Coronavirus Death Thread

[John Arne]

Well, we haven't got a thread yet, although the F1 thread jumped on board.

Current Infected: 28,400
Current Deaths: 563
Suspected additional Cases: 24,700

Here in Vietnam there are 12 infected, however, 3 have made a full recovery. 900 people have been quarantined at various border centers. Flights from China have been suspended. No new VISA's will be issued to Chinese folk, or foreigners who have been there in the past 2 weeks. Pretty much 90% of the population wearing masks, but they seemed to have not bothered with cleaning their fucking hands.

The government have sent a few text messages out, the first giving people instructions regarding washing hands and wearing face masks. The most recent was slightly more patriotic



Nationwide against nCoV. Please comply with regulations and recommendations of the health sector. Do not distribute false information. Do not profit from disease. Encourage good work, condemn negative behavior. Vietnam is determined to win the pandemic!

[Ian]

Bit low-effort OP to not even die of coronavirus while posting it.

6/10.

[Spikey M]

Unless you're already half way to the knackers yard it's no worse than a dose of flu. It's all media hysteria.

[Ian]

Says you. Remember that time we all died of Mad Cow Disease? Then Swine Flu? Then Avian Flu?

I think the press knows what it's talking about, Spikey.

[Disco]

It'll be like when we all died of SARS.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm sure the masks are a big waste of time.

[Yevrah]

Unless you're already half way to the knackers yard it's no worse than a dose of flu. It's all media hysteria.

It staggers me that when these death numbers are chucked around that there’s no context given as to the existing health of those it’s killing.

It’s as if causing a panic is the aim.

Taking of which, where’s Margaret Chan these days?

[Andy]

I'm sure the masks are a big waste of time.

Indeed, if you want to stay safe you need to be clean shaven and wearing a face fit mask.

[Baz]

I work in public health and this is sending some of my colleagues into grade 10 panic. :rolleyes:

Meanwhile I accidentally called it the Peronivirus in a meeting and nobody batted an eyelid.

[Spikey M]

'Accidentally'.

[Ian]

What he means is he was seething nobody found the bants hilarious.

[Baz]

What he means is he was seething nobody found the bants hilarious.Actually I did try “bants” when someone was worrying after seeing people wearing masks in Chinatown in Liverpool. My maybe they’d been doing some sanding fell flat.

Peronivirus was a genuine error though.

[Spikey M]

Sure.

[SincereTheRebel]

Still germ-free me :cool:

[SincereTheRebel]

Took another HIV and got the results last week.

[phonics]

You should just buy self testing kits at this point.

[SincereTheRebel]

Dont tell me what to do.

[Pepe]

Yeah but how many people die in traffic accidents?

[Offshore Toon]

Baz. :cool:

[Charliee]

Hello

The masks serve some use in stopping the spread because they stop Asians from spitting everywhere and coughing into people’s faces

Taiwan is in full meltdown though. 11 cases and the schools have been shut and people are scared to go outside. They wouldn’t let me into the bank because I didn’t have a face mask on

If it was like China which seems to be spreading exponentially then I would feel a bit uneasy, but we’ve not had a new case for over a week now. It’s all down to the media though which is many times more hysterical than the UK is

[John Arne]

Masks are certainly useful here for that very reason. Viets have a habit of coughing and sneezing without covering their noses - so the masks are helping in that respect.

[Queenslander]

We are using a detention center. Lol

[John Arne]

Death Count: 724

The school shutdown in Saigon has been extended for a further week.
Meanwhile, the city is a ghost town today. Everyone appears to be staying indoors. Great for traffic.
One of the people to die in China recently is an American citizen.

[Yevrah]

Hearing a 34 year old died from this is a game changer. Unless he was already suffering from something (it would be good to know) it could throw the "it's just like norml flu" argument out of the window.

And Margaret Chan may have gone, but the WHO is still a shower of shit. To praise China's efforts on this against a backdrop of the Chinese authorities forcing their doctor who discovered it to sign a letter saying he'd lied is batshit. Are they incompetent? Were they paid?

And why did they advise against closing borders down? You hear it and it sets the bullshit detector racing, but one would assume they know what they're doing, right?

[John Arne]

And Margaret Chan may have gone, but the WHO is still a shower of shit. To praise China's efforts on this against a backdrop of the Chinese authorities forcing their doctor who discovered it to sign a letter saying he'd lied is batshit. Are they incompetent? Were they paid?


That doctor died yesterday, by the way.

[Giggles]

Hearing a 34 year old died from this is a game changer. Unless he was already suffering from something (it would be good to know) it could throw the "it's just like norml flu" argument out of the window.

And Margaret Chan may have gone, but the WHO is still a shower of shit. To praise China's efforts on this against a backdrop of the Chinese authorities forcing their doctor who discovered it to sign a letter saying he'd lied is batshit. Are they incompetent? Were they paid?

And why did they advise against closing borders down? You hear it and it sets the bullshit detector racing, but one would assume they know what they're doing, right?

