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robbiekeane

robbiekeane

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
Vallance's estimates had us at a 0.4% death rate. About half don't get symptoms, another 30% will get mild symptoms. People under 20 will hardly ever fall ill from it but I have to teach in a box and refrain from even handing them a sheet. Where's the justification in that BS?
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That 0.4% is around 1.3 million people in the US.

260k people in the UK.

24 million people globally.

it’s an astronomical amount of people who would die and as someone else has pointed out, that’s assuming the healthcare systems don’t get overwhelmed.

And why? Because people can’t wear a mask and watch more Netflix?

We have skype, FaceTime, free international calls Via WhatsApp or Viber, iPads, group messages, pretty much unlimited video content, games consoles, live sports, food delivery services at the touch of a button. Our lives are literally better than 99% of literally everybody who has ever fucking lived on this planet to date and we complain and struggle to make small sacrifices for 1/80th of our lives so that we can move on and beat this shit.

It drives me fucking mad
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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robbiekeane said:
That 0.4% is around 1.3 million people in the US.

260k people in the UK.

24 million people globally.

it’s an astronomical amount of people who would die and as someone else has pointed out, that’s assuming the healthcare systems don’t get overwhelmed.

And why? Because people can’t wear a mask and watch more Netflix?

We have skype, FaceTime, free international calls Via WhatsApp or Viber, iPads, group messages, pretty much unlimited video content, games consoles, live sports, food delivery services at the touch of a button. Our lives are literally better than 99% of literally everybody who has ever fucking lived on this planet to date and we complain and struggle to make small sacrifices for 1/80th of our lives so that we can move on and beat this shit.

It drives me fucking mad
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Bully for you
 
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Ring Of Steel said:
One thing I’ve noticed is that whenever I watch something and there is a gathering of any kind in a bar or something, I instinctively find myself thinking “they’re taking a chance”- this thing takes over your thoughts completely 😂

The Office (USA version) is my go to escapism programme, and the Channel 4 programme that was on Channel 4 in about 2001
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We've watched every single episode of Peep Show!

Going to track down the Brittas Empire next! Bet it hasn't aged well
 
Skybluefaz

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Despite working as a web developer I'm still having to go in to the office every day, 2 people have started coughing regularly now we're having to wear masks when we walk around the office. I'm only really putting it on here to get a bit of frustration out. We could all easily work from home. Fucking nuts.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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Skybluefaz said:
Despite working as a web developer I'm still having to go in to the office every day, 2 people have started coughing regularly now we're having to wear masks when we walk around the office. I'm only really putting it on here to get a bit of frustration out. We could all easily work from home. Fucking nuts.
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I couldn’t, but a lot probably could
 
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Skybluefaz said:
Despite working as a web developer I'm still having to go in to the office every day, 2 people have started coughing regularly now we're having to wear masks when we walk around the office. I'm only really putting it on here to get a bit of frustration out. We could all easily work from home. Fucking nuts.
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Why are they summoning you in? Especially with new directives.

The coughers need a test and to go home if it's dry! Although I've had a bit of a cough for... a month? and it ain't Covid, but I guess might worry a stranger if I was in an office with them...
 
shmmeee

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My place is treating the guidance as “guidance” and saying they can still have people in because they’re COVID safe (they’re not). Luckily we haven’t started bringing people back from last time so not much different. But now I’m living with my Dad who is vulnerable I’m very edgy about being asked to go back in right now.
 
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shmmeee said:
My place is treating the guidance as “guidance” and saying they can still have people in because they’re COVID safe (they’re not). Luckily we haven’t started bringing people back from last time so not much different. But now I’m living with my Dad who is vulnerable I’m very edgy about being asked to go back in right now.
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Yeah, Mrs Wisdom will still have to go in, I suspect, because of the guidance rule.

It's a bit silly really, that she's compelled to go in. her job does need some on-site work, but I'd have thought the sensible compromise is reserve those days for her to go in, if she needs to, rather than drag her in for no reason at all.

Being on the dark side of things, I suspect it won't be too long before she's compelled not to go in my government, anyway...
 
jimmyhillsfanclub

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Err....how come I can go the pub with 5 other mates from 5 other households here in Liverpool but the geordies cannot?

Just trying to get my head around whether the tories are just trying to kill more scousers or whether they're geordie baiting?

No rhyme. No reason. No fucking idea.
 
David O'Day

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We're at 72 per 100k for teh last full 7 days available
 
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Liquid Gold

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robbiekeane said:
That 0.4% is around 1.3 million people in the US.

260k people in the UK.

24 million people globally.

it’s an astronomical amount of people who would die and as someone else has pointed out, that’s assuming the healthcare systems don’t get overwhelmed.

And why? Because people can’t wear a mask and watch more Netflix?

