coronavirus

[Dave T]

24 minutes ago, andyscoot said:

Can't imagine many trades/construction companies are getting their stuff from B&Q. That said I have no issue with B&Q being open because for most people that's where they go for their emergency DIY needs and unfortunately things can go, even during a lockdown.

Indeed, probably mot likely to need to stuff for the home due to spending more time there. The likes of B and Q seem perfectly reasonable places to be open. 

But it is not one of the reasons to go out according to the government. 

[gittinsfan]

57 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

Shamefully lifted from my mate steve- Lately, this is how my Facebook timeline looks like… A tiger escapes from the zoo. Media: “Zoo Management asks everyone to stay safe, return home immediately and remain indoors till we caught this tiger!” Person 1: “Resistance against dictatorial rules by the zoo management is our citizen’s right! We won’t be dictated to how to live our lives!” Person 2: “This is just scaremongering. Tigers are just slightly bigger cats!” Person 3: “Statistically, hardly anyone dies from cats!" Person 4: "The tiger was deliberately released - they just want to take away our liberties!" Person 5: "With a healthy attitude to life, lots of meditation and some healing crystals, the tiger won't attack me, and fatal bite wounds heal much faster if you take enough vitamin C!" Person 6: "It’s mostly only old and slow zoo visitors who are in poor condition anyway that are endangered by the tigers, and sooner or later they would have been eaten by some cat anyway!" Person 7: "It is not at all clear whether someone has ever died as a result of a tiger attack. The cause of death could have come from an infection by an ingrown toenail…” Person 8: "In the petting zoo you don’t need such big fences, why do they need such tall fences at the tiger enclosure? What are they hiding from us?" Person 9: “Professor Soandso and Doctor Nobody explain on YouTube how tigers are naturally very loving and that their alleged aggressiveness is completely misunderstood. Be sure to check this out and think about it!" Person 10: "What does the zoo get out of it if it warns you, and who profits from it all? We are all being manipulated and lied to! That's my opinion and it’s my right to freedom of expression!" Person 11: "All zoo visitors should be prepared for hungry tigers, and when all the tigers are full, it's all resolved anyway. Plus, it only affects a few. Just look at Swedish zoos, it works very well over there!" Person 12: Yebbut look how nature has returned to the cities *points to circling vultures overhead...

Scotchy says the zoo has a contract with the tiger to feed him.This contract must be honoured.If the zoo cannot afford tiger feed,it is acceptable to feed him old people.

Sorry...… just a silly moment.

[Robin Evans]

1 minute ago, gittinsfan said:

Scotchy says the zoo has a contract with the tiger to feed him.This contract must be honoured.If the zoo cannot afford tiger feed,it is acceptable to feed him old people.

Sorry...… just a silly moment.

It's not the time for questioning the zookeeper 

[Maximus Decimus]

1 hour ago, Robin Evans said:

Shamefully lifted from my mate steve- Lately, this is how my Facebook timeline looks like… A tiger escapes from the zoo. Media: “Zoo Management asks everyone to stay safe, return home immediately and remain indoors till we caught this tiger!” Person 1: “Resistance against dictatorial rules by the zoo management is our citizen’s right! We won’t be dictated to how to live our lives!” Person 2: “This is just scaremongering. Tigers are just slightly bigger cats!” Person 3: “Statistically, hardly anyone dies from cats!" Person 4: "The tiger was deliberately released - they just want to take away our liberties!" Person 5: "With a healthy attitude to life, lots of meditation and some healing crystals, the tiger won't attack me, and fatal bite wounds heal much faster if you take enough vitamin C!" Person 6: "It’s mostly only old and slow zoo visitors who are in poor condition anyway that are endangered by the tigers, and sooner or later they would have been eaten by some cat anyway!" Person 7: "It is not at all clear whether someone has ever died as a result of a tiger attack. The cause of death could have come from an infection by an ingrown toenail…” Person 8: "In the petting zoo you don’t need such big fences, why do they need such tall fences at the tiger enclosure? What are they hiding from us?" Person 9: “Professor Soandso and Doctor Nobody explain on YouTube how tigers are naturally very loving and that their alleged aggressiveness is completely misunderstood. Be sure to check this out and think about it!" Person 10: "What does the zoo get out of it if it warns you, and who profits from it all? We are all being manipulated and lied to! That's my opinion and it’s my right to freedom of expression!" Person 11: "All zoo visitors should be prepared for hungry tigers, and when all the tigers are full, it's all resolved anyway. Plus, it only affects a few. Just look at Swedish zoos, it works very well over there!" Person 12: Yebbut look how nature has returned to the cities *points to circling vultures overhead...

This is a work of genius. Do you have it in meme form or was it just a post of your mates? 

[Robin Evans]

1 minute ago, Maximus Decimus said:

This is a work of genius. Do you have it in meme form or was it just a post of your mates? 

It's a mate shared from his mate.....

I thought it was funny

[SSoutherner]

1 hour ago, andyscoot said:

Can't imagine many trades/construction companies are getting their stuff from B&Q. That said I have no issue with B&Q being open because for most people that's where they go for their emergency DIY needs and unfortunately things can go, even during a lockdown.

yeah i burned out the motor on our dyson had had to buy a new one last week (Costco had Sharks on offer so went there)

[JohnM]

6 hours ago, redjonn said:

mmm I get your point, but,, as always a but

he isn't visiting his household reading the article... which is key aspect of restrictions

I assume in the studio they will be kept the appropriate social distancing...

and my assumption is that they ain't making love to each other and hence embracing each other

He visited his household near Bedford. 