If that 34 year old was healthy then I’m giving a fuck about this for the first time.

[Disco]

One is an outlier, once the otherwise healthy are dropping in droves and it happens in multiple countries, then it starts becoming a concern.

[Yevrah]

How do we know it’s an outlier? Is there any information anywhere on who it’s actually killing?

The death of a doctor seems harder to suppress than your average citizen so maybe it has taken more young and/or healthy people and we just don’t know.

[Spikey M]

I thought that as well. The death toll could be a hell of alot higher and China are covering it up. Covering up the death of the Dr that warned against the outbreak... not so easy.

The hospitals they're building in 4 days flat are both impressive and worrying too.

[Disco]

If there's no information on who it's actually killing your position is as shaky as mine, so still no reason to panic. It's in countries that you would presumably trust more than China and still seemingly not killing people on a large scale. It's just a new strain of 'flu', which means it will spread fast because relatively few people have an immunity but with cases in the tens of thousands and deaths at less than 1% it's not anything out of the ordinary.

[Yevrah]

I'm close to, if not already at a point in my life where I could drop down dead any day, so I'm not panicking.

I just find the response to this and the 'efforts' to control it interesting and a shower of shit.

Until one knows more everything should have been done to isolate it and it wasn't, flights weren't grounded, people weren't refused entry. This may well amount to nothing, but if we adopt the same early doors approach we have to this to something that ends up being far more serious then it'll take a shit load of people down.

[Yevrah]

And back to Spikey's point, it's China. Lying to the international community when telling the truth would make them look bad is a national sport over there.

[Disco]

Actually, while shutting the airports and trying to stop people travelling sounds like a good idea it doesn't actually work, people still travel through other channels that are harder to monitor. If you let people who are going to travel anyway use airports etc then you can screen them much more easily. The Chinese are happy to segregate bits of their population at the best of times, I don't think they'd hesitate to take more drastic action if this had been something more virulent. Some of the 'shitness' (pop up hospitals notwithstanding) of the response is most likely because the virus itself isn't that mysterious or serious.

[Magic]

Lol well fuck. I'm on the public health watch list because my step dad has a cold after coming back from Thailand.

[Spikey M]

MoronaVirus :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

RIP in pieces.

[Byron]

His jaw will be the first to drop off.

[Ian]

Well it's not the watchlist I expected him to announce he was on.

[Magic]

Fuck I have cold symptoms. Is this paranoia or genuine.

[John Arne]

My apartment building has started temperature checking everyone. Lack of traffic jams is bliss at the moment.

[SincereTheRebel]

Fuck I have cold symptoms. Is this paranoia or genuine.

When you pass on, how would you like us to remember and honour you?

[Magic]

When you pass on, how would you like us to remember and honour you?

As a man who fought back from his lowest ebb.

[Disco]

Mr Johnson, who rebuilt his life after pissing himself in an airport...

[Shindig]

"He is survived by his ex-wife who now has full custody of their daughter Amber (named after his favourite porn star.)"

John Arne, you should update the opening death count. It's 813. Only two of which come from outside China. More deaths than Sars in half the time. Although the number of cases indicate this is way less fatal. Sars was 1 in 10, this is more like 1 in 50. Assuming China's figures of deaths and cases are accurate.

[John Arne]

Current Infected: 40,043
Current Deaths: 912

[mugbull]

Current Infected: 40,043
Current Deaths: 912

Are you playing Fantasy Pandemic or something?

[Disco]

Pandemic 2, and it's been selling well this week. I could never get into Madagascar before they closed the port.

[Lewis]

I like the internet rumours that China has secretly cremated fifty thousand victims. The virus probably accounts for about ten per cent of that, and the rest is their blabbermouth relatives.

[Yevrah]

A member of staff at a GP’s in Brighton has been diagnosed with it. Sounds like the gateway to it being widerife over here now.

[bruhnaldo]

wearing masks in Chinatown in Liverpool

lol

[Mellberg]

With the news in Brighton, it's time to give the South the full Children of Men treatment and embrace the Midlands and North as the future of this disease free nation.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Already looks post-apocalyptic tbf.

[Shindig]

This suddenly got closer than expected. :uhoh:

[John Arne]

Oh yeah, now you're worried, now it's finally landed on your doorsteps :D

If the Vietnam F1 gets cancelled, we riot.

[Queenslander]

There is 1000 isolated in Queensland alone.

[Shindig]

I'm keeping my phone close in case they decide to shut the office down for cleaning.

Test came back negative. Phew.

[John Arne]

These were the stats when the thread was opened 10 days ago.

Current Infected: 28,400
Current Deaths: 563
Suspected additional Cases: 24,700

Today the numbers are:

Current Infected: 69,000
Current Deaths: 1,669
Suspected additional Cases: ???

Here in Vietnam all schools have now been cancelled until at least 1st March. That means kids haven't been to school since about 14th Jan (we had lunar new year holiday).

Most sporting events cancelled, with V.Leagie delayed until 7th March. AFC Cup and ACL both been affected severely and many ASEAN basketball league games cancelled.

