COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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Mon Autre said:
I'm not sure how you can almost guarantee how nobody at Cheltenham will have it, but regardless of that, being directly coughed or sneezed onto is only the thin end of the wedge and it's irresponsible to suggest otherwise. That single person can cough into their hand, a few seconds later they're touching a door handle that thousands of other people will touch over the course of the day. They might hand over some money to a bookie or a bar person who then pulls a pint that somebody else drinks from. They don't have to cough or sneeze directly onto anyone to spread it around.

You could come into contact with the germs on your way to the event and then spread them around without even having it yourself. I appreciate by this logic you could argue that nobody should be going anywhere but I think it's perfectly reasonable to suggest that events that attract large crowds of people in close proximity to people are likely to result in the virus spreading more rapidly. Hard to believe that we won't see these kind of events go behind closed doors eventually.
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I would imagine that Cheltenham is probably far more dangerous than football due to the preponderance of cash. Again, just an opinion, but i would think that some virus hanging around for a few hours on bank notes is a far bigger risk than any random outdoor transmission and the number of hands a bank note might go through in a day is huge.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
I would imagine that Cheltenham is probably far more dangerous than football due to the preponderance of cash. Again, just an opinion, but i would think that some virus hanging around for a few hours on bank notes is a far bigger risk than any random outdoor transmission and the number of hands a bank note might go through in a day is huge.
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And nostrils.
 
This is the reason no one is looking to America for guidance. He ca hardly string sentence together, when he does he talks absolute rubbish and struggles to keep a thread going. Americans are in serious trouble

 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
I would imagine that Cheltenham is probably far more dangerous than football due to the preponderance of cash. Again, just an opinion, but i would think that some virus hanging around for a few hours on bank notes is a far bigger risk than any random outdoor transmission and the number of hands a bank note might go through in a day is huge.
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Not just the cash, but also the way folk move around the whole course and mingle with huge numbers of others. It’s hard to imagine another sporting meeting so suited to the spread of a virus.
 
Mon Autre said:
I'm not sure how you can almost guarantee how nobody at Cheltenham will have it, but regardless of that, being directly coughed or sneezed onto is only the thin end of the wedge and it's irresponsible to suggest otherwise. That single person can cough into their hand, a few seconds later they're touching a door handle that thousands of other people will touch over the course of the day. They might hand over some money to a bookie or a bar person who then pulls a pint that somebody else drinks from. They don't have to cough or sneeze directly onto anyone to spread it around.

You could come into contact with the germs on your way to the event and then spread them around without even having it yourself. I appreciate by this logic you could argue that nobody should be going anywhere but I think it's perfectly reasonable to suggest that events that attract large crowds of people in close proximity to people are likely to result in the virus spreading more rapidly. Hard to believe that we won't see these kind of events go behind closed doors eventually.
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Verry true. I would not have gone to Cheltenham if i had arranged it this week. There is no way i would get on a cruise ship right now either. I would be less botheerd about a football match though. I guess there is a level of risk with everuything and it is up to each indviduial right now what they do. Give it a few weeks and that decisions might be made for us.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
I would imagine that Cheltenham is probably far more dangerous than football due to the preponderance of cash. Again, just an opinion, but i would think that some virus hanging around for a few hours on bank notes is a far bigger risk than any random outdoor transmission and the number of hands a bank note might go through in a day is huge.
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Haven't been to the races but while I imagine cash is more prevalent, most bookies take cashless these days so maybe it's not as much as you think. That said, at least going cashless at these events could be a pragmatic step if we're going to let them go ahead. Removing cash from the equation still leaves a lot of risk in place at the football though. Food/drink vendors, toilet doors, people in close proximity for an extended period of time etc I think we'll see matches go behind closed doors in a couple of weeks and we'll be left wondering why we didn't just do it sooner.
 
Gaudion M said:
Verry true. I would not have gone to Cheltenham if i had arranged it this week. There is no way i would get on a cruise ship right now either. I would be less botheerd about a football match though. I guess there is a level of risk with everuything and it is up to each indviduial right now what they do. Give it a few weeks and that decisions might be made for us.
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Whilst not disagreeing with any of that, it does make me smile, a little at least, when random people who are stuck on a cruise ship describe it as like 'being in prison'...
 
Mon Autre said:
Haven't been to the races but while I imagine cash is more prevalent, most bookies take cashless these days so maybe it's not as much as you think. That said, at least going cashless at these events could be a pragmatic step if we're going to let them go ahead. Removing cash from the equation still leaves a lot of risk in place at the football though. Food/drink vendors, toilet doors, people in close proximity for an extended period of time etc I think we'll see matches go behind closed doors in a couple of weeks and we'll be left wondering why we didn't just do it sooner.
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Viruses can live on bank cards too.
 
Mon Autre said:
Haven't been to the races but while I imagine cash is more prevalent, most bookies take cashless these days so maybe it's not as much as you think. That said, at least going cashless at these events could be a pragmatic step if we're going to let them go ahead. Removing cash from the equation still leaves a lot of risk in place at the football though. Food/drink vendors, toilet doors, people in close proximity for an extended period of time etc I think we'll see matches go behind closed doors in a couple of weeks and we'll be left wondering why we didn't just do it sooner.
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They might take cashless but they don't pay out cashless!!
 
SWP's back said:
Weirdly for the point you’re trying to prove, the “bollocks talkers” are quoting real figures and experts. Where as the ones saying everything will be ok once the sun comes out are basing it on absolutely fuck all.
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I wasn't basing my comments particularly on this thread, just in general bluemoon activity.

But in regards to CV 'bollocks talkers' there are a few on here no matter what the end result.
 
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