Coronavirus

[deane koontz]

2 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Its all online fella, its the future 😉

It's a bit difficult to avoid the cesspit though!

I shall embrace pig ignorance for the foreseeable 😊

[Escobarp]

I also bought a paper yesterday for the first time in ages. This virus is changing behaviors!

[radcliffe white]

Is the daily sport still going 

[Escobarp]

5 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Is the daily sport still going 

https://mobile.twitter.com/daily_sport?lang=en

https://dailysport.co.uk/category/news/

 

that’s a few off here lost an hour or two today now 

 

Edited April 11, 2020 by Escobarp

[radcliffe white]

9 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/daily_sport?lang=en

https://dailysport.co.uk/category/news/

 

that’s a few off here lost an hour or two today now 

 

Excellent! Indeed a few hours downtime 

7 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Tits all day long 😁

On my paper round used to swipe a copy now & again, can’t beat tits 

[Cheese]

1 hour ago, Rudy’s Message said:

In terms of business he’s obviously very good

I think you need to do some research. 

[Spider]

Report on the news - a lot of carehome staff have moved in full time to protect and care for the residents.

That, to me, is on a par with marching off to war. Those places are not great.

I really must stop moaning about being stuck in.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Escobarp said:

I also bought a paper yesterday for the first time in ages. This virus is changing behaviors!

Becky

 

 

@beckyyy_4

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10h

 

I work in an ICU in the UK. I KNOW the seriousness of the situation however the media’s negativity and focus just on the UK is exhausting! I love my job but at the moment it is very mentally draining. The media are worsening this!

[Escobarp]

44 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

Nails trimmed and filed, nose hair and bum clinkers plucked.

Weighing in a few pound lighter, more room for G&T later 😁

You doing your nose hair and arse later or just the wife’s? 

[Escobarp]

16 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Becky

 

 

@beckyyy_4

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10h

 

I work in an ICU in the UK. I KNOW the seriousness of the situation however the media’s negativity and focus just on the UK is exhausting! I love my job but at the moment it is very mentally draining. The media are worsening this!

But but but they must be held to account. They’ve fucked it up the government didn’t you know??????

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Nice one Becky 👍

[Tombwfc]

1 hour ago, Escobarp said:

But but but they must be held to account. They’ve fucked it up the government didn’t you know??????

 

I think by far the best thing to do is to find one or two opinions which match your own, and use that to dismiss the dozens of others saying anything different.

[Rudy]

1 hour ago, Escobarp said:

You doing your nose hair and arse later or just the wife’s? 

Bloody hell how long is this lockdown gonna be?

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Bloody hell how long is this lockdown gonna be?

Another 3 weeks, then we’ll be drifting back

[Sweep]

27 minutes ago, Tombwfc said:

 

I think by far the best thing to do is to find one or two opinions which match your own, and use that to dismiss the dozens of others saying anything different.

To be fair, that's exactly how social media works. 

[Sweep]

40 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Another 3 weeks, then we’ll be drifting back

Just having this discussion with Mrs Sweep, as I watch her wash the cars (after all, I'm still too ill) 😀

 

Anyway I've had a look at whats going on, and I'd be very surprised if anything is relaxed before the end of May, unless we start to see a real sudden drop in numbers, if anything, the lock down could tighten up if we start to see the numbers continually hover around the 900+ mark.

Either way, I'm thinking my holiday to Mexico on May 28th definitely isn't happening now

Edited April 11, 2020 by Sweep

[HomerJay]

Moved 

Edited April 11, 2020 by HomerJay

[peelyfeet]

32 minutes ago, Tombwfc said:

 

I think by far the best thing to do is to find one or two opinions which match your own, and use that to dismiss the dozens of others saying anything different.

Anecdotes don't provide reliable evidence unless measured empirically.

Becky's testimony means nothing unless you measure it against the testimony of others in her department, and then similar departments in other NHS trusts, so unless you have better analysis - it needs to be taken as what it is, someone's point of view, it's not proof of anything. 

The data we have at the moment shows that we are going to be one of, if not the worst, Western country, in terms of death rate.

There are reasons for that, it's not happened by chance.

That's not to say things won't change in the short and long term, and again it's not likely to be down to chance, it will be based on the decisions the government makes, and how the UK population react to it.

I've spent too much time trying to analyse how it''s is going to pan out, the only conclusion I've come to is, we didnt take it seriously enough early on, we've been too slow and not stringent enough with this mini peak, and we are going to pay in deaths for several weeks to come. 

I'm now going to concentrate on losing some weight, keeping my business alive, my family safe and keeping my lad fit enough to return to playing for BWFC academy as soon as possible.

If anyone want to see how different countries are managing the outbreak, have a look at this - and watch Sweden, Greece, USA, Germany, new Zealand, Italy, UK for comparisons of how different methods produce different results.

https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/research-projects/oxford-covid-19-government-response-tracker

My prediction for lock down being lifted -  its not going to happen fully until we're sure that we are close to herd immunity (either by vaccine or natural progression of the spread) or a vastly more successful form of treatment is devised. Nothing is going to happen in the UK until we can see infection rates are very low,  and we are at lest 6 weeks away from that.

Good luck to everyone - see you in a few weeks  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[only1swanny]

Its pointless comparing with other countries, they are different and the differences are not measurable.

 

Seem loads comparing us to New Zealand,  world of difference between the two. 

[MalcolmW]

My god-daughter is a GP in the Midlands. A nearby dental practice gave its spare supply of facemasks to the GP surgery, from which they appear to have been stolen.

[Mounts Kipper]

It’s little surprise that both South Korea and Germany have a national healthcare system which is also topped up by employees who are also enrolled in a private healthcare system, perhaps this system is better placed to deal with something on this scale and a better way of funding healthcare, we need to look at the German model and see if this is something we should also be doing. 

Edited April 11, 2020 by Mounts Kipper

[Mounts Kipper]

9 minutes ago, MalcolmW said:

My god-daughter is a GP in the Midlands. A nearby dental practice gave its spare supply of facemasks to the GP surgery, from which they appear to have been stolen.

I had 400 face masks which I gave away, some to a care home, some to shopworkers, some to teachers, just hope it might of helped in a small way. 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

It’s little surprise that both South Korea and Germany have a national healthcare system which is also topped up by employees who are also enrolled in a private healthcare system, perhaps this system is better placed to deal with something on this scale and a better way of funding healthcare, we need to look at the German model and see if this is something we should also be doing. 

The NHS is sacrosanct, and will probably become even more revered.

I doubt anyone will want to organise a root and branch review; it will be too difficult.

What has happened in recent weeks is that the Government have taken over, as they are ones seem as accountable by the public.

I expect that will continue.

[Mounts Kipper]

4 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

The NHS is sacrosanct, and will probably become even more revered.

I doubt anyone will want to organise a root and branch review; it will be too difficult.

What has happened in recent weeks is that the Government have taken over, as they are ones seem as accountable by the public.

I expect that will continue.

If another system works better then it shouldn’t be sacrosanct. This is about delivering the best service and giving our healthcare workers the best tools and facilities that we can.

Edited April 11, 2020 by Mounts Kipper

[Ruba Mustafa]

23 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I had 400 face masks which I gave away, some to a care home, some to shopworkers, some to teachers, just hope it might of helped in a small way. 

Hope u saved one for urself them I don’t have to look at u next time I see u! 

 

😊

Edited April 11, 2020 by Ruba Mustafa
I thort id better add a Laffin emoji