Coronavirus Death Thread

[Yevrah]

This was obvious in early-March, and why the initial government approach was the right one. Now here we are, four months into a three week lockdown and people are still being pathetic.

If the government had handled things remotely properly then there might be a chance of people listening to them if they said "now is the time to get out again", but they've repeatedly fisted it from day 1 and have completely lost control so it doesn't matter what they say now.

[Shindig]

In fairness, you can never test enough when there's so many asymptomatic people about. The government's always asking people to come forward so they can catch a wide net. Track and trace is supposed to be helping with that as well but, if you've got a person who doesn't feel unwell, they're going to do fuck all.

[Lewis]

They were handling it properly, but should have been unwinding it as soon as the peak was over in April (or whenever it was) and Our NHS didn't fall to pieces. They lost me with the schools re-opening cowardice.

[Yevrah]

Shouldn't have locked down but they were handling it properly?

[Shindig]

We could do with some airport testing with quick turnarounds. I suspect we don't have the gear for that.

[Lewis]

I wouldn't have gone much beyond what was originally suggested, but you can see how they came to the decision to lockdown for a few weeks while the worst of it came around. Once we got a look at it though it should have been wound down months ago. Flatten the curve made sense, and then it somehow moved to eradicating it, which isn't happening.

[Dquincy]

We're probably going to have developed a vaccine within 12 months of this thing coming into existence. Seems pretty good going to me.

Spot on. And all because of scientists and their hard work. To think there are people insistent on criticising them.

[phonics]

I just checked the UN Vaccine Landscape and the only ones in phase 3 are Chinese Pharma companies so you can forget those.

The only other is this one using Antigens with a similar technique to Zika which isn't a vaccine but a 'cure' with reprecussions.

[Yevrah]

We're not going to get a vaccine by the end of this year, it's cloud cuckoo land to think we will. And I've no beef with actual scientists, they're doing the best work going during all of this.

[Queenslander]

The time has come to burn Victoria nd salt the earth for the good of the Nation.

[7om]

We're not going to get a vaccine by the end of this year, it's cloud cuckoo land to think we will. And I've no beef with actual scientists, they're doing the best work going during all of this.

It's definitely not cloud cuckoo land. I'm convinced the Oxford vaccine will be approved before the end of the year. I've said it from the start: there will be no traditional 'phase 3' here. It will be approved as soon as they see it is safe and produces antibodies.

[Shindig]

America will rush one through as well. They already skipped the animal testing in favour of human trials. India wanted a vaccine by August which .... y'know, isn't on.

[John Arne]

V.League suspended again after the first community case in 99 days over here. The city where it was found, Danang, locked down for 2 weeks.

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53541503

Take the holiday, book a test on the way back and get out of the quarantine that way.

[Jimmy Floyd]

V.League suspended again after the first community case in 99 days over here. The city where it was found, Danang, locked down for 2 weeks.

If you're going to lock cities down every time one bloke gets ill, it'll be a long old road back.

[Shindig]

I like the approach, to be honest. Keep everyone in the same place, test like mad and find out just where that disease is spreading, if at all.

[Queenslander]

The Vietnamese are lovely people this definitely wouldnt work in Australia.


'Childish' conspiracy theorist slammed for breaching Victorian police checkpoint


https://www.sbs.com.au/news/childish-conspiracy-theorist-slammed-for-breaching-victorian-police-checkpoint

[Magic]

I wouldn't have gone much beyond what was originally suggested, but you can see how they came to the decision to lockdown for a few weeks while the worst of it came around. Once we got a look at it though it should have been wound down months ago. Flatten the curve made sense, and then it somehow moved to eradicating it, which isn't happening.

Good point. It moved to DEFEATING the virus and the once tolerance it would always be here has totally disappeared.

[John Arne]

If you're going to lock cities down every time one bloke gets ill, it'll be a long old road back.

It is a strong reaction, but then we've had 450 cases and 0 deaths so far, so I'm happy to follow the government on this one. Note: it seems flights and still moving in and out, just mask wearing, social distancing and no crowds gathering enacted again.

[Giggles]

V.League suspended again after the first community case in 99 days over here. The city where it was found, Danang, locked down for 2 weeks.

That’s how you do it. Wish other countries would follow suit. Your numbers have shown it works so there should be no argument.

[Giggles]

Never seen anything like the amount of nordies infesting here this weekend. You think they would have some responsibility and go to their own north coast for the time being. A nuisance at the best of times the tacky cunts.

[Mike]

Just got half way to the shop before remembering I need a mask to buy milk. This virus sucks.

[Lewis]

I am not a fan of these masks in shops.

[Don]

The best part about the airport in these summer times is obviously the poonani. Saw what were no doubt some elite tings but the masks just completely got in the way. My parents didn't lie about being political prisoners just so I can be restricted to the same perving laws as the motherland ffs.

[Giggles]

The best part about the airport in these summer times is obviously the poonani. Saw what were no doubt some elite tings but the masks just completely got in the way. My parents didn't lie about being political prisoners just so I can be restricted to the same perving laws as the motherland ffs.

I thought kids didn’t have to wear them.

[Lewis]

:lol:

[Don]

Lewis' post has really escalated that and leaves me seething.

[Spikey M]

I was going to chuck in a :D but I'd feel bad now.

[Don]

Appreciated, bro.

