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jay_mcfc said:
I despise the bloke but he's 100% correct on this and the way he's been banging the drum is exactly what we've needed.
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Absolutely and entirely agree. It's disappointing tbh that government ministers haven't been challenged as directly by the so-called big hitter political journalists.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Everything in that article squares 100 per cent with what my late dad told me about the war and what it was like in Manchester. He served in the army and used to laugh his socks off at the propaganda version of events in ourr media. He said "Dad's Army" (which he loved) was a more accurate observation of the disorganised state of our country in wartime. He also had no time for politicians who liked to bask in the reflected glory of Remembrance Sunday events. He used to switch off the TV when those events came on.
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You should like his post. He likes that.
 
Uffa said:
We don't, not in particular at least. The neighbours we love to hate are others ;)
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Italians and the British have a particularly better relationship than others in Europe in my opinion.

When I think of Italy and the Italians I think of the great culture and of them being cool as fuck.

I’m not so positive towards the French and Spanish when I first think of them ;-)

The Germans are alright, they like beer and I like beer but they’re a bit dull.

Some don’t like us but it’s just because we keep beating them at wars ;-)
 
Marvin said:
There is one obvious difference: testing.
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How long have they been testing? And who? People in hospitals only?
The recovered figure of 266, doesn't make much sense to me. Spain's recovered figure is over 3000.
Does this mean that although for some reason the number of positive tests in both countries is similar hardly anyone in Germany needs hospitalisation?

Another curiosity. Iran after fast start is dropping down the table quickly. Why?
 
Ban-jani said:
Italians and the British have a particularly better relationship than others in Europe in my opinion.

When I think of Italy and the Italians I think of the great culture and of them being cool as fuck.

I’m not so positive towards the French and Spanish when I first think of them ;-)

The Germans are alright, they like beer and I like beer but they’re a bit dull.

Some don’t like us but it’s just because we keep beating them at wars ;-)
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I like the Italians... most of their fanbases don’t feel the need to incessantly smash fuck out of a drum for 90 minutes!

They’re a lot cooler than other Europeans.

Great food too!
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
The Germans have perhaps been more disciplined about social distancing?
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The key is the testing, it's the only thing that explains the numbers.

Imagine this:

- 100 people are infected here and 50 are infected in Germany.

- Germany however tests twice as many people as us and finds 50 people infected. We do our tests and find 50 infected too.

- Do we both have 50 people infected though? No, we have 50 more but we don't know about the other 50.

- Let's say this virus kills 1 in 50 so that means 1 person in Germany dies but 2 die here in the UK.

- So why have 2 died in the UK and 1 has in Germany but we both have the same amount of cases?

Obviously this makes it look like Germany is doing better but the fact is they just have 50 less infections.

As Germany tested more people they can take actions early and that is why Italy is where it is who still test so little.
 
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Psychedelic Casual said:
I like the Italians... most of their fanbases don’t feel the need to incessantly smash fuck out of a drum for 90 minutes!

They’re a lot cooler than other Europeans.

Great food too!
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I’ve always got on with them better than other countries when I’ve been. They seem to be warmer towards us.

They are a bit crackers but in an exciting way.
 
Just had a meeting in work and we've been informed that if anyone receives a letter stating they are in a high risk category, and should self isolate for 12 weeks, then they have to use holidays as not eligible for company sick pay.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
we have decided to call it at our house today?

I have had a scratchy throat for a couple of weeks, an irritant cough, but nothing persistent. No real temperature. Last two days my cough has become more regular and working hard to hack and clear my airways (without much luck) I also have a leaky nose. It's my eyes though, they feel really dry and stingy - is that even a symptom?

I have purposely stayed at home the majority of this time and stayed away from people, wife and kids have no symptoms. Just keep our distance from each other and enjoying the garden.

All of the above I would also get for allergies/hay fever but not sure if even the season for it?

I'm frustrated by this because feel strong. My little girl's birthday tomorrow. The plan is for me to sleep in my office and continue to work in there through the day, with the kids being home in their own rooms studying.

Apart from that, I do the 14-days - they do seven - we just retain two metre distance within our own home?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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The eyes is the thing niggling at me last few days, mine have been sleepy like, if that makes sense, no other symptoms as yet but worried their on the way.

Discussed with wife how we,ll do it if one of us comes down with it (gods knows what we do if we both get it with 3 young kids), strict isolation in bedroom for 14days and meticulous cleaning down of anything touched/used in bathroom is the plan.

Have read a few things this morning which indicate the virus can remain on a variety of surfaces for varying times up to a couple of days.

Other than that fingers crossed and hope for best :-) hope everything works out well for you all, take care
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Everything in that article squares 100 per cent with what my late dad told me about the war and what it was like in Manchester. He served in the army and used to laugh his socks off at the propaganda version of events in ourr media. He said "Dad's Army" (which he loved) was a more accurate observation of the disorganised state of our country in wartime. He also had no time for politicians who liked to bask in the reflected glory of Remembrance Sunday events. He used to switch off the TV when those events came on.
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Read a report once about a dance hall that got hit by a bomb, killing everyone inside, when the dust settled, people were in there taking jewellery, watches and wallets from the dead.
 
robbieh said:
He said 3, but if it was I think we'd be seeing even worse scenarios than we are.

Even so at 2.0, that still translates to 1,000 after 10 steps.

And means there are probably thousands of people wandering about unaware they are infected.
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That much is a given mate. They estimated there were between 5,000 and 10,000 infected 10 days ago when the reported numbers were only 500. It would be logical to assume that the numbers today are 50,000 to 100,000 although frankly I would not be surprised if it was much higher than that.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
I think the Germans live in communities more akin to ours. Whereas in Spain and Italy in some families a lot of generations of the same family all live together.
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Yeah, Italians & Spanish people look after their elderly parents in their own home, we tend to throw them into nursing homes at the first sign of any problems
 
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