Coronavirus

[Dunners]

Mandatory quarantine for people coming into the country , seeing lockdowns through properly and effective track and trace are going to be much more important I'd have thought.

I see you mentioned track and trace being important. Is this a new government initiative ?

I like the idea of this track and trace. I have friends in Oz and they’ve told me how successful its been over there.

We should definitely look into it.

When you say you have friends in Oz, do you mean those two who always post in the STFU Orient Facebook group?

[George M]

COVID-19 DEATHS IN JANUARY 2021

New Zealand - 0
Vietnam - 0
Samoa - 0
Thailand - 8
China - 18
UK - 28,171

Boris Johnson needs to resign.

Not exactly comparing like for like there , are you. I think the Uk was higher than Corfu , The Ascension Islands , and Monaco.

What do you mean not comparing like for like?
Vietnam has a population of 97 million...50% approx more than the UK
China has a population many many times that of the UK
Sorry fella, youre talking nonsense

I don’t think so. NZ an island the other side of the world nobody goes to. Samoa the same. China will never tell the truth.
Compare us with America , France , Spain , Russia when it’s over

[Mistadobalina]

Think our economic contraction and death rates are both more double than that of Germany's.

Still, mustn't grumble.

[George M]

Difficult to understand Germany’s figures compared with the rest of Europe. You would expect them to be similar to countries around them.

[George M]

I am not sure you can compare one country with another. I suspect that the UK has a better care system than those countries you mention. A population that lives longer. Perhaps we have a higher percentage of aged whom are more likely to die.
There are so many differences.

[Currywurst and Chips]

People like to bang on about how well the Oriental countries have dealt with COVID.

Fact is, they were wearing masks in public for years before COVID. Some Brits can't even be bothered to wear one going in to the corner shop at the height of a pandemic.

It's those who wear one but have their nose poking over the top that really get my goat. No idea why that is btw, but it just does.

The chin strap mask is my bugbear

[Dunners]

On the GDP comparisons, I remember hearing something on the BBC's More or Less about the difference in how this metric is measured by different countries. The upshot is that the UK is using more reliable data so, if other countries were to do the same, their economic contraction would be in the same region as ours.

But the total number of deaths, and deaths per 100,000, figures are undeniably bad. And the latest wave of deaths can be attributed to the government's delay of implementing what was an inevitable lock-down.

[Currywurst and Chips]

People like to bang on about how well the Oriental countries have dealt with COVID.

Fact is, they were wearing masks in public for years before COVID. Some Brits can't even be bothered to wear one going in to the corner shop at the height of a pandemic.

Not all disabilities are visible.

And you may see some passengers wearing their exemption badge

[Dunners]

If you have a disability that prevents you from wearing a mask, then you should be shielding.

[Max B Gold]

Mandatory quarantine for people coming into the country , seeing lockdowns through properly and effective track and trace are going to be much more important I'd have thought.

I see you mentioned track and trace being important. Is this a new government initiative ?

I like the idea of this track and trace. I have friends in Oz and they’ve told me how successful its been over there.

We should definitely look into it.

They say the Orientals and similar foreigns are right intae it.

As a newly independent country should we be trying to copy them and run the risk of surrendering our innate ability to lead the world or lose a particle of sovereignty?

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

If you have a disability that prevents you from wearing a mask, then you should be shielding.

That’s not true.

[Dunners]

If you have a disability that prevents you from wearing a mask, then you should be shielding.

That’s not true.

Mate, I get it. I really do. But having a huge hooter just isn't included in the Equality Act 2010

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

What about anxiety brought on by years of online bullying on various forms of social media?

[tuffers#1]

Not exactly comparing like for like there , are you. I think the Uk was higher than Corfu , The Ascension Islands , and Monaco.

What do you mean not comparing like for like?
Vietnam has a population of 97 million...50% approx more than the UK
China has a population many many times that of the UK
Sorry fella, youre talking nonsense

I don’t think so. NZ an island the other side of the world nobody goes to. Samoa the same. China will never tell the truth.
Compare us with America , France , Spain , Russia when it’s over

America 300 Million population :-447,000 covid deaths
Russia 146 million population :- 72,000 covid deaths
France 67 million population:- 70,000 covid deaths
Spain 48 million population :- 59,000 covid deaths

U.K 66 million population :- 108,000 Covid deaths .

