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Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:39 pm
by Lucky7
Vallance facing a health select commons committee saying the Government hopes to keep the deaths down to approx 20’000 and that they don’t have enough testing to cover UK
NHS England to postpone all non urgent surgery from April 15
School closures are lower down on list of measures

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:49 pm
by BoniO
Lucky7 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:39 pm Vallance facing a health select commons committee saying the Government hopes to keep the deaths down to approx 20’000 and that they don’t have enough testing to cover UK
NHS England to postpone all non urgent surgery from April 15
School closures are lower down on list of measures
A day or two ago the same guy said that they expect 80% of the population, or around 50 million people to catch the virus. The fatality rate varies but at that time the government stated it to be around 0.6% which equates to around 300,000 people to die.

That's quite a change over a couple of days. I think he needs to explain that mismatch.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:51 pm
by Max B Gold
BoniO wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:49 pm
Lucky7 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:39 pm Vallance facing a health select commons committee saying the Government hopes to keep the deaths down to approx 20’000 and that they don’t have enough testing to cover UK
NHS England to postpone all non urgent surgery from April 15
School closures are lower down on list of measures
A day or two ago the same guy said that they expect 80% of the population, or around 50 million people to catch the virus. The fatality rate varies but at that time the government stated it to be around 0.6% which equates to around 300,000 people to die.

That's quite a change over a couple of days. I think he needs to explain that mismatch.
I believe he needs locking up for perpetrating a policy of mass murder.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:53 pm
by BoniO
Max B Gold wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:51 pm
BoniO wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:49 pm
Lucky7 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:39 pm Vallance facing a health select commons committee saying the Government hopes to keep the deaths down to approx 20’000 and that they don’t have enough testing to cover UK
NHS England to postpone all non urgent surgery from April 15
School closures are lower down on list of measures
A day or two ago the same guy said that they expect 80% of the population, or around 50 million people to catch the virus. The fatality rate varies but at that time the government stated it to be around 0.6% which equates to around 300,000 people to die.

That's quite a change over a couple of days. I think he needs to explain that mismatch.
I believe he needs locking up for perpetrating a policy of mass murder.
I also think he's been reduced to just a mouthpiece for this disingenuous and incapable government.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:59 pm
by Lucky7
I’m struggling to comprehend the amount of deaths in China South Korea Singapore Taiwan etc etc compared to what might happen here

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:17 pm
by Lovejoy
Euro 2020 postponed for a year by Uefa because of coronavirus crisis.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/footbal ... spartanntp

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:29 pm
by BIGRON
Lovejoy wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:17 pm Euro 2020 postponed for a year by Uefa because of coronavirus crisis.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/footbal ... spartanntp
In all honesty that's the last of our worries ☹

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:29 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
moonwalk19 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:29 pm
Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:14 pm
moonwalk19 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:25 am Just looked on Flightradar24 app and we are still allowing Iberia flights from Madrid landing at Heathrow .Host of other flights from France and Spain are still flying and landing at our airports. Easy jet, Ryanair and BA have stopped all there flights from these areas and are only picking up holiday makers from the likes of Canary Islands. Where is the sense of allowing other airlines to land hear from infected areas world wide. We are an island and if we had tightened our restrictions and flights from infected areas earlier we may not be in the position we are expected to be in the days or weeks to come
I have a Ryanair flight to Madrid on Saturday, which as far as i know, isn't cancelled. Ludicrous.
Does that mean if you don’t want to go you cannot claim for a refund. Typical Ryanair. With their attitude towards passengers it’s a wonder anybody travels with them. I suppose it’s because they are cheaper than other airlines. The government is now saying people should avoid travelling abroad for the next 30days. Therefore you have an excuse not to travel and get a refund.
Good luck!
exactly. They are scum. gonna wait until later in the week to see if they actually cancel it and then have to call otherwise i don't get anything back. Might fly their out of spite and sit in quarantine in Spain for 2 weeks.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:38 pm
by Lovejoy
BIGRON wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:29 pm
Lovejoy wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:17 pm Euro 2020 postponed for a year by Uefa because of coronavirus crisis.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/footbal ... spartanntp
In all honesty that's the last of our worries ☹
Just keeping you all updated as it was football related.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:44 pm
by Admin
Pandemic expert Caprice reckons everyone except Taiwan is getting it wrong:


Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:49 pm
by Long slender neck
From that still, she's aged terribly. If only they were brains eh?

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:49 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
I know someone who is English and lives in Taiwan and he is loving how they've dealt with it. Apparently it stems from the fact that they are nervous and questioning of anything China does or says so was on this in an instant. They also remember SARS and have protocols in place already. It helps that they are an island too...

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:29 pm
by tuffers#1
Yet Japan an Island nation isnt doing very well.

Seems this Island theory doesnt stand up to scrutiny


https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h0 ... cture.html

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:06 pm
by Howling Mad Murdock
BIGRON wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:12 pm My local Sainsbury's closed from midnight tonight due to lack of stock 🤔🤔
Did you buy all the Beer Ron?

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:20 pm
by Lucky7
It’s also hit Indonesia and the Phillipines 2 countries with many Islands

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:52 pm
by Dunners
Death toll in Italy reported to have increased by 16% in 24 hours.

That's proper scary.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:29 pm
by Constanza
My wife is enjoying telling me to keep one metre apart from her. Only an issue when I get a hard on ( which is quite possible as she's a fox)

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:23 pm
by Lucky7

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:54 am
by DonaldRocks
Keep safe you all. UK needs to test, test and test again but I'm afraid now with a lack of testing, your going to see the death rate rise. USA is now on trajectory way worse than Italy who have been overrun, God bless them.

Listen to the medics. Time for government to do their job but let the medics inform the people with truthful up to date information. The world is in this together.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:19 am
by Dunners
The Coronovirus Bill is scheduled to become an Act of Parliament by the end of this month. It covers everything from burials, holding those who threaten national security for longer, closing borders, to empowering the police to quarantine those with the virus, and much more.

You can read a summary of the Bill here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ll-will-do

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:43 am
by Long slender neck
Lucky7 wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:23 pm
Maybe they have a different supplier.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:36 am
by Disoriented
‘If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an
improbable fiction.’

Twelfth Night

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:38 am
by BoniO
Dunners wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:19 am The Coronovirus Bill is scheduled to become an Act of Parliament by the end of this month. It covers everything from burials, holding those who threaten national security for longer, closing borders, to empowering the police to quarantine those with the virus, and much more.

You can read a summary of the Bill here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ll-will-do
"by the end of the month" well that's OK then. Not as if there's any need to rush here is there. I'm sure the virus will take a breather for a couple of weeks to allow the government to sort itself out.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:41 am
by Dunners
Good point, Bonio. I'll raise it at the committee.

Re: Coronavirus

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:54 am
by Currywurst and Chips
BoniO wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:38 am
Dunners wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:19 am The Coronovirus Bill is scheduled to become an Act of Parliament by the end of this month. It covers everything from burials, holding those who threaten national security for longer, closing borders, to empowering the police to quarantine those with the virus, and much more.

You can read a summary of the Bill here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ll-will-do
"by the end of the month" well that's OK then. Not as if there's any need to rush here is there. I'm sure the virus will take a breather for a couple of weeks to allow the government to sort itself out.
How do you suggest he could speed up its passage into law?