Coronavirus

[Rico1304]

10 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

The bbc will dampen any adverse news for him, he can do no wrong, politics ihas become like showbiz, any publicity is good publicity, Johnson, Farage, Jess Phillip's, Trump  etc  all understand the fickle nature of the public and know how it spins out. As long as they constantly are in the public gaze idiotd will relate to their bullshit, the bbc had Edwina Currie on their breakfast show last week talking shit about the virus .A lot of people seem to want to be spoonfed,   if its slightly controversial even better, it makes then seem risky and unconventional when in reality it's just makes them an ignorant bore.

Jess Philips lumped in with those cunts.  Jesus Christ you are mental. 

[Mudface]

3 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/londons-r-rate-now-lowest-in-country-as-city-records-24-new-coronavirus-cases-a-day-a4441216.html

 

Just 24 cases identified in London.

Bizarre article- there were 89 cases yesterday (https://coronavstats.co.uk/england), which is an absolute minimum as it's only ones who've been identified through testing. It also says at the peak, there were 230K infections per day in London, when the figure for the entire UK is only 233K in total.

[Spy Bee]

3 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Bizarre article- there were 89 cases yesterday (https://coronavstats.co.uk/england), which is an absolute minimum as it's only ones who've been identified through testing. It also says at the peak, there were 230K infections per day in London, when the figure for the entire UK is only 233K in total.

That's a brilliant website.

 

Yeah, based on the info on coronavstats, it is a weird article indeed.

 

EDIT: It is being reported widely - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/14/london-has-just-24-new-coronavirus-cases-day/?utm_content=telegraph&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1589489312

[Spy Bee]

Ah, they are suggesting that 24 new infections are happening. Not that 24 people are testing positive.

[Josef Svejk]

25 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

It's a paper by professional scientists; I mean, obviously it doesn't compare with deranged conspiracy theories about the virus being manmade so far as reliability is concerned, but one feels it adds something to the debate. 

It's a poorly reasoned (conclusions reaching far beyond premises) opinion piece by two scientists. As opposed to a scientific paper (good, bad, or indifferent).

 

A step up from most conspiracy theories, granted...

 

[Mudface]

6 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

Ah, they are suggesting that 24 new infections are happening. Not that 24 people are testing positive.

Ah, I see. Hope they're right, although it begs the question as to why we couldn't have just carried on for another couple of weeks, completely squashed the disease in London, and reduced it to current London levels elsewhere.

[Spy Bee]

1 minute ago, Mudface said:

Ah, I see. Hope they're right, although it begs the question as to why we couldn't have just carried on for another couple of weeks, completely squashed the disease in London, and reduced it to current London levels elsewhere.

Well, there is quite a bit of evidence that suggests that the peak had been reached in London prior to lockdown. Who know, we'll learn a lot on the next couple of weeks.

[Mudface]

7 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

Well, there is quite a bit of evidence that suggests that the peak had been reached in London prior to lockdown. Who know, we'll learn a lot on the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, the infection rate still looks stubbornly high though. It's running in the low 3000s now and I'd be surprised if there wasn't a bump after this last week. I'm in the Forth Valley region in Scotland, and we had no new cases for several days, and I think only about 10 in the entire week which is great, but social distancing and strict adherence to lockdown has noticeably collapsed since last week- lots more cars on the roads, kids in groups etc.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

ONS figures reveal that 12,500 people (approx) have died from coronavirus in UK care homes. 

 

That's a jaw dropping figure. 

[Spy Bee]

3 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Yeah, the infection rate still looks stubbornly high though. It's running in the low 3000s now and I'd be surprised if there wasn't a bump after this last week. I'm in the Forth Valley region in Scotland, and we had no new cases for several days, and I think only about 10 in the entire week which is great, but social distancing and strict adherence to lockdown has noticeably collapsed since last week- lots more cars on the roads, kids in groups etc.

Yeah, outside of London the infection rate is probably still relatively low, which is the negative. The positive is that we don't cram onto buses and trains quite the way they do down there and we don't live on top of each other to the same extent and with the same population.

 

If you roll this out, there is still a lot of social distancing (or deaths) to come, but it is more positive than things have looked for a while.

[Section_31]

Was it ever in any doubt by the way that the North West would end up being the worst hit area? It really does get the arse end of pretty much everything.

[Spy Bee]

[Creator Supreme]

2 hours ago, Josef Svejk said:

The makings of one? It's been one ongoing colossal fuck up since February (ignoring the prehistory of this whole situation)...

You're right, I should have qualified my comments by stating that it has the makings of another almighty fuck up.

[Gnasher]

1 hour ago, Rico1304 said:

Jess Philips lumped in with those cunts.  Jesus Christ you are mental. 

Shes up there with the biggest cunt of all.

[Barrington Womble]

3 hours ago, Spy Bee said:

I heard on the news this morning that the R rate for London is down to 0.4%. If this doesn't shoot up in the next two weeks, either the virus is becoming less contagious or we have a level of herd immunity in the capital. I have heard is suggested that some people are just immune to it anyway, as in no cohort anywhere has everyone (or even a large majority) of people been infected.

 

Here's hoping!

It could be all manner of reasons. People have suggested sun/vit D help and April was the sunniest on record in the UK. 

[Rico1304]

1 hour ago, Gnasher said:

Shes up there with the biggest cunt of all.

Nurse! He’s got hold of his phone again. 

[Pureblood]

There will obviously be a huge spike in infections again soon, it's inevitable.  The idea that London is close to herd immunity is agenda driven nonsense, designed to get people outside again and working. 

[Spy Bee]

10 minutes ago, Barry Wom said:

It could be all manner of reasons. People have suggested sun/vit D help and April was the sunniest on record in the UK. 

The sun in Mexico and Brazil doesn't seem to be helping much. You're right though, there are many variables, I just stated the most likely two.

[Tj hooker]

2 hours ago, Nelly-Torres said:

ONS figures reveal that 12,500 people (approx) have died from coronavirus in UK care homes. 

 

That's a jaw dropping figure. 

You have to think outside of the box think how much you'll save the NHS and in pension payments it's a win win for the Tories 

[Sugar Ape]

 

[Sut]

That front page is fucking hilarious.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

"Militant Unions". Sure. How dare they try and ensure that people don't lose their lives in the tens of thousands by being forced to go to work before it is safe to.

 

Fuck you DM. Fuck you, you gang of shithouse cunts.

[Tj hooker]

The Daily Heil in all its magnificent glory 

[Sut]

I love "standing in the way". They're doing right by their members by ensuring we have safe working conditions.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

I'm not sure that the Daily Mail fully understands what unions do? 

 

Oh, and after the get back to work but avoid public transport message, London is bringing the congestion charge back into effect and raising it from £11.50 a day to £15.