Making the news today....

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Mark J said:

I clearly know nothing.

Finally! Now we're making headway.  

[Mick Dempsey]

6 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

The exception proves the rule. Surely you know that? 

How so?

[Khriss]

4 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

How so?

Cos it's a glib and easy response,  Dempsey. K

Edited May 1, 2020 by Khriss
( not that more , could or would be expected )

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Mick Dempsey said:

The economy thing is just speculation/prediction. Deaths are real statistics.

 

Germany was already in a recession, its was going to only get deeper with the UK leaving the EU, with Covid its gonna push Germany over the Cliff. With Germany falling off the Cliff deaths directly linked to this will surely follow. And I agree with you, Deaths are the real statistic but its way to early to say the tally has been counted. Only after all the data has been extrapolated, at a time in the future when we can draw a line under Covid -19 can we fully corrolate and confirm real statistics. : ) 

[trigger_andy]

3 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

How so?

If you dont know Im certainly not here to educate you.  Google it, or dont. I could not care less either way. 

[Woodworks]

46 minutes ago, Mark J said:

How so?
I'm yet to see anything positive about the way the gov has conducted themselves. I'm happy to be enlightened though.

Spot on.

 

We were so slow to react even though others nations got hit hard before us for us to learn from.

 

First call is lets try herd immunity and sacrifice at least half a million of us to save the economy even though no other nation had tried this (I wont be forgetting this when we next have elections). Then massive backtrack when they realise maybe the public dont want to sacrifice our older generation and a pile of youngsters to save a few bob. Then we are playing catchup with widespread transmission amongst the population. Probably the worst handling of this from any 1st world nation.

 

Not so unhappy with the direction now but why we ignored it for so long was bewildering. 

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

If you dont know Im certainly not here to educate you.  Google it, or dont. I could not care less either way. 

Yeah, I reckon Khriss nailed it there.

 

5 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Germany was already in a recession, its was going to only get deeper with the UK leaving the EU, with Covid its gonna push Germany over the Cliff. With Germany falling off the Cliff deaths directly linked to this will surely follow. And I agree with you, Deaths are the real statistic but its way to early to say the tally has been counted. Only after all the data has been extrapolated, at a time in the future when we can draw a line under Covid -19 can we fully corrolate and confirm real statistics. : ) 

Speculation that’s all, what you think will happen that support your narrative.

Not a single real fact to support it.

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, Woodworks said:

Spot on.

 

We were so slow to react even though others nations got hit hard before us for us to learn from.

 

First call is lets try herd immunity and sacrifice at least half a million of us to save the economy even though no other nation had tried this (I wont be forgetting this when we next have elections). Then massive backtrack when they realise maybe the public dont want to sacrifice our older generation and a pile of youngsters to save a few bob. Then we are playing catchup with widespread transmission amongst the population. Probably the worst handling of this from any 1st world nation.

In fairness I reckon the US has taken that crown.

1 minute ago, Woodworks said:

 

Not so unhappy with the direction now but why we ignored it for so long was bewildering. 

 

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Mick Dempsey said:

Speculation that’s all,

Speculation is all we have right now. Until such a time as all the facts can be gathered and verified at a date in the future we're all just guessing. We're in the middle of the pandemic, we might not even be that far through yet you seem to have it firmly in your mind you have all the answers for today and the future of this. So I'll ask you, what facts are you using to support your conformation bias? 

[Woodworks]

Just now, Mick Dempsey said:

In fairness I reckon the US has taken that crown.

 

Looking at the graphs of infection rate I am not so sure. We have twice the death rate per million of population