Heard any good conspiracy theories?

tailwindhome

A twitter search on 'Bill Gates' is mindblowing.

nickice

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

nickice

bompington said:

shortfall said:

Much easier to try and marginalize me as a tinfoil hat nutter despite having the same opinions on the threat to civil liberties as a Supreme Court Judge

So let's be clear then. Do you or do you not believe that the current government intends to keep any of the emergency restrictions in place once the emergency is over?

You wouldn't expect so as it would make no economic sense but they will be easier to introduce in the next crisis. There may also be some powers that are not revoked. I don't think it's conspiracy theory level stuff to be worried about the severe restrictions on civil liberties. There is always a 'good' reason for such measures.

focuszing723

tailwindhome said:

A twitter search on 'Bill Gates' is mindblowing.

Yeah I was rather surprised. He's planning to give the majority of his money away to people who need it, what don't they get?

Perhaps he should p1ss his wealth up on a mission to Mars, he'd be adored then.

morstar

Which seems to prove that twitter serves no useful purpose.

rjsterry

nickice said:

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

They did officially revise the date of the first UK death back to late February the other day, for exactly the reason you suggest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-took-hold-in-uk-earlier-than-thought-data-reveals

nickice

rjsterry said:

nickice said:

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

They did officially revise the date of the first UK death back to late February the other day, for exactly the reason you suggest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-took-hold-in-uk-earlier-than-thought-data-reveals

A death on 13/02 would give us an infection at least two weeks prior to that. If the deceased was elderly (as they probably were) you wouldn't expect them to be the first to be infected. I think it's quite possible that the virus appeared in London in December/January but, like I said above, it takes a while to get going and it was probably young people who got it first. All of this is a guesstimate but it's not really a conspiracy theory. It's very common for new viruses to have been around for longer than originally estimated.

rjsterry

Agreed.

surrey_commuter

nickice said:

rjsterry said:

nickice said:

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

They did officially revise the date of the first UK death back to late February the other day, for exactly the reason you suggest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-took-hold-in-uk-earlier-than-thought-data-reveals

A death on 13/02 would give us an infection at least two weeks prior to that. If the deceased was elderly (as they probably were) you wouldn't expect them to be the first to be infected. I think it's quite possible that the virus appeared in London in December/January but, like I said above, it takes a while to get going and it was probably young people who got it first. All of this is a guesstimate but it's not really a conspiracy theory. It's very common for new viruses to have been around for longer than originally estimated.

My SiL travels to China a lot, I saw her a couple of weeks before Xmas. I felt like sh1t for most of the two weeks over Xmas with many of the symptoms.

pblakeney

My wife did just raise the point that it has taken the spotlight off Andrew.
A wild accusation, but..... 😉

orraloon

As posted earlier

orraloon said:

Prince Charles is isolating in Scotland with Covid-19. Prince Andrew is isolating in Windsor with Jennifer-14.

morstar

surrey_commuter said:

nickice said:

rjsterry said:

nickice said:

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

They did officially revise the date of the first UK death back to late February the other day, for exactly the reason you suggest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-took-hold-in-uk-earlier-than-thought-data-reveals

A death on 13/02 would give us an infection at least two weeks prior to that. If the deceased was elderly (as they probably were) you wouldn't expect them to be the first to be infected. I think it's quite possible that the virus appeared in London in December/January but, like I said above, it takes a while to get going and it was probably young people who got it first. All of this is a guesstimate but it's not really a conspiracy theory. It's very common for new viruses to have been around for longer than originally estimated.

My SiL travels to China a lot, I saw her a couple of weeks before Xmas. I felt like censored for most of the two weeks over Xmas with many of the symptoms.

Problem is one of the winter bugs had very similar symptoms. I’d almost swear me and the mrs had had covid-19 were it not for the fact I got ill in late September and her in October.
She got admitted to hospital her breathing got so laboured.

surrey_commuter

morstar said:

surrey_commuter said:

nickice said:

rjsterry said:

nickice said:

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

They did officially revise the date of the first UK death back to late February the other day, for exactly the reason you suggest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-took-hold-in-uk-earlier-than-thought-data-reveals

A death on 13/02 would give us an infection at least two weeks prior to that. If the deceased was elderly (as they probably were) you wouldn't expect them to be the first to be infected. I think it's quite possible that the virus appeared in London in December/January but, like I said above, it takes a while to get going and it was probably young people who got it first. All of this is a guesstimate but it's not really a conspiracy theory. It's very common for new viruses to have been around for longer than originally estimated.

My SiL travels to China a lot, I saw her a couple of weeks before Xmas. I felt like censored for most of the two weeks over Xmas with many of the symptoms.

Problem is one of the winter bugs had very similar symptoms. I’d almost swear me and the mrs had had covid-19 were it not for the fact I got ill in late September and her in October.
She got admitted to hospital her breathing got so laboured.

