It doesn’t look good though, launching law suits while thousands of people are dying. It's a real tricky situation.
What realistically can they do though. This is going to be around for some time, if you lck people up for months and months then eventually they are going to get bored and give up, or in the states they are going to need to work to get paid.
It's unusual to be in agreement with you so much these days.
You're right, no consistency- I saw there was a Stereophonics concert over the weekend, thousands of people in close contact for a couple of hours in a big sweaty closed off room. Based on what we read, thats inviting people to die.
But whatever happens and whatever the plan is needs to be communicated. People are pulling kids out of school, stockpiling and making things difficult for others because they haven't got a clue what's happening.This is rather worrying, considering different testing regimes it’s hard to compare cases country to country, but deaths should be pretty similar throughout. Plotting deaths like in this FT article suggests two worrying things: 1) EU countries are tracking well ahead of China 2) even the success stories like SK aren’t as far ahead of the curve as cases alone suggests.
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I don’t know where this idea that our only options are do nothing or lock everyone down China style came from.
China were trying to eliminate the disease, we are not. There are a host of options available (such as work from home or close bars) that could be taken that wouldn’t destroy the economy or make everyone bored and would slow the spread.
But whatever happens and whatever the plan is needs to be communicated. People are pulling kids out of school, stockpiling and making things difficult for others because they haven't got a clue what's happening.
Just been on the phone to the wife. Looks like Macron might be announcing martial law tonight. Too many people have ignored advice.
Any excuse to get the Gendarmes out to beat peopleJust been on the phone to the wife. Looks like Macron might be announcing martial law tonight. Too many people have ignored advice.
Hopefully that changes now we are due to have daily briefings, I just wish they'd tell everybody else in government to shut the fuck up. If they are asked the question then answer that people should follow all government advice and that will only be communicated through the daily briefings.Yes. Which makes it even more criminal that our government seems to have been sat around doing nothing for months and is now changing its mind every three seconds about its strategy and communicating through leaks to preferred newspapers.
I don’t blame anyone for looking around the world, looking at Boris Johnson, and deciding to take matters into their own hands TBH.
What a pompous oaf he is
Yes. Which makes it even more criminal that our government seems to have been sat around doing nothing for months and is now changing its mind every three seconds about its strategy and communicating through leaks to preferred newspapers.
I don’t blame anyone for looking around the world, looking at Boris Johnson, and deciding to take matters into their own hands TBH.
Any excuse to get the Gendarmes out to beat people
Hopefully that changes now we are due to have daily briefings, I just wish they'd tell everybody else in government to shut the fuck up. If they are asked the question then answer that people should follow all government advice and that will only be communicated through the daily briefings.
Have you seen our Prime Minister?!
Have you seen our Prime Minister?!
Have you seen our Prime Minister?!
You think you’ve got it bad m8
Yeah there is nothing wrong with him! Will be a great PM
The mood here is something I’ve never experienced, it’s really, really strange.I don't think Ireland are right, I don't think they're wrong- nobody knows that.
One thing I would say though is that the lockdown approach is very wearing, the unease is very palpable and uncomfortable.
At least trump and Johnson are attempting to preserve the economy
At least trump and Johnson are attempting to preserve the economy
Tell that to teachers and restaurant owners.
Wouldn't expect anything less than them two. Economy over public health.
(I'm not saying the economy is not important, by the way, of course it is)
Those closures in the states are surely by the states themselves?
You accept I assume everyone will at some point get this virus?
Why would you say that? Even the worse case models only predict 80%
You accept I assume everyone will at some point get this virus?
Well because that’s the view of most virologists and the 80% is in their eyes everyone as some will have no symptoms and just carry. The point is it’s impossible to restrict to a few people in the country isn’t it and lockdowns will only mean outbreaks occur again and again and again - I haven’t read any report that believes it’s possible to contain to small numbers of the population
At the moment it is. Which again, makes no sense that some of the States are taking measures and others aren’t. Why the fuck should it depend on where you own a restaurant or teach?
All Trump is doing is spouting shit and immediately being contradicted by his own scientist task force...in the same press conference.
The ineptitude is staggering
80% seems to be the upper estimate. But I've seen as low as 20%, so basically no one knows. But no, I don't think everyone will get it.
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