[Dquincy]

People here are complaining about wearing a mask in a shop. Whilst it is an inconvenience, it's really nothing more. And surely, if it helps restrict the spread of the virus, it's an inconvenience worth having.

In the spirit of transparency, I did enter a shop on Friday without a mask because I forgot it. The shop owner did not throw me out.

I see the England curve is slowly increasing. Although, I think the economy will be the main driver now.

[Dquincy]

http://news.sky.com/story/vietnam-evacuating-80000-people-from-city-after-three-positive-coronavirus-tests-12037025

Vietnam evacuating 80,000 people from city after 3 people test positive.

[Yevrah]

Won't they be evacuating the virus with them if they do that?

[niko_cee]

14 day quarantine period for them when they get to where they're going.

'Evacuating' seems to be over-egging the pudding there slightly anyway.

[Shindig]

Listening to those people coming back from Spain, some of them are really fucking thick. "It felt safer there than in the UK. No mandatory face masks or anything."

Aye. Makes you wonder how it came back so quick, doesn't it? And then another cunt comes on saying he's going to fuck the quarantine off because, "DOMINIC CUMMINZ! And they gave us no notice which is bloody typical government!" He says as the government's typical response has been to wait at least two weeks to introduce everything.

[Dquincy]

The cumming's excuse is moronic. And people complaining about the quick response of the UK government implementing the Spain quarantine are even more moronic. If you chose to go on holiday when there is an active pandemic, then you must accept the risks that come with it.

I know people have compared the CV-19 lockdown with what people had to overcome during WW1 and WW2, but i wonder if people bitched and moaned about it as much back then as they are now.

[Boydy]

I went to the shop there today and not a single other person was wearing a mask.

They're not mandatory here yet but the health minister said last week they would recommend them and then if people don't actually take it upon themselves to wear them they'll have to make it mandatory.

Should just fucking do it already. People are stupid.

[Yevrah]

I've been to my local tesco twice since Friday and I'd say 50% of customers, if that, were wearing masks.

[Boydy]

The staff aren't even wearing them either. Shouldn't they be setting an example?

[Yevrah]

The staff aren't even wearing them either. Shouldn't they be setting an example?

Probably, but I can hardly blame them for not wanting to be stuck in one of those things for a 10 hour shift in a grotty supermarket.

[Jimmy Floyd]

As Key Workers, I submit to their impeccable judgement and work ethic.

[Yevrah]

Given there were only 14 new cases confirmed in my county in the last week, and the ease at which one can get a test (kudos to the gov't for that by the way), I'd probably question the point of them being mandatory nationwide anyway.

4 months ago was the time to have been doing that.

[Magic]

I've been to my local tesco twice since Friday and I'd say 50% of customers, if that, were wearing masks.

After an initial almost 100% of people in Scotland, we're down to around this as well I'd say.

[Ian]

The two shops I've been in the last few days everybody's had them on.

Not all fully understanding HOW to wear them but y'know, you can't win 'em all.

[Disco]

Shopped on Saturday and I only saw one person without one, most of the staff were wearing them too even though I assume it's their choice as it isn't mandatory.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I ordered Chinese yesterday and was told that I need a mask to collect. The woman was not wearing a mask herself though which was odd.

Especially as she was wearing one when I ordered a few weeks ago.

[Baz]

Just didn’t wanna have to look at your face.

[Dquincy]

Lol.

In other news...http://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-pet-cat-becomes-first-animal-to-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-uk-12037318

KILL ALL CATS.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just didn’t wanna have to look at your face.

I don't blame her.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went to Boots and Sainsbury's today and everyone I saw (customers that is, staff were about 50/50) was wearing a mask.

It was the first time I was wearing one for more than 2 minutes today and I fucking hate it. My glasses were constantly fogging up unless they were in an exact position (balancing on the nose bar) and it was so fucking hot.

[Spikey M]

I've been wearing one in shops since Friday and I've no idea what people are making such a big deal out of.

[Shindig]

My glasses don't fog up on mine. It's all to do with the fit so you've probably got a gap somewhere. Don't make the mistake I made of wearing upside down.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've been wearing one in shops since Friday and I've no idea what people are making such a big deal out of.

I'm sweating so much in mine, it creates so much heat and I don't know why.

[Spikey M]

It's your breath.

[Giggles]

I'm sweating so much in mine, it creates so much heat and I don't know why.

It’s the covid temperature.

[Manc]

Masks with a beak are key imo.

[Dquincy]

Stop whining.

[Foe]

I've been wearing one in shops since Friday and I've no idea what people are making such a big deal out of.

It’s really not that difficult for a 5-10 minute period of time.

Arsed being a key worker wearing it for 10-12 hours but as a casual wearer it’s annoying but tolerable.

If my work said I had to wear one in the office upon return I’d be pissed though. No thanks.

[mugbull]

I did an 11 hour transatlantic flight in a mask yesterday and it didn't bother me one bit

[Manc]

Rock hard.

[mugbull]

Apparently

[Shindig]

I want a transatlantic flight. :(

[Pepe]

Teaching with a mask on will be a pain in the arse I'm sure. Will need to up my winking game or students might misunderstand my bantz.

[Giggles]

Our teachers aren’t allowed as it’s “better for the wellbeing of the children” to be able to read their facial expressions :rolleyes:

Definitely not enough slaps handed out in schools these days.

[Yevrah]

They are worse than I imagined they would be to wear, but given shopping is such a horrid experience anyway they probably barely detract from the experience.