What was the point you were making ?

[Long slender neck]

If you have a disability that prevents you from wearing a mask, then you should be shielding.

Thought shielding ended in the summer

[tuffers#1]

What about anxiety brought on by years of online bullying on various forms of social media?

Well Stop bullying people then.!

[George M]

What do you mean not comparing like for like?
Vietnam has a population of 97 million...50% approx more than the UK
China has a population many many times that of the UK
Sorry fella, youre talking nonsense

I don’t think so. NZ an island the other side of the world nobody goes to. Samoa the same. China will never tell the truth.
Compare us with America , France , Spain , Russia when it’s over

America 300 Million population :-447,000 covid deaths
Russia 146 million population :- 72,000 covid deaths
France 67 million population:- 70,000 covid deaths
Spain 48 million population :- 59,000 covid deaths

U.K 66 million population :- 108,000 Covid deaths .

What was the point you were making ?

A very valid one because, of course , the 2 European countries are only just feeling the effects of the new variant , so they are lagging behind , America are on their own having had very few restrictions, and do you seriously believe Russia’s figures

[George M]

Do you even know that all countries are reporting deaths in the same way. Excess deaths in Russia suggest well over 100,000 so far.

[George M]

And all of the countries you mention are much bigger than the UK and not so tightly populated

[kokomO]

None so blind as those that cannot see

[tuffers#1]

I don’t think so. NZ an island the other side of the world nobody goes to. Samoa the same. China will never tell the truth.
Compare us with America , France , Spain , Russia when it’s over

America 300 Million population :-447,000 covid deaths
Russia 146 million population :- 72,000 covid deaths
France 67 million population:- 70,000 covid deaths
Spain 48 million population :- 59,000 covid deaths

U.K 66 million population :- 108,000 Covid deaths .

What was the point you were making ?

A very valid one because, of course , the 2 European countries are only just feeling the effects of the new variant , so they are lagging behind , America are on their own having had very few restrictions, and do you seriously believe Russia’s figures

France & Spain have both dealt with this far better than the U.K

If we are not supposed to believe Russia , why did you bring them into the examples
Of countries to be compared against ?

Do you believe the British scientists & doctors who said the real.number the day 100k was
Announced was closer to 120,000 dead ?

[tuffers#1]

And all of the countries you mention are much bigger than the UK and not so tightly populated

The countries i mentioned ?

I don’t think so. NZ an island the other side of the world nobody goes to. Samoa the same. China will never tell the truth.
Compare us with America , France , Spain , Russia when it’s over

You brought them up as an example not me .

[George M]

No , I was replying to “ comeonyouOs “ post. He used those countries as an example.
The fact is that by the end of this , all western countries will have similar figures.
And France and Spain haven’t dealt with it better. Restaurants and bars have remained open in Spain. They announced 60k plus infections yesterday

[tuffers#1]

No , I was replying to “ comeonyouOs “ post. He used those countries as an example.
The fact is that by the end of this , all western countries will have similar figures.
And France and Spain haven’t dealt with it better. Restaurants and bars have remained open in Spain. They announced 60k plus infections yesterday

I thought he used New Zealand Samoa & some asian countries .
France & Spain im sure include all care home deaths from the very start .

Has the U.K done so ?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/110 ... rus-spain/

https://www.sortiraparis.com/news/in-pa ... -t/lang/en


France & Spains full covid situation is very open .

Unlike here .

Just look at there info ( provided) .

1448 uk deaths announced again today
Still way above both France & Spain

[George M]

I have a house in Spain I can’t visit. I know the figures and how they have dealt with it.
Tuffers , I am not defending the UK’s policies. I am simply saying that it is difficult to compare different countries. Every country has done it differently. But I doubt comparative figures , come the end of this , will vary hugely.