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N_igma said:
Funny how they can pull hundreds of billions of pounds out of thin air when their interests are threatened...after 10 years of fucking austerity on the people who are ultimately going to save us all from this virus.

You bunch of fucking Tory pricks so angry right now.
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Private Eye compared Daily Mail articles saying how Labour's spending plans would lead to huge deficits and ruin the country against how Johnson's announcements are wonderful and saving the country from disaster.
 
Sasaferrato said:
And rightly so.
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Yes, of course. I wasn't being facetious, though - we're probably past the point at which catching it would've made a certain amount of sense. At the very beginning, I did seriously consider trying to catch it (and immediately self-isolating) on the basis that it's more likley that not that it would have no significant effect, and that, even if it did, I'd have more chance of receiving treatment than I would later. And becuase it'd then probably give me some immunity if I need to care for elderly relatives.
 
oryx said:
Is anyone else getting annoyed by people saying this is like a war?

It's difficult/unprecedented/worrying etc. but we are not under enemy bombardment.

Anyone saying this is like a war should take a look at news footage of the poor sods in Syria.
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Did groan when Vera Lynn released "we'll meet again" again
 
Sasaferrato said:
As always.

May I commend to the world my friend and Brother Qaiser Ahmed. He has the wee shop fifty yards from us. He has not increased the price of anything, and is making sure his regulars are getting what they need. Like many little community shops, his main business is amongst the less well off. People who normally buy a two pack of bog rolls, or a small jar of coffee. He is looking after the people he sees every day.
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One of numerous fine reasons to shop local.

The discrepancy between bare shelves in supermarkets and full shelves in independent shops 100 yards away is proof, if any were needed, that this panic buying madness is just that, madness.
 
Teaboy said:
But carry on crowding into virus riddled supermarkets on a daily basis because we can't be arsed to fix the food and essential supply problem.

Fantastic work.
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Still no answer to this from gov today not even telling people to stand apart when queuing like they are doing elsewhere.
 
Bit miffed that C-4 News went to a live reporter here, on Worthing seafront, for no apparent reason, as he was waffling on about the government's announcement today, there was about a 15-second pre-recorded insert from a manager at one of our hotels, absolutely no reason to be live from the seafront. :hmm:

Surely if they wanted a day out of the office, they could have found somewhere more exciting to go? :D
 
So why is closing the pubs and schools etc a good idea now and it wasn't a week ago? Just like a complete lock down hasn't been announced but it will only be a matter if time, next week is my guess.
The only way to stop the virus spreading to catastrophic levels is to jump on it hard as early as possible.
And it needs to be spelt out to the public exactly how catostophic that it will be if that action isn't taken.

This cack handed, incremental response has already very likely doomed thousands.
The news that people who can are streaming out of London is utterly predictable and a perfect way of ensuring the infection gets spread all over the country.
I have literally been in tears today at the prospect of what is about to happen. Its like a scifi horror film for real.
Our government are enabling a disaster.
 
Kaka Tim said:
So why is closing the pubs and schools etc a good idea now and it wasn't a week ago? Just like a complete lock down hasn't been announced but it will only be a matter if time, next week is my guess.
The only way to stop the virus spreading to catastrophic levels is to jump pn it hard as early as possible. And it needs to be spelt out to the public exactly how catostophic that will be.
This cack handed, incremental response has already very likely doomed thousands.
The news that people who can are streaming out of London is utterly predictable and a perfect way of ensuring the infection gets spread all over the country.
I have literally been in tears today at the prospect of what is about to happen. Its like a scifi horror film for real.
Our government are enabling a disaster.
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because they are inept fucking fools
 
Teaboy said:
I don't accept that a country as wealthy as the UK does not have the means to protect its food supply chain so people get what they need without having to crowd together and spread the virus accordingly.

It really is no wonder many people aren't taking the warnings seriously regarding the virus when there seems to be total inaction from the government on vitally important aspects of daily life, such as having enough food.
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This is the secret. The UK is only wealthy on the top half.

We've a big head and tiny legs and it's about time we balanced shit out.
 
They want it to peak in the summer, when the NHS is best able to cope, but at the same time even out the peak over a number of months, instead of a few of a weeks. The last thing we need is to totally suppress it now, only for it to blow up in our faces as we come into winter.

Some people seem to think China has solved the problem with their 2+ month lock-down, a lot experts don't. There was a professor from HK Uni interviewed on Sky News yesterday, he was saying China has suppressed it, and re-set the clock back to December, but he doesn't think the problem has been solved, and expects in a month's time they could be back to where they were in January, and having another lock-down.
 
cupid_stunt said:
They want it to peak in the summer, when the NHS is best able to cope, but at the same time even out the peak over a number of months, instead of a few of a weeks. The last thing we need is to totally suppress it now, only for it to blow up in our faces as we come into winter.
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That plan was abandoned. It was the orthodox approach that died on Monday.
 
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