The big Coronavirus thread

1…11601161116311651166…1347

Comments

  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,380
    First.Aspect said:

    briantrumpet said:

    mrb123 said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Spot the odd one out.


    Shouldn't we be commenting that the windows are all closed?

    I had noticed that. I'm also getting annoyed that someone in the building where I teach is already closing the front doors, despite it being really mild and hundreds of unvaccinated children using the building. I can't get my head around what they are thinking.

    Victoria has a much better covid mantra: ventilate, vaccinate, virus detection.
    It is a bit "Three R's" though isn't it?

    How about "Space, Face, Hands" - just something I came up with all by myself.

    Except that two thirds of it is virtually useless, and it doesn't mention ventilation. Apart from that, I'm sure it's worth a few million £ for your extensive efforts.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    I'm still in favour of "Don't share air"

    But the new policy is seemingly all about getting kids infected before the winter, so not sure what you'd sloganise for that.

    Maybe "get your boosters" because we're all catching it anyway now it's only killing a few hundred every week?
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,174
    briantrumpet said:

    First.Aspect said:

    briantrumpet said:

    mrb123 said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Spot the odd one out.


    Shouldn't we be commenting that the windows are all closed?

    I had noticed that. I'm also getting annoyed that someone in the building where I teach is already closing the front doors, despite it being really mild and hundreds of unvaccinated children using the building. I can't get my head around what they are thinking.

    Victoria has a much better covid mantra: ventilate, vaccinate, virus detection.
    It is a bit "Three R's" though isn't it?

    How about "Space, Face, Hands" - just something I came up with all by myself.

    Except that two thirds of it is virtually useless, and it doesn't mention ventilation. Apart from that, I'm sure it's worth a few million £ for your extensive efforts.
    Well the printing contracts are all signed now so we are stuck with it.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    kingstongraham said:

    I'm still in favour of "Don't share air"

    But the new policy is seemingly all about getting kids infected before the winter, so not sure what you'd sloganise for that.

    Maybe "get your boosters" because we're all catching it anyway now it's only killing a few hundred every week?

    It's been averaging 1000 a week for while. Is 50000 a year an acceptable rate?
  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,608
    darkhairedlord said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I'm still in favour of "Don't share air"

    But the new policy is seemingly all about getting kids infected before the winter, so not sure what you'd sloganise for that.

    Maybe "get your boosters" because we're all catching it anyway now it's only killing a few hundred every week?

    It's been averaging 1000 a week for while. Is 50000 a year an acceptable rate?
    If the alternative is no more socialising...yes?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    darkhairedlord said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I'm still in favour of "Don't share air"

    But the new policy is seemingly all about getting kids infected before the winter, so not sure what you'd sloganise for that.

    Maybe "get your boosters" because we're all catching it anyway now it's only killing a few hundred every week?

    It's been averaging 1000 a week for while. Is 50000 a year an acceptable rate?
    Seems that way.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,921
    It's over 1000 a week in excess deaths too.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,380
    TheBigBean said:

    It's over 1000 a week in excess deaths too.


    Though I guess if it goes on for 12 months, that'll be the new normal, so not excess.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,566
    briantrumpet said:

    TheBigBean said:

    It's over 1000 a week in excess deaths too.


    Though I guess if it goes on for 12 months, that'll be the new normal, so not excess.
    Needs to go on for 3-4 years to get rid of the old data.
    Has to be good for the NHS budget in the medium term getting rid of all these unhealthy folk?
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    darkhairedlord said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I'm still in favour of "Don't share air"

    But the new policy is seemingly all about getting kids infected before the winter, so not sure what you'd sloganise for that.

    Maybe "get your boosters" because we're all catching it anyway now it's only killing a few hundred every week?

    It's been averaging 1000 a week for while. Is 50000 a year an acceptable rate?
    I have always thought that 200 a day is acceptable as that is about 10% of all deaths
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Dorset_Boy said:

    briantrumpet said:

    TheBigBean said:

    It's over 1000 a week in excess deaths too.


    Though I guess if it goes on for 12 months, that'll be the new normal, so not excess.
    Needs to go on for 3-4 years to get rid of the old data.
    Has to be good for the NHS budget in the medium term getting rid of all these unhealthy folk?
    think of the actuaries there tables are looking much better as it has lowered life expectancy.

    No I am not joking as the combined saving is probably in the hundreds of billions
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Wife is triple jabbed now - just hoping for a negative test now she has been caring for someone with Covid all week and they have just hit the 10 day point.
  • Ncovidius
    Ncovidius Posts: 229
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57268111

    The pressure is building on China to fess up, in recent weeks, The U.S. intelligence services have unearthed very strong ‘smoking gun’ evidence too.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Ncovidius said:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57268111

    The pressure is building on China to fess up, in recent weeks, The U.S. intelligence services have unearthed very strong ‘smoking gun’ evidence too.

