Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (52 Viewers)

[David O'Day]

If that's the case I apologise but can't be saying shit like that.

it was clearly sarcasm to be fair

 

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[Sky Blue Pete]

If that's the case I apologise but can't be saying shit like that.

Yep no worries

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Influencer Dmitriy Stuzhuk dies of coronavirus after previously saying it didn’t exist

‘I was one who thought that Covid does not exist… until I got sick,’ Stuzhuk wrote on Instagram a few days ago

www.independent.co.uk

 

[David O'Day]

Influencer Dmitriy Stuzhuk dies of coronavirus after previously saying it didn’t exist

‘I was one who thought that Covid does not exist… until I got sick,’ Stuzhuk wrote on Instagram a few days ago

www.independent.co.uk

Yeah but he would of been fine if he's been a young super fit oh wait a second?

 

[Skybluefaz]

You fucking moron, what's the difference between a 82 year old vs a 22 year old? Both human only difference is is one has been the back bond of the country for 60 years and the other is the future. Selfish prick.

And we have the same Strain of the virus as we have had for months, the same one that mutated Italy before it, since then there's only been one major mutation and all it does is effects a different part of the cell, still as deadly.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

 

[Kieranp96]

it was clearly sarcasm to be fair

Maybe if you can interpret easy, unfortunately I can't.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Wonder if they'd ever move to stage four...

Covid: Oxford University cases triple on previous week

Almost 70% of positive cases at at the institution are confirmed in the week to 16 October.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Ireland now fully locked down again for 6 weeks, only schools and supermarkets allowed to open and you can’t go further than 5km

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Ireland now fully locked down again for 6 weeks, only schools and supermarkets allowed to open and you can’t go further than 5km

But you can go to school I see...

 

[shmmeee]

We should’ve locked down this week and next while schools are off. They aren’t going to do it until Xmas now the silly fuckers.

 

[Sick Boy]

Ireland now fully locked down again for 6 weeks, only schools and supermarkets allowed to open and you can’t go further than 5km

I reckon they’ll end up shutting borders between regions again soon here.

 

[fernandopartridge]

We should’ve locked down this week and next while schools are off. They aren’t going to do it until Xmas now the silly fuckers.

I think in this country they're trying to nudge behaviour (Johnson) while not actually being prepared to bear the cost of a full lockdown. The gloom of March and worry for elderly parents is well and truly back.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I think in this country they're trying to nudge behaviour (Johnson) while not actually being prepared to bear the cost of a full lockdown. The gloom of March and worry for elderly parents is well and truly back.

Yeah think that’s right

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

But you can go to school I see...

Yep. Schools aren’t drivers but I have to stay in a fucking box, or they are and the numbers will keep going up despite putting me in a fucking box. Whole year of this and I’ll probably be in a mental hospital

 

[Deleted member 5849]

You wait ages for a phone call, then 60 turn up at once.

'We had more than 60 calls from test-and-trace'

One family in London say they received scores of long, repetitive calls from contact tracers.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

You wait ages for a phone call, then 60 turn up at once.

'We had more than 60 calls from test-and-trace'

One family in London say they received scores of long, repetitive calls from contact tracers.

www.bbc.co.uk

That’s awful

 

[shmmeee]

I bet their CRM system is a Notepad file...

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

I bet their CRM system is a Notepad.....

FTFY.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Dead interesting

Covid-19’s known unknowns

The more certain someone is about covid-19, the less you should trust them In 2019, the medical historian Mark Honigsbaum concluded his book The Pandemic Century by saying: “The only thing that is certain is that there will be new plagues and new pandemics. It is not a question of if, but...

www.bmj.com

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Wonder if they'd ever move to stage four...

Covid: Oxford University cases triple on previous week

Almost 70% of positive cases at at the institution are confirmed in the week to 16 October.

www.bbc.co.uk

Is that the one where you have to paint a red cross on the door and a van comes around with a tannoy saying "Bring out your dead"?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Is that the one where you have to paint a red cross on the door and a van comes around with a tannoy saying "Bring out your dead"?

I sincerely hope not...

 

[chiefdave]

Be interested to get the views of the teachers on here. Geoff Barton, head of the ASCL head teachers union, has expressed concern already about pupils being properly prepared for next years exams given the high level of pupil absence.