[Dquincy]

Why aren't you people getting Tesco (or insert other name) delivery? It takes the aggro out of the process.

[Yevrah]

Why aren't you people getting Tesco (or insert other name) delivery? It takes the aggro out of the process.

I do, but sometimes you just need to pop to the shop for one thing. Friday was milk and yesterday was for some booze for a bbq.

[Giggles]

Why aren't you people getting Tesco (or insert other name) delivery? It takes the aggro out of the process.

They’re like gold dust with about a 2 week wait last time I checked here. They also ask that if you’re not old, etc that you don’t get one.

I normally just go to the local Super Valu for opening at 8am on a Saturday or Sunday morning and I’m out and gone before half past with the fortnight bought.

[Baz]

I did an 11 hour transatlantic flight in a mask yesterday and it didn't bother me one bitDid you change it every 2 hours? :dc:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't like them as an idea, but actually wearing one is fine.

[Dquincy]

I do, but sometimes you just need to pop to the shop for one thing. Friday was milk and yesterday was for some booze for a bbq.

Fair point.

The deliveries seem to be getting slightly easier to book compared to a month or so ago. We did stop booking them during peak lockdown as my wife's moral compass kicked in... and available slots were as rare as rocking horse shit.

[Spoonsky]

I did an 11 hour transatlantic flight in a mask yesterday and it didn't bother me one bit

Welcome to the fuckstorm, I hope you enjoyed the past few months of sanity. (assuming you're flying back to CA)

[mugbull]

Welcome to the fuckstorm, I hope you enjoyed the past few months of sanity. (assuming you're flying back to CA)

It's a change. I haven't been on lockdown at all during this, and I've barely experienced any restrictions on my daily life (save for clubs closing) so flying into a place where you can't sit inside at a restaurant and where there are literally painted circles on the grass telling you where to sit was a bit of a culture shock. Not a huge deal tho and i'm only here for a month so if it gets real bad in SF i can just use my dual citizenship to gtfo back to Europe

[Spikey M]

Cue all flights in or out of America being banned in 5... 4... 3...

[Shindig]

We already can't fly to America. They can fly to us though which sounds like a complete arse.

[Baz]

Can poor people get free face masks or are they forced to stay in now?

[Don]

It's a face covering and if they can't afford some extra fabric I'd presume they have no business in a shop.

[mugbull]

Cue all flights in or out of America being banned in 5... 4... 3...

Wouldn't be the end of the world. Could write my thesis remotely from the beaches of Hawaii or something

[Don]

What's the opposite of excess deaths? Insufficient deaths?

'Displaced mortality', kids.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/28/why-deaths-wales-england-below-five-year-average-covid-19-ons

[Dquincy]

It's a face covering and if they can't afford some extra fabric I'd presume they have no business in a shop.

I had two morons behind me in the post office today not wearing masks. And I do mean morons, something not quite right with them. I gave them the British disapproving look, but they seemed too preoccupied on whether to choose recorded delivery or not.

[Queenslander]

A selfish cunt who is a teacher has returned from interstate has tested positive for covid after they returned to work at a high school.

[phonics]

It's almost like he was forced into making a bad decusuib due to economic circumstance.

[Don]

I don't know what deprived low socio-economic areas you people reside in, I've been gagging to come across some rebel cunts so I can point and laugh at them but even Lidl in these ends has full compliance.

[Spikey M]

Can poor people get free face masks or are they forced to stay in now?

They can wrap our newly untaxed sanitary towels around their faces.

[Queenslander]

These 2 will be going to prison hopefully.

Or lynched in Logans Town Square whatever is easier. Their lives in Logan are over anyway if their is an outbreak.


19-year-old women are under criminal investigation after returning to Brisbane from Melbourne and allegedly failing to self-isolate before testing positive to COVID-19.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-29/coronavirus-australia-live-news-covid19-queensland-victoria-nsw/12501508

[John Arne]

New cases detected in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Danang already in full lockdown. Government warns that it will be taking "swift action".
Apparently it's a different strain to before, this time similar to the strain the UK and Europe (this one being more contagious).

[Queenslander]

New cases detected in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Danang already in full lockdown. Government warns that it will be taking "swift action".
Apparently it's a different strain to before, this time similar to the strain the UK and Europe (this one being more contagious).

Fucking hell!

[Queenslander]

These 2 will be going to prison hopefully.

Or lynched in Logans Town Square whatever is easier. Their lives in Logan are over anyway if their is an outbreak.




https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-29/coronavirus-australia-live-news-covid19-queensland-victoria-nsw/12501508

And now we have community transmission with a friend testing positive.

2 big shopping centres have been closed now along with a High School.

[niko_cee]

Apparently we've been in the news over there for sending quarantine breachers to prison (150 days per admitted breach or £3000 fine).

This was from my Sydney dwelling friend who is planning a trip to Port Douglas in a few weeks if the borders are open . . .

[Queenslander]

Have you got a link to your local news?

[Queenslander]

QLD Health have released there contact tracing locations.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3201849136589813&id=217333648374725

I had no idea Greater Sydney was this massive.

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[niko_cee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-53556429

That's the story off our bbc local news but I doubt he'd have seen it on there, although it's possible.

Doesn't sound like his plan to travel is likely to succeed.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This is all such bullshit. Are we going to be doing this for five, ten years?

[Queenslander]

Thank you.

The door will be shut for Sydney untill their numbers are under control unfortunetly. I have a bad feeling this 2nd wave of ours is going to be big.