    There is strong evidence that it got in to the UK from Italy in over size Bianchi’s.
  • Ncovidius
    Ncovidius Posts: 229
    webboo said:

    Ncovidius said:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57268111

    The pressure is building on China to fess up, in recent weeks, The U.S. intelligence services have unearthed very strong ‘smoking gun’ evidence too.

    There is strong evidence that it got in to the UK from Italy in over size Bianchi’s.
    There may be more in that than you could possibly believe.

  • Ncovidius
    Ncovidius Posts: 229
    Pross said:

    Wife is triple jabbed now - just hoping for a negative test now she has been caring for someone with Covid all week and they have just hit the 10 day point.

    So ‘top up jabbed’?

  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,174
    Ncovidius said:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57268111

    The pressure is building on China to fess up, in recent weeks, The U.S. intelligence services have unearthed very strong ‘smoking gun’ evidence too.

    Oh god this is such total bollicks.

    Elsewhere on the BBC (inside science) they are reporting a French scientist has found an extremely close genetic match in a bat virus in China, looks like it could be non pathogenic in humans for a prolonged period, until a relatively common block of RNA is transferred from another virus.

    This prolonged non pathogenic circulation in humans would perfectly explain why it went from nothing to well adapted and pathogenic so quickly.

    It could be this, or alternatively some evil Chinese people.

    Whatdya think is most likely?
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    "Whatdya think is most likely?"

    I blame Dominic Scummings.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,821
    Ncovidius said:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57268111

    The pressure is building on China to fess up, in recent weeks, The U.S. intelligence services have unearthed very strong ‘smoking gun’ evidence too.

    In recent weeks, that article is from 4 months ago 😂
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited September 2021
    From the Alien thread:
    Ncovidius said:

    There are a lot of nutters about, who seem hell bent on clouding the waters with their insane rantings....

  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,380
    Pross said:

    From the Alien thread:

    Ncovidius said:

    There are a lot of nutters about, who seem hell bent on clouding the waters with their insane rantings....


    ...and getting responses, and their rantings quoted...
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,331
    "US sportswear giant Nike and US retail giant Costco both say they are facing product shortages and delays due to global supply chain problems.
    Nike said production and delivery of its shoes would impacted until next spring, as it struggles with shipping issues and a worker shortage in Asia.
    Meanwhile, Costco has re-imposed limits on items like toilet paper.
    It says customers are stockpiling again amid Covid fears    , but it is also struggling to ship goods to its shops."

    Some people never learn....
    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.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,380
    pblakeney said:

    "US sportswear giant Nike and US retail giant Costco both say they are facing product shortages and delays due to global supply chain problems.
    Nike said production and delivery of its shoes would impacted until next spring, as it struggles with shipping issues and a worker shortage in Asia.
    Meanwhile, Costco has re-imposed limits on items like toilet paper.
    It says customers are stockpiling again amid Covid fears    , but it is also struggling to ship goods to its shops."

    Some people never learn....


    Perhaps some people need to recalibrate their SPD (sheets per dump) habits.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    briantrumpet said:

    pblakeney said:

    "US sportswear giant Nike and US retail giant Costco both say they are facing product shortages and delays due to global supply chain problems.
    Nike said production and delivery of its shoes would impacted until next spring, as it struggles with shipping issues and a worker shortage in Asia.
    Meanwhile, Costco has re-imposed limits on items like toilet paper.
    It says customers are stockpiling again amid Covid fears    , but it is also struggling to ship goods to its shops."

    Some people never learn....


    Perhaps some people need to recalibrate their SPD (sheets per dump) habits.
    Or adjust their fibre intake
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Or stop being dickheads.
    Ben

    Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_h_ppcc/
    Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/143173475@N05/
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    Don't great big arrisholes need lots of bogroll?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,331
    Now, this is interesting (to me anyway 😉).
    The BBC have hidden the report. Maybe they don't want to be blamed for panic buying.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58685889
    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.
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    pblakeney said:

    Now, this is interesting (to me anyway 😉).
    The BBC have hidden the report. Maybe they don't want to be blamed for panic buying.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58685889

    Unlike fuel this is a global supply issue.

    If anyone has young kids I'd be looking at buying their Christmas presents now.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,331
    edited September 2021
    skyblueamateur said:

    pblakeney said:

    Now, this is interesting (to me anyway 😉).
    The BBC have hidden the report. Maybe they don't want to be blamed for panic buying.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58685889

    Unlike fuel this is a global supply issue.

    If anyone has young kids I'd be looking at buying their Christmas presents now.

    That's why I put it in this thread.
    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.
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    pblakeney said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    pblakeney said:

    Now, this is interesting (to me anyway 😉).
    The BBC have hidden the report. Maybe they don't want to be blamed for panic buying.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58685889

    Unlike fuel this is a global supply issue.

    If anyone has young kids I'd be looking at buying their Christmas presents now.

    That's why I put it in this thread.
    Fair enough. Was merely clarifying and I wasn't suggesting you didn't know this.

    My point was more get cracking with kids Xmas presents.

Categories