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Post by rodders on Apr 16, 2020 18:01:36 GMT
Journalists have not emerged with much credit over this asking a series of inane questions regarding dates for emerging from lockdown. Sure they would have got short shift from Mr Trump.
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Post by admin on Apr 18, 2020 10:11:12 GMT
Journalists have not emerged with much credit over this asking a series of inane questions regarding dates for emerging from lockdown. Sure they would have got short shift from Mr Trump. I tend to steer clear of news and those tedious press conferences now. I've listened to journalists asking inane questions for 4 years through Brexit and now coronavirus and I basically don't want to hear their agenda. Peston seems to be the top div atm, with Kuenssberg a close second. For me Beth (I love Rory Stewart) Rigby on Sky really grinds my gears. I like them to be shown up but Trump doesn't do it in a very statesman like way. Perhaps that's what's needed but it's not a good look imo. I want to know why wee Jimmy Krankie is getting so much bloody airtime? I don't give a fig what she's doing. I don't get reports from Wales or NI everyday. As for knowing someone near you with it, I don't know anyone near me who has it although a relation in Skegness had it and someone I work with reported this week that they had it. I think that things will be unlocked in part slowly in a month or two with restrictions in place and physical distancing with us until they get a vaccine of some sort. You can work out yourself what that means for our daily life and entertainment. Many more people will therefore catch this and have to pray that they are one of those people whose body deals with the virus and they come through it as the vast majority do thankfully.
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Post by rodders on Apr 20, 2020 20:14:07 GMT
My brother in Thailand reports that all alcohol sales have been banned till sometime later in April. Not sure of the reason but could be due to Chinese New Year, when authorities afraid booze may make the public ignore social restrictions. Meanwhile experts on BSF continue to know better than scientific advice given to government.Seems most of these experts come from Swindon.
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Post by admin on May 2, 2020 15:18:02 GMT
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Post by admin on May 6, 2020 22:27:17 GMT
Jokes UK@jokesukIf you're planning to split up with your missus make sure her bags are packed and the taxi is booked for 8pm on a Thursday so it looks like the whole street is glad to see the back of her!
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Post by rodders on May 7, 2020 21:43:18 GMT
I see "Lady Macbeth" in her daily diatribe still unable to resist making things political. I also wonder if she is keeping to the rules as it seems she has a readily available hairdresser. Even regular calls to 111 have failed to produce one for "Head Office even though the need is critical.
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Post by admin on May 10, 2020 8:33:21 GMT
NoisyVolt@NoisyVolt 9/5/20 Replying to @mufc_SarahGreat video (it’s in German)Shows that standing safe distance is 1.5m Walking is 4m Running is 10m When you move you leave a cloud of virus, the quicker you move, the longer the cloud
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Post by chrise on May 10, 2020 13:24:54 GMT
I see "Lady Macbeth" in her daily diatribe still unable to resist making things political. I also wonder if she is keeping to the rules as it seems she has a readily available hairdresser. Even regular calls to 111 have failed to produce one for "Head Office even though the need is critical. Its a wig ! Fan dabi dozy 😁😁😁
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Post by admin on May 10, 2020 18:47:10 GMT
George Eaton@georgeeaton 10/5/20
This is ominous for the UK - Germany's infection rate has risen just days after lockdown restrictions were eased (R number is now 1.1).Also, my sister has German penfriend and where she lives in Germany has been locked down again
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Post by admin on May 10, 2020 19:08:08 GMT
Neil O'Brien MP@NeilDotObrien 10/5/20
Summary after Johnson's speech:
* Encouraged to go to work if you can't work from home
* Unlimited outside time- but only with family
* Phased reopening of primary schools from 1 June & some secondary before summer for pupils w exams next year
* July for pubs, restaurants etc if things keep improving
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Post by rodders on May 10, 2020 22:26:05 GMT
History tells us that there is always a second peak of any pandemic. Heard reports today of street parties in SW to celebrate VE Day. Organised one would think by those who were not even born at the time.
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Post by rodders on May 14, 2020 19:02:37 GMT
In my view any attempt to restart any spectator sport in the foreseeable future would be based totally on mercenary reasons.
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Post by admin on May 15, 2020 19:19:19 GMT
In my view any attempt to restart any spectator sport in the foreseeable future would be based totally on mercenary reasons. They can restart, or try to, for whatever reason they want but there isn't going to be any spectators unless Covid-19 burns itself out significantly or they discover a treatment, which seems even more likely in the short term. We're an over populated country with too many idiots without intelligence and consideration for others (much like our disabled parking proposition for 2020, karma!). At the end of the day people need entertainment and if someone makes out of it then so be it. Someone has to organise things and put on the show and I doubt that the majority come out on top.