How many people do you know with a fondness to Port Douglas?

[niko_cee]

My parents live there so quite a few, although mostly grey nomads or mad old Victorians who have gone native.

[Queenslander]

Ahhh nice one.

So your parents are technically Queenslanders?

[niko_cee]

In state of origin terms they are New South Wales as they lived there first, but yeah, I guess they technically could be (they aren't actually Aussie citizens).

They're adopted FNQers.

[Queenslander]

You dont have to be Australian to be a Queenslander.

[Dquincy]

Speaking with a planning officer in the South East of England yesterday. Both he and his wife tested positive for CV-19 a month or so ago. Both had mild symptoms and were not bed bound. He has diabetes and said it was marginally worse for him.

He said the worse thing was the fatigue and for a month afterwards he'd get tired just walking up the stairs. But he's now back to full fitness in case any of you were worrying about him.

[Don]

Diabetic cunts not smashing their PB at parkrun so we have to put a stop to our lives :****)

[Kikó]

This is all such bullshit. Are we going to be doing this for five, ten years?

You okay?

It's likely to be the worst now at the start of getting to grips with it. But this is the start of the unravelling of the global world due to rising temperatures so there is that.

[Queenslander]

I have no idea how Victoria and NSW will cope with covid and another brutal bush fire season.

[Kikó]

Isn't your flu season round the corner?

[Shindig]

Europe's clearly opting to manage case numbers rather than eliminate them. Holding shit steady until vaccinations happen. I'm not sure Vietnam can have that luxury. I'm not sure what their healthcare capacity is or if they have any vaccines of their own in development.

[Queenslander]

Isn't your flu season round the corner?

In the middle of it.

[Baz]

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[Don]

You gotta open the picture fully for the payoff, people.

[Boydy]

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[Dquincy]

Anyway care to give a basic summary of what all that means regarding the China virus?

[Don]

You lose your senses for a few months allowing you to recalibrate your dietary choices and you have a bout of athlete's foot.

[randomlegend]

Anyway care to give a basic summary of what all that means regarding the China virus?

Their might be long-term consequences for your heart if you get covid, regardless of how fit and well you were prior.

[Disco]

Being ill is bad for your health.

[Spikey M]

Anyway care to give a basic summary of what all that means regarding the China virus?

Cough cough makes your heart sad.

[Jimmy Floyd]

'I'm entitled to travel'

Shona Lille, from Sheffield, said she was "itching" to get away to Ibiza.

"I'm excited," she said. "I'm a traveller and should be in a different country every single month but I haven't been anywhere since last year.

"I will stick to the guidelines, and wear my masks where I have to wear them so I'm doing everything. I just feel that I have the entitlement to travel and I will travel."

From a BBC vox pop article. I've had something gnawing at me in terms of a certain attitude that's been winding me up of late and this captures it perfectly.

[Don]

You not doing Tirana 2020? Timeout say it's a real gem.

[Boydy]

I fucking hate the fetishizing of 'travel'. You like going on holiday. Everyone likes going on holiday. It's not a fucking personality.

[Queenslander]

These 2 are fair game now the news has posted these photos. They went to an illegal house party in Melbourne then travelled to Sydney then lied about where they had been. Community transmission is confirmed in Logan and South Brisbane.

Edit: These wild sheilas lso stole stuff from luxury high end retail stores. Lol




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[Lewis]

I had a housemate in Norwich whose entire personality was his travel stories, to the point where, as far as I could tell, he didn't seem to pay any attention to anything that was going on or whatever else normal people at least have a passing interest in. He would just tell you about work (he had done a Masters before I got there and somehow wrangled staying on in the student house) and steer everything round to the time he was whatever in wherever.

[Yevrah]

I fucking hate the fetishizing of 'travel'. You like going on holiday. Everyone likes going on holiday. It's not a fucking personality.

It's sadly the same with so many things. Take 'foodie', for example, or however the fuck it's spelt - I don't actually know as it just shouldn't exist.

[Jimmy Floyd]

'Travel' in this context always means 'Going somewhere I can use to liven up my instagram feed', they're not exactly Ibn Battuta are they.

[Ian]

I had a housemate in Norwich whose entire personality was his travel stories, to the point where, as far as I could tell, he didn't seem to pay any attention to anything that was going on or whatever else normal people at least have a passing interest in. He would just tell you about work (he had done a Masters before I got there and somehow wrangled staying on in the student house) and steer everything round to the time he was whatever in wherever.

Ah, a "when I was in-" type. Great fun.

My dad working abroad a lot you got shitloads of these bores who had no other means of relating to anything other than barking their own semi-related story from some obscure destination back at you.

"Ah, that's just like when I was in Baku in 2003." *goes off on a half-hour tangen*

[Dquincy]

I fucking hate the fetishizing of 'travel'. You like going on holiday. Everyone likes going on holiday. It's not a fucking personality.
:D This.

[Dquincy]

These 2 are fair game now the news has posted these photos. They went to an illegal house party in Melbourne then travelled to Sydney then lied about where they had been. Community transmission is confirmed in Logan and South Brisbane.

Edit: These wild sheilas lso stole stuff from luxury high end retail stores. Lol




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Top one definitely a bloke.

[Dquincy]

Currently sat in Pret next to Farringdon tube station waiting for a meeting. It's getting busier and busier. I'm in London roughly twice a week now and the train is busier each time. It won't be long until you cannot avoid someone sitting next to you.

