Coronavirus meme/panic/fear mongering general thread

[miss direct]

I hope that every event that I said I'm going to in London doesn't start sending me emails like this as it's going to get fucking tiresome.

I strongly believe that many event organisers are waiting for official government advice so they can cancel and claim on insurance.

 

[ruffneck23]

France tells citizens cocaine cannot protect against coronavirus

A number of myths and conspiracy theories have emerged since outbreak began

www.independent.co.uk

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[Fez909]

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Loving this little app that lets you put whatever lyrics you like into your handwashing routine.

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Doesn't include the guitar bit between 9 and 10

 

[hegley]

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[cupid_stunt]

I want to encourage this kind of mentality. It's what Darwin was for, after all...

The Greek Orthodox Church is refusing to shut down churches and says priests will not stop distributing holy communion, whilst one follower says, 'we have faith in God and everything is in His hands.'

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a crisis meeting on Sunday to chart a strategy that would help contain the spread of the virus from Greece’s western-hit region to other parts of the country.

He also reached out to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, which has refused to shut down churches and says priests will not stop distributing holy communion.

On a major religious holiday on Sunday, thousands of followers like this pensioner remained undeterred.

Of course we are continuing to take holy communion, she says, because we have faith in God and everything is in His hands.

The Greek president, who holds a mostly ceremonial role, was among those attending Mass, flanked by several senior ministers.

With Orthodox Easter approaching in April, church attendance is high, mainly among older followers.

Coronavirus Sparks Church-State Controversy in Greece

Greece bans public gatherings; powerful Greek Orthodox Church defies warnings

www.voanews.com

 

[elbows]

Anyone speak French want to do a full translation?

 

[pesh]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

That's the answer! We all wear the cone of shame when out and about, with a clear plastic bit at the front so we can see and a bubble of clear plastic on the roof to let in daylight. There might need to be a one way valve to let air in/out but it should be foolproof.

 

[fishfinger]

Anyone speak French want to do a full translation?

No, cocaine does NOT protect against # COVID19. It is an addictive drug causing serious adverse effects and harmful to people's health.

 

[two sheds]

No, cocaine does NOT protect against # COVID19. It is an addictive drug causing serious adverse effects and harmful to people's health.

I like the first comment which is (I think) - As opposed to heroin which works really well.

 

[Ax^]

Cake is the best way to stave off captain trips

 

[elbows]

No, cocaine does NOT protect against # COVID19. It is an addictive drug causing serious adverse effects and harmful to people's health.

Cheers. Is this one about booze?

 

[fishfinger]

Cheers. Is this one about booze?

No, spraying alcohol or chlorine will not kill viruses (which have already entered your body).
Spraying these substances may be harmful to the mucous membranes and clothing.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

No, spraying alcohol or chlorine will not kill viruses (which have already entered your body).
Spraying these substances may be harmful to the mucous membranes and clothing.

I'm ensuring a steady atmospheric concentration of chlorine at home by recklessly mixing bathroom cleaning products. Better safe than sorry...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Wondering how easy it is to obtain fluorine - that has to be better.

 

[elbows]

I'm ensuring a steady atmospheric concentration of chlorine at home by recklessly mixing bathroom cleaning products. Better safe than sorry...

I'm sure I was reading an article on the Guardian website recently and it mentioned at the bottom that the article had been amended because a previous version suggested mixing things together that can result in a dangerous chemical reaction Sadly I currently have no way to remember enough detail to find the article again.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm sure I was reading an article on the Guardian website recently and it mentioned at the bottom that the article had been amended because a previous version suggested mixing things together that can result in a dangerous chemical reaction Sadly I currently have no way to remember enough detail to find the article again.

'don't do this at home kids'

I've only produced chlorine once - genuine mistake due to stupid memory, and instantly had to leg it out the bathroom, turn on the extractor fan. I opened the windows in general just to be on the safe side but fucking hell it was pungent. Dread to think what it could do to lung tissue.

 

[fishfinger]

At least 44 people have died of methanol poisoning in Iran — mistakenly thinking that downing bootleg booze would ward off Covid-19, according to the state news agency.


Despite alcohol being banned in most of the Islamic Republic, it is responsible for hundreds of patients being hospitalized because of fake rumors that it would save drinkers from the virus that has killed 291 and infected more than 8,000 there, the state news agency IRNA reported, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).


The death toll from alcohol poisoning in the province of Khuzestan reached 36 Tuesday — double those killed by the coronavirus in that region, the report says.


The bootleg alcohol has killed seven more people in the northern region of Alborz and one in Kermanshah, western Iran.


Jundishapur medical university in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan, has seen more than 200 people hospitalized for poisoning, spokesman Ali Ehsanpour told the state agency, according to AFP. The cases were caused by “rumors that drinking alcohol can be effective in treating coronavirus,” Ehsanpour confirmed.


The unknown nature of the new coronavirus has sparked a series of wildly inaccurate rumors — with many even initially thinking its name meant it was connected to Corona beer.

Dozens of Iranians die from methanol poisoning in attempt to fight coronavirus

 

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[Celyn]

I'm sure I was reading an article on the Guardian website recently and it mentioned at the bottom that the article had been amended because a previous version suggested mixing things together that can result in a dangerous chemical reaction Sadly I currently have no way to remember enough detail to find the article again.

This article was amended on 7 March 2020. An earlier version wrongly stated that “a solution of ethanol, hydrogen peroxide and bleach will disinfect surfaces”. It is dangerous to combine such substances. It now states correctly that “a solution of ethanol, a solution of hydrogen peroxide or a solution of bleach” will disinfect surfaces.

Coronavirus: nine reasons to be reassured

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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Imagine having a bad hangover in rough seas. Suspect death would be sweet release.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Imagine having a bad hangover in rough seas. Suspect death would be sweet release.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

 

[Ax^]

 

[Treacle Toes]

Make your own.

Wash Your Lyrics

Create hand-washing infographics with your favourite lyrics

washyourlyrics.com

 

[Mumbles274]

Urban is doing a good job of fear mongering in its own community IMO. A third of threads on the new posts first page are from the conovavirus forum. I float between blocking the sub forum and unblocking to read whatever might be helpful or factual or a bit of fun but fuck me has this place got a fucking hardon for it. How many threads are needed? And why are there so many? I don't get it?

 

[AmateurAgitator]

NRA insists Coronavirus pandemic could be stopped in its tracks by one good guy with Ebola

COVID-19 can easily be stopped in its tracks by one good guy with a bigger, more powerful and deadly virus, according to the National Rifle Association this afternoon.

newsthump.com

 

[Marty1]