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terrytini

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  1. (Edit : all quarantined, not necessarily infected.) Redfield aswell. Head of the CDC . This is insane.
  2. Quite breathtakingly unbelievable, Fauci has quarantined. . Either this really is an incredibly insidious little beast, or we really are in the hands of incompetence. Or both.
  3. We’ve had panic buying, sheltering, the Queen, now VE Day, all we need is Dame Vera Lynn
  4. There’s a bloke over the road sat in his front garden. I suppose I could go over and sing with him that “ German Bombers” song the Ingerlund fans love. Then go and find an attractive lady and offer her a “ pair of nylons” and get a kiss. Is that the kind of thing ?
  5. It was Earth Day two weeks ago. It’s Red Cross day today. I guess those aren’t considered as important.
  6. Indeed. Just one of a variety of thoughts that spring instantly to mind. Where on earth did the idea come from to do it ? ( Rhetorical as I think I will go back to blissful ignorance) ( it’s odd, I’ve two daughters in the Forces and they’ve not mentioned it, I usually hear all about military things)
  7. I hadn’t got as far as this Post and the one it replies to when I commented above, but, yes, quite. Im genuinely staggered it’s an actual thing.
  8. Someone mentioned VE day the other day and I mocked them saying it was 75 years ago. But when I called the chemist earlier they were shut for Bank Holiday, and it said “ VE Day”. Now having seen the comments here it feels like I’ve woken up in a poor Sci Fi film I had noticed in passing the odd headline online about it but just thought it was referencing the date, not an actual event. People are outside ‘ celebrating’ it ? WTF ?
  9. Indeed. An even lesser known fact is that it’s ok for grey squirrels to kill humans as long as it’s done in a squirrely way
  10. I’ve no interest in the YouTube or conspiracy stuff, but have to agree the bit in bold is a matter for concern, as I’m sure everyone would.. And it has been a concern for nearly a thousand years ever since some guys deliberately used virus infected donkeys to attack their enemy. And if we are lucky enough to survive another thousand years it will still be an issue. And there are all manner of pressure groups, political parties and other means of trying to tackle the issue - without giving attention to people who are serving their own self interests - even in the midst of such a deeply traumatic time for so many - on the internet.
  11. Ah phooey you can prove anything with facts.
  12. VE Day ? That was 75 years ago ! What next, Agincourt day ?
  13. Thailand. Population 70,000,000. Deaths...55. Wyre Forest. Population 100,000. Deaths ....64. I can see why Johnson isn’t keen on making international comparisons.
  14. That poem is a wonderful tribute. You have to be a very particular type of character to work in Care and enjoy it. People that do it establish special relationships with their clients/ residents who are often at their most vulnerable, and often in their twilight days. And they establish those relationships in the full knowledge that, often, they will be short term, and culminate in that person dying. And because they care for tha5 person, and because they are aware how important they are to that person, they grieve every time this happens. Then, they “ get the room ready”, welcome a new guest/ visit a new home, and do it all again. They are used to it. I can’t begin to fathom it, and have the utmost admiration and respect for them. But they aren’t used to this. This is killing our Carers mentally and spiritually, as well as, of course, literally. They are watching helplessly ( yet feeling complicit, and guilty !!) as one by one