Coronavirus

[arklowolf]

Garda trainees to be deployed, all that were due to be retired this year to be kept on.
Defence forces are to be deployed to aid the HSE with regards to everything from contact tracing, transport to helping in treatment, definitely ramping things

Hope that doesn't include 'the civil defence'. Bleeding laughable.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Hope that doesn't include 'the civil defence'. Bleeding laughable.

Hopefully things will never get that desperate

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

Then he is even more of a cock than I have thought.

Trump cares about ONE thing - re-election in November. Fuck everything else.

Is it ok to make a joke about Covid-19 eliminating his core support - people aged over 75?

Probably not, so I won't.

 

[arklowolf]

That and he wanted to stick his fingers up at the countries with those evil open borders.

How are Russia doing with their closed border policy, any news?

 

[Premier Quality]

Anyway.

Interesting thread here on the UK strategy and how it might work and be the best option. I particularly like the last tweet.


https://twitter.com/iandonald_psych/status/1238518371651649538?s=21

That’s actually the best way I’ve seen it explained, it’s amazing how few people/newspapers/tv shows are explaining it properly rather than just being overly dramatic

 

[The Saturday Boy]

I would have thought there's a lot of difference between 'law' and 'government guidelines' such as the requirement to let you have bank holidays off ?

What requirement to let you have bank holidays off?

 

[The Saturday Boy]

https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus

With the exception of changes to SSP the government has not introduced any new employment protection measures. It would be nice to know that all employers are going to play fair...

 

[Paul]

What requirement to let you have bank holidays off?

That's what I'm saying, there isn't one.

 

[Tredman]

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-14...ime-style-mobilisation-to-combat-coronavirus/

 

[The Saturday Boy]

That's what I'm saying, there isn't one.

Not sure what point you were making.

Anyhow from November 2018

https://assets.publishing.service.g...file/756738/SPI-M_modelling_summary_final.pdf

 

[AndyWolves]

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-14...ime-style-mobilisation-to-combat-coronavirus/

That's actually reassuring.

Keep as many vulnerable people away from needing ICU as we can.

 

[playtheace]

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-14...ime-style-mobilisation-to-combat-coronavirus/

Jesus, Morrisons wont have any staff and bus drivers wont be saying "twerly" for months.

 

[Papper]

Is it ok to make a joke about Covid-19 eliminating his core support - people aged over 75?

Probably not, so I won't.

I remember a couple of others who felt the elimination of certain sections of society would further certain political ideals.

 

[Papper]

Japanese man tests positive then gets cleared only to test positive again. This is all getting extremely fucked up.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Suggests you can get it more than once. That messes with the herd immunity theory rather badly.

 

[Paul]

Or suggests that the tests are not infallible ?

 

[Tony Towner]

Government are briefing that over 70s will be in strict lock down from next weekend

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Or suggests that the tests are not infallible ?

Possibly. But herd immunity works like shoving all the infants you know in a room with the one with chicken pox so they all get it out of the way as the body builds almost perfect immunity. If there is a hole in the belief of that herd immunity becomes a less solid theory.

 

[Paul]

Agreed although I don't know what other options are acceptable, after reading Tredmans post I understand the potential failings of the Italian model

 

[sycophantia]

Think I'm going to stop taking any notice of any media, so much contradictory stuff coming out. Maybe just watch/read the statements of the official boffins. Last night read a piece on BBC website that hundreds of university scientists had written to the govt stating they were doing it all wrong delaying social distancing and it would cause many more deaths. Further down the article it mentioned that the scientists were from many areas of science like Maths etc although NONE were experts in the field of the spread of diseases