COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[grunge]

I hear it doesn't like alcohol either, so keeping it full of that might help (obviously not while driving or at work).

39 people in Iran have died from alcohol poisoning because of that meme!

Darwin in action!

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I like @Indaparkside and @SWP's back.

Be nice to each other lads, this isn't worth a barney.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

Algarveflu.

bastard! it wasn’t ready for release until the summer...Didn’t realize how hard it was to get a rabies virus to procreate with an HIV one and make little babies!

 

[aguero93:20]

I like @Indaparkside and @SWP's back.

Be nice to each other lads, this isn't worth a barney.

So do I, but it could be entertaining so I'm all for it. Go for it lads.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Yeah, I get that mate. My post was in response to ‘not believing a word the Chinese say’. Whilst we could never replicate it, I think their response to this has been pretty amazing. That’s as much Chinese society than the government that have put the restrictions in place. I would be interested in what the South Koreans have done. I have to admit I find it pretty scary that we may be just a couple of weeks behind Italy. I was following a tweet thread from an Italian medic this morning and if you believe what he was saying, Lombardy health service is in meltdown because of the numbers that require ICU. The elderly are being triaged according to potential outcome. Not everyone is getting treated. I know it’s twitter but bloody hell it was intense if true. We really need to be thinking hard as individuals how we should modify our life over the next few weeks to try and slow this down. Doesn’t matter if young or old, this has the potential to hurt any of us be it personally, our parents or our grandparents.

Oh, I completely agree about the response in China being amazing... though, I am not sure that is an entirely good “amazing”, as some of the measures the Chinese government have taken have bordered on human rights violations.

But I think the Chinese people caught in the lockdowns and draconian measures themselves have sacrificed immensely for the benefit of the country and the world, and we really shouldn’t down play that contribution.

Regarding that twitter thread, I just had a mate send it to me awhile ago and I am just hoping it is a sensationalist wind up. Otherwise it really is grim reading.

 

[Blue Hefner]

I’ve been thinking, we may all change our usernames soon so they are more accurate to our current states of health.

Here are a few suggestions:

Mazzarelli’s Swiss Wheeze
SebastianFlu
andyhunch - @andyhinch
karen-19 - @karen7
squirtyshower - @squirtyflower
heavers - @cleavers
Luffa - @Uffa
Sippy_boy - @Chippy_boy
aguero9320° - @aguero93:20
CFR19.93 - @MCFC1993
stenchy14 - @inchy14
Sic - @Ric

Flu-Hefner

 

[squirtyflower]

Some colleagues of mine were supposed to go to SXSW - one to host a talk. Gutting for them but what can you do when the decision isn’t yours.

It also seems I spoke too soon, as of this afternoon I’ve been told to WFH on Friday as a practise. Ha.

Surely you’re going to turn it down and stay in work. Don’t rise to the hysteria

 

[Chippy_boy]

It's far less risky than touching your eyes, nose, ears or any open wound.

Really? You can catch COVID-19 through a cut on your leg? First I've heard of it.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Really? You can catch COVID-19 through a cut on your leg? First I've heard of it.

That’s nearly any viral or bacterial infection, mate.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

I like @Indaparkside and @SWP's back.

Be nice to each other lads, this isn't worth a barney.

I like them both, but which is better? There’s only one way to find out...

 

[SebastianBlue]

I like them both, but which is better? There’s only one way to find out...

To the quarantine pits!

 

[bluethrunthru]

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

So do I, but it could be entertaining so I'm all for it. Go for it lads.

swp. “Say again it’s like flu, go on just say it , go on say it I fuckin dare you.”

indaparkside “ it’s just like flu “

FIIIGGGHHHTTT.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

To the quarantine pits!

@karen7 this is your 100k present.

 

[marco]

im no doc but expect this to be correct and open wound to a virus is like a nice juicy fanny to humans

 

[Blue Smarties]

Surely you’re going to turn it down and stay in work. Don’t rise to the hysteria

I’ll be going to the pub after work on Thursday, that’s what I’ll be doing.

 

[jay_mcfc]

So do I, but it could be entertaining so I'm all for it. Go for it lads.

Who’s your money on?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I don’t believe a single number the Chinese come out with.

Indeed. It's entirely possible that they've got this under control and if so, fair play to them. But it's also absolutely certain that if they didn't have it under control, they'd be releasing stories and figures to show that they have.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I like them both, but which is better? There’s only one way to find out...

 

[jay_mcfc]

With all these loo roll sales it’s a shame Franny doesn’t own us any longer!