The big Coronavirus thread
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It intrigues me that you can't.surrey_commuter said:
It does intrigue me that you can remember what you wrote 7.5 months agopblakeney said:
Really?elbowloh said:Actually, look the combined number of deaths in those 5 countries - 22,899.
The UK has had 5.6 times that many deaths with 129,515.
Not a bad guess on the 17th December.pblakeney said:
66,000 now? I'll go for 100-120k by end of July.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?
You?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Stayed in a popular hotel chain last night for work. No masks and a buffet breakfast of all things.
Made me realise Im just not ready for normal yet.0 -
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It intrigues me that you're both intrigued by your memory.pblakeney said:
It intrigues me that you can't.surrey_commuter said:
It does intrigue me that you can remember what you wrote 7.5 months agopblakeney said:
Really?elbowloh said:Actually, look the combined number of deaths in those 5 countries - 22,899.
The UK has had 5.6 times that many deaths with 129,515.
Not a bad guess on the 17th December.pblakeney said:
66,000 now? I'll go for 100-120k by end of July.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?
You?0 -
Let me put an end to that intrigue then. It doesn't actually intrigue me.focuszing723 said:
It intrigues me that you're both intrigued by your memory.pblakeney said:
It intrigues me that you can't.surrey_commuter said:
It does intrigue me that you can remember what you wrote 7.5 months agopblakeney said:
Really?elbowloh said:Actually, look the combined number of deaths in those 5 countries - 22,899.
The UK has had 5.6 times that many deaths with 129,515.
Not a bad guess on the 17th December.pblakeney said:
66,000 now? I'll go for 100-120k by end of July.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?
You?
I just assumed everyone has a memory. No more than that.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I'm staying in a Premier Inn tonight, won't be spending much time there though.mully79 said:Stayed in a popular hotel chain last night for work. No masks and a buffet breakfast of all things.
Made me realise Im just not ready for normal yet.
Currently on a train and mask wearing is around 50-50 I would say. Have to admit I'm not quite sure what the requirement is once we crossed into England as some train operators require them still and others don't (mine is currently off drinking champers to celebrate my daughter's 18th - decadent!)0 -
I genuinely have no idea what in December I thought the death toll would be in July and if I posted that thought on here.pblakeney said:
Let me put an end to that intrigue then. It doesn't actually intrigue me.focuszing723 said:
It intrigues me that you're both intrigued by your memory.pblakeney said:
It intrigues me that you can't.surrey_commuter said:
It does intrigue me that you can remember what you wrote 7.5 months agopblakeney said:
Really?elbowloh said:Actually, look the combined number of deaths in those 5 countries - 22,899.
The UK has had 5.6 times that many deaths with 129,515.
Not a bad guess on the 17th December.pblakeney said:
66,000 now? I'll go for 100-120k by end of July.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?
You?
I just assumed everyone has a memory. No more than that.
Now I am genuinely interested in what other people can remember as I don’t know if I am a bit of a div or you have a superpower0 -
mully79 said:
Stayed in a popular hotel chain last night for work. No masks and a buffet breakfast of all things.
Made me realise Im just not ready for normal yet.
Went in the office yesterday morning then met mates in the afternoon had too much to drink and had a much missed laugh. It all felt wonderfully normal to me the only difference being slipping on a mask when indoors which I don’t see as any sort of imposition2 -
That'll be because although you posed the original question you did not follow up with a response of your own to remember.surrey_commuter said:
I genuinely have no idea what in December I thought the death toll would be in July and if I posted that thought on here.pblakeney said:
Let me put an end to that intrigue then. It doesn't actually intrigue me.focuszing723 said:
It intrigues me that you're both intrigued by your memory.pblakeney said:
It intrigues me that you can't.surrey_commuter said:
It does intrigue me that you can remember what you wrote 7.5 months agopblakeney said:
Really?elbowloh said:Actually, look the combined number of deaths in those 5 countries - 22,899.
The UK has had 5.6 times that many deaths with 129,515.
Not a bad guess on the 17th December.pblakeney said:
66,000 now? I'll go for 100-120k by end of July.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?