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Post by admin on May 15, 2020 20:28:13 GMT
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Post by rodders on May 18, 2020 21:38:26 GMT
Despite being well known as a miserable anti social sod, at the start of this crisis I volunteered to help and assist those more needy than I. I was told in a very nice way that in view of my age I would not be asked to help practically . Possibly I could be asked to phone those that needed contact or were lonely. Heard nothing till Sunday last when I received two phone calls from persons in the village. I am totally bemused as to whether they phoned me as they think I am lonely or needed help to which the answer is no and no or I was phoned by people in the opposite situation.
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Post by admin on May 19, 2020 8:29:18 GMT
Despite being well known as a miserable anti social sod, at the start of this crisis I volunteered to help and assist those more needy than I. I was told in a very nice way that in view of my age I would not be asked to help practically . Possibly I could be asked to phone those that needed contact or were lonely. Heard nothing till Sunday last when I received two phone calls from persons in the village. I am totally bemused as to whether they phoned me as they think I am lonely or needed help to which the answer is no and no or I was phoned by people in the opposite situation. I think unless it's practical help then the offer usually goes to the bottom of the list, however well meaning and within that individuals capabilities or within what it is reasonably expected that they can do in the circumstances. Wouldn't get hung up on it Rodders. You made the effort but also probably fit the criteria for possibly needing help yourself. It's just crossed lines and misunderstanding given your circumstances.
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Post by admin on May 19, 2020 22:40:22 GMT
Professor Karol Sikora@ProfKarolSikora 19/5/20
Great news.
The Government will start publishing our daily recovery figures.
I've been pushing for this for a while. It will give a desperately needed morale boost and show people that the vast majority recover.
We need some balance - sending out these stats soon will help.
Only downside (after hearing a few recovery stories) is that it's not just like a dose of flu and isn't something that you want to risk catching.
The stats I'd like to see are how many staff working in supermarkets have been infected and recovered. Haven't been in one since March but guess that social distancing for staff is nigh on impossible for a considerable part of the working day?
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Post by admin on May 20, 2020 21:19:37 GMT
Could the Government be about to relax the two-metre rule for social distancing?
On Wednesday morning (20/5/20), professor Robert Dingwall, a sociologist who sits on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, questioned the rule, saying he had tried to trace the scientific justification for it but couldn’t.
The evidence, he said, was ‘fragile’. Some countries, such as the US and Spain, have also set a distance of two metres but others, such as Australia, Germany and the Netherlands are content with 1.5 metres and others, such as Norway and Finland are happy with a single metre.
The two-metre rule is going to be a huge impediment to relaxing lockdown. As an example, a standard train carriage in Britain is 2.8 metres wide. It is possible to maintain one metre social distancing by only using the window seats, but it is impossible to maintain two metres distance when people have to walk up and down the aisles. Likewise, one metre social distancing is practical in shops and restaurants while two metres is either impossible or impractical for commercial reasons.
Before this pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control was already recommending distancing of six feet (just under two metres) as a means of avoiding the transmission of influenza – and some claim it is a rule of thumb which has been in use since the 1930s. However, a Chinese study in the journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases studied the atmosphere in hospital wards in Wuhan at the peak of the epidemic and detected the virus present in the air up to four metres away from an infected patient.
Professor Lydia Bourouiba of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology went one further and suggested it was possible for an infected person to spread the disease in aerosol droplets up to 8.2 metres away. That is a distance which would be impossible to maintain in any urban area, even outdoors, as there are many streets and passageways that are not that wide.
Distance, though, is not everything – the time spent within spluttering distance of another individual is equally important. Documents published by the Scottish government on its own proposed test, track and trace programme suggest that the system would be triggered when someone has spent 15 minutes within two metres of an infected person. Andrew Curran, chief scientific adviser to the Health and Safety Executive recently claimed that an hour spent two metres away from an infected person gave the same chance for the virus to spread as ‘a few seconds’ at one metre.
The other variable is whether or not a space is enclosed or not. A study by the Japanese National Institute of Infectious Diseases claims that, all other things being equal, the risk of the virus being transmitted from person to person is 18.7 times as high indoors than it is outdoors.
Logically, the Government should be thinking of having two different distances for social distancing, one for indoors and one for outdoors, and to enforce the distancing more when people are spending a long time in close proximity, say on a train journey or sitting down for a meal, than when they are passing each other in the street.
Spectator magazine
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Post by admin on May 23, 2020 20:55:52 GMT
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Post by admin on May 24, 2020 13:47:29 GMT
Professor Karol Sikora@ProfKarolSikora 24/5/20
Here are the latest daily infection figures for the four European countries that eased their lockdowns back in mid-April (accelerating since).
Denmark - 59 Norway - 14 Czech Republic - 77 Austria - 50
No second wave, not even a tiny ripple.
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Post by admin on May 24, 2020 20:08:41 GMT
Professor Karol Sikora@ProfKarolSikora 24/5/20
If you are in a well ventilated space with few people, the risk of infection is low.