Closer to home, Ho Chi Minh City is delight. The traffic isn't too bad, the sky is bluer than normal and it feels like a relatively pleasant city.

[Spikey M]

Current Infected: 69,000
Current Deaths: 1,669
Suspected additional Cases: ???



Profit?

[Boydy]

Someone in my work was away travelling for the past month in Vietnam and some other bits of South East Asia, I think. She comes back tomorrow. :uhoh:

[Giggles]

Someone in my work was away travelling for the past month in Vietnam and some other bits of South East Asia, I think. She comes back tomorrow. :uhoh:

I can’t understand them just letting these people waltz back in.

[Yevrah]

I can’t understand them just letting these people waltz back in.

The official line from the WHO is that it's easier to track people and control the outbreak when you don't close borders.

My view is that that's bollocks and they're in the pocket of big business and governments and will say anything that those groups would like to hear, irrespective of how true it is.

[John Arne]

A whole town has now been quarantined in the north. Residents are receiving a 40,000 dong daily stipend for the trouble. That's less than $2 a day :/

There's also a video of about 1000 Chinese sprinting over the border in Vietnam - however, it looks a bit dodgy to me.

[Shindig]

I dunno. I suspect it wouldn't have spread like it has in China now the country's been on a sort of lockdown.

[Yevrah]

I dunno. I suspect it wouldn't have spread like it has in China now the country's been on a sort of lockdown.

Oh I'm sure it would have spread in China come what may. It's whether it should have been helped to come over here that's the issue. We willingly let it in.

[Lewis]

On that, why are governments expected to evacuate their citizens in the event of this sort of thing? They chose to go and live there, and it's not like it's a warzone with a general breakdown of law 'n' order to compensate for. You wanted China, you've got it.

[mugbull]

There's approximately a 0% chance any of you will ever have anything to do with this virus. Even in China there's pretty much a 0% chance. I have no idea why you guys are at all concerned about this.

[Yevrah]

There's approximately a 0% chance any of you will ever have anything to do with this virus. Even in China there's pretty much a 0% chance. I have no idea why you guys are at all concerned about this.

Why does discussing it mean we're concerned?

I've not wrapped my house in foil.

[SincereTheRebel]

Will we ever have an outbreak that puts the world into I Am Legend mode?

[mugbull]

Why does discussing it mean we're concerned?

I've not wrapped my house in foil.

Not really you, although a healthy adult dying from seasonal flu is not that uncommon either so that's not a "game changer" for this virus

[John Arne]

I dunno, I've been to a fair few high risk airports lately :/
Though I have been wearing my mask and cleaning my hands every two hours, so I should be good.

[Spikey M]

Post a picture of you wearing the mask immediately.

[SincereTheRebel]

He is too much of a pussy to do so.

[John Arne]

https://gyazo.com/12f921d39d08f13c466dd69d648354be.JPEG

[Spikey M]

Looks like you're about to drop the shitest Drill album of 2020.

[Lewis]

I helped a Chinese woman stick her bag in the overhead thing yesterday, and now I've got a cold. I'd like to leave the Database to Amigo, and Magic can have my savings for his divorce fund.

[SincereTheRebel]

:D

[Manc]

Double the milk intake.

[randomlegend]

Not really you, although a healthy adult dying from seasonal flu is not that uncommon either so that's not a "game changer" for this virus

It is pretty uncommon.

Edit: actually it's really very uncommon indeed.

[Yevrah]

Stop worrying random!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mugbull]

It is pretty uncommon.

Edit: actually it's really very uncommon indeed.

Seems like 5% of flu deaths are from under 50s. About 3,500 under 50 deaths each year in the US. So, yes, it does happen, and not so infrequently that it’s somehow unprecedented in this case

EDIT: although who knows how many of those are immunocompromised

[randomlegend]

Being under 50 is not synonymous with young and fit. It's not just immunocompromise that's important either. The vast, vast majority of those will have other significant health problems.

[John Arne]

- In Italy 11 town have been put in lockdown, with residents being fined if they leave or enter the outbreak areas. This follows 150 cases being confirmed, with 3 deaths in the region.

- Turkey and Pakistan have closed their borders with Iran, where the virus has infected 43, and killed 8.

- UK has 13 cases, but no deaths as yet.

- Vietnam had 16 cases, all now recovered.

Current Infected: 78,993
Current Deaths: 2,470
Infected but recovered: 23,418

[Yevrah]

That Iranian hit rate is impressive.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im hoping the virus evolves and starts obliterating people. Its slow.

[Giggles]

Im hoping the virus evolves and starts obliterating people. Its slow.

The cull is needed. It can start on Twitter.

[Lewis]

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Might be worth it.

[Spikey M]

4 years too late to stop Brexit :(

[Jimmy Floyd]

That 0.20% includes the Chinese state offing that doctor, so it's probably even less.

[niko_cee]

You can probably knock a lot of those down by a factor of ten seeing as most people who get it probably won't even know they've had it.

More people will probably die as a result of the global recession which this idiotic health scare seems to be causing.

