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46  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 25, 2020, 06:31:39 PM
Excellent presser, not crying like a baby saying pointless sorries every 5 seconds. Independent, thinks for himself, seems like an aspirational figure to me.


Agreed.

If he just had the balls to tell the truth instead if treating us all like idiots he's be great.

So how many porkies do you think he told in that conference then ?

I get the castle one with the eyesight etc but apart from that he came across quite credible to me and
I disliked the guy immensely before today.

"Apart from the bit where he lied to my face I found him credible and believed him"

Come on.
47  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 24, 2020, 06:40:54 PM
For me, the most troubling day of the Covid-19 crisis so far.

The combination of the behaviour of a member of the government, the reaction of the prime minister, & the time & priority the media have given to this will affect negatively the way a percentage of the population will act in the coming weeks.
The consequences of that are unquantifiable, but it will certainly affect the health of some people.

It appears to me that none of those involved have given that enough consideration.

I really do not like politics.

You can't blame the media for doing their job. This is all on the government.
48  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 24, 2020, 06:39:54 PM
Because they will never admit any wrong doing.
49  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 24, 2020, 05:29:23 PM
This is shameful.
50  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 24, 2020, 05:15:16 PM
To say what he just did in a live statement to the country is incredible.
51  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 24, 2020, 12:45:09 PM
Twiitter full of people with stories along the lines. 'My (insert relative) was critically ill/dying at home and I didn't go and see them, I'm enraged'.

I wouldn't be publishing how callous I am just to make some point about Cummings.

This is an awful post.

What don't you like. Don't just be a hater

The bit calling people callous for following the law. Imagine saying that to someone you know.

Also I wasn't aware the law was somehow optional and it was up to us to pick and choose how we wish to apply it.
52  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 24, 2020, 12:21:07 PM
Twiitter full of people with stories along the lines. 'My (insert relative) was critically ill/dying at home and I didn't go and see them, I'm enraged'.

I wouldn't be publishing how callous I am just to make some point about Cummings.

This is an awful post.
53  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 23, 2020, 01:45:59 PM
The cabinet falling into line to defend Cummings is shameful. The health secretary now saying it was ok to not follow the rules. This can't be allowed to go on surely?
54  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 20, 2020, 11:11:10 AM
How long as a society can we wait for a vaccine?

If a totally successful vaccine does not inoculate the entire population of the the world by the end of 2021 would we still be in lockdown by Christmas 2021, not having met grandparents in nearly 2 years?

If a vaccine is produced but it only knocks 50% off the death rate and has side effects which harm 0.1% of young people, should it be used?

Will any vaccine be compulsory?

If Trump announces a successful vaccine in October, 2 weeks before the US election, do we believe him?

We should proceed from right now as if one is never found. Plan to have as much risk as possible eliminated (including genuine track and trace capability even if it takes 50,000 people) and then have everything open by something like end of June. Let adult individuals decide the level of risk they are prepared to take in terms of visiting the disease on their weak and elderly friends and relatives. Have a clear testing capability for anyone entering a care home or hospital.

It's taking a long time to get deaths and new infections down to really low numbers so track and trace works - we can expect that this will happen in the next 3-4 weeks but from then, a very complex issue should should be easy in the sense that not moving forward is not an option.  Government and businesses only need continue to do real things that reduce risk as far as possible and let the rest of us make our own choices.


Can we? The incompetence shown so far wouldn't fill me with hope.
55  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 12, 2020, 02:05:05 PM
furloughing scheme will be extended for four months until the end of October

There will be no changes to the scheme until end of July

From August employers will be able to bring furloughed employers back part time


Think this is genuinely impressive stuff, and Sunak has been really good throughout

Yes. Credit where it is due. I struggle to imagine the party as a whole are overly happy about this but for now it seems to be the right thing to do.
56  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 11, 2020, 07:19:23 PM
Yes, obviously Smiley

It's still a stupid fuck up though. And neither of his lackies even corrected him.
57  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 11, 2020, 07:15:38 PM
Very first question and they've not answered it. They've waffled around it a bit and common sense might say the answer is obvious but they've not actually answered the specific question asked.
58  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 11, 2020, 07:10:27 PM
Sweet. Pubs etc open no later than July 4th according to the PM.
59  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 11, 2020, 04:56:25 PM
Two things from today :

1. A fair chunk of the people I have heard using the word 'confusing' have at some point inferred that their biggest issue is that the statement didn't say what they wanted it to say (go & visit relatives etc...).

2. Listened to some of Keir Starmer in the HoC. Really like his approach - no anger or name calling, just sticking to the issues. Could become a fan.

The hysteria over the last 24 hours is the first time I've felt like I wanted to shut out all social media channels during this crisis. Just seemed like nothing in between blind loyalty & pre-conditioned opposition.

You'll notice he didn't really answer any of Starmer's questions.
60  Community Forums / The Lounge / Re: COVID19 on: May 11, 2020, 03:34:44 PM
He's just mentioned this figure of we've avoided 500,000 deaths again. Since when was that a thing? I thought the worst-case they were working towards was the 20,000 we've already passed?

Smells of trying to spin a failure into some sort of success.
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