The vast majority of infections happen in confined spaces.
Pubs & restaurants should be allowed to open their outside seating areas with restrictions - opening in June would be a morale boost.
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Post by admin on May 30, 2020 18:41:16 GMT
Anyone else confused by the messages, even a little? We need to ease the lockdown and get back to normal but everything is abnormal. You shouldn't go near people, and depending on where you are, varying levels of PPE are compulsory, or recommended, and every surface needs to be avoided really, but that's far from possible much of the time and quite stressful to have to consider always. For instance - car dealerships (Wales online but guess the same in England?):All dealers are going to be required to display a safety certificate which signifies that they are complying with government guidance on managing the risk of coronavirus. From June 1, test drives will be permitted – but only solo ones. That means you’ll be able to take out a vehicle to try it, but the dealer won’t accompany you. As with all other aspects of businesses operating during the coronavirus pandemic, car dealerships will need to enforce strict social distancing policies. It means that signs will be put up to remind all in the dealership to remain two metres apart, and walkways will be marked out through the site too. One-way systems will also be introduced, and all the vehicles in the showroom will remain locked to stop people from entering them. Some of the aspects of a dealership that you might have been used to are being removed to ensure cleanliness levels are kept to a maximum. Magazines, books and brochures will all be removed to avoid transmission, and refreshments won’t be served either. Hand sanitiser will be available throughout the dealership, too.
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Post by admin on May 31, 2020 8:36:55 GMT
Anyone else confused by the messages, even a little? We need to ease the lockdown and get back to normal but everything is abnormal. You shouldn't go near people, and depending on where you are, varying levels of PPE are compulsory, or recommended, and every surface needs to be avoided really, but that's far from possible much of the time and quite stressful to have to consider always. For instance - car dealerships (Wales online but guess the same in England?):All dealers are going to be required to display a safety certificate which signifies that they are complying with government guidance on managing the risk of coronavirus. From June 1, test drives will be permitted – but only solo ones. That means you’ll be able to take out a vehicle to try it, but the dealer won’t accompany you. As with all other aspects of businesses operating during the coronavirus pandemic, car dealerships will need to enforce strict social distancing policies. It means that signs will be put up to remind all in the dealership to remain two metres apart, and walkways will be marked out through the site too. One-way systems will also be introduced, and all the vehicles in the showroom will remain locked to stop people from entering them. Some of the aspects of a dealership that you might have been used to are being removed to ensure cleanliness levels are kept to a maximum. Magazines, books and brochures will all be removed to avoid transmission, and refreshments won’t be served either. Hand sanitiser will be available throughout the dealership, too. David@Eustondavid63 - Replying to @547spl @lukejohnsonrcp and 2 othersIt’s all nonsense they’re making it up as they go along. They’re saying if you go into a bookshop and handle a book it has to be ‘quarantined’ ... anybody been to the supermarket lately?... same rule there?... NO... all rubbish mate. Inconsistent and confusing at the very least
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Post by admin on May 31, 2020 9:05:07 GMT
Professor Karol Sikora@ProfKarolSikora (9:42 AM · May 31, 2020)
Interesting to read Government scientists estimate the average chance of catching the virus has dropped from 1 in 40 to 1 in 1,000.
A big difference.
Keeping distance, maintaining good hand hygiene and following the rules are crucial to keeping these odds low.
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Post by admin on Jun 2, 2020 20:37:56 GMT
What sports can I play now?
The overall advice remains "stay at home" as much as possible. But some non-contact outdoor sport is allowed - although rules vary across the UK.
People in England can now exercise outside with up to five others from different households. In Scotland, people from two households, in groups of up to eight people, can exercise outside together.
This means, for example, that having a kickabout with a football in the park is now allowed in both countries, as long as people stay 2m (6ft) apart and practise good hand hygiene.
However, small-sided or full games with someone from outside your household are still not allowed because of the physical contact involved.
BBC
It's all a bit of a joke really. I've just come back from walking the dog in the park, and as happens fairly regularly these days, there a full on game of football going on (physically contact an' all), a group of a dozen youths sitting on the grass with no distance between them (2nd night running) and the usual groups hanging round the seats in the centre of the park with no social distancing. To be fair, there are a few groups heeding the advice but overall you wonder what is the point?
There was an article in the ET the other day about the police breaking up a football match somewhere (Bretton/Orton or something) due to social distancing not being observed, along with numerous other recent examples but I go to the park virtually every day, observe the advice being broken every day but never see the police near the place (once or twice maybe in two months).
I said to someone yesterday, and they agreed, that it was better when nobody was going out and you virtually walked on your own apart from any other occasional dog walker. I also used to get an interrupted phone signal for playing YouTube videos etc but we're back to bloody buffering again as it struggles to keep a constant connection
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