In just the last week 46% of secondary schools have had pupils absent due to covid.

Of course as with everything there's been a sudden change in how the figures are reported making it difficult to track from week to week. Something to hide?

In previous weeks the Department for Education (DfE) has published a figure showing how many schools were only partially open because of having to send home groups of pupils - which had risen to 21%.

But the latest weekly figures use a different way of showing how attendance has been affected during the pandemic - based on one or more pupils having to self-isolate.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Be interested to get the views of the teachers on here. Geoff Barton, head of the ASCL head teachers union, has expressed concern already about pupils being properly prepared for next years exams given the high level of pupil absence.

In just the last week 46% of secondary schools have had pupils absent due to covid.

Of course as with everything there's been a sudden change in how the figures are reported making it difficult to track from week to week. Something to hide?

tbf, that sounds like it might be more transparent.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Be interested to get the views of the teachers on here. Geoff Barton, head of the ASCL head teachers union, has expressed concern already about pupils being properly prepared for next years exams given the high level of pupil absence.

In just the last week 46% of secondary schools have had pupils absent due to covid.

Of course as with everything there's been a sudden change in how the figures are reported making it difficult to track from week to week. Something to hide?

I guess a more accurate measure would be ‘days lost’ as an aggregated total from all pupils off because of Covid. Where I am at least I am expected to be teaching people by Teams as the lesson is happening in the classroom, so they are still participating if they log in.

 

[David O'Day]

PMQS could get a bit spicy tomorrow, looking forward to some blue on blue action.

 

[Evo1883]

My daughters class has been sent home today and need to isolate for 2 weeks... Lad in class tested positive

 

[Ian1779]

Be interested to get the views of the teachers on here. Geoff Barton, head of the ASCL head teachers union, has expressed concern already about pupils being properly prepared for next years exams given the high level of pupil absence.

In just the last week 46% of secondary schools have had pupils absent due to covid.

Of course as with everything there's been a sudden change in how the figures are reported making it difficult to track from week to week. Something to hide?

Fuckloads to hide. There’s only one way to get a grip on this virus escalating and yet they remain in denial about doing it.

The sooner they admit that exams can’t be done fairly for all the better. Put all that energy and time into creating an adequate system and then scrutinising the input from school in a comprehensive manner.

 

[fernandopartridge]

213 deaths reported today in England alone.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Manchester apparently given just £20 million for being forced into Tier 3

 

[fernandopartridge]

Manchester apparently given just £20 million for being forced into Tier 3

Clearly this a line in the sand for the rest of the country, who will one by one be dragged into Tier 3

 

[Deleted member 5849]

This is all mental.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Clearly this a line in the sand for the rest of the country, who will one by one be dragged into Tier 3

All a punishment because the Tories don’t have the balls to close schools

 

[CCFCSteve]

Manchester apparently given just £20 million for being forced into Tier 3

They turned down more apparently. I quite like Burnham and he’s right to stand up for Manchester, however, he’s been all over the shop over the past few days. The way I read it, he was happy for the whole country to be lockdown down but not for Manchester to go into Tier three and has then subsequently accused the government of manipulating hospital admissions stats to I increase worry/panic (ie suggesting they aren’t that bad) - probably correct ! Which one is it mate ?!

If it’s true that the city’s confirmed cases are decreasing and dependent on hospital capacity (if he’s right and it’s running at similar levels to normal for this time of year) I’d side with Burnham on this....without the bullshit efforts to drag the rest of the country into a lockdown. He can’t have it both ways though

 

[Deleted member 5849]

They turned down more apparently. I quite like Burnham and he’s right to stand up for Manchester, however, he’s been all over the shop over the past few days. The way I read it, he was happy for the whole country to be lockdown down but not for Manchester to go into Tier three and has then subsequently accused the government of manipulating hospital admissions stats to I increase worry/panic (ie suggesting they aren’t that bad) - probably correct ! Which one is it mate ?!

If it’s true that the city’s confirmed cases are decreasing and dependent on hospital capacity (if he’s right and it’s running at similar levels to normal for this time of year) I’d side with Burnham on this....without the bullshit efforts to drag the rest of the country into a lockdown. He can’t have it both ways though

I'm finding this whole negotiation thing a little bizarre anyway. Either it needs to go into top tier or it doesn't, and fannying around for a week doesn't exactly convey the urgency!