Everyone is lying about their numbers.
Everyone is lying about their numbers.
I bet the Japanese health system folded like one of their paper houses the minute somebody somewhere was expected to improvise and make a decision nominally above their grade.
Ah, they took the Swedish approach. Clever.
We seem to be sorted apparently.
The media shouldn’t be allowed put out stories like this as it just makes people relax and break rules.
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/...virus-ireland/
A lot of countries do seem to be getting to the "what do we do next" phase.
The press are turning on Bojo. You love to see it. They’re reporting he missed 5 Cobra meetings for ‘personal reasons’.
Were those personal reasons 'nearly dying'?
What the fuck is Cobra?
I've not looked it up but COBRA is like an emergency meeting where all the various branches meet to discuss a joint plan.
It's a long shot but I'm going to go with it being 'Co-Bra'nches of Government or something?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabi...Briefing_Rooms
Americanised bollocks.
At least it’s (almost) an acronym and not like something from Austin Powers.
My reasoning for it being called Cobra is way better.
Semi-related, 'The Situation Room' is a fucking fantastic piece of branding.
The SAGE acronym is not any better either.
No prizes for guessing which PM pointlessly introduced COBRA in order to try and sound more cool, presidential and American.
I have no idea, but I assume that it's Blair based on your sneer.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...463v1.full.pdf
A group studied antibody prevalence in a California county and found that it corresponded to a 50-85 times increased rate of Covid infection that the official numbers. If we take that high estimate as true and apply it to the UK what is that, 10 million infections? We’re also testing less than the US per million people so it could be an even higher figure for us.
California has less per capita tests than the UK, keep in mind.
They need to be LIBERATED.
Given the focus of the cases on large cities, following this study I wouldn't be surprised if say 25-30% of the population of London, Paris, New York etc have gotten infected.
He’ll be going full Lewis chimp out mode with that comment.
That was more Austrian than American. Tony Blair wishes he was American, the televangelist freak.
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Fuck Blair. Thatcher's knickers were positively soaking at the thought of being more American and you both know it. She'd have been calling COBRA meetings every other day, the slag.
I think you misunderstand her very much. Can be forgiven as these days she is just popularly used as a convenient Hitler-devil figure for lazy lefties rather than the nuanced historical leader she (and Blair, and all the others) was.
You have to remember in those days the Cold War was on and the Americans were the good guys. It's not like when we grew up and they spent enough time in sole command for the backlash to develop. But good old Tony stuck with his stars and stripes boys in 2003, to much popular acclaim, and the rest is history.
The local Coronavirus group has had quite a lot of photos/videos dobbing people in. Somebody that got caught in a video thought it would be a good idea to inbox the uploader with:
The Americans have never been the good guys in their entire history.
Just reading the Sunday Times article (here)and it's a horror show alright, gonna join Waff in using it as wanking material for the next week because there's a lot to at but the most damning bit of it all and the clear marker that Boris ain't cut out for any of this has to be this:
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Come on down, Mr. Starmer, you don.
I’ve those jars.
@John Arne's lot donning it: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/co...n-4086826.html
Vietnam
Late 90's early 00's Brisbane high schools were chokkas full of 1st Generation Vietnamese Australian.
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The international community largely ignoring Vietnam's success is bizarre. The perception seems to be... Vietnam is like China, therefore it's figures are completely made up. The reality is whilst they may be a few cases not being recorded, it's impossible to hide hundreds or thousands of deaths in a country that is so online and eager to screw over its own government.
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That's what having a one-party state does for you. Soz la.
I was going to say that earlier (with a Mel photo obvs) but it was too predictable
It's hard to say if it was the right move though. Kicking us out makes you America, letting us stay makes you Hong Kong.
Then there's India...
Anyway, the rule of thumb seems to be that as long as you weren't colonised by the Belgians, you'll probably be alright in the long run.
The one small problem with the idea that Boris Johnson not chairing some meetings has caused thousands of people to die is that it assumes that Boris Johnson's chairing of meetings is perhaps the most powerful force for good in all of global public health.
Still, any chance for twitter blue ticks to tell us all how ANGRY they are.
I misunderstand zero, and Hitler who you've mentioned was also a nuanced historical figure, it just so happens that his range went from walks in the park to having a small thirst racism, murder and trying to take over the world. Thatcher is judged by her actions, and whilst yes she did no doubt also enjoyed walks in the park, you don't get to throw Blair under the bus for touching up Bush in a golf cart, whilst defending Thatcher for giving Reagan the reach around, in the same post, no matter how much nuance (read: Tory defending gymnastics) you apply.
I would rather they waited until it was all over before finding out what should have been done earlier or whatever but then a tiny part of me is still sympathetic to the fact that no one really had a clue early doors but then it still seems to be the case now which is where the sympathy kind of runs out.
She didn't blindly follow Reagan into an illegal war (not my words, the words of Jeremy Corbyn).