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Mark J

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  1. @Richard 1234 @Johnsond Go on then, defend them: I copied this list from a facebook post December 31st China alerts WHO to new virus. January 23rd Study reveals a third of China’s patients require intensive care. January 24th Boris Johnson misses first Cobra meeting. January 29th Boris Johnson misses second Cobra meeting. January 31st The NHS declares first ever ‘Level 4 critical incident’ Meanwhile, the government declines to join European scheme to source PPE. February 5th Boris Johnson misses third Cobra meeting. February 12th Boris Johnson misses fourth Cobra meeting. Exeter University published study warning Coronavirus could infect 45 million people in the UK if left unchallenged. February 13th Boris Johnson misses conference call with European leaders. February 14th Boris Johnson goes away on holiday. Aides are told keeps Johnson’s briefing notes short or he will not read them. February 18th Johnson misses fifth cobra meeting. February 26th Boris Johnson announces ‘Herd Immunity’ strategy, announcing some people will lose loved ones. Government document is leaked, predicting half a million Brits could die in ‘worse case scenario’ February 29th Boris Johnson retreats to his country manor. NHS warns of ‘PPE shortage nightmare’ Stockpiles have dwindled or expired after years of austerity cuts. March 2nd Boris Johnson attends his first Cobra meeting, declining another opportunity to join European PPE scheme. Government’s own scientists say over half a million Brit’s could die if virus left unrestrained. Johnson tells country “We are very, very well prepared.” March 3rd Scientists urge Government to advise public not to shake hands. Boris Johnson brags about shaking hands of Coronavirus patients. March 4th Government stops providing daily updates on virus following a 70% spike in UK cases. They will later U-turn on this amid accusations they are withholding vital information. March 5th Boris Johnson tells public to ‘wash their hands and business as usual’ March 7th Boris Johnson joins 82,000 people at Six Nations match. March 9th After Ireland cancels St Patrick’s day parades, the government says there’s “No Rationale” for cancelling sporting events. March 10th - 13th Cheltenham takes place, more than a quarter of a million people attend. March 11th 3,000 Atletico Madrid fans fly to Liverpool. March 12th Boris Johnson states banning events such as Cheltenham will have little effect. The Imperial College study finds the government’s plan is projected to kill half a million people. March 13th The FA suspends the Premier League, citing an absence of Government guidance. Britain is invited to join European scheme for joint purchase of ventilators, and refuses. Boris Johnson lifts restrictions of those arriving from Coronavirus hot spots. March 14th Government is still allowing mass gatherings, as Stereophonics play to 5,000 people in Cardiff. March 16th Boris Johnson asks Britons not to go to pubs, but allows them to stay open. During a conference call, Johnson jokes that push to build new ventilators should be called ‘Operation Last Gasp’ March 19th Hospital patients with Coronavirus are returned to care homes in a bid to free up hospital space. What follows is a boom of virus cases in care homes. March 20th The Government states that PPE shortage crisis is “Completely resolved” Less than two weeks later, the British Medical Association reports an acute shortage in PPE. March 23rd UK goes into lockdown. March 26th Boris Johnson is accused of putting ‘Brexit over Breathing’ by not joining EU ventilator scheme. The government then state they had not joined the scheme because they had ‘missed the email’ April 1st The Evening Standard publishes that just 0.17% of NHS staff have been tested for the virus. April 3rd The UK death toll overtakes China. April 5th 17.5 million Antibody tests, ordered by the government and described by Boris Johnson as a ‘game changer’ are found to be a failure. April 7th Boris Johnson is moved to intensive care with Coronavirus. April 16th Flights bring 15,000 people a day into the UK - without virus testing. April 17th Health Secretary Matt Hancock says “I would love to be able to wave a magic wand and have PPE fall from the sky.” The UK has now missed four opportunities to join the EU’s PPE scheme. April 21st The Government fails to reach its target of face masks for the NHS, as it is revealed manufactures offers of help were met with silence. Instead millions of pieces of PPE are being shipped from the UK to Europe. April 23rd - 24th Government announces testing kits for 10 million key workers. Orders run out within minutes as only 5,000 are made available. April 25th UK death toll from Coronavirus overtakes that of The Blitz. April 30th Boris Johnson announces the UK has succeeded in avoiding a tragedy that had engulfed other parts of the world - At this point, The UK has the 3rd highest death toll in the world. May 1st The Government announces it has reached its target of 100,000 tests - They haven’t conducted the tests, but posted the testing kits. May 5th The UK death toll becomes the highest in Europe. May 6th Boris Johnson announces the UK could start to lift lockdown restrictions by next week.
  2. You might be right there. They shot themselves in the foot by backtracking on the herd immunity thing. Everyone heard the gov say that it was their preferred way to deal with it, but then, when approval ratings fell to < normal, they denied that it was ever a plan. If they'd stood their ground they may have fronted it.
  3. I've no idea. If a business isn't viable during or post-pandemic, then it should probably be looking for a job that is. We keep getting told we're a rich country. Let's spend some money. It's no longer possible to 'kill it off' because we failed to act on the warnings. They're on about opening up schools for reception age kids. Do you think that social distancing of children is a plausible thing? Would you send your kids back to school? Many people live in households with 'vulnerable' people. I doubt many people would be happy if it was found that their kid was the vector that caused the untimely death of his teacher's Dad. Latest advice seems to be: Go to work unless you can't go to work Use your car unless you can't use your car Don't use public transport unless you have to use public transport Stay at home, but you can go out unlimited times Things might reopen unless they don't We're past the peak but we're not We're in a new phase now unless we aren't Things are different unless it turns out they are the same
  4. I think I'll go with Daphne. I haven't seen it in the flesh so don't know what it smells like. Thanks again.
  5. Mark J