[Pepe]

Got this email yesterday:


Colleagues,

Walking in to work this morning I pondered how I and my family ought to prepare for the likelihood that next Fall we will have to deal with a pandemic, specifically how my family needs to prepare for it. For example, if we have to self-quarantine then it makes sense to have plenty of rice and beans, etc in the house!

Then I realized I could prepare for it in my work as well, at least in the early stages, and maybe we could innovatively adapt along the same lines. The first measure that occured to me was the simple and perhaps less than effective one of widely spaced seating in the classrooms. My next thought though was video transmitting my class via Skype or Facetime to students who have self-quarantined but are still lucid enough to study, or from me if I am in the same boat. An ad-hoc idea, but maybe it would be helpful as part of the university's larger policy response.

I know we have emergency preparedness plans for extreme weather and violent intruders and what not. If some component of "the university" is already contemplating how to deal with a virulent virus outbreak, great. If some one has expertise in this area I'd appreciate them sharing it. If not, it seems prudent to plan our response to what will inevitably hit our community.

I do not intend to be alarmist, just calmly prudent.

:harold:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Even having the time to write that bullshit email suggests he should be fired.

[Pepe]

Academia, therefore can't be fired.

I like that in his mind, people will be dying next Fall, and he is worried about how he will deliver his lecture. As if I will give a shit about my job when the "inevitable pandemic" hits.

[Disco]

Another strong candidate for the 2020 Get a Grip Mate Awards.

[Boydy]

First confirmed case in NI.

:uhoh:

[Shindig]

We've had two emails today within 30 minutes of each other. One of which gives the hot advice, "Do not come into contact with any living or dead animals."

[Giggles]

I knew the huns would finish us in the end.

[Foe]

I should probably start reading the emails my work has been sending about it. More interested in eating the chocolate cake we got given.

One of the platforms for another operator had to quarantine because of some dope he came back from Asia and popped offshore without telling anyone. Good one mate.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The factory supplier that produces all our bearings is based in (wait for it) Wuhan, so in about three months' time when our stock runs out we are going to be fucked, or rather our customers who need bearings will be. We'll just slap the prices up on everything else and live like kings.

[randomlegend]

If it comes over here in a significant way (or to anyone who is somewhere where it's already prevalent), get a pneumacoccal vaccine (you'll likely have to pay for it yourself).

Following these viral illnesses there's always a second wave of deaths from invasive pneumococcus.

Also, despite the government's assurances we are well prepared for a pandemic, we absolutely aren't.

[Yevrah]

If production in China doesn't resume shortly the global economy is going to be hit seriously hard.

[Giggles]

If production in China doesn't resume shortly the global economy is going to be hit seriously hard.

What’s it stopped for anyway?

[Giggles]

https://i.imgur.com/1nBQjHf.jpg

[Yevrah]

What’s it stopped for anyway?

To contain the virus. Not sure it's stopped everywhere or for everything, but Jimmy's ball bearings aren't the only thing in short supply.

[Giggles]

To contain the virus. Not sure it's stopped everywhere or for everything, but Jimmy's ball bearings aren't the only thing in short supply.

It’s basically worldwide and spreading like wildfire due to travel anyway so why cripple the m economies because of it too? In 2020 it was never going to be stopped.

[Yevrah]

It’s basically worldwide and spreading like wildfire due to travel anyway so why cripple the m economies because of it too? In 2020 it was never going to be stopped.

The whole approach has been massively dumb. If they'd temporarily closed borders and locked down cities at the start we might have had a chance to stop it, but that horse has bolted so like you I don't see the point now.

[niko_cee]

Indeed, in the modern age the idea of PANDEMIC FLU being of the same gravity of such things of the past seems a bit off. I saw some authoritative bod being interviewed for some Chatham House thing about this and I really hope the fact that he was sitting with the island of Madagascar just over his shoulder was a conscious decision by someone.

[Shindig]

I always wonder if the control measures are more about trying to gain some knowledge about it. It spreads like a motherfucker so they need to understand just how it operates.

[Foe]

Good opportunity for a cull if it were to be laced into some heroin, fentanyl or crack.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Chinese seem to have got a handle on it during the last 3-4 days, and if they can then I think we can. Sub-Saharan Africa, not so sure.

[Queenslander]

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Might be worth it.

And smokers are even more likely to die from it.

[Luca]

I've just helped facilitate a global meeting of some of our partners, which means I've almost certainly caught the coronavirus. Nice knowing you all.

[John Arne]

Current Infected: 83,387
Current Deaths: 2,859
Infected but recovered: 36,630

The number of daily cases in China is slowing down, however, cases around the world are now increasing.
S.Korea with 2,022 cases and 13 deaths, the next largest being Italy with 665 and 17 deaths.

Here in Vietnam, still no new cases for 2 weeks. Schools still on complete lockdown, and most people staying at home. All sports also cancelled.

[Shindig]

Italy's death toll is a little concerning. Unless they're all 100 years old due to the olive oil.

