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? 

43 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Maybe, but just a simple explanation for the fuck nuts like me who lack scientific brain cells 🤯

Not just viruses. Natural part of evolution; its how plants and animals improve and adapt to their environment.

9 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

You do know that krankie usually gives her lockdown advice a couple of hours after sitting in on a cobr briefing where she is told what restrictions etc are going to be placed in england? 
So in essence she is just playing to the crowd in that respect and because she does her briefings at lunchtime she simply gets it in first? 

Alright then, let's ignore wee Jimmy. Let's just ask Marcus what to do.

Just now, mickbrown said:

Alright then, let's ignore wee Jimmy. Let's just ask Marcus what to do.

Who the fuck is Marcus?

Just now, Escobarp said:

Who the fuck is Marcus?

The proxy PM

13 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

You do know that krankie usually gives her lockdown advice a couple of hours after sitting in on a cobr briefing where she is told what restrictions etc are going to be placed in england? 
So in essence she is just playing to the crowd in that respect and because she does her briefings at lunchtime she simply gets it in first? 

FFS you’ve burst his bubble. 😂

2 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

FFS you’ve burst his bubble. 😂

🤣 I genuinely believed everyone knew that’s what was happening and how she always magically seemed to pre-empt what Boris was going to announce. 

4 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

The proxy PM

Ah I see. 

So we gonna do same as the sweaties?

 

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

So we gonna do same as the sweaties?

 

We usually do, I'm not sure it'll be much different this time

It makes sense if you ask me as well. Just a small tightening but could make a difference and just gives folk less reasons to be out and about. 

15 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

🤣 I genuinely believed everyone knew that’s what was happening and how she always magically seemed to pre-empt what Boris was going to announce. 

She got into hot water previously for revealing details of cobra meetings iirc.

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

They're isolating most of the time!

Point taken about the treatment scenario, but, that witch that murderered little Emily- not sure that would wash morally. 

Prisons are a breeding ground for infectious diseases. If get them vaccinated quickly if I was in charge. But I'm not!

Prisons have coped remarkably well and there hasn't been any really serious outbreaks, I just pity the officers having to cope with the lockdown, the mither will be horrendous

3 hours ago, Casino said:

Cheers

# Thumbs up

To be honest, you're not a tory spin machine, so I too apologise

We've potentially got another variant in Brazil and we are still letting flights in

Its reckless

New strain rumoured from such a country.

Ok, stop flights from there, until it’s confirmed.

Simple really. 

3 hours ago, Mr Grey said:

I've no doubt it will be, but I'm sure SAGE would be on the ball 🙄

Personally all flights should be banned.

 

3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

If the world had done that last December, who knows.

Its a valid proposal, but we have to accept the consequences if we go down that route.

The likes of Traff will be properly fucked.

 

3 hours ago, Mr Grey said:

Fair point, but we are talking a month or so.

Close the borders now, ban all international travel until internal restrictions are lifted.

Won't affect mine/the travel business any more to be honest. Nobody'd booking anything for this side of May anyway. Jet 2 have scrapped everything until 3rd week of March already.

I doubt the virus is being spread much in take aways or at the counter in next.

As long as construction sites, nurseries and schools for key workers are open they wont stop the spread.

 

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I doubt the virus is being spread much in take aways or at the counter in next.

As long as construction sites, nurseries and schools for key workers are open they wont stop the spread.

 

Was on a site pre Xmas, on the way out it the time was 15:55, there were about 15-20 scaffolders all grouped together waiting for 16:00 to knock off. It was mental. There were two positive cases reported the following week. 

Our kids are in school, its busier than it was last year. 
 

 

 

 

Went to do our weekly big shop in Aldi last night. Arrived at the same time as a group of 4 men who all got out of a pickup truck advertising a building firm. They headed into the store without masks and without sanitising. No effort to stay away from each other or anyone else the whole time they were there. Went to the till together and pretty much stood cuddling whilst one of them paid. I really wish I had said something.

4 minutes ago, wiggy said:

Went to do our weekly big shop in Aldi last night. Arrived at the same time as a group of 4 men who all got out of a pickup truck advertising a building firm. They headed into the store without masks and without sanitising. No effort to stay away from each other or anyone else the whole time they were there. Went to the till together and pretty much stood cuddling whilst one of them paid. I really wish I had said something.

Its not worth saying anything. Bell ends would probably turn on you. 

26 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said:

Its not worth saying anything. Bell ends would probably turn on you. 

Pretty much nailed on i'd say

Them hairy arsed construction geezers are usually up for a row.

Just now, Burndens Bogs said:

Pretty much nailed on i'd say

Them hairy arsed construction geezers are usually up for a row.

Easy when there is 4 of them as well. Always one trying to impress the others. 

Just now, Escobarp said:

Easy when there is 4 of them as well. Always one trying to impress the others. 

Yep - Heavily tattooed, Shorts + a T shirt on under a high viz jacket.

"You want some then?"

4 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Yep - Heavily tattooed, Shorts + a T shirt on under a high viz jacket.

"You want some then?"

Gonzo?

Watching an epidemiologist on sky last night, saying that the variants are a concern because the virus has learned how to make younger people poorly more often.

Just because it’s mutated in Brazil, doesn’t mean it won’t mutate here again and it’s why we really need to get case numbers right down. Our numbers now are prime for mutations.

America is fucked. But we knew that.

1 minute ago, Spider said:

Watching an epidemiologist on sky last night, saying that the variants are a concern because the virus has learned how to make younger people poorly more often.

Just because it’s mutated in Brazil, doesn’t mean it won’t mutate here again and it’s why we really need to get case numbers right down. Our numbers now are prime for mutations.

America is fucked. But we knew that.

It's a clever virus that's for sure, and there are already dozens of different variants - just wait to see what happens if/when it mutates that it can make children/toddlers poorly........and wait to see what happens if it makes the leap into domestic pets like cats and dogs, there would have to be a massive pet cull potentially

As mentioned before, the last thing the virus want's to do is actually kill it's host, it just wants to make it ill - as it's been happily killing the oldies, it needs to change/adapt and that's possibly why it's moving on to younger people.