This is all just in time for the 2nd wave. Lovely stuff.

[Spikey M]

Top one definitely a bloke.

If anything she's the looker of the 2.

[Dquincy]

If anything she's the looker of the 2.
Well we now know you have a 'type'. Ones with big hands.

No judgement here, you're amongst friends.

[Spikey M]

Goalkeepers?

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53588709

Lads, if you're expecting people here to quarantine for 10, don't expect them to quarantine for 14 after visiting Spain.

[Ian]

Goalkeepers?

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2307399654/steve_griz_400x400.jpg

I don't blame you.

[Queenslander]

Hmmm.


This pandemic has starkly revealed the consequences of casualisation in industries such as food distribution, meat processing, health care and private security. In April, a cluster of cases associated with the Cedar Meats abbatoir in Melbourne’s west was traced to casual workers employed by a Brisbane-based labour hire contractor.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/far-too-many-victorians-are-going-to-work-while-sick-far-too-many-have-no-choice

[Dquincy]

In the words of Alan Partridge...it's starrrrrted.

"Separate households banned from meeting up"...up North.

http://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-separate-households-banned-from-meeting-up-in-greater-manchester-east-lancashire-and-parts-of-west-yorkshire-12039473

2nd wave fully on the way. Ffs.

[Yevrah]

I genuinely don't know how or when this will all stop.

[Lewis]

It would be a lot simpler if they said it was just ethnics.

[Giggles]

From a BBC vox pop article. I've had something gnawing at me in terms of a certain attitude that's been winding me up of late and this captures it perfectly.

Are you not always for dropping all restrictions and fuck anyone that dies because “it’s the world we live in now”. Why shouldn’t she travel then?

[Giggles]

In the words of Alan Partridge...it's starrrrrted.

"Separate households banned from meeting up"...up North.

http://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-separate-households-banned-from-meeting-up-in-greater-manchester-east-lancashire-and-parts-of-west-yorkshire-12039473

2nd wave fully on the way. Ffs.

Everyone knows by now that they can just ignore it and fuck all will be done anyway.

[Yevrah]

It would be a lot simpler if they said it was just ethnics.

If they didn't listen to it in the first place (which I've heard anecdotally regarding Leicester) then I don't know what will change that now.

My patch has seen a doubling in new recorded cases week on week. It's still under 60, but I guess I can look forward to a local lockdown at some point.

[Yevrah]

Everyone knows by now that they can just ignore it and fuck all will be done anyway.

Worse still, they've been baking the impact of the % of people they thought would ignore it into the measures all along.

[Manc]

I genuinely don't know how or when this will all stop.

Get the lube out.

[Kikó]

If they didn't listen to it in the first place (which I've heard anecdotally regarding Leicester) then I don't know what will change that now.

My patch has seen a doubling in new recorded cases week on week. It's still under 60, but I guess I can look forward to a local lockdown at some point.

A disguised warning to stop Eid celebrations getting out of hand?

[Giggles]

I genuinely don't know how or when this will all stop.

When there’s a vaccine.

(Forgot the obligatory IF EVER at the end of that)

[Yevrah]

Whichever fucker comes up with a working and distributable version of that first should be given a Nobel prize.

This is a shit way to live, utterly shit.

[Giggles]

I’ve done mine and am on the wind down now so it doesn’t bother me as much.

[Andy]

A disguised warning to stop Eid celebrations getting out of hand?

It's got to be, otherwise they'd shut pubs as well.

[Yevrah]

Why would they only do it in those parts of the country? There are surely other areas....

[Kikó]

Because a high number of people who would celebrate Eid live there.

[Spoonsky]

Got a haircut today and I'm still high on the feeling of normality.

[Yevrah]

Because a high number of people who would celebrate Eid live there.

See the second part of my post.

[Lewis]

If old people had to stay in because they were at greater risk, why can't brown people be told to do likewise? Especially when they've been moaning about the government not looking out for them. Either it does, and they do that, or they don't, and they can't expect particular treatment.

[Yevrah]

You know why, surely.

[Kikó]

See the second part of my post.

Ease? Who knows, they do mad shit all the time the government.

[Shindig]

Got a haircut today and I'm still high on the feeling of normality.

Same here. It feels good to have an even cut.

[Spikey M]

I don't think a vaccine will be the end of it. I think people will just become so desensitised to Covid (alot of us already have) that we'll pretty much just go back to normal and the media/government will stop talking about the deaths.

I mean, we're already largely back to normal. Just with masks on (that really isn't a big deal you pussies) and with people standing a bit further apart from normal.

The peak was only 2-3 months ago and half the population have already lost all fear. Give it another 3 months and zero fucks will be given.

[Kikó]

Not sure about that - cold & flu season could be brutal.

[Spoonsky]

It will be a seesaw between willful ignorance and 'oh shit this is bad' for the foreseeable future. Just like with global warming and racism.

[Don]

I saw my first two occasions of people in an MK shop not wearing masks. Both were black lives. The cheek of it to do it in my Waitrose too, I thought they were priced out.

Lol at the Northern lockdown. Except businesses open as usual. Get the fuck out of here and embrace the deaths already, you cunts.

[Spikey M]

as an aside my whiter than white mate called me (mixed race Fam) a racist today for not agreeing that the Black Lives Matter protests are going to change the world. Sorry mate, they ain't. People are protesting because they're bored and it's the closed thing they've had to a festival this summer.

