COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[ayrshire_blue]

Fair enough.

Idiots will infect other idiots easily, I'll do my best best to avoid idiots, sadly I can't guarantee I will, as there are things I have to do outside.

Thing is mate, it's not simply a case of avoiding the idiots. If it were, I reckon I could just about manage it. But it's avoiding the poor shopkeeper they've already passed it on to, or avoiding chatting to that dog walker you always meet - who just happens to be a close relative of one of the idiots and has passed it on to them. Their actions have massive repercussions for the rest of us, whether we go anywhere near those specifically involved or not.

 

[waspish]

Good informative video.

 

[SWP's back]

WHO now recommending everyone wears masks. Why did it take so long?

 

[waspish]

WHO now recommending everyone wears masks. Why did it take so long?

Am sure it was the demand for them would be that high that it would effect the nhs getting them.

 

[Uwe`s Grandad]

Am sure it was the demand for them would be that high that it would effect the nhs getting them.

People keep saying this , but the masks that the majority of the public would have available to them are not the same grade as the ones used in hospitals.

 

[Marvin]

Masks. Credit where credit's due @BlueAnorak

 

[mrbelfry]

Doubt the WHO would place restrictions on masks for the benefit of the NHS. My guess is that there are different understandings of the word mask. Advocates for one approach over another start clashing like Karen and BlueAnorak have on this thread so views become entrenched. Then once you've been on one course for a while it is hard to change tack/tact as you're not just conceding to a colleague or peer (and the loss of reputation or power that may represent) you also open yourself up to accusations that your poor decision led to unnecessary deaths.

Even now there will be people passionately arguing that wearing masks is going to give a false sense of security and you need special training to take them on and off to not negate the effectiveness of them. Educated and thoughtful people can be sincerely wrong

 

[Rammy Blue]

Christ almighty, anyone seen the images from Parliament Square on the news? Fucking ridiculous, there are once again umpteen thousands of people protesting, far too close to each other. It’s mental.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Christ almighty, anyone seen the images from Parliament Square on the news? Fucking ridiculous, there are once again umpteen thousands of people protesting, far too close to each other. It’s mental.

Black lives matter should read No lives matter

 

[mexico1970]

Christ almighty, anyone seen the images from Parliament Square on the news? Fucking ridiculous, there are once again umpteen thousands of people protesting, far too close to each other. It’s mental.

All this after the news we are getting that BAME people are adversly affected by this virus, it's madness.

More confusion about masks too and in particular should NHS wear them and anyone who goes to hospital, they seriously don't know their arse from their elbow.