Coronavirus -archive

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See the Scousers were out in force:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-54535481

Awaits someone to point out it's what the Govt wanted to happen so they could blame the people rather than themselves blah blah.

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Dunno how I'd cope with Covid but I recall when I used to smoke the flu absolutely flooring me one time. Common Cold was 50/50 - sometimes an awful couple of days but maybe up to a week of snot & coughing

Since I quit I've had the flu once and while it's not something I'd go looking to catch it wasn't too bad. Colds have gone down to getting over them in a day or even hours with regards to the worst symptoms. So I can well understand underlying health issues having a big impact on Covid outcomes.
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I read it as physical stress but yeah, mental stress won't help.

France is about to impose an actual curfew.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54535358

I hate to get all Rebel tin foil hat but it's almost like governments are seeing how far they can go. Nonsense, of course, because they wouldn't choose to damage the economy. On the other hand even if they now thought herd immunity was the way to go, they've come too far to admit it and let life return to normal. And if they did climb down they'd get the blame for every subsequent Coronavirus-connected death.

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I say “conspiracy”, you reply with “America.” It’s natural.

“The Opioid Crisis” is a uniquely American problem due to pharmacists and doctors over-prescribing, and patients able to select their own medication to an extent.
[url] https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thrillist.com/amphtml/health/nation/why-are-prescription-drug-advertisements-legal-in-america[/url]

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The purpose of the original lockdown was to avoid overloading the NHS which was reasonable at the time though largely based on chaotic scenes in Italy which weren't repeated here.
At that time daily admissions were rocketing but they aren't now.
London had just 40 yesterday.
There's also clear signs of a slow down in positive tests in NW England.

It seems reasonable to give the latest round of restrictions a chance to work (or not) but when anything new is introduced the lock downers immediately clamour for harsher measures.

Like a lot of other rules there isn't much point bringing in stricter versions if what we have now is disrespected and not enforced in any meaningful way.

If they get a two week shutdown now no way will it only be two weeks it will probably go on more or less until March.
Good luck with that, when you re-emerge into the smoking ruins.

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I think people who know they can manage through lockdowns will call for lockdowns. Hell, some people would call for lockdowns if there was no virus.
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Yeah, people will call for the kind of lockdowns they think they can cope alright with.
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Thing is, it doesn't have to be difficult. Give us our £1000 beforehand so we can stock up on all those lockdown essentials (Tins of Roses, fags, lube, meds etc...) plus a bit of food, then make the list of justifiable reasons short and clear. As examples, people should only be able to go out if it is a genuine medical emergency, if they work in the NHS, if they are plod, prison service, armed forces, gas, leccy etc. Also farm workers with a crop to get in. There will be others, but my point is that most of us would have to stay inside. Go out without a reason and plod stick you in a van and take you to an internment camp for the duration. Seems simple enough!
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In fact, whilst in the internment camp you could be forced into making cheap and dirty porn which could be available via the BBC for those of us who still pay our license fee. After the watershed, naturally...
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