    Covid-19

    Hahaha. You really do have a hardon for Boris. Read the article or go play somewhere else.
  6. Mark J

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    There's more info in that article than we've had from the media/government since things kicked off. It annoys me that we are being kept in the dark.
  7. Mark J

    Covid-19

    Some useful information in here about covid- 19. It shines some light on the issue of viral load and situations where transmission is more likely to occur. It's written Erin Bromage who is Assoc. Prof. of Biology at the University of Massachusetts. The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them ERINBROMAGE.WIXSITE.COM It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable...
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    The virus cannot replicate without a host. So all they need to do in NZ now is quarantine new arrivals. It's not rocket science. We've gone down a different route. The cat is out the bag over here. Without a full on lockdown/ testing and contact tracing, we're not actively trying to suppress the virus. We're merely trying to slow the rate of transmission so our understocked NHS doesn't collapse.
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    I think that's the point of it. UBI was a good idea before this poxy virus rocked up. In a decade (or less) most distribution, food production and admin jobs will be automated. That's a lot of people. A UBI is going to be essential. It should be a decent sum of money too. (Living wage x 40).
  10. Mark J

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    Better late than never. Why not now though? I think they're taking us for a ride. Herd immunity for the win. I'm glad I didn't vote them in. UK 'to bring in 14-day air passenger quarantine' WWW.BBC.CO.UK Airlines group says it has been told coronavirus quarantining will start from the end of May.
  11. Spider probably. I got bitten in Spain last year. I barely felt the bite, it acted like a mozzie nibble and then swelled up a fair bit. I ended up with what looked like an ulcer on my ankle. It took three months to heal. Give the quacks a ring, it might be prudent to get it cleaned and to possibly some chemicals to assist healing.
  12. Mark J

    Covid-19

    A canny talk from 2018 which rings true now. Universal Basic Income is the way forward:
  13. Mark J

    Covid-19

    Criticism and praise where it's due. Rewarding bad behaviour will get you nowhere.
  14. Mark J

    Covid-19

    The Comforting and Misleading Political Response to Britain’s Coronavirus Disaster | The New Yorker WWW.NEWYORKER.COM There has been a curious mixture of superiority and fatalism about Britain’s handling of the pandemic, which has been...
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    'Biggest failure in a generation': Where did Britain go wrong? WWW.SMH.COM.AU Even after a dire warning of 250,000 deaths under business as usual, the nation was not put into lockdown.
  16. Mark J

    Covid-19

    Has something rattled your cage?
  17. Mark J

    Covid-19

    We could look at how other countries have prevented deaths and copied them. {insert positive smiley face}. You answered your own question.
  18. Mark J

    Covid-19

    Shame it had to get that far:
  19. Mark J

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    How Boris Johnson refused to fight the virus APPEASEMENT.ORG He’s not Churchill. He’s Chamberlain.
  20. Mark J

    Covid-19

    The Pandemic Doesn’t Have to Be This Confusing - The Atlantic WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend
  21. Mark J

    Covid-19

    Sometimes you have to stare the cow in the arse and look at the facts in your face.

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