We have skype, FaceTime, free international calls Via WhatsApp or Viber, iPads, group messages, pretty much unlimited video content, games consoles, live sports, food delivery services at the touch of a button. Our lives are literally better than 99% of literally everybody who has ever fucking lived on this planet to date and we complain and struggle to make small sacrifices for 1/80th of our lives so that we can move on and beat this shit.

It drives me fucking mad
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To be fair BSB isn't saying he's not going to wear a mask and watch more Netflix.

I don't think piling on at someone who is having mental health issues related to the unending shitness of it all is a good look either tbh.
 
David O'Day

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Liquid Gold said:
To be fair BSB isn't saying he's not going to wear a mask and watch more Netflix.

I don't think piling on at someone who is having mental health issues related to the unending shitness of it all is a good look either tbh.
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To be fair I think his post is nothing to with anyone's mental health. BSB asked the what the justification for the restrictions on a virus that may have a 0.40% mortality rate and RK was extrapolating the figures based on that.
 
fernandopartridge

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Looked at the map for the first time in a while: ArcGIS Web Application

Are there specific differences between what Cov and Warwick Uni have done on the return? In the map above, a big hotspot in Cov is Canon Park & University. Yet around central Coventry and east of the city centre, no particular evidence of a student related surge.
 
chiefdave

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fernandopartridge said:
Looked at the map for the first time in a while: ArcGIS Web Application

Are there specific differences between what Cov and Warwick Uni have done on the return? In the map above, a big hotspot in Cov is Canon Park & University. Yet around central Coventry and east of the city centre, no particular evidence of a student related surge.
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Not sure if it's still true now but read a council report on student accommodation a few years back that said Warwick Uni students were more likely to be in halls and close to the uni where Cov Uni students were spread around the city in private accommodation.
 
shmmeee

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chiefdave said:
Not sure if it's still true now but read a council report on student accommodation a few years back that said Warwick Uni students were more likely to be in halls and close to the uni where Cov Uni students were spread around the city in private accommodation.
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Sounds about right. Always been the case that Warwick faces Warwickshire more than Cov, so the students socialise in Cov less as well IIRC.
 
David O'Day

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fernandopartridge said:
Looked at the map for the first time in a while: ArcGIS Web Application

Are there specific differences between what Cov and Warwick Uni have done on the return? In the map above, a big hotspot in Cov is Canon Park & University. Yet around central Coventry and east of the city centre, no particular evidence of a student related surge.
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Looking at that map you can see how universities are really driving some of the high figures we are seeing.

Looked at Manchester and the real hot spots are the Oxford Road strip and Fallowfield.
 
David O'Day

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chiefdave said:
Not sure if it's still true now but read a council report on student accommodation a few years back that said Warwick Uni students were more likely to be in halls and close to the uni where Cov Uni students were spread around the city in private accommodation.
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It's not really like that anymore, the Cov Uni students now largely inhabit the many newly build student halls in the city centre where as the Warwich students have started to move in to places like Canley etc.
 
fernandopartridge

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David O'Day said:
Looking at that map you can see how universities are really driving some of the high figures we are seeing.

Looked at Manchester and the real hot spots are the Oxford Road strip and Fallowfield.
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Yeah, was gonna mention Manc as being up here I thought that might be hotspot, it's pretty stark.
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

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David O'Day said:
It's not really like that anymore, the Cov Uni students now largely inhabit the many newly build student halls in the city centre where as the Warwich students have started to move in to places like Canley etc.
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You clearly spend most of your time sniffing round these places by the sound of it.
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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David O'Day said:
Looking at that map you can see how universities are really driving some of the high figures we are seeing.

Looked at Manchester and the real hot spots are the Oxford Road strip and Fallowfield.
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Do you do this a lot ?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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David O'Day said:
To be fair I think his post is nothing to with anyone's mental health. BSB asked the what the justification for the restrictions on a virus that may have a 0.40% mortality rate and RK was extrapolating the figures based on that.
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RK was being a bit of a cock imo, assuming that people are bitching because they have to wear a mask when they can binge watch Netflix. I asked the question because the restrictions have made my job more stressful than usual (read: unworkable) but have also removed things I could do out of it. That’s how it’s been for a lot of others but especially teachers so to write it off in churlish fashion is a bit out of order.
 
robbiekeane

robbiekeane

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Liquid Gold said:
To be fair BSB isn't saying he's not going to wear a mask and watch more Netflix.

I don't think piling on at someone who is having mental health issues related to the unending shitness of it all is a good look either tbh.
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I wasn't piling on at anyone for mental health issues at all - I was responding to BSB's 0.4% number where the implication was that this is an insignificant number and so therefore why are we having these restrictions. It's also not about whether the under 20s are going to get sick from it, it's about their parents and their grandparents or other people they pass it on to.

Usually enjoy your posts and agree with a lot of what you say but not really sure why you've came at me there...
 
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