[niko_cee]

Aye, Mediterranean longevity coming back to bite them in the arse..

[Shindig]

Expect a new Pope in days.

[Yevrah]

It’s little villages that have it there no? It’ll be like a scene from a Dolmio advert. No chance.

[John Arne]

It’s little villages that have it there no? It’ll be like a scene from a Dolmio advert. No chance.

I read one article saying "most deaths are those over 80". However, it seems impossible to find the actual average age of the deaths in Italy.

[Jimmy Floyd]

South Korea's death rate seems to be way lower than the other countries with 100+ cases. I know how these goons operate and their reporting will be at the absolute cutting edge. In Italy half the mild cases won't even have reported. They can't even drive by the rules; they're not going to turn themselves in and end up in quarantine when there are women to be chased.

The cruise ship is a nice controlled environment full of old people and their rate is half a percent.

[SincereTheRebel]

Newcastle are taking the steps to prevent an outbreak.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/11945112/newcastle-have-banned-handshakes-amid-coronavirus-fears-confirms-steve-bruce

[Spikey M]

The over reactions to this are glorious. Imagine the scenes if there was another Spanish Flu outbreak.

[John Arne]

The over reactions to this are glorious. Imagine the scenes if there was another Spanish Flu outbreak.

I've been suprised by how not serious everyone seems to think this is. It's still a new virus that is killing 2-4% of everybody it infects... and is speading at quite a fast speed (about 1000 new cases per day).
Yes, we know flu is similar - but we know what flu is - this is a new virus going around killing people.

[Spikey M]

2-4%? We're having 1-2% reported over here, most of which are old and vulnerable people that would be finished off by the flu and - actually - ARE being killed off at a faster rate by the Flu.

It's not a nice bug, you'd want to avoid it, but for most people it's not a real problem.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's clearly a problem but I think shutting everything down for six months and completely tanking the world economy will not help anything.

[SincereTheRebel]

Cutting off old and vulnerable people does not sound like a bad idea...

[Yevrah]

2-4%? We're having 1-2% reported over here, most of which are old and vulnerable people that would be finished off by the flu and - actually - ARE being killed off at a faster rate by the Flu.

It's not a nice bug, you'd want to avoid it, but for most people it's not a real problem.

I don't think they are being killed off at a faster rate by actual flu. Does standard flu kill 15% of people over 80?

And I don't understand the "for most people" line, it strikes me as a bit moronic. I know you're not the only one using it, so I don't mean to pick on you, but there are loads of things that for "most people" would never be a problem even if we did nothing to mitigate against them happening, it doesn't mean we shouldn't. Terrorism for one example.

I do agree the current efforts to tank the global economy are very disproportionate though and if they were needed, should have been done at the start of the outbreak and not now.

[Yevrah]

First Briton dead. That should accelerate the sky falling.

[Pepe]

I bet the world economy will be just fine.

[Bernanke]

I mean if it's mainly geriatrics who die from it I'd say just let it run it's course and cull a few of them.

[Pepe]

The Olympics getting canceled would suck though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I bet the world economy will be just fine.

It will if they don't decide to ban all travel, close school systems while parents are still having to work, lock entire office buildings in quarantine if someone sneezes, or as Switzerland has done, ban gatherings of over 1,000 people.

If the Chinese had done this on day one in Wuhan it may have worked, but they were too busy being a fascist one party state.

[Giggles]

The Olympics getting canceled would suck though.

Be about the only good thing about it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Be about the only good thing about it.

Fuck you.

[Lewis]

I think most of the QUARANTINE efforts are just looking like they're doing something. You can't shut the whole country down (which they would do if something like smallpox was working its way around), but if they just said look it's basically a shitter version of flu, look after yourself and get some crisps in like Lewis did, everyone would be blaming the government.

[Pepe]

Wasn't Tronald given shit for telling people to wash their hands?

[Bernanke]

Isn't the quarantine efforts just a way of halting the spread so that healthcare services aren't completely overwhelmed by a spike, affecting other patient needs? Sort of "same amount of people will get it, but over 10 months instead of 10 weeks".

[-james-]

My parents are meant to be visiting from Greece next week. It's very long odds that I'm going to be able to convince my dad that it's safe to make the trip with the media chaos that's developed.

[John Arne]

Wasn't Tronald given shit for telling people to wash their hands?

The Guardian criticized him for actually saying something sensible along the lines of 'keep calm, wash your hands regularly"

TRUMP THINKS CORONA NOT SERIOUS!!

[Giggles]

The panic has begun here :drool:
Shops nearly empty of food, hand sanitiser being bought by the trolley load. Seen a pharmacy earlier selling a pack of face masks for 120 quid.

[Jimmy Floyd]

In Ireland? What have you had, one case?

[Giggles]

In Ireland? What have you had, one case?

None so far, but one of yours had been in Dublin airport.

That said, there are rumours of one this evening in Kilkenny hospital.

[Yevrah]

The panic has begun here :drool:
Shops nearly empty of food, hand sanitiser being bought by the trolley load. Seen a pharmacy earlier selling a pack of face masks for 120 quid.