You?
I just assumed everyone has a memory. No more than that.
Now I am genuinely interested in what other people can remember as I don’t know if I am a bit of a div or you have a superpower
The original question.
.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?pblakeney said:
In the very early days based on 1% of the population dying.surrey_commuter said:
the 600k prediction was for the UKpblakeney said:
The original projection which was laughed at was 600k.ugo.santalucia said:The US have just had in the last 3 days the average number of deaths the UK sees every year due to seasonal flu..
Doing well... with this pace, they'll get to half a million deaths by March
Might not be too far off by the end of vaccinations being fully administered.
The 600k for the US was made in September.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Tube was about 90% compliant on masks but those I saw not wearing them were almost entirely in their 20s or 30s and almost exclusively male.0
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Did I have a guess?pblakeney said:
That'll be because although you posed the original question you did not follow up with a response of your own to remember.surrey_commuter said:
I genuinely have no idea what in December I thought the death toll would be in July and if I posted that thought on here.pblakeney said:
Let me put an end to that intrigue then. It doesn't actually intrigue me.focuszing723 said:
It intrigues me that you're both intrigued by your memory.pblakeney said:
It intrigues me that you can't.surrey_commuter said:
It does intrigue me that you can remember what you wrote 7.5 months agopblakeney said:
Really?elbowloh said:Actually, look the combined number of deaths in those 5 countries - 22,899.
The UK has had 5.6 times that many deaths with 129,515.
Not a bad guess on the 17th December.pblakeney said:
66,000 now? I'll go for 100-120k by end of July.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?
You?
I just assumed everyone has a memory. No more than that.
Now I am genuinely interested in what other people can remember as I don’t know if I am a bit of a div or you have a superpower
The original question.
.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?pblakeney said:
In the very early days based on 1% of the population dying.surrey_commuter said:
the 600k prediction was for the UKpblakeney said:
The original projection which was laughed at was 600k.ugo.santalucia said:The US have just had in the last 3 days the average number of deaths the UK sees every year due to seasonal flu..
Doing well... with this pace, they'll get to half a million deaths by March
Might not be too far off by the end of vaccinations being fully administered.
The 600k for the US was made in September.0 -
Pross said:
Tube was about 90% compliant on masks but those I saw not wearing them were almost entirely in their 20s or 30s and almost exclusively male.
Outside of the tube did you notice a different attitude to mask wearing from home where you have suggested anecdotally that nobody bothers0 -
At home people still do on the whole (still a legal requirement). In central London it looks like the vast majority are still wearing them in shops. I even saw someone running along Westminster Bridge wearing a mask which just seems bonkers (but not as bad as the bloke running down the middle of the road in front of Big Ben!).surrey_commuter said:Pross said:Tube was about 90% compliant on masks but those I saw not wearing them were almost entirely in their 20s or 30s and almost exclusively male.
Outside of the tube did you notice a different attitude to mask wearing from home where you have suggested anecdotally that nobody bothers
Also, for those who think youngsters are good judges of risk I was just stood on Regent Street and saw two kids riding down the bike lane pulling wheelies and straight through a red light. Their mate was standing with no hands, one foot on the pedal and the other on his cross bar passing the inside of a bus. It was impressive skill but I had to look away as even a slight bump would have put him under the wheels.
Edit - went in the Nike store, very much in the minority wearing a mask and also noticed that in addition to age and gender there is also quite a big split on ethnicity lines (just an observation before I suffer the wrath of Cake Stop).0 -
Story in the guardian about nightclubs still struggling and having to cancel a lot of nights with too little attendance.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/31/reopened-nightclubs-in-england-face-twilight-zone-as-covid-keeps-customers-away
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I've spoken to a few people that have gone back to wearing masks after initially ditching them for freedom day.
My brother said he was 50:50 but he went into the coop without one and saw an old couple wearing them and felt a degree of guilt for at least causing them worry so has gone back to wearing them.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Visited the supermarket today. Mostly all wearing face coverings as requested by the store signage. Saw a couple of fat middle aged white blokes maskless, def gammon flavoured aroma to them. Whodathunk?0
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Big group of maskless cyclists on my train. Clearly not cakestoppers.0
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What defines a cakestopper?
