Covid-19
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Trump on TV refusing to call the virus Covis-19, insted calling it "The Chinese virus." What a complete idiot.
Edit: Nothing dramatic as yet. So much for his earlier tweet that he would be announcing something very imprtant.
I think he just wanted people to watch his news conference. Maybe he needs the ratings?
Edit: Nothing dramatic as yet. So much for his earlier tweet that he would be announcing something very imprtant.
I think he just wanted people to watch his news conference. Maybe he needs the ratings?
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Temporary morgues set up around London now.
That might make people aware this is not just flu
That might make people aware this is not just flu
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Maybe Trump had seen the same BBC News report.
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Why is the underground transport system still open* in London?
* to non-essential workers e.g. solicitors, share traders, coffee shop employees, MP's, political advisors, betting shop owners/employees etc etc**
** add your own suggestions
* to non-essential workers e.g. solicitors, share traders, coffee shop employees, MP's, political advisors, betting shop owners/employees etc etc**
** add your own suggestions
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British deaths unfortunately up to 104.
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Just found this. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12551 ... munity-nhsBordeauxclaret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:59 pmEdit Actually no scratch that, you said the BBC said it. Who on the BBC said these tests were close?
Whether that's linked to what was said on the BBC, I don't know but the BBC linked the tests to Boris Johnson.
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Open for now,but they might restrict the running of services this weekend.
This isn’t official but I have now been told by a number of sources that Transport for London's (TfL) Night Tube isn’t going to run this weekend.
Leisure travel has dropped massively and the thinking will be to get the night tube drivers to help operate the contingency timetable that TfL are devising to keep the Tube running.
Makes sense if no-one's socialising i guess.
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I started working at age 13 to 16 in a butchers in Waterfoot.
I was taught cleanliness, cleanliness and cleanliness.
Stopping cross contamination from raw foods to cooked foods.
I helped on farms from a similar age, I have seen pigs eat each other, chickens doing the same. Whilst I have not been in an abattoir At 14 I was helping killing, plucking and cleaning between 100-200 Turkeys and cock chickens each christmas.
I started hunting at 17 and will have shot, skinned and gutted just about every legal animal in the uk, probably to the thousands back then, 30 years ago.
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavi ... spartanntp
I have just put this on the positive news thread. We are going to worry ourselves ill if we dont start looking for positives.
I have just put this on the positive news thread. We are going to worry ourselves ill if we dont start looking for positives.
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All schools across the UK to close from Friday.
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Gavin Williams has just announced the closure of schools.
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Just confirmed by Boris and his scientific advisors. Apparrently PHE is looking at it TODAY and it's "Coming down the road." according to the PM.Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:59 pmEdit Actually no scratch that, you said the BBC said it. Who on the BBC said these tests were close?
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My wife works at Burnley General and has just told me members of the great British public have been stealing the large hand sanitizer dispensers off the walls
FFS, what is wrong with these thick, selfish twohats, have they not heard of soap and water?
Do they not realize that the more people unable to sanitize their hands in a hospital the more risk there is of all kinds of infections, not just the virus, spreading to more patients staff and visitors?
FFS, what is wrong with these thick, selfish twohats, have they not heard of soap and water?
Do they not realize that the more people unable to sanitize their hands in a hospital the more risk there is of all kinds of infections, not just the virus, spreading to more patients staff and visitors?
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That’s been happening all over the country unfortunately - soap and water is enoughVintage Claret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:58 pmMy wife works at Burnley General and has just told me members of the great British public have been stealing the large hand sanitizer dispensers off the walls
FFS, what is wrong with these thick, selfish twohats, have they not heard of soap and water?
Do they not realize that the more people unable to sanitize their hands in a hospital the more risk there is of all kinds of infections, not just the virus, spreading to more patients staff and visitors?
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Absolute cuntishness of the highest order. They should be ashamed of themselves but most probably don’t understand that emotion.
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In a civilised society, that would merit a life sentence of hard labour.Vintage Claret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:58 pmMy wife works at Burnley General and has just told me members of the great British public have been stealing the large hand sanitizer dispensers off the walls
FFS, what is wrong with these thick, selfish twohats, have they not heard of soap and water?
Do they not realize that the more people unable to sanitize their hands in a hospital the more risk there is of all kinds of infections, not just the virus, spreading to more patients staff and visitors?
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I want to say we need to educate people that washing hands is more effective.Vintage Claret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:58 pmMy wife works at Burnley General and has just told me members of the great British public have been stealing the large hand sanitizer dispensers off the walls
FFS, what is wrong with these thick, selfish twohats, have they not heard of soap and water?
Do they not realize that the more people unable to sanitize their hands in a hospital the more risk there is of all kinds of infections, not just the virus, spreading to more patients staff and visitors?
These people steal it to make profits on the black market.
They should be locked up for several years.