[Spikey M]

Not sure about that - cold & flu season could be brutal.

it could be. But it won't generate the same reaction the first wave did. Lee said that the government had done a good job of creating an atmosphere of fear. Well, they've done an even better job of doing away with it.

[Andy]

Not sure about that - cold & flu season could be brutal.

That combined with the the furlough scheme coming to an end will be a nightmare. All the redundancies at once, it's not going to be a nice time at all.

[Spikey M]

That combined with the the furlough scheme coming to an end will be a nightmare. All the redundancies at once, it's not going to be a nice time at all.

And it's another reason why the country will carry on despite the deaths.

[Kikó]

And er... Brexit.

2021 is basically Mad Max.

[Dquincy]

Everyone knows by now that they can just ignore it and fuck all will be done anyway.

True dat. Unless you're an ethnic (see Lewis post above).

[Spikey M]

And er... Brexit.

2021 is basically Mad Max.

Pretty much. It's going to be grim. Really fucking grim. But the Government will crack on with putting local locdowns in place, they'll be ignored and they'll be secretly happy they're being ignored.

[Shindig]

There's reason to hope that the flu vaccine uptake will be big enough to .... maybe have an impact?

[Spikey M]

There's reason to hope that the flu vaccine uptake will be big enough to .... maybe have an impact?

I'll be having it, because whatever me and the Mrs had in January (Flu or Covid) it absolutely floored us and we have no interest in repeating the experience.

[Dquincy]

It will be a seesaw between willful ignorance and 'oh shit this is bad' for the foreseeable future. Just like with global warming and racism.
This is where I'm at. Most days I (and the vast majority of us) think we will be fine even if we get it. But then someone goes and posts that study on it affecting your cardiovascular and I flip to "shit, this is scary". I'm so flakey.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm just trying to enjoy myself at the moment because lord only knows if these Asian spikes (South Asians just do not and will not ever follow any kind of rules - drag me to the racism courts) will get us all locked down again in the autumn.

[Dquincy]

If they didn't listen to it in the first place (which I've heard anecdotally regarding Leicester) then I don't know what will change that now.

My patch has seen a doubling in new recorded cases week on week. It's still under 60, but I guess I can look forward to a local lockdown at some point.

Re your Leicester comment, my friend works for Coast as a buyer, who were bought out by Boohoo last year. Consequently, they went on a site visit to the Leicester factory back then and raised concerns that it was effectively a sweatshop and the working conditions were grim. All the workers were of ethnic proportion as well.

[Queenslander]

Looks like we might be shutting down suburbs depending on covid test results from the fever clinics.

Fucking cunts.

QLD Health are now strongly urging the use of face masks in over 10 Shopping Centres.

[John Arne]

We've had 99 confirmed cases in the past 4 days, mostly in Danang, but some escapees to HCMC and Hanoi, too. Danang fully locked-down, here in HCMC: masks in public mandatory, bars & restaurants closed, max 30 gatherings. Temp checks have been reintroduced to most public buildings, too.

The big difference I noticed was the clarity of communication. I haven't got a fucking clue what's going on in the UK - the message is a mumbled fucktruck of mess. Here, we received an SMS from the Govt stating the new measures and the time they will be implemented (usually midnight at the end of that day). Easy.

[John Arne]

Looks like we might be shutting down suburbs depending on covid test results from the fever clinics.

Fucking cunts.

QLD Health are now strongly urging the use of face masks in over 10 Shopping Centres.

Is this communities of erm... well, specific ethnicity or just bogans in general?

[Queenslander]

Is this communities of erm... well, specific ethnicity or just bogans in general?

Good range of communities as these 3 woman went all over the place shopping and eating out. Nothing to do with the bogan or ethnic communities atm it is just all fallout from the covid being brought back from Melbourne.

Might be different in the outer suburbs but I havent seen or heard of any covid based racism yet.


https://www.facebook.com/523586527672529/posts/3375586635805823/

[Jimmy Floyd]

I am enjoying Pro Lockdown Twitter suddenly accusing the government of 'cultural insensitivity' for banning gatherings in high Covid, high Muslim areas just before Eid.

[Spikey M]

Last days of Rome.

[Don]

I am enjoying Pro Lockdown Twitter suddenly accusing the government of 'cultural insensitivity' for banning gatherings in high Covid, high Muslim areas just before Eid.

It really is a stunning show of mental gymnastics on there at every turn :D

[Baz]

Ah well, at least Liverpool got to win the league.

[John Arne]

First death :(

70yr old, already diagnosed with end stage liver disease.

[-james-]

Getting a couple of flights tomorrow to visit my parents. Anyone flown lately? What's it like? easyJet.

[Yevrah]

First death :(

70yr old, already diagnosed with end stage liver disease.

First death? :D

[Queenslander]

Plot thickens...




Queensland police are investigating whether young women at the centre of the state's latest coronavirus controversy were coached by an organised crime syndicate to cover their tracks at the border.



The ABC understands police are examining whether the trio acted on the instructions of crime syndicate handlers
Police are investigating the women's alleged involvement in stealing luxury handbags in Sydney

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-31/coronavirus-queensland-logan-cases-diana-lasu-family/12507852


Edit: Popped on Facebook and the usual local leftie suspects have made this a BLM issue for some reason. Apparently it is racist to want these 3 women in jail...

