Coronavirus -archive

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[Tracey Suntan-King]

Look at almost any European country, while most are seeing the dreaded second wave, none have fucked up as comprehensively or as deliberately as the UK

Boris & co not closing the airports at the start, not testing or quarantining the 22 million people who arrived in the UK between March & April.On top of the farcical test & trace, failed app, inadequate testing capacity and performance, confusing constantly changing diktats which were not actually diktats but "advice" that many ignored, need I go on.

I'm in a country that closed its borders, (and quarantined repatriates at government expense) where test and trace is public sector delivered and effective, where for weeks and weeks we were subject to night curfew and only allowed out of our house in the daytime once per day for food (then only after government permission had been applied for and received by text). Bars, clubs, non essential retail closed. For a while we weren't even allowed to go more than 200m from our house without permission.

The virus was all but eradicated, and now that some tourists are allowed in, we are having our "second wave" - but only 10-15 cases per day from contact tracing where someone tests positive.

Oh yes, and to kickstart the bruised economy, we are getting a €1billion non repayable grant from the EU. Maybe the UK could apply.

Oh......wait......
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[chickenstrip]

Population of Cyprus 1.189 million.

Population of the UK: 67.886 million.

Population of Cyprus' main city, Nicosia: 200,250.

Population of UK's main city, London: 9.3 million.
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

Yeah I expected that Mr Strip.

The fact the UK is bigger doesn’t explain why the following couldn’t have been done

Reduce incoming travellers to repatriation only
Quarantine all incoming travellers
Curfew
No discretion for people as to how many times or how far they can travel
Effective t&t
Ramp up testing capacity

In a nutshell, hardline short term efforts to control the spread of the virus.

As a footnote, although Boris describes us Brits as “freedom loving” it’s hard to find people as anarchic, self-interested and rule-bending as Cypriots (these are compliments not insults by the way). They don’t queue, observe traffic lights or drive between the white lines on the road!

Nevertheless the rules were largely observed here and for weeks and weeks we had no new cases. Then the tourists came.......but that’s another story.
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[chickenstrip]

I agree that Johnson has handled this far from ideally. But I really don't think anyone else could have done it much better. His worst sin is poor communication to the public imo. But I also wonder if he is getting the best advice. I don't expect any politician to be an expert at handling such a scenario, and they also have to balance medical and health advice with trying not to completely destroy the economy, and other concerns that those advisors do not have to think about.
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

He only needed to look across the channel. Italy and Spain etc had a head start. He didn’t need a crystal ball, it was playing out before everyone’s eyes. But no, euw to the EU

I’m raging at it all. We’re very fortunate to be where we are but I want to come home. I want to see my daughters, my Mum, my siblings.

Sadly it looks as though that possibility is months away
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[chickenstrip]

[doggone]

You only need look here - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ - and select cases per million to see we're about 50th with several EU countries way worse.

Deaths don't look so good but we do have an elderly and overweight population also good uptake of flu vaccine so plenty will have died of CV who might have died of that in the past five years.

It's not particularly surprising that politicians of all kinds are not able to control viruses whatever they like to claim.

Countries that appeared to do well early like CZ are having a bad time now.

In a couple of years time you probably won't see much difference if the same counting methods are used.
Look now and countries with strictest measures such as Spain and Peru are top of the list.

Places doing well have the lowest average age Vietnam is a good example but China too probably explains why they have come out of it suspiciously unscathed.

[chickenstrip]

[bhinso]

[Islander]

[bhinso]

Jurgen Klopp has been fined for breaking Covid house rules.

Apparently yesterday he let seven in.

[MCN]

They get away with it coz it's a nonsense, confusingly wasteful exercise to control a virus that way.

The virus is at large 24/7.
It's not off-duty during daylight hours and only active at night.
How is it possible to maintain a 2m distance 100% of the time when among the public?

We are social animals and instinctively gather in groups. Our heads are wired for that. Our genes makes do it.
Avoiding others, personal hygiene and other gov recommendations are things we all need to learn.
We make mistakes.

The rules are sort of, 'Right, if everyone can please keep to the rules then that would be great thanks.

So MPs flout about. But we all know that MPs are corrupt AF for most anything else. 🙄

She should still resign, if she stays in her seat then anyone else has carte Blanche to do the same and site her behavior as defence.

(Anyway, I wouldn't like a bite off of her. 😲)
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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Ste]

The EU's post-pandemic recovery fund is part of a seven year budget for 2021 to 2027.

Have a look on Google for EU recovery plan and budget. https://www.google.com/search?q=EU+recovery+plan+and+budget

Non repayable grants have to be paid for or paid back by someone.

[bhinso]

[chickenstrip]

[Fisty]

I work for a company that deals with covid test centres. Today I visited the one in Clifton and by fuck I can’t believe what I’ve seen. People going there to be tested, walking out after being tested then crossing the road and going into shops. Not one or 2 but literally dozens.

The biscuit was taken by the group of students who after being tested went and splashed around in the fountain. Seriously you utter wankers. If you have covid symptoms fuck off home and isolate until you get your results.

I for one don’t give a shit if you die from it. But for fucks sake try not to pass it on to others.

Common fucking sense.

Grrrrrrr
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[bhinso]

What's happened to your website https://www.r***pal.fail.?

It says it's still under construction

[Fisty]

[Scotsrick]

[Ste]

Trump promises seniors the same coronavirus 'cure' drugs he got for free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHXOk853SF4

"Officials in the Trump administration are scrambling to deliver on an $8 billion promise President Donald Trump made to seniors to provide them with $200 prescription drug cash cards before Election Day, which critics are hitting as a “legally dubious scheme” that’s intended to sway voters."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/10/08/trump-administration-scrambles-to-get-prescription-drug-cash-cards-to-berties-before-election-day/

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Thank you Nicola.
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