Coronavirus meme/panic/fear mongering general thread

[Mrs Miggins]

Before anyone else reposts that page from a 1981 novel that "predicted the outbreak of the coronavirus," please read this first. Much obliged.

Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?

A speculative anticipation of a possibility is very different than a 'prediction.'

www.snopes.com

My boss - the head of our department and a seemingly intelligent woman - thinks there's something in this

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Finally! I was desperately waiting to discover what steps they're taking to contain the outbreak. I'm sure you were too.

 

[Badgers]

Telegraph journalist says coronavirus ‘cull’ of elderly could benefit economy

In a Telegraph column, Jeremy Warner analyses the US making an emergency interest rate cut to protect the economy against coronavirus.

metro.co.uk

 

[cybershot]

 

[Maggot]

Nicked off Twitter:

The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out.

 

[ruffneck23]

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne has been cancelled but AFTER everyone had all ready congregated outside the stadium

 

[neonwilderness]

Person in military haz-mat gear spotted with 27 rolls of Floralys

A picture is worth a thousand words...

www.somersetlive.co.uk

 

[Badgers]

 

[LDC]

Person in military haz-mat gear spotted with 27 rolls of Floralys

A picture is worth a thousand words...

www.somersetlive.co.uk

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kebabking ?

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[kebabking]

kebabking ?

Its not me - I wear the gloves. Actually, I wear the gloves all the time....

 

[bellaozzydog]

Its not me - I wear the gloves. Actually, I wear the gloves all the time....

3Romeo and blot bang rub coming to a high street near you soon

 

[Big Bertha]

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?

They are increasing exponentially

 

[hash tag]

I was in Bath yesterday and it wasn't me and nor did I see this

 

[Badgers]

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?

Everywhere is doing the same.

 

[dessiato]

I don't understand the panic buying of toilet roll. Food and nappies perhaps, but toilet paper?

Yesterday in the supermarket people were also buying very large quantities of bottled water. Why?

 

[Badgers]

I don't understand the panic buying of toilet roll. Food and nappies perhaps, but toilet paper?

Yesterday in the supermarket people were also buying very large quantities of bottled water. Why?

I saw quite a few people buying torches too

 

[Proper Tidy]

Heard somebody sincerely float the idea this morning that isis did coronavirus. Tbf it was a fairly well developed conspiracy - started in china cos of treatment of uighurs

 

[ruffneck23]

I'm going to stock up on the internet , in case I have to self isolate

 

[Big Bertha]

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[Marty1]

 

[gentlegreen]

I don't understand the panic buying of toilet roll. Food and nappies perhaps, but toilet paper?

Yesterday in the supermarket people were also buying very large quantities of bottled water. Why?

Speaking as someone who only the other day tried and failed to convince two co-workers of the advantages of (remarkably inexpensive) bidet toilet seats for this very reason, I think it goes very deep in the Northern European psyche.
Constipation and ineffective smearing....
I myself was once a profligate de-forester and toilet blocker....

I also enjoyed winding up an aloe vera pyramid seller on nextdoor.co.uk a few days back since my own use of the raw product was clearly unknown to her...

 

[DexterTCN]

I saw quite a few people buying torches too

What...like the one everyone has on their phones?

I know this has probably been posted someplace (corona threads spread nearly as quickly as the virus) but Hunt looks like he's hiding something and is terrified.

 

[Marty1]

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?

 

[wayward bob]

just got my sainsbos delivery. instead of offering to bring it through like they usually do the dude built a massive wall of crates at the front door and stayed firmly on the far side of it

 

[ska invita]

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[cybershot]

Official supermarket restrictions now in place:

Tesco:
1 x 4pack toilet rolls
500g rice
500g pasta
2 hand sanitiser

Asda:
1 x 4pack toilet rolls
4 tins of beans
500g rice
1kg pasta
1 hand sanitiser

Aldi:
1 MIG welder
2 trumpets
1 spare wheelbarrow wheel