Corona Virus - Should we be worried?

[Spindles]

As I've said before.  Ugly behaviour.  This kind of thing is really not very British now, is it?  We're all in this together, treat everyone with a bit of consideration as you never know how much pressure they are under themselves and we'll get through it in a few months and probably feel a little bit closer as a nation if we do so.  Act selfish, out for yourself, treating others badly and you're only making the world a bit shittier.  Be excellent to one another, as Mr Preston Esquire would say.

[TownesMR]

Cage The Elephant have announced a show for June 29 in Brighton. This comes only a day or two after they cancelled an Italian show. 

[TorontoScot]

This is a brief round up of European countries most affected and measures they are taking (including policy of mass gatherings/football matches/etc)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/coronavirus-precautions-around-europe

[Quark]

9 minutes ago, Spindles said:

As I've said before.  Ugly behaviour.  This kind of thing is really not very British now, is it?  We're all in this together, treat everyone with a bit of consideration as you never know how much pressure they are under themselves and we'll get through it in a few months and probably feel a little bit closer as a nation if we do so.  Act selfish, out for yourself, treating others badly and you're only making the world a bit shittier.  Be excellent to one another, as Mr Preston Esquire would say.

Sadly I'd say it's very British. It's just not the idealised British that a lot of people would seem to like to think we are. People like Karen.

Don't be like Karen.

[kalifire]

34 minutes ago, plot2pot said:

Go on, ask them about Glastonbury. Dare ya.

Gave it my best shot.

 

Edited March 4, 2020 by kalifire

[Guest]

The only real worry here in regards to Glastonbury is the government. As someone said earlier, I fear they will take measures like force events to be cancelled because they are afraid to look like they aren’t doing anything.

 

Rest assures anything they do won’t effect them and their friends!

[whitehorses]

2 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Gave it my best shot.

Amazing 😂

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, Dave85radiohead said:

Is it wrong to hope that people stressing about coronavirus might result in lots of extra resale tickets?

Post that on the resale thread you might get a good a one sided response  however I’ve not seen one person say they will give up tickets yet ... off to Fb group to see :)?

[Crazyfool01]

Just out of interest has anyone seen people wearing face masks yet ? I’m sure they will become more common place and maybe more common in cities at the moment ... but I saw my first one today 

[Earth_pig]

Yeah I've seen a few, I saw a lady who didn't have it over her nose as well which won't help her much.

Edited March 4, 2020 by Earth_pig

[squirrelarmy]

3 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Just out of interest has anyone seen people wearing face masks yet ? I’m sure they will become more common place and maybe more common in cities at the moment ... but I saw my first one today 

It’s a common site around Leeds as it’s an ingrained part of Asian culture not to spread a virus they have themselves. 
 

I haven’t seen any westerners take up the habit yet. 

[CJTM]

2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Just out of interest has anyone seen people wearing face masks yet ? I’m sure they will become more common place and maybe more common in cities at the moment ... but I saw my first one today 

Yes a few in Dublin town, by people if I had to assume to be of non-Irish descent, Asian/Tanned skin more so than caucasian, was a couple in Dublin airport on the weekend but London Luton on the way back on Monday was a lot, lot more... think that's just the Irish mentality tho of 'feck it, be grand'

[wonker]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

It’s a common site around Leeds as it’s an ingrained part of Asian culture not to spread a virus they have themselves. 
 

I haven’t seen any westerners take up the habit yet. 

Go to a convent, there are a few that have taken up a similar but slightly different habit there.

[Quark]

Yeah a few on commuter line in and out of London. Primarily young people, which makes me chuckle for some reason.

[hodgey123]

7 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Just out of interest has anyone seen people wearing face masks yet ? I’m sure they will become more common place and maybe more common in cities at the moment ... but I saw my first one today 

I've seen hundreds, but live in London so not very controversial/extraordinary.

[5co77ie]

Medical experts warn that Tories still pose a greater threat to wellbeing than the Coronavirus

March 3, 2020 Popular Right Now, UK PoliticsPete Redfern

 

 

Widespread transmission of coronavirus in the UK is now “highly likely”, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

But is still not likely to be as bad for the general wellbeing of society in the long term as the widespread of Tory voters across the land, and the resulting austerity, cuts to public services and withdrawal of benefits.

Following the meeting of Cobra yesterday, a senior Medical Director said the country must prepare itself.

“This is a serious threat to everyone in this land” he told reporters, “and the damage that has been done and can still be inflicted on the country could be monumental. But enough about the Tories.

“Coronavirus is pretty bad, too, so keep an eye out for that as well.”

 

The Prime Minister was at a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee to finalise government plans, after the number of UK cases jumped to 36.

Which is 119,964 fewer in number than the estimated number of deaths caused by austerity under the Conservative Party.

Meanwhile, the EU has raised the Coronavirus risk in member states to “moderate to high”.

Presumably because those countries tend to be led by good governments who have a vested interest in the wellbeing of their populace, so having a virus spreading around the country would be a major cause for concern. But in the UK, a few deaths here and there are nothing compared to government hellbent on increasing austerity led by Boris Johnson.

The threat to life is now out of control and multiplying at an alarming rate.

But enough about Boris Johnson.

https://thenewsdump.co.uk/medical-experts-warn-that-tories-still-pose-a-greater-threat-to-wellbeing-than-the-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR1QQHkQit2msjw99qcyL41SLhjCpzZMzbTVaxjchPSP2GiXWdugAgn3KQc

 

[zahidf]

James bond running scared

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2020 by zahidf

[Crazyfool01]

I guess in a small town it’s a bit more extraordinary mine was wandering the supermarket isles near the non existent hand sanitiser 

[CJTM]

1 minute ago, hodgey123 said:

I've seen hundreds, but live in London so not very controversial/extraordinary.

should have said what are you doing here? not in a racist way

[chazwwe]

https://deadline.com/2020/03/no-time-to-die-release-date-moved-coronavirus-mgm-1202873876/

Pushed back to November 

[CJTM]

They know it'll affect sales majorly, and after all the money they would have spunked on it, good move by them tbf

[Guest]

Meanwhile people will still carry on going to the cinema.

[kalifire]

Disappointing, given Mr Bond gets as much fulfilment out of killing as it does, so why won't he admit it?

[CJTM]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

Meanwhile people will still carry on going to the cinema.

source?

[AlexOvd]

4 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Meanwhile people will still carry on going to the cinema.

It's getting absolutely ridiculous.