[Manc]

Vietnamese are made of stronger stuff.

[John Arne]

First death? :D

You've been reported to the authorities.

Enjoy the reeducation camp, capitalist pig.

[Jimmy Floyd]

New lockdown announced in the north of England just hours before Eid al-Adha

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been criticised for imposing a new partial lockdown in parts of northern England on the eve of Muslim festival Eid al-Adha. In a statement released on Thursday evening, Hancock said there would be restrictions on family gatherings, starting on Friday. Many have compared the move to preventing people from seeing their loved ones at Christmas.

Honestly, the interplay between deadly disease and political correctness this year has been the most fascinating aspect of the whole thing.

[Magic]

I'm going down to Kirklees for work next week (for my induction...3 months on) unbelievably so that's put paid to the guys taking me out for a GET TO KNOW YOU beer.

[Manc]

Slide into my DMS.

[Magic]

LOL BoJo might be about to postpone it (surely this is due to pressure from Ash Sarkar and her mob of baying yoghurt knitters)...

[Jimmy Floyd]

I saw her use 'communities of colour' earlier, we're in the end game now.

Racist thought for the day, after being in a queue there this morning: Chinese people should not be allowed to use the Post Office.

[Magic]

I saw her use 'communities of colour' earlier, we're in the end game now.

Racist thought for the day, after being in a queue there this morning: Chinese people should not be allowed to use the Post Office.

Yes the words 'eBay shop' mean you may as well come back 40 minutes later.

[Yevrah]

I do wonder whether some of this stuff has moved past being counter-productive into the realms of actively damaging.

[Lewis]

I hate the use of 'communities', as if everyone lives in some wanky fantasy of being mates with their street.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Prof Chris Whitty adds that the rise in infection rates in several parts of the world is not a "second wave". If people increase the number of people they meet, the virus rate will increase "inevitably", he says.

It may be necessary to "pull back" from easing restrictions to prevent this, Prof Whitty says.

How fucking miserable is this? Fuck this shit and all who sail in it.

Tenner says the pubs/restaurants close again in September in order to allow the kids back to school.

[Raoul Duke]

Getting a couple of flights tomorrow to visit my parents. Anyone flown lately? What's it like? easyJet.

Flew with KLM recently. Basically the same but with far fewer people, everyone in masks and not much of the airport shopping open. Otherwise fine

[Kikó]

Getting a couple of flights tomorrow to visit my parents. Anyone flown lately? What's it like? easyJet.

Flying domestically this afternoon. Will report back.

[Manc]

His Lordship.

[Yevrah]

How fucking miserable is this? Fuck this shit and all who sail in it.

Tenner says the pubs/restaurants close again in September in order to allow the kids back to school.

I mean he's right in terms of the definition. Describing what we're seeing now as a second wave is akin to describing that argument my Gran and Grandad had in 1953 as World War III.

In terms of restrictions, that's why this is all so shit. This is going to be the way of life for ages now and even if/when a vaccine does come you've got to get people to take it.

[Yevrah]

Apparently the pilots allowing smaller crowds at sporting events can now no longer go ahead. Someone had better tell Boris that the Crucible opened its doors this morning...

[Jimmy Floyd]

Not good news for the Sheriff of Pottingham, what a few days he's had.

[Spikey M]

They can close what they like. The fear has gone. Close the pubs and the illegal street parties kick off again. Try stopping people visiting each other and people will carry on anyway.

It's done lads.

[Lofty]

Absolutely what they wanted anyway though, try for a second lockdown which is roundly flouted then pin them blame for all the deaths on the great unwashed rather than anyone who oversaw it's handling.

[Alex]

From the never ending BBC Covid news feed.


New slogan from the PM: "Hands, face, space, get a test”

What was he, in the process of having a stroke or something when he came out with that?

[phonics]

He did that dementia test.

[Spikey M]

Hands, face, space, get a test is ghe shittest logan of all time.

[Spikey M]

He did that dementia test.

He could probably do with having one. Something's cracked up there.

[niko_cee]

Hands, face, space, put a donk on it.

[Lewis]

I can see 'wash your face' causing a lot of problems without more precise instructions.

[John Arne]

I get home and there's no fucking power.

The end is nigh.

[Spikey M]

1289165171177525248?s=19

[Kikó]

Person, man, woman, camera, dog.

[Magic]

Live, laugh, sesh.

[Disco]

Person, man, woman, camera, dog.

This just turns into Daft Punk every time I read it.

[Boydy]

Another great example of people complaining about people doing things they themselves are currently doing on the news this evening with people getting off the train in Brighton complaining about how busy the train was.

[Jimmy Floyd]

People have so little imagination. Hot day = go to the beach. Why? Are there not places inland you can sunbathe?

[Jimmy Floyd]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeRT92NX0AAvQJB?format=png&name=large

JFC. For context, the pop is 86% white and 7% Asian.

[niko_cee]

People have so little imagination. Hot day = go to the beach. Why? Are there not places inland you can sunbathe?

It tends to be cooler by the coast.

I suppose you could go to some sort of reservoir and have a nice Stand By Me type experience.

[Kikó]

Flight update: flying in a mask is shit. Also turbulence is shit.

[Baz]

Did you change it after 2 hours?

[Shindig]

He said a domestic flight. You'd not get near 2 hours on the plane.

[Baz]

He said a domestic flight. You'd not get near 2 hours on the plane.+ time spent in the airport.