On the conspiracy thread that should be taken as incontrovertible proof that it was here in Sept.

morstar

surrey_commuter said:

morstar said:

surrey_commuter said:

nickice said:

rjsterry said:

nickice said:

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

They did officially revise the date of the first UK death back to late February the other day, for exactly the reason you suggest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-took-hold-in-uk-earlier-than-thought-data-reveals

A death on 13/02 would give us an infection at least two weeks prior to that. If the deceased was elderly (as they probably were) you wouldn't expect them to be the first to be infected. I think it's quite possible that the virus appeared in London in December/January but, like I said above, it takes a while to get going and it was probably young people who got it first. All of this is a guesstimate but it's not really a conspiracy theory. It's very common for new viruses to have been around for longer than originally estimated.

My SiL travels to China a lot, I saw her a couple of weeks before Xmas. I felt like censored for most of the two weeks over Xmas with many of the symptoms.

Problem is one of the winter bugs had very similar symptoms. I’d almost swear me and the mrs had had covid-19 were it not for the fact I got ill in late September and her in October.
She got admitted to hospital her breathing got so laboured.

On the conspiracy thread that should be taken as incontrovertible proof that it was here in Sept.

In that case, I’ll post it on Facebook as fact. I did get a new mobile phone around that time although it wasn’t 5G.
This must mean 4G is also infected.

surrey_commuter

morstar said:

surrey_commuter said:

morstar said:

surrey_commuter said:

nickice said:

rjsterry said:

nickice said:

coopster_the_1st said:

That the virus has been circulating in the UK before we are told it has been.

I don't buy this because we would have seen deaths of the elderly and vulnerable sooner if that was the case

They posthumously tested someone in Valencia who died on 13 February and they tested positive. It almost certainly was in the UK before the first official cases but its exponential growth takes a while to get going. People may have died of it but not been diagnosed and it's probably more likely to infect younger people as they go out more etc.

They did officially revise the date of the first UK death back to late February the other day, for exactly the reason you suggest.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/coronavirus-took-hold-in-uk-earlier-than-thought-data-reveals

A death on 13/02 would give us an infection at least two weeks prior to that. If the deceased was elderly (as they probably were) you wouldn't expect them to be the first to be infected. I think it's quite possible that the virus appeared in London in December/January but, like I said above, it takes a while to get going and it was probably young people who got it first. All of this is a guesstimate but it's not really a conspiracy theory. It's very common for new viruses to have been around for longer than originally estimated.

My SiL travels to China a lot, I saw her a couple of weeks before Xmas. I felt like censored for most of the two weeks over Xmas with many of the symptoms.

Problem is one of the winter bugs had very similar symptoms. I’d almost swear me and the mrs had had covid-19 were it not for the fact I got ill in late September and her in October.
She got admitted to hospital her breathing got so laboured.

On the conspiracy thread that should be taken as incontrovertible proof that it was here in Sept.

In that case, I’ll post it on Facebook as fact. I did get a new mobile phone around that time although it wasn’t 5G.
This must mean 4G is also infected.

Or they gave you a free upgrade to 5G so that you would not suspect anything.

capt_slog

I read a comment on one of the '5G causes coronavirus' type youtube videos, it started off with "I know nothing about physics but....". Nuff said.

schlepcycling

Can I start a conspiracy theory that Boris isn't infected and in hospital and that this story is being put out to garner sympathy for Boris and reinforce the anyone can catch it message, same goes for Prince Charles except in his case it's just a smokescreen to cover his unnecessary journey to Scotland.

*I don't believe either of the above

bianchimoon

I have it on good authority that Boris is really too ill to run the country, but refuses to hand over to Raab as he claims he can't live on the £95 pw sick pay

Mad_Malx

Trump’s Covfefe tweet was actually a misspelling of COVID-19. The tweet was cut short and never fully explained because he wasn’t supposed to know about it yet. Those who slipped up in telling him about it took part in the manufacturing of the virus

capt_slog

I've stopped looking at conspiracy theories. I watched a couple about corona/5G on Youtube on Monday and became too depressed at the stupidity, both from those that put up the video and the absolute prats who then agree with it.

Pross

I was looking out of the window a few minutes ago at a completely cloud free, perfectly blue sky but it was crossed by two vapour trails. Considering virtually all flights are grounded I find it implausible that two planes would have gone over in such a short space of time and it is therefore incontrovertible evidence that the Government is using chem trails to control us and make sure we keep to the lockdown rules.

orraloon

Nah, 'tain't da Gummint in control, it's the new world order Illuminati lizard people global bankers flying super-drones over to make sure their country specific subordinates like Blojo and his tribe are following their orders, or else.

coopster_the_1st

The new Bikeradar forum software is really good...

morstar

Just thought this one up myself.
They are looking into DNA to identify why people are experiencing different degrees of infection.
This is a planted virus in order to get a global DNA database through voluntary means.
They can then control us through...

pblakeney

^^^
Nice one! A bit costly in all senses but the tin foil hat brigade would love it.

morstar

pblakeney said:

^^^
Nice one! A bit costly in all senses but the tin foil hat brigade would love it.

It’s fact!
You read it on the internet!

tailwindhome

rjsterry

Jeepers, that's depressing.

orraloon

rjsterry said:

Jeepers, that's depressing.

Well, don't effin' read it then.

rjsterry

orraloon said:

rjsterry said:

Jeepers, that's depressing.

Well, don't effin' read it then.

I mean on one hand I suppose it shows some creativity, but that level of idiocy does rather test your faith in humanity.