COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[mayo31]

What does he ever mean? Nobody should ever listen to a word the **** ever says.

The only way people like Trump will listen is when they get it or family member

 

[blueparrot]

A bloke who seemed to know his stuff on a podcast I listened to earlier disagrees. Reason for his disagreement was that 38% of nurses have children so would be unable to work

Possibly in two weeks when the UK cases will probably be peaking the schools will be closing for easter anyway, so I suppose closing now would mean working families need child care for a month which would be extremely difficult for many health service workers.

 

[Uffa]

its creating panic because no one trusts a word their saying,how anyone can stand there straight faced and say events and school could be damaging if closed, the only thing that gets damaged in that case is the economy so its versus peoples lives,truly schocking and something i only thought the likes of Hitler could be capable of

And we now have two cases of Godwin's law in the thread I think.

 

[andyhinch]

Not at all and I’m all for sporting events etc being cancelled but people are still going to be on tubes, trams, trains and buses unless we totally restrict movement and I certainly don’t see that happening.

I’m just advocating minimising risk, stopping as much none essential travelling/mass gatherings would help.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

its creating panic because no one trusts a word their saying,how anyone can stand there straight faced and say events and school could be damaging if closed, the only thing that gets damaged in that case is the economy so its versus peoples lives,truly schocking and something i only thought the likes of Hitler could be capable of

oh shut up.

 

[mackenzie]

Based on?

Based on it being pretty obvious, after listening to BJ tonight

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Part of the reluctance to shut schools will likely be due to many of those parents being medical staff. That would be a large chunk of front line staff not available. With the reasoning kids are low risk and most teachers being young and healthy. If they have to close to stop the kids being a carrier the parents will have to stay home, having gran and grandad look after them is not a reasonable solution given this virus is much more of a health risk to them. People are stuck between a rock and a hard place whatever choices they make it seems.

It’s also because the worst cases of domestic violence and economic stress in households are during school holidays when kids are at home. A lot of welfare officers in schools don’t want schools closing.

A lot of households can’t afford to feed their kids. Schools open in the Summer holidays in some areas so that families who struggle to afford two to four meals a day for a family can have their kids fed.

 

[inchy14]

I’m supposed to be flying to Cyprus on Saturday, they’ve just moved UK passengers back into category 2 from 3. It says self isolation at home for 14 days but I don’t know if that’s if you test positive at the airport or just if you fly there? I’m only due to be there for 4 nights, do I have to stay? Can I just fly back on my normal flight? Can’t find answers anywhere at the minute. So fucking frustrating.

 

[creditunionhero]

I think our leaders are playing a blinder. A bit like first world war Generals

1. A lot of older people will die. Solves the pension crisis in one.
2. Self isolate for 7 days. In severe cases the virus acts very quickly, by the time you know its bad its to late. Result the NHS is not overloaded.

 

[Indaparkside]

So we are now comparing the PM to hitler because he's not doing what you think he should.
nice!

Ridiculous now if he said
Heinrich himmler:)