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? 

so much to catch up on

in summary:  we've avoided a second wave by opening up before the first one had finished

Just now, ZicoKelly said:

so much to catch up on

in summary:  we've avoided a second wave by opening up before the first one had finished

Never mind this coronavirus shit, you get some battlenips posted. 😉

It's all been a bit shambolic and no WW to argue about it all!

Brazil doing a great job.

Bolsonaro still refusing to accept it's more than just flu.

1,350 died yesterday and the mass graves are growing.

Madness.

https://bylinetimes.com/2020/06/01/the-lost-march-how-the-uk-governments-covid-19-strategy-fell-apart/

I found this to be a decent, if long, read. It's a bleak picture.

Scary to think what is likely to be unreported in the favelas.

4 minutes ago, green genie said:

Scary to think what is likely to be unreported in the favelas.

I mean I know Blackpool is rough, but...

Very likely that ashok Sharma has covid

Rules being rewritten to avoid isolating as we speak?

Pubs / restaurants aiming for July 4th opening. 

Mrs has been on shielding for 12 weeks so far, just been told that has been extended to August 16th where we are 😷

I am struggling to justify my 7/10 anymore. 

2 minutes ago, Ani said:

I am struggling to justify my 7/10 anymore. 

They've definitely dropped too many bollocks now the facts are creeping out.

Ones that were avoidable, which is an important point.

A pandemic is a learning curve for everyone, but some decisions just look poor in hindsight.

Which meant that yesterday we had more deaths than the rest of the EU put together.

Is that one of the Brexit dividends the government was promising?

Last Wednesday, a local GP was told to contact a further 300 of its patients to advise them to shield

On Sunday, the same surgery was told on the telly box that they'd wasted their time

Not being facetious for a moment, the FT did a good report today on how Spain's recent numbers are probably horseshit

 

5 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Not being facetious for a moment, the FT did a good report today on how Spain's recent numbers are probably horseshit

 

Must admit that their declarations seem to have timed very well with their announcements about getting tourists back...

12 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Not being facetious for a moment, the FT did a good report today on how Spain's recent numbers are probably horseshit

 

Sure it was mentioned recently that they shaved a few thousand off the total due to inaccurate recordings 

What were the figures leading up to may 26?

That's not a catch up day is it?

Seems no one is sure in Spain but they've definitely changed how things are reported

https://www.ft.com/content/77eb7a13-cd26-41dd-9642-616708b43673

28 minutes ago, Spider said:

They've definitely dropped too many bollocks now the facts are creeping out.

Ones that were avoidable, which is an important point.

A pandemic is a learning curve for everyone, but some decisions just look poor in hindsight.

Which meant that yesterday we had more deaths than the rest of the EU put together.

No matter which way you cut it, our death numbers show that we've fucked up somewhere along the line, in reality probably locking down too late, and also not actually having a proper lockdown. It'll all come out eventually, but it's nuts that the UK has more deaths than any other country in the world, with the exception of the US (and it's clear why their number is so high, because they're fucking idiots)

I note that Sweden are now having a massive problem, which sadly serves them right for thinking they could get away without enforcing any sort of meaningful lockdown when the rest of the world was telling them they needed to

Time to get things moving folks. The lockdown is over. 

Get back to work and stop pissing about. 

1 hour ago, Ani said:

I am struggling to justify my 7/10 anymore. 

You were being way too generous. Decent response furloughing etc, but an absolute fucking shitshow on pretty much everything else. 

I will save my final verdict until I see how our economy fares compared to others and then look at the overall picture. Was never going to be as simple as counting the deaths. Well for some it was but in reality much more to it than just that. 
 

amazing that some condemned their response before it actually even started but not surprising 

1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

I will save my final verdict until I see how our economy fares compared to others and then look at the overall picture. Was never going to be as simple as counting the deaths. Well for some it was but in reality much more to it than just that. 
 

amazing that some condemned their response before it actually even started but not surprising 

Has it started?

8 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Has it started?

How can you declare it a shitshow if it hasn’t? Can’t have it both ways