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The cracking 15 minute primetime slots on the news barraging the public with emotional propaganda and fear are back :cool:
Apparently there's a disease going round. At least there's no other current affairs event of significance that may have justified zipping up your COVID boners for.
mass test and trace in liverpool.
They're a compliant lot. Should go well.
Fucking finally.
We at least need to try and do this shit.
We do. But choose your fucking battles. Trial it in Berwick-upon-Tweed or something. Give yourself a chance of success to build from. Liverpool? Fuck me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Having never done it, do they take multiple tests? The whole 70% hit rate thing seems like you're fucked either way.
Do you blokes have science nerds testing the sewerage?
Someone must have read Taz's post and aimed for poetic justice. Just got the wrong town.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
A Tory government have picked the most conspiracy minded and anti-Tory City in the country to be a testing ground. This is amazing. :happycry:
Yeah, I'm not big into the Bill Gates' vaccine scene but the way Jeremy Hunt has been banging on about testing the whole country every month come early next year is definitely throwing off some Illuminati vibes.
Strangely enough, this is something I know a bit about. They certainly could test the sewerage for COVID (as many other countries do), but due to factors such as housing density, combined sewers (stormwater/wastewater in same pipes), and general complexity of old sewer systems, it would be very difficult to trace from sewerage testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenslander
Not to mention if there are loads of cases about, the positive results will tell you very little anyway.
Ahh that makes sense. Brisbane is a wee bit smaller than the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by hfswjyr
I think it's more they're really, really pinning their hopes on a jab ending this. It would be nice if by sheer luck or one decision, something went right for this government.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
492 :drool:
Is that good or bad? I never know with some of you headcases.
It's not just a number, you sick fuck, it's real lives.
492 :drool:
I’m going to say it’s high seeing as you’re so happy about it.
Yeah, it just kinda-sorta doubled. Right on cue for Theresa May to question the death projections.
I see Turdgeon wants to impose fixed penalty fines beginning at £60 for people who travel. What a monstrous cunt she is. :harold:
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Originally Posted by Magic
When we locked down the first time we were seeing 15 or so deaths per day. A month later it was 1000 a day. We lock down again tomorrow with 492 deaths per day. Where we're going to be in a month is anyones guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Based on that equation, nearly 33,000 deaths per day. No survivors.
:drool:
Furlough now extended to March.
As lockdown will be.
Yup. I don't know what our deaths are going to be in 4 weeks (presumably not 33,000 per day), but they are going to pretty fucking high and whilst I get it's all on a 4 week delay, I just can't see how you relax restrictions whilst 1000+ people are dying every day when you've no realistic forecast of what effect this lockdown is going to have.
The only thing complicating it is Christmas. I don't know what they're going to do about Christmas and I don't think they do either. Is it worth extending the subsequent lockdown by three months just so that you can get three days of Christmas in? I would say not, but my observations of people with kids suggest that for those with kids Christmas is basically the be all and end all of human existence, so I don't know.
Yep, if they're prepared to say we're open in four weeks time when the deaths will be far higher than anything we've seen so far then we wouldn't have locked down in the first place.
Boris has no backbone, so I think Christmas will happen in one form or other and it will represent the first time the majority of the public will be happy to put their lives ahead of saving others.
I think they'll pause all restrictions for 3 days (Eve, Day and Boxing) and then back to lockdown.
Yep, this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
I really hope they aren't stupid enough to stop the restrictions for 3 days but nothing would surprise me now.
Just turn a blind eye and let people have their grannies over if they really want to.
I think this will be it. They will officially leave the rules in place but will tell the police / wardens not to enforce things for a bit and ask people to 'be sensible'.Quote:
Originally Posted by -james-
Grannies need to gum a bit of dry turkey.
Which is fine until there's a huge spike and we end up with tougher restrictions for longer than needs be just for a couple of days.Quote:
Originally Posted by -james-
It's no more reckless than this week's "right, you've got five days until DEFCON 4 lockdown kicks in, make sure you get the mother of all piss ups in before we close pubs".
You all need to stop being such fucking prudes. Imagine the scenes on that Boxing Day if they do the 3 day thing. It'll be a white Christmas alright :happycry:
The majority of people will ignore the restrictions for Christmas anyway.
So they can either accept that, or have the public resent them and/or resist if being stopped.
I’m pretty good with following the guidance but if the government think I’ll sit about my flat alone over the festive period they’re in for a disappointment.
Would be interesting to know the percentage of lockdown fines that have actually been paid.
"And don't forget the fireworks."Quote:
Originally Posted by -james-
Why is he saying things like this? Does he actually enjoy a u-turn?Quote:
Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said there was "light at the end of the tunnel" and the restrictions would "automatically expire" on 2 December.
He's an eternal optimist who has become PM at a time when only pessimism will do. He's kind of broken, I think.
Cause u-turns lost their significance after the 6th one in a fortnight probably. Post-truth politics baby.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...cases-in-pilot
At this stage I wouldn't be surprised to see someone atthe roundtable suggest just getting everyone to take the test twice to overcome this.
Numbers way down here but it’s only making the mongs call for it to end prematurely.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...scientists-say
nUmBeRs WaY dOwN hErE bUt It'S oNlY mAkInG tHe MoNgS cAlL fOr It To EnD pReMaTuReLy
#otc #stopthecount #feedtheyak
That might have worked better without that bullshit link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don
Probably would have worked better in 2016 when that kind of thing of thing was popular on Reddit too.
There are at least 30 kids gathered in the park beneath me with a big set of speakers, all smoking whatever. I reckon, by law, I should be allowed to strafe them with a vintage automatic weapon.
Apparently police had bottles thrown at them in the next town along earlier in the week when they tried to break up a similar gathering (this is suburban Surrey). Lockdown is creating this dreadful situation whereby there are no honest citizens out and about anywhere and the human sewage run riot in the hole that is left.
Egg the fuck out of them.
Would you consider calling your local police station and dobbing them in?
If you want to be a pointless cunt at least listen to Manc and have some fun doing so.