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It's the 'Look after No 1 society' that Maggie Thatcher was so keen to introduce.Vintage Claret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:58 pmMy wife works at Burnley General and has just told me members of the great British public have been stealing the large hand sanitizer dispensers off the walls
FFS, what is wrong with these thick, selfish twohats, have they not heard of soap and water?
Do they not realize that the more people unable to sanitize their hands in a hospital the more risk there is of all kinds of infections, not just the virus, spreading to more patients staff and visitors?
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Hi Paul, you might be right about "global depression" - but, please, let's not think that a "global currency might be the way forward...." Separate currencies are a major part of the "shock absorbers" between economies, allowing each to adjust at a pace that is appropriate for them rather than being "locked into" the same negatives as other economies.paulatky wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:37 pm
I believe it’s an inevitability that we’re quickly heading towards a financial *depression* like the last global depression between 1929 – 1939 (or possibly much worse) and not a recession, like in 2008.
The world has changed forever and a global currency might be the only way forward and that currency might not be cash as we know it.
BTW: back in the 1920s, the gold standard was a quasi-global currency. Ending the link to gold has played a big positive in economic development since those times.
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I think we should change the name to "the no worse than flu thread because my local chemist said so!"Gordaleman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:22 pmThis thread has been running a long time now and maybe it's time you thought about changing it's headline? Coronaviruses are a huge group of viruses and the one we are currently suffering from is just one, Covid-19. (Named after the year, not the number of viruses.)
WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020, following guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Perhaps a change to Covid-19 would help avoid confusion?
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You are infecting this Board ..... please Leave Thankyou for your input.and your expertise on Influenza.Gordaleman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:40 pmJust confirmed by Boris and his scientific advisors. Apparrently PHE is looking at it TODAY and it's "Coming down the road." according to the PM.
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The pricks on the left are still trying to make some sort of point about the Tories. Give it a f*cking rest.Gordaleman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:18 pmIt's the 'Look after No 1 society' that Maggie Thatcher was so keen to introduce.
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Don't really see what odds it makes, but there you go!Gordaleman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:22 pmThis thread has been running a long time now and maybe it's time you thought about changing it's headline? Coronaviruses are a huge group of viruses and the one we are currently suffering from is just one, Covid-19. (Named after the year, not the number of viruses.)
WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020, following guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Perhaps a change to Covid-19 would help avoid confusion?
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If it wasn’t your man in charge you’d be all over it. As I’ve said previously, the Tories have been in charge of the health system for a decade and the role of government is to prepare for disasters just such as this. If we can’t cope when other countries of similar means have been able to, then they carry the can. Not only that, but once again it’s people at the bottom, young , renters, with insecure jobs, who will be hit hardest economically by this. People who don’t tend to vote Tory incidentally.
So if you really do believe in everyone pulling together, maybe it’s time to start listening to those lefties who’ve been saying the exact same thing for a very long time, and may well be the people old right wingers are relying on in the next few months, rather than hurling obnoxious insults at them from behind your keyboard.
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why ohhh why, but...……………………………...
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Official name of the virus (I.e. the organism) is actually:
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)
No idea why more media outlets have not got the words ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome’ in their copy because it at least sounds scarier than flu.
The disease caused by the organism is officially called COVID-19
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)
No idea why more media outlets have not got the words ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome’ in their copy because it at least sounds scarier than flu.
The disease caused by the organism is officially called COVID-19
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Nitpicking.HieronymousBoschHobs wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:48 pmOfficial name of the virus (I.e. the organism) is actually:
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)
No idea why more media outlets have not got the words ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome’ in their copy because it at least sounds scarier than flu.
The disease caused by the organism is officially called COVID-19
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Deary me they cant help themselves.....The One show presents a self isolation presenter....beaming...smiling...patting his F..king. dog well done Matt? How Crass and embarrassing. Aren't celebs great!!
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That would be too lenient in my book. I would involve a wall and some target practice.thatdberight wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:08 pmIn a civilised society, that would merit a life sentence of hard labour.
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Dog dead. Not of or related to the virus in every likelihood. This dog according to Professor Malik Peiris, a clinical and public health virologist at HKU, had an “active infection” of the coronavirus.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hea ... dog-tested
He featured here before so just relaying the end of his story.
The dog (right) died on Monday.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hea ... dog-tested
He featured here before so just relaying the end of his story.
The dog (right) died on Monday.
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Scumbags, who are potentially to become murdering scumbags!Vintage Claret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:58 pmMy wife works at Burnley General and has just told me members of the great British public have been stealing the large hand sanitizer dispensers off the walls
FFS, what is wrong with these thick, selfish twohats, have they not heard of soap and water?
Do they not realize that the more people unable to sanitize their hands in a hospital the more risk there is of all kinds of infections, not just the virus, spreading to more patients staff and visitors?