Anyway, my only contribution to the big mask watch is a marked difference in behaviour between sainsburys and asda.0 -
Nope.surrey_commuter said:
Did I have a guess?pblakeney said:
That'll be because although you posed the original question you did not follow up with a response of your own to remember.surrey_commuter said:
I genuinely have no idea what in December I thought the death toll would be in July and if I posted that thought on here.pblakeney said:
Let me put an end to that intrigue then. It doesn't actually intrigue me.focuszing723 said:
It intrigues me that you're both intrigued by your memory.pblakeney said:
It intrigues me that you can't.surrey_commuter said:
It does intrigue me that you can remember what you wrote 7.5 months agopblakeney said:
Really?elbowloh said:Actually, look the combined number of deaths in those 5 countries - 22,899.
The UK has had 5.6 times that many deaths with 129,515.
Not a bad guess on the 17th December.pblakeney said:
66,000 now? I'll go for 100-120k by end of July.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?
You?
I just assumed everyone has a memory. No more than that.
Now I am genuinely interested in what other people can remember as I don’t know if I am a bit of a div or you have a superpower
The original question.
.surrey_commuter said:
Where do you think we will land?pblakeney said:
In the very early days based on 1% of the population dying.surrey_commuter said:
the 600k prediction was for the UKpblakeney said:
The original projection which was laughed at was 600k.ugo.santalucia said:The US have just had in the last 3 days the average number of deaths the UK sees every year due to seasonal flu..
Doing well... with this pace, they'll get to half a million deaths by March
Might not be too far off by the end of vaccinations being fully administered.
The 600k for the US was made in September.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
I wonder if a reduction in long term memory is a sign of having Covid? I might have read that somewhere.0
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“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Propensity to argue. They were all at peace in their mask free world.kingstongraham said:What defines a cakestopper?
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I imagine that somewhere it's stated as a symptom of long covid.focuszing723 said:I wonder if a reduction in long term memory is a sign of having Covid? I might have read that somewhere.
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Are cakestoppers only on one side of each argument in cake stop?TheBigBean said:
Propensity to argue. They were all at peace in their mask free world.kingstongraham said:What defines a cakestopper?
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Why would you say that?kingstongraham said:
Are cakestoppers only on one side of each argument in cake stop?TheBigBean said:
Propensity to argue. They were all at peace in their mask free world.kingstongraham said:What defines a cakestopper?
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I'm interested in people who post a lot in cakestop, but deride "cakestoppers" as an amorphous woke mob.orraloon said:
Why would you say that?kingstongraham said:
Are cakestoppers only on one side of each argument in cake stop?TheBigBean said:
Propensity to argue. They were all at peace in their mask free world.kingstongraham said:What defines a cakestopper?
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Not all, but if it was a Cakestop ride I think some people would be wearing masks and having a discussion about it with the others who weren't wearing them.kingstongraham said:
Are cakestoppers only on one side of each argument in cake stop?TheBigBean said:
Propensity to argue. They were all at peace in their mask free world.kingstongraham said:What defines a cakestopper?
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Where was my derision? Although if I did want to make a general point about Cake Stop, this sort of discussion would feature.kingstongraham said:
I'm interested in people who post a lot in cakestop, but deride "cakestoppers" as an amorphous woke mob.orraloon said:
Why would you say that?kingstongraham said:
Are cakestoppers only on one side of each argument in cake stop?TheBigBean said:
Propensity to argue. They were all at peace in their mask free world.kingstongraham said:What defines a cakestopper?
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You Can Not Be Serious!kingstongraham said:
I'm interested in people who post a lot in cakestop, but deride "cakestoppers" as an amorphous woke mob.orraloon said:
Why would you say that?kingstongraham said:
Are cakestoppers only on one side of each argument in cake stop?TheBigBean said:
Propensity to argue. They were all at peace in their mask free world.kingstongraham said:What defines a cakestopper?
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