[niko_cee]

Why is flying in a mask shit? Does it get in the way of the champagne and canapes?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It stops him spitting on the dregs of society when they look at him.

[Shindig]

I have a serious question: Did all your luggage have to be checked in now or is hand luggage still ok to take onboard?

[Lewis]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53612230

Onya lad. I saw about a hundred of them crowded outside the mosque this morning, so we'll probably be next.

[Yevrah]

It is a crazy world we live in where you get lambasted for seemingly simply pointing out a fact (EDIT: while also seemingly trying to help), but there we are.

[Giggles]

It is a crazy world we live in where you get lambasted for seemingly simply pointing out a fact, but there we are.

The world now is all about who you can criticise and who is untouchable.

[Lewis]

You're telling me. I told them all to go home and they got a bit shirty about it. :cab:

[Queenslander]

Im stocking up on masks now for the first time. Gonna go all out and get some New Japan ones because Im a child.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Twitter shilling desperately hard for it being pubs and beaches with all the nasty white people. 40% Asian, lads. 40% Asian. Mind-blowing stuff.

[Lewis]

It gives you some idea of how/why all the grooming stuff was ignored.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If it's pubs, why isn't there a uniform uptick across the whole country?

Are drinkers in Bradford, Leicester, Rochdale, Blackburn etc the only ones who get pissed enough not to socially distance?

[Don]

Was out in London all day and had a crackimg day until it got to 10pm onwards and I had to search through the corpses of all form of nightlife that was slaughtered.

What's this Asian angle to this, 40% of all cases are Asian? I need to be clearly informed before I start blasting out friendly fire.

[Spikey M]

The general consensus is that they generally work high risk jobs. Be it rich Asian dr's or shop owners or poor Asian workers in factories and 'sweat shops'. Plus, they are a far more social society then other races and often live in larger family units.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Was out in London all day and had a crackimg day until it got to 10pm onwards and I had to search through the corpses of all form of nightlife that was slaughtered.

What's this Asian angle to this, 40% of all cases are Asian? I need to be clearly informed before I start blasting out friendly fire.

I posted the recent weekly positive case stats higher up on this page. Basically the white (and black) number has been decreasing steadily and the Asian number isn't going anywhere, which is what is driving this set of northern lockdowns but no one can say it.

One can draw one's own conclusions as to why this is, sympathetically or otherwise, but it's a fact.

[Kikó]

Why is flying in a mask shit? Does it get in the way of the champagne and canapes?

Best you can get is a Tunnocks on a Logan air.


I have a serious question: Did all your luggage have to be checked in now or is hand luggage still ok to take onboard?

Nope. Can still bring hand luggage on.

[Giggles]

I’d travel myself for a Tunnocks.

[Disco]

Tea Cake or Caramel?

[Shindig]

I think it's the Caramels. <books flight to Aberdeen immediately>

[Giggles]

I’d meant tea cake but now that you mention it the bars are fairly epic too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was needing to choose a suitable set of chocolatey/biscuity things this morning to cover a couple of days' cricket, had a good long look at the Tunnocks Caramel but ended up choosing Nature Valley oats and honey. Already in my bottom 5 worst life decisions.

[Giggles]

You’ve a had a mare there.

[Disco]

Do they still lie about how many they sell on the packet, or are there people tucked away in the highlands eating 1000 a day?

[Spikey M]

I was needing to choose a suitable set of chocolatey/biscuity things this morning to cover a couple of days' cricket, had a good long look at the Tunnocks Caramel but ended up choosing Nature Valley oats and honey. Already in my bottom 5 worst life decisions.

This is genuinely tragic. There's literally not a worse bar on the shelf.

Maybe Alpen. Fuck Alpen.

[Lofty]

The dark chocolate tunnocks are top effort too.

[Spikey M]

No. Harvest bars. Lunch box ruiners they were.

[Kikó]

I think it's the Caramels. <books flight to Aberdeen immediately>

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dp3XenOWoAAoHOr.jpg

Join us.

[Foe]

Caramel wafers and tea cakes are my go to snack to take offshore so that the operators tolerate having me there.

Chuck a tea cake in the fridge if you want to improve it’s taste :drool:

The caramel log splits opinion though. I’m in the “totally average” camp.

Still better than a nature valley bar though you absolute mentalist. Would’ve been better with a packet of rich tea.

[Giggles]

Never seen the caramel log before.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think some logic ran through my brain about health and the fact they wouldn't melt in the car, and somehow this warped thinking became an actual purchase. Nature Valley Oats and Honey: a Tunnocks Caramel designed by committee.

[Don]

I posted the recent weekly positive case stats higher up on this page. Basically the white (and black) number has been decreasing steadily and the Asian number isn't going anywhere, which is what is driving this set of northern lockdowns but no one can say it.

One can draw one's own conclusions as to why this is, sympathetically or otherwise, but it's a fact.

As Spikey says, it sounds like a fairly straightforward result of Asians doing actual jobs whilst whites hide behind a laptop doing shit that could have been automated 20 years ago. It's not like any one is actually following any social distancing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There are a lot of whites that do shit jobs too, which makes me think it is indeed all down to these sweatshop type workplaces where everyone's packed in and paid £2 an hour in a way chalky wouldn't accept.

[Shindig]

Yesterday saw us process 200,000 tests for the first time ever.

[Spikey M]

66,666.

[Yevrah]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53621613

Seriously? What on earth are we doing? What is the end game here?