[JohnM]

6 hours ago, Saintslass said:

They weren't breaching rules of lockdown though.  Two people from different households are allowed to meet, as long as they stay 2m apart.  If there was a human camera operator then they are ok too as they are key workers but must stay 2m apart from the others.  

It was an unnecessary journey. 

[JohnM]

6 hours ago, Robin Evans said:

Yes I remember Michael Ball becoming deputy chief scientific advisor to the government....matt hancock rates his advice very highly

Just because he's a hypocrite does not mean his advice was incorrect. Of course, where Scotland leads, England follows. 

[JohnM]

7 hours ago, Damien said:

I've seen some epic grasping at straws but this takes some beating. Equating the actions of the deputy chief scientific advisor to the Government to Michael Ball? Really, I've seen it all now.

Read the accounts. Both broke the rules. 

[Robin Evans]

26 minutes ago, JohnM said:

Just because he's a hypocrite does not mean his advice was incorrect. Of course, where Scotland leads, England follows. 

His position had become untenable.... only himself (and perhaps the married woman he was seeing) to blame....

He and the advice can be replaced by someone else not driven by his sexual behaviour over safety and advice being forced on others.....

He ballsed up. He paid the price. 

[JohnM]

8 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

His position had become untenable.... only himself (and perhaps the married woman he was seeing) to blame....

He and the advice can be replaced by someone else not driven by his sexual behaviour over safety and advice being forced on others.....

He ballsed up. He paid the price. 

Quite correct.  Regardless of what others did or didn't do, he was right to quit. I prefer sacking to resignation, though, in these circumstances.

[JohnM]

7 hours ago, Wolford6 said:

Prof Neil Ferguson is actually a physicist and statistician rather than a medical specialist.

Thinking back to my University days, no civil engineering or physics students were remotely attractive to trophy women. I can only assume that the Prof  is very rich.

 

Neil Morris Ferguson OBE FMedSci (born 1968) is a British epidemiologist and professor of mathematical biology, who specialises in the patterns of spread of infectious disease in humans and animals. He is the director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA), head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Vice-Dean for Academic Development in the Faculty of Medicine, all at Imperial College, London.

[graveyard johnny]

roads much busier today- hottest day of the year- so many convertibles, classic cars , motorbikes and scooters called upon for essential journeys - ITS A FARCE!

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

Some results reported on Italian vaccine development project https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-italy-rome-covid-19-human-cells-a9501126.html 

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Sports wise some NFL teams have identified a marketing opportunity out of Coronavirus in time for the NFL season

https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/05/new-dallas-cowboys-face-mask-nfl-face-masks-are-the-perfect-covid-19-prevention-for-football-fans-where-to-get-them/

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

5 minutes ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:

Sports wise some NFL teams have identified a marketing opportunity out of Coronavirus in time for the NFL season

https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/05/new-dallas-cowboys-face-mask-nfl-face-masks-are-the-perfect-covid-19-prevention-for-football-fans-where-to-get-them/

Seems there are plenty doing the same - I've seen them for Bundesliga clubs and also seen adverts for masks depicting your favourite album cover.

[Damien]

59 minutes ago, JohnM said:

Read the accounts. Both broke the rules. 

One works for the Government and is directly involved in the Covid-19 response, the other doesnt and isn't.

[Bob8]

1 hour ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Some results reported on Italian vaccine development project https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-italy-rome-covid-19-human-cells-a9501126.html 

Pre-clinical. It is good but less dramatically exciting than it might seem.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

6 minutes ago, Bob8 said:

Pre-clinical. It is good but less dramatically exciting than it might seem.

Yes - I'm practicing getting expectation levels up for my clickbait site

[Bedford Roughyed]

2 hours ago, JohnM said:

He visited his household near Bedford. 

He didn't pop in.  I'm disappointed.

We did get a nice flypast past week though.  

[Maximus Decimus]

Apologies if this has been shared before, but it is very interesting focusing on excess deaths. If you read the whole thread, it demonstrates just how badly effected some urban centres have been. 

London has seen excess deaths of +139% and New York's are over +300%. It just demonstrates how deadly things could've been if it'd been left to go unchecked. 

 

[SSoutherner]

An update from my railway industry mate who was ordered to go get a test late last week (drove 35 miles each way to get it at  mobile test centre) even though she does does signalling design- she was getting concerned she had had no reply in nearly a week. 

Rang the test line.
Person 1: You need to wait another week. You haven't registered. Your test is void. Next time you get a test do it properly.
Person 2: If someone scanned your QR card then you are registered. Ring us again on Friday if you don't get anything by then.

[Bob8]

1 hour ago, Maximus Decimus said:

Apologies if this has been shared before, but it is very interesting focusing on excess deaths. If you read the whole thread, it demonstrates just how badly effected some urban centres have been. 

London has seen excess deaths of +139% and New York's are over +300%. It just demonstrates how deadly things could've been if it'd been left to go unchecked. 

 

This does suggest that early lockdown is effective and that the severity of the lockdown is less important. Denmark has had a relatively mild lockdown and had no significant excess. Spain, Italy and the UK have seen the opposite.

[Maximus Decimus]

5 minutes ago, SSoutherner said:

An update from my railway industry mate who was ordered to go get a test late last week (drove 35 miles each way to get it at  mobile test centre) even though she does does signalling design- she was getting concerned she had had no reply in nearly a week. 

Rang the test line.
Person 1: You need to wait another week. You haven't registered. Your test is void. Next time you get a test do it properly.
Person 2: If someone scanned your QR card then you are registered. Ring us again on Friday if you don't get anything by then.

Me and the missus went for a test on Saturday afternoon in the same car and handed our tests to the same people. I received a text on Monday afternoon but my wife is still yet to hear.