May their hands become painful with overdosing sanitisers!
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Thank god the name of the thread was changed. I had no idea what it was about until now.
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Blah, blah, blah, left wing drivel, blah, blah, blah. Rinse and repeat.HieronymousBoschHobs wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:42 pmIf it wasn’t your man in charge you’d be all over it. As I’ve said previously, the Tories have been in charge of the health system for a decade and the role of government is to prepare for disasters just such as this. If we can’t cope when other countries of similar means have been able to, then they carry the can. Not only that, but once again it’s people at the bottom, young , renters, with insecure jobs, who will be hit hardest economically by this. People who don’t tend to vote Tory incidentally.
So if you really do believe in everyone pulling together, maybe it’s time to start listening to those lefties who’ve been saying the exact same thing for a very long time, and may well be the people old right wingers are relying on in the next few months, rather than hurling obnoxious insults at them from behind your keyboard.
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Spot on mate.HieronymousBoschHobs wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:42 pmIf it wasn’t your man in charge you’d be all over it. As I’ve said previously, the Tories have been in charge of the health system for a decade and the role of government is to prepare for disasters just such as this. If we can’t cope when other countries of similar means have been able to, then they carry the can. Not only that, but once again it’s people at the bottom, young , renters, with insecure jobs, who will be hit hardest economically by this. People who don’t tend to vote Tory incidentally.
So if you really do believe in everyone pulling together, maybe it’s time to start listening to those lefties who’ve been saying the exact same thing for a very long time, and may well be the people old right wingers are relying on in the next few months, rather than hurling obnoxious insults at them from behind your keyboard.
Strange isn't it, that the people on this board that criticise other posters the most, are the one's that contribute the least to the debate themselves?
What's even stranger, is how often they all turn up together and support each other. Makes you think that a lot of them at least, may be the same person.
There's a very good expression that suits these people perfectly. "Empty vessels make the most noise."
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I suspect many are already aware of this but I only found out yesterday. In terms of identifiable symptoms of Covid 19, sneezes, blocked nose and sinusitis indicate that it is not Covid 19 but most likely a common cold. There was a lot of talk about sneezing early on, but apparently this is not linked to this infection. And perhaps we should say, 'Other viruses are available.'
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Latest from Czech Republic:
Its now illegal to be out and about without your mouth and nose covered by a mask, scarf, or similar.
Only allowed out for essential reasons like going to work or buying food.
I've been off sick with flu symptoms since early March (Czech sick leave is basically house arrest at the best of times, nevermind now) so to say im climbing the walls is an understatement.
Its now illegal to be out and about without your mouth and nose covered by a mask, scarf, or similar.
Only allowed out for essential reasons like going to work or buying food.
I've been off sick with flu symptoms since early March (Czech sick leave is basically house arrest at the best of times, nevermind now) so to say im climbing the walls is an understatement.
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You make a very good point. I bet doctor's surgeries and NHS help lines are swamped by wimps with a cold.Erasmus wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:43 pmI suspect many are already aware of this but I only found out yesterday. In terms of identifiable symptoms of Covid 19, sneezes, blocked nose and sinusitis indicate that it is not Covid 19 but most likely a common cold. There was a lot of talk about sneezing early on, but apparently this is not linked to this infection. And perhaps we should say, 'Other viruses are available.'
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Just been to big Tesco in town. Felt like xmas, really busy, unfortunately virtually no milk, bread, eggs, tins, meat, toilet rolls,paracetemol. if it continues like this rationing will be inevitable in very short order.
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Hopefully, so many people will soon have a shed full of stuff and in a couple of days, it might ease off.Cardclaret wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:03 pmJust been to big Tesco in town. Felt like xmas, really busy, unfortunately virtually no milk, bread, eggs, tins, meat, toilet rolls,paracetemol. if it continues like this rationing will be inevitable in very short order.
The world's gone mad.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha, hook, line and sinker.KateR wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:08 pmGood God the irony of it, do you have no shame man, go take a look in the mirror, unbelievable crass holier than thou attitude, your patheticness grows daily. And don't get me started or I will really tell you what I think of you and cronies continually trying to turn a thread in to petty scoring political points, ohhh dear
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what you really meant to write was, yes you're right I shouldn't be trying my comedy act out on such a serious thread or simply I am sorry to everyone but of course that would never happen.
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No, I said exactly what I meant to say and I knew the usual idiots would jump all over it. And YOU did.
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yes yes, of course you did, we all believe you, sad little old man.Gordaleman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:16 pmNo, I said exactly what I meant to say and I knew the usual idiots would jump all over it. And YOU did.
but do stay well
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You keep spreading fairy stories and I'll stay as near to facts as I can. OK?
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He's never told a lie since he was a child. He said so.
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Oh, he's back. What a surprise.thatdberight wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:25 pmHe's never told a lie since he was a child. He said so.