Was speaking to my old boss today and a mate of his who's a bit of a Del Boy got in early on the face masks, ordering shipments of the fuckers and has made a small fortune.

[Giggles]

I’d toyed with the idea too a while back. Raging I never bothered.

[Bam]

Fuck you.

Whats it matter to you? You going to win the 100m? :henn0rz:

[Bam]

We have a problem with this crap now and its that exports from China are not allowed. If this doesn't change soon were fucked economically.

[Bam]

And everyone though Brexit would screw us! :D

[Spikey M]

Apparently Corona (the beer) have lost £132m over this shit. :D

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/coronavirus-corona-beer-loss-money-outbreak-pandemic-symptoms-a9364371.html

[Shindig]

Isn't the quarantine efforts just a way of halting the spread so that healthcare services aren't completely overwhelmed by a spike, affecting other patient needs? Sort of "same amount of people will get it, but over 10 months instead of 10 weeks".

I think so. You halt the spread so the 15% that develop serious symptoms aren't in larger numbers at once rushing to hospital. They key will be seeing at what point China decides they're ready to go back to work.

[Lewis]

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:lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

One of the under-the-radar lolfests in this is Indonesia's aggressive, frustrated insistence that they don't have a single case and aren't going to get one due to their superior Indonesia-ness, even though it's very clear that they have a shit ton of it.

[Bam]

Tbf if this scuppers Liverpools title then it'll all be worth it.

[Lofty]

If they deny Liverpool the title from this do any resulting suicides count towards the death toll?

[niko_cee]

I'd have thought, given the circumstances, you'd all have been through bargaining and were well into acceptance by now, but perhaps not.

[Giggles]

I hit acceptance by Christmas thankfully.

[Shindig]

I was surprised how many cases Iran had. Hundreds and yet they only opened their mouths days ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTyX-YJPPgw

I want to hear more stuff from patients just to get their perspective of how the virus feels.

[Giggles]

Sorted.


1233753791062659076

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A few schools from Hertfordshire (including a couple in my town) went to North Italy for ski trips during half term the other week and someone has now tested positive.

RIP :(

[Shindig]

Stop hanging around the school gates, then.

[Disco]

Or quarantine the shoebox for a while.

[Spikey M]

Has Ukraine had any cases?

[Spoonsky]

One of my high school friends is an EMT and he just transported the first case in Utah to the hospital in a hazmat suit. Here we go...

[Gray Fox]

But The Donald said it didn't exist.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There must come a point at which the hazmat suits etc become pointless. It'll be everywhere by now.

I'm quite up for three months in my flat and have just enough rice to last the course, but I'm not sure the whole population will go for it.

[Boydy]

I might start stockpiling.

[Shindig]

A quick google says Pot Noodles are made in Wales. Our live-in future is secure.

[Mellberg]

Anyone else taking advantage of the stock market in these times of great WORRY and CONCERN? Chinese PMI results a catastrophe today. Could lead to a (further) wipeout next week.

[Yevrah]

We’ve had 20% wiped off out share price. When this goes away that 20% is coming back.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If China stays shut for any length of time (say, 3+ months) our company will be fucked - but then so will any company that isn't selling either facemasks or baked beans. Realistically, the world just has to get on with it.

203,000 died of swine flu ten years ago, I never knew that. We didn't shut the world down then.

[Shindig]

That was considered an actual pandemic by WHO. 6.8m infected over 18 months.

[Lewis]

And yet I will forever associate it with Ital vs Yevrah, such was the power of the Dugout dot net.

[Yevrah]

My contention at the time was that the WHO were a shower of shit (for spreading panic), they've gone the other way this time but have been equally shambolic in praising China's efforts.

Which leaves me thinking now that I'm not sure what the point of them is. What are they actually bringing to the table?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Dr Ted Ross seems more fun than Margaret Chan.

The answer to your question is like all post-1945 agencies they are just a dream ticket to relevance for Denmark, Belgium et al.

[Giggles]

We’ve got our first now. Some cunt let back in from being away in Italy.

I’m just home from being in a room with 13,000 other people so I’m probably fucked anyway.

[SincereTheRebel]

Getting sexual with her after two months back in England after three months away, is safe right?

[Shindig]

Aye, it's always their fault, isn't it?

[Spikey M]

Getting sexual with her after two months back in England after three months away, is safe right?

Safe from Coronavirus, yes. Safe, no.

[Giggles]

Safe from Coronavirus, yes. Safe, no.

Not for her anyway.

[John Arne]

Given that the UK now has more than twice as many cases as Vietnam, a country that borders China, I think it's fair to say Police State > Democracy

[Jimmy Floyd]

Either that or, perish the thought, Vietnam is lying.

I'm still lolling at Indonesia having zero. My over/under on their actual number of cases is 5,000.

In fact it's a fairly consistent theme throughout the numbers that democracies are reporting higher.

[John Arne]

Either that or, perish the thought, Vietnam is lying.

