ProfessorWoland

The downside to that extreme lockdown is twofold. First, if you adopt such a harsh line, you will inevitably get some over the top incidents, maybe even a George Floyd flare point that shared on social media, threaten to send frustrated people over the top. Even as it is there are loads of rumours and conspiracy theories flying about, add the police delivering the kickings that we saw in Spain and France and things could get much worse very quickly. There is no shortage of anger and frustration in this country. Secondly, Spain did it, France did it, but the virus returned nonetheless. Can we keep borders closed indefinitely? Probably a lot harder than we imagine with other unforeseen negative consequences. Although they've made mistakes, there's one goal of the Swedish response which I agree with, looking for a model that's sustainable over a longer period, on the understanding that, even with vaccine or mutation to a milder strain, this will be circulating in a dangerous form for eighteen months or more, so what can we do to build resistance into a system that doesn't just minimise harm from the virus, but harm from the response to it, like that breast screening example above.

Thanks for clarifying.

I think that concept has been poorly communicated. Early on I saw it referred to as the pandemic paradox, or something along those lines. Basically, if you take it seriously and put in effective measures to curtail spread, you will inevitably look like you've overreacted when those measures work and the worst case scenario is avoided. It helps when you see the graphs include the date of measures being introduced, in NYC for instance there looked to be a good correlation with masks bing introduced and cases falling. That's what they need to stress.

Wall pushers?

Is that the same Liverpool who signed their left back from relegated Hull?

Playing a high line with silva seems like asking for trouble. I don't get their transfer priorities in this window, a fortune on reinforcing an already decent forward line, not so much attention on an unconvincing defence.

I think Chelsea had an option on him at 40m as part of the dal when they sold him to Bournemouth. Lampard supposedly didn't take it up because he wasn't any better than what they had already. Be interesting to see what Chelsea fans make of that decision if their defensive form continues and ake has a good season.

what does a non diagnostic machine mean?

Just found this thread intending to post the same! There's a couple of other games free at the moment as well, but the deadline for claiming is Thursday. im in two minds about getting back into football manager. It's years since I played it, but way back then it was deadly addictive and time consuming. Can only think its even more so now.

If I could pick one fault it's that they'd have been better sorting out an auto reply to the emails along the lines of: 'Thanks for your message. At present we are trying to get through a backlog as soon as possible but your message has been received and we will answer it asap.' which would at least have helped when we started to wonder if the email had actually been receieved. However, think we have to accept they're trying to fight fires with one hand tied behind their back due to Covid. They're doubtless doing the best they can and luckily it's a very big stadium, so I'm confident everyone who wants to will get in when that's possible.

Ellie from BWFC returned my parents email, apologised for the delay and explained that they'd been overwhelmed by the volume. She sorted the season tickets out for them and as usual in their dealings with the club over the phone, they said she was lovely with them.

Just as long as they get the same seats as they've had for donkeys years. Otherwise there's going to be problems.

Just had a call from my mum who is worried that she won't get her tickets, on the website they're greyed out. I've told her that of course they've not sold them, they're greyed out because they're reserved for her. Have I 'unintentionally misspoke' and do I need to drive to Birmingham to test my eyesight?

You could try talking to your wife, moving the dogs and looking at the insulation in the sprogs room before taking such a drastic and likely illegal step. I say illegal, I'm no lawyer, but I have a feeling wife culling is no longer allowed in England.

Was always likely to happen once Elon Musk developed the Mersonometron 4000. That offers Talksport the chance to have a virtual Paul Merson appear in the listeners own home and piss in their face whilst making drunken comments about foreign managers being shite. Next year he's promised to install an Alan Brazil version which will piss twice as longer whilst singing 'We'll Meet Again'. The industry radio awards are already in the can.

Another Total War giveaway, this time on Epic Game Launcher: https://epicgames.com/ Total War Troy is the latest one. No idea if it's any good, they go a little bit like versions of windows, some of them great, some not so much. It's a £35 new game for free though so that's nice, but only for 24 hours.

The only antidote to the despair brought on by hearing the dirges on Songs of Praise was the theme tune to Ski Sunday. That's why it was there, it was the only thing holding off the collapse of society.

Just need hot weather and the FIA to keep messing with the tyres and there'll be a three way fight for the championship.

Sad story behind that photograph. They found the man's camera some days after the body was recovered. The locals had already lynched the 'wizard' they'd caught earlier. You can see the 'horseless carriage' in the foreground that they dragged him out of. When the hapless photographer took out a black box and captured the image on it, that sent them into a frenzy. They said he would steal their souls if he happened to catch him and so they burned him, but luckily his camera survived and we got that very rare photograph. I think it was an iPhone 6 that it was took on. This all happened a couple of years ago, before the cultural anthropologists managed to get Leigh declared a UN state of special preservation.

I like it. There, I said it. li

This one popped in my head as I was donning my mask ready to brave the Co-Op. Never realised it was a cover...

I think over time he's earned most of that luck. He earned his place in the best car by excelling in lesser ones. He gambled on Mercedes when they weren't the finished article. Today with pole he maybe wasn't as harsh on the tyres as Bottas which meant that he was just that closer to the line when they failed. He earned that position in turn by breaking the track record in qualifying. Finally when the tyre did go he kept the car on the track and ahead of Verstappen. He is an exceptional talent. Not sure if Pirrelli are really at fault, They were all pushing the limits of what that tyre was quoted as good for. Though maybe once the analysis takes in all the safety car laps they'll have a better handle on how to play the race next week. Hope we get a finish halfway as exciting as that one.

I know save the NHS was the strapline, but it's not really save the NHS, it's preserving the capacity to help the person who has a surviveable car crash, or a heart attack, or falls off a ladder. Lose that and think of the impact on the economy when a fall becomes a death sentence. If people are dying in corridors or sports halls, do you think the shops and pubs will still be buzzing? If hospital workers succumb to fatigue or illness, who will replace them? Most of the 'let it burn through' crowd changed their tune after Italy and once the antibody tests showed a relatively low number of people had had it. Letting this run through, in wintertime alongside seasonal flu, well that could make what we just went through pale in comparison. They need to find a happy medium. If pubs have to close so schools can open so be it.

that's a new one.There must be a hidden risk factor underlaying that decision? They're certainly piling on the pressure with all these new regs.

They're just doing a really good job. In Xinjiang province they're so effective that the figures have gone positive for the first time. People are spontaneously coming back to life thank to the efforts of the CCCP. Just get it from Columbia instead...