetual growth in an economy are fucking stupid.

The second point is true.

 

Q1 is neither here nor there about whether they will fare better moving forward - which is the whole discussion.

The first death there was on March 11.

 

 

 

[Spy Bee]

Didn't realise they were that late to the party. Excuse the terminology.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 hour ago, Spy Bee said:

Not a mask in sight in the House of Commons.

 

Quite outstanding when you consider they are the modern equivalent of Highwaymen. 

[SasaS]

1 hour ago, TheHowieLama said:

The second point is true.

 

Q1 is neither here nor there about whether they will fare better moving forward - which is the whole discussion.

The first death there was on March 11.

 

 

 

They will fare better than Italy, Spain and France, which all had 4 to 5 percent negative growth in Q1 already, probably not considerably better compared to Denmark and Norway which grew only slightly less than Sweden. Further down the line, they will inevitably suffer from the EU downturn. How much, we will see. If all of EU could have done "a Sweden", it would have been much better for the economy, although who knows with the level of infections what would have happened overall. We may see it if there is a second wave, because it would probably be easier to have people behave relatively responsibly than the first time around. And there would be enough masks.   

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Masks are ten a penny over here at the moment. Most shops are getting in on the act, especially selling the washable ones with a theme to them. Certain businesses must be coining it in. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, TK421 said:

Face masks and social distancing work. 

 

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-face-masks-and-social-distancing-do-work-but-are-not-foolproof-says-study-11998934

If a fool drives a car and crashes it, does that mean it's not foolproof?

[TheHowieLama]

5 minutes ago, SasaS said:

They will fare better than Italy, Spain and France, which all had 4 to 5 percent negative growth in Q1 already, probably not considerably better compared to Denmark and Norway which grew only slightly less than Sweden. Further down the line, they will inevitably suffer from the EU downturn. How much, we will see. If all of EU could have done "a Sweden", it would have been much better for the economy, although who knows with the level of infections what would have happened overall. We may see it if there is a second wave, because it would probably be easier to have people behave relatively responsibly than the first time around. And there would be enough masks.   

Well, yeah of course they will fare better than the countries they were faring better than. What is certainly not proven yet is that their response made any difference really one way or another. Their per capita is kind of high for the region.

 

Statista forecast for annual.

 

 

[Anubis]

The report on how the Coronavirus affects certain sections of the population (popularly known on Twitter as the BAME report) has been published by the Government.

 

Some wanking material for Adam and Martin.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-review-of-disparities-in-risks-and-outcomes

[SasaS]

3 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Well, yeah of course they will fare better than the countries they were faring better than. What is certainly not proven yet is that their response made any difference really one way or another. Their per capita is kind of high for the region.

 

Statista forecast for annual.

 

 

 

 

It definitely made a difference in Q1, when they fared considerably better than the early lockdown countries, which is understandable since they didn't over night shut down hospitality industry in March and disrupt everything else that much.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10294864/2-15052020-AP-EN.pdf/5a7ea909-e708-f3d3-8375-e2510298e1b8