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In particular the problem they’ve mentioned with “ outlier” cases. Modern media means things are magnified and distorted out of all proportion. A young person dying is met by “ even the young are getting it we are done for”.....the building of a mortuary ( which would be necessary as soon as ‘demand’ exceeds ‘ supply’, especially with infectious disease) becomes “ its so bad we are building extra room for the dead” - in pure numbers terms “ the dead” are currently far less than an average Flu season - and so on. A queue at a shop becomes Armageddon. The facts, as best we know them, are that the key difficulty with this disease is that the ability it has to be transmitted before symptoms are visible means it can spread widely and quickly. Even with a low proportion of ( mostly ill, mostly elderly) victims this means it can overwhelm Services. Because of this, treatment is lacking, care is lacking, staff are missing, resources are stretched. This is the part which is nightmarish, this is the part we needed to cater for. Once this part passes, as it will, the issue of an endemic virus sitting alongside others will be handled as all those others are. It isn’t the plague. It isn’t the end of the world, there aren’t going to be riots on the streets. The press ( and the twitters etc) sensationalise. It’s their job. They are still competing with each other. This is an awful time. Fearful, dangerous, bitterly sad. But it must still be kept in some context however hard that sometimes is to do.

This hasn’t happened anywhere else in the World, in Countries facing far more difficulties than being stopped from going to the pub. However many people are agitated, the vast majority will just sit tight until they no longer need to.

Hear hear.

People saying to not criticise the Government ? What planet are you on ? Their handling of this has been an incompetent disgrace. This thread was started in January. We debated things in here that were OBVIOUS weeks ago. Emergency Planning Organisations have wargamed this scenario many times. There is so much they could’ve done - WITHOUT the benefit of hindsight. At the lowest and simplest level even once they did decide to get involved their advice was inconsistent, lacking key information, and poorly disseminated. History will show their incompetence led directly to people dying, and suffering, needlessly. Why should we wait fifty years before saying that ?

Monty Python - Medical Love Song

You can’t possibly be a Villa fan mate

Using the motion controls. Very immersive when fighting, defending, casting spells etc. I loved it on the One X because of the wide sweep of the World - I love roaming around open world games - but maybe having already played it through on earlier machines it didn’t grab me, whereas on the Switch it acquired a new life. There’s now other games which ( in my view) can trump it for travelling the world ( like AC Odyssey) so the dimension added by the motion controllers is what would make me recommend that out the two, especially as you already have the Switch.

Wasn’t sure if it needed to be silly so sorry it isn’t.....posted this in wrong thread previously.. My typical schedule at present consists of playing the piano, cryptic crosswords, number puzzles, listening to music, X Box, sitting peacefully in my rocking chair on the porch, bingeing Trailer Park Boys ( recently discovered) and Curb YourEnthusiasm, and as of last week rewatching UFO, The Prisoner, and Time Tunnel from the sixties on YouTube. Chat to the kids by whichever means. I watch no news ( too alarmist) but check a few facts every other day to keep up to date. And f I feel particularly anxious have the Golf on in the background or endless reruns of Flog It and Homes Under The Hammer. Oh, and sleep a lot, as I find it very calming.

I did promise the wife I’d do 5 minutes a day on th3 exercise bike but I’ve explained it’s impossible to fit it in

I hope you enjoy labour ! I know some do. On the off chance the OP genuinely wondered what we do, here’s mine... My typical schedule at present consists of playing the piano, cryptic crosswords, number puzzles, listening to music, X Box, sitting peacefully in my rocking chair on the porch, bingeing Trailer Park Boys ( recently discovered) and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and as of last week rewatching UFO, The Prisoner, and Time Tunnel from the sixties on YouTube. Chat to the kids by whichever means. I watch no news ( too alarmist) but check a few facts every other day to keep up to date. And f I feel particularly anxious have the Golf on in the background or endless reruns of Flog It and Homes Under The Hammer. Oh, and sleep a lot, as I find it very calming.

Well fwiw I’ve played it on the X box One, the X Box One X, the PS3, and the Switch. I actually enjoyed the Switch most even though it was starting again on a game I’d already played countless hours on. Felt more engaged.

I was previously unaware of these euphemisms.

This is very important. Most Official reports say no KNOWN underlying health issues. Makes a big difference. Remember Asa Hartford ? His transfer from the Baggies to Leeds was cancelled when his medical revealed a Hole in the Heart. He’d had plenty medical before which had shown nothing. The numbers re people under 30 are tiny, and there’s no certainty whether they had health issues, nor to what extent they were exposed.

Thanks @Daweii....very interesting !.......but.....towards the end you said “ unless you want the better graphics and better performance” Yes, I do......but I got the X Box One X for the better graphics and to be honest it’s negligible, I mean, it’s better, but I need to compare them to tell. Would this be the same ? As for performance I take your point on load screens and see why that would be vital to some but other than that it doesn’t seem like I have performance issues. So it sounds like it’s not got much to offer until the games match I guess ?

Agree the other safe ( ish) route is if we can get tested and it turns out I’ve had it. I forgot to mention that. I was indeed out then, my lockdown began on 10th March, so yes I could’ve had it.

Yes we do ours weekly, in the garden.

He is the personification of deranged.

All packaging from any source including from the shops, postman, or takeaways. must be handled with great care. Assume it’s radioactive. If anyone who handled it has the virus they COULD have infected it. Best evidence at present is it can last several hours on packaging. - open carefully, preferably outside, preferably with gloves, preferably having wiped first. Dispose of carefully. Wash your hands.

My thoughts entirely.

I confess I’ve not seen what they’ve said so my views are in ignorance of that, but I remain absolutely convinced it won’t happen. (I suppose given you’ve said they are desperate there is one way it could be done, and that’s to wait until such things can happen - nothing like July - and then instead of starting a new season they can start with this one, and follow with a new one minus the Cups.) But the chance to do that won’t be before next season is due, which is why I can’t see this season continuing...it will simply push the problem into the next one. In my view.

brilliant

I appreciate your help mate - but I’m trying to say, what difference will I see or get that would make it worth getting ? Of itself, greats CPU etc means little to me....a bit like a car having a top speed of 200 mph when there’s a 70 mph speed limit. Im very open to being enlightened

20 teams of 25 players, Coaches, Ancillary staff, training facility staff, coach drivers, cooks, hotels, refereees, other officials, media. With varying amounts of illness laying some low. Travelling up and down the Country in July. Not a chance. Sheer lunacy. Even this, the most incompetent and criminally negligent Government of all time, would step in and prevent that.

I’ve never been more certain of anything than I am that this Season is over

I was incredibly relieved to find the One Lot of Exercise per day wasn’t compulsory.