Slow news day? The real deal? End of the world? 
 

They’re saying it probably came from an animal, has Somebody been shagging monkeys again? 

1 minute ago, Mr Grey said:

Im a proper Shagger and have wine, gin and her favourite crisp in stock.

You will be on jobs after day 2 

22 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

a top divorce lawyer has come out and said isolation between couples will lead to a spike in divorces 

Good job I have a man cave 

I used to work on the divorce department at work and our busiest time was first couple of weeks after Christmas 😂

Heard there's been a spike if divorces in China too? Might have seen that on here actually, so it's gospel.

Just now, Marc505 said:

I used to work on the divorce department at work and our busiest time was first couple of weeks after Christmas 😂

Heard there's been a spike if divorces in China too? Might have seen that on here actually, so it's gospel.

Tense households mate 

kids off and playing up it will all contribute 

Just checked there’s 15 confirmed cases in Lancashire yet there’s 1000s self isolating. Think many folk taking the piss. (Not all I might add) 

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

15 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Reading on Spanish website that vitamin D can help ward off corona virus. No idea if true but won’t do any harm. 

We've had one down here suggesting that crushing 8 cloves of garlic in a coffee mug, covering with boiling water for 5 minutes then drinking the resulting brew will ward it off.

Must be based on the 'no fucker will come near you' theory.

Just now, bolty58 said:

We've had one down here suggesting that crushing 8 cloves of garlic in a coffee mug, covering with boiling water for 5 minutes then drinking the resulting brew will ward it off.

Must be based on the 'no fucker will come near you' theory.

Think I’d rather take my chance with the virus. 😂

1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Think I’d rather take my chance with the virus. 😂

As I said to the missus, if these theories held any water they would be being shouted from the rooftops by governments around the world.

Just nutjobs making stuff up no doubt. I'll watch for empty garlic spaces at the greengrocers and battles in the vitamin aisles of supermarkets.

1 minute ago, Mr Grey said:

Who came up with that, Goths ?

Some Australian/Indian bint I think. I've been thinking of promoting a WWays Covid-19 defence mechanism down here. Rub yourself down with a balloon whilst wearing a tinfoil hat.

13 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Just checked there’s 15 confirmed cases in Lancashire yet there’s 1000s self isolating. Think many folk taking the piss. (Not all I might add) 

100%

Netflix and panic buy innit

Literally 6 people in work yesterday so today I have brought my dog to work. 

8 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

The Chief Scientific Advisor is quoted today as saying "if we can get this down to numbers, 20,000 deaths and below, that's a good outcome".

I thought he'd been misquoted at first, but he did say it.

 

Indeed. He's also saying to achieve that we all need follow the rest of his advice in regards to extreme social distancing for vulnerable groups, self-isolating, working from home, avoiding the pub etc. etc. And we'll be doing this on and off for months until well into 2021.

Casino (and Mounts) are sceptical of most of those measures, yet they're predicting even less cases and less deaths. I'm genuinely interested what that confidence is based on.

 

48 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Just checked there’s 15 confirmed cases in Lancashire yet there’s 1000s self isolating. Think many folk taking the piss. (Not all I might add) 

That’s confirmed cases, they are only testing folk in hospitals, estimate is 50k nationally have it now 

We had one guy on here who had all the symptoms but wasn’t in hospital so hadn't been tested, he’s probably had it but not in the 15 

I think Vitamin D is just generally good for your immune system rather than being a cure for the virus  

39 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Fella on the radio this morning stated the UK has 620k deaths a year, if you add the 20k coronavirus death estimate, it's still relatively small (obviously not for those who are affected). 

He did make a valid point in saying that the majority of the 20k would be double counted in that they have underlying health issues and they will have been within the 620k bracket.

The 20k number is the best case scenario if we lock down like Italy, Spain, France and smash the economy to pieces 

If we let it run its 250k, some of which will be indirect deaths (heart attacks but can’t get into a hospital etc) 

 

2 hours ago, Morizio said:

I read this and although I imagine that Iranian prisons are far more spartan surely being in a isolated controlled environment is better than being in society and coming into contact with far more people. 

One of my mates works for a cell door company, Cell Security, and got a phone call on his way home last Friday that he had to self quarantine as the cell he’d just been working on was holding a Corona Virus positive prisoner.  Bloody hilarious, he’s always in the pub, gutted the lad 😄 

1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Just checked there’s 15 confirmed cases in Lancashire yet there’s 1000s self isolating. Think many folk taking the piss. (Not all I might add) 

It's no surprise there are so few confirmed cases when there are so few tests being done.

Anyway, for the sake of my own sanity if nothing else, I'm choosing to believe that the world's collective scientific expertise will find a way to treat coronavirus in the weeks and months to come.

1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Just checked there’s 15 confirmed cases in Lancashire yet there’s 1000s self isolating. Think many folk taking the piss. (Not all I might add) 

They thought there was 15 cases in Lombardy 3.5 weeks ago. 16,220 yesterday.

It takes 3-5 weeks from infection to death.

Those dying in Italy today (375 per day at the moment) were probably already infected when they thought there was 15 cases.

1 minute ago, peelyfeet said:

They thought there was 15 cases in Lombardy 3.5 weeks ago. 16,220 yesterday.

It takes 3-5 weeks from infection to death.

Those dying in Italy today (375 per day at the moment) were probably already infected when they thought there was 15 cases.

Peoples views on the severity of this will change once the deaths start rolling in. Which they will. It’s a sobering time 

2 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Peoples views on the severity of this will change once the deaths start rolling in. Which they will. It’s a sobering time 

Just a cold ain’t it?

Just now, Rudy’s Message said:

Just a cold ain’t it?

to the vast majority, that's all it will be.

10 minutes ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Just a cold ain’t it?

According to some aye. Amazing how folks tunes have changed. And they were vociferous experts as well. Wankstains 

1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Just checked there’s 15 confirmed cases in Lancashire yet there’s 1000s self isolating. Think many folk taking the piss. (Not all I might add) 

This is about minimising the strain on the NHS so everyone who needs treatment can get it

Why fuck around carrying on as normal only to put more people at risk and place greater strain on the NHS?

That's how people will die

You'll be fine though, particularly if you up your vitamin D intake

But you're not at risk or trying to save the lives of those who are, so crack on 

5 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said:

This is about minimising the strain on the NHS so everyone who needs treatment can get it

Why fuck around carrying on as normal only to put more people at risk and place greater strain on the NHS?

That's how people will die

You'll be fine though, particularly if you up your vitamin D intake

But you're not at risk or trying to save the lives of those who are, so crack on 

I’m aware of why this is being done and I’m not advocating carrying on as normal, lockdown is obviously last resort and the experts here do not think we are in that position yet. 

I have an operation tomorrow so we might slip into the at risk category, but I’ve got my vitamin D stashed in case. 😂

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

This is what real leadership looks like. 

 

3 minutes ago, bwfcfan5 said:

This is what real leadership looks like. 

 

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