I'm still lolling at Indonesia having zero. My over/under on their actual number of cases is 5,000.

In fact it's a fairly consistent theme throughout the numbers that democracies are reporting higher.

Vietnam may have a couple of more cases, but there's not a hope in hell that the Government could cover up any significant numbers. The populace aren't that subservient.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They need the GP so if I was the Vietnamese military dictator or whatever you have there, I would be covering it up with all my might.

I'd love to know how many North Korea has. Probably a shit ton.

[John Arne]

They need the GP so if I was the Vietnamese military dictator or whatever you have there, I would be covering it up with all my might.

I'd love to know how many North Korea has. Probably a shit ton.

The GP is privately funded, but you are right - the tourism numbers have tanked and the country is losing billions.

[mugbull]

They need the GP so if I was the Vietnamese military dictator or whatever you have there, I would be covering it up with all my might.

I'd love to know how many North Korea has. Probably a shit ton.

It's not like there's significant movements of people in or out. How would it get there?

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Chinese border? China's borders are all leaky as fuck.

[mugbull]

Maybe with North Koreans escaping but they're not going back into the country anytime soon. I doubt that many Chinese regularly migrate into North Korea, but who nose

[John Arne]

Maybe with North Koreans escaping but they're not going back into the country anytime soon. I doubt that many Chinese regularly migrate into North Korea, but who nose

One thing I learnt whilst in North Korea, is that anyone with any power sends their kids to Shanghai or Singapore for schooling. Granted, it's going to be in the hundreds, rather than thousands.

[Shindig]

It's not like there's significant movements of people in or out. How would it get there?

Didn't the US relocate some troops from the border once it hit the South?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Maybe with North Koreans escaping but they're not going back into the country anytime soon. I doubt that many Chinese regularly migrate into North Korea, but who nose

They don't migrate, but they will pop in and out to sell things.

[Spikey M]

Someone in Essex has tested positive despite not being out of the country recently.

I bet this shit is rife by now but most people are just assuming they have the Flu. Maybe it's what I had in December. Patient Zero. :cool:

[Foe]

Anyone else taking advantage of the stock market in these times of great WORRY and CONCERN? Chinese PMI results a catastrophe today. Could lead to a (further) wipeout next week.

I’m very tempted. I’ve got more than enough shares of my own company (which has taken an enormous shit storm by this) but I’m tempted to throw some into some others.

[Shindig]

Oh, aye. I'd be stunned if Durham escaped it. Anywhere with a Chinatown.

[Waffdon]

Confirmed case in Dundee :drool:

[Luca]

Confirmed case in Manhattan :drool:

[Bernanke]

Office is closed at least Monday + Tuesday to deep clean it because one employee was tested positive. :drool:

[Shindig]

The Burinam MotoGP race is cancelled.

[Queenslander]

Western Australia is on the board.

[John Arne]

Current Infected: 89,081
Current Deaths: 3,057
Infected but recovered: 45,161

UK Cases: 36
UK Deaths: 0

https://gyazo.com/994c4247e1cf0aff7c06eb834b340b76.jpeg

[Shindig]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/NCoV20200209_Hubei_China_ROW_cases.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/NCoV20200223_daily_deaths_by_region.png

Wikipedia's graphs are a bit better.

[Queenslander]

Indonesia is on the board. Jimmy Floyd

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-02/indonesia-records-first-cases-of-covid-19-coronavirus/12018090?pfmredir=sm

[Jimmy Floyd]

Tragic news, I thought they would hold out like an archipelago Madagascar.

[Queenslander]

:D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Indonesia has not yet announced whether it will close its borders to prevent wider spreading.

But the government faced criticism after instead pledging to set aside 72 billion rupiah ($5 billion) to pay for social media influencers to attract tourists to Indonesia.

It's my new favourite comedy nation.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.thecomet.net/news/peatree-spring-confirms-coronavirus-in-parent-1-6540806

One of my sisters carers has a son who goes there.

It's after me.

[Yevrah]

It’s coming for us all, you’ll just get to experience it first Mahow and you probably won’t even notice you have it.

Unless warmer weather kills it, there’s no way it’s contained here now.

[Giggles]

We've had some government mong telling us that it has a low risk of spreading here. Even if that were remotely true, why tell people and stop them taking precautions?

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0302/1119607-covid-19/

[Jimmy Floyd]

Dr Ted is saying it can be contained, so we're on easy street I reckon. Bring back Margaret Chan.

He's also dropped the tried and tested shitstorm words 'unique' and 'unprecedented', all we need is 'black swan event' and my bingo card will be a winner.

[Foe]

Picked up a virus over the weekend.

No cough or sore throat though, so no 14 day self isolation.

#prayforfoe

[Disco]

I'll have it, two weeks in isolation sounds perfect.

[John Arne]

So, John Oliver has made our Vietnam anti-Corona song famous...


https://youtu.be/CT0p2b85Z8Q

[Foe]

I'll have it, two weeks in isolation sounds perfect.

It sounds a lot better than it would be in reality.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I already tried it when I was at Exeter uni, another bout would be a piece of piss. In fact I should be writing the government manuals.

[bruhnaldo]

2 in Florida.

[Shindig]

Yeah, this tightness in my chest can do one. No fever, breathing difficulties or cough, just a noticeable 'something' in there. Doesn't help the office cough now surrounds me.

[Waffdon]

Confirmed case in Dundee :drool:

Got back from Budapest to find out he works with my Maw’s partner. Mon :drool:

[Pepe]

I'm stocking up on beans/tortillas and buying a shotgun after work today. Hoping to beat the crowd.

[niko_cee]

Get the shotgun first, that way, if there's a crowd for the beans and tortillas . . .

[Pepe]

I'm getting all of them at the same time in Walmart.

[Shindig]

"Do you want me to bag that for you?"

[7om]

I'm stocking up on beans/tortillas and buying a shotgun after work today. Hoping to beat the crowd.

Be a real American and shotgun blast the virus straight out the air.

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-51714162/how-i-survived-coronavirus-and-isolation

Another patient story.

[Pepe]

I'm all stocked up now. Should be able to got for, erm, like a week.

[Mazuuurk]

I'm supposed to be travelling a bit relatively soon to a few different US locations (washinton state amongst others) and I'm a little miffed about this whole thing.

I don't really give much of a fuck if you get the virus, as I feel we're all bound to get it sooner or later anyway and may as well get it over with. But I well don't wanna get stuck in some fucking quarantine somewhere against my will for having the sniffles so now I'm not sure how good an idea it is.

[Yevrah]

Can one catch it twice?

[phonics]

Yep.

[Yevrah]

Rules out the Chicken Pox approach to this then.

[bruhnaldo]

i've accepted my fate and am ready to die

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm going to Portugal at the end of the month (golf resort) and a bit of 14 day quarantine there running into my jury service would be a fucking result.

[P_3]

I'm in Turkey from the 16th. Apparently they are still coronavirus free. Hard to believe as they neighbour Iran. :cab:

[bruhnaldo]

I saw some video where some dudes were literally licking some shrine in Iran because "it had the virus"

Made no sense to me on many levels but anyways

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/51717839

Japan's Olympic minister says the Tokyo 2020 Games could be postponed from the summer until later in the year amid fears over the coronavirus outbreak.

In a response to a question in Japan's parliament, Seiko Hashimoto said Tokyo's contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) "calls for the Games to be held within 2020".

She added that "could be interpreted as allowing a postponement".

The Games are due to be held from 24 July to 9 August.

"We are doing all we can to ensure that the Games go ahead as planned," Hashimoto added.

Under the hosting agreement the right to cancel the Games remains with the IOC.

:(

[Disco]

Anything that fucks over the IOC can't be all bad.

[Giggles]

And gets that shite off the telly.

[Pepe]

Agreed, rather watch the midday soaps.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You're all fucking nonces.

[Shindig]

"Hi, I'm Steve Cram and welcome to Flog It!"

It would be nice if the press reported active cases rather than the cumulative number.

[Giggles]

"Hi, I'm Steve Cram and welcome to Flog It!"

It would be nice if the press reported active cases rather than the cumulative number.

Panic sells.

[bruhnaldo]

Why wouldn't you enjoy the Olympics? I mean sure we're gonna win them but come on.

[Pepe]

Because nothing is to be enjoyed.

[bruhnaldo]

I enjoy this website.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I like the Olympics apart from the bit where it turns into jingoistic medal-counting. The sports are mostly fun.

[Pepe]

I love the Olympics. The only time when the shit sports matter.

Remember after the London ones, when certain members of our community where going to stop watching football and follow other sports instead? :D

[bruhnaldo]

I like the Olympics apart from the bit where it turns into jingoistic medal-counting. The sports are mostly fun.

That's literally the best part what the h*ck?

[Jimmy Floyd]

We somehow won more golds than China at the last one (won't happen again) and our coverage just turned into nationalistic hunt for golds and then wanking off the medal winners. Just show me the sport, regardless of nationality.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The weightlifting is the best event really.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-KO36vG4c

I was in tears with the guy.

[Shindig]

It might happen this year if all they don't ship their athletes to Switzerland immediately.

[Waffdon]

I love the Olympics. The only time when the shit sports matter.

Remember after the London ones, when certain members of our community where going to stop watching football and follow other sports instead? :D

Yev and Mahow we’re loving it

[Yevrah]

I don't watch football anymore. :sorry:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've never watched less than this season and when I am in my fifties like Yev, I suspect I might be close to zero, unless the fascist government forces me to watch the Saudi Stars v China Kings or whatever it will be by then.

[Shindig]

I sort of miss how much I consumed as a kid. Recording C5's late night offerings and being fascinated by it. There's no mysteries to it any more.

[Giggles]

Our second diagnosis has been confirmed this evening. Another one in from Italy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yev and Mahow we’re loving it

I am watching a hell of a lot less football though.

American Football has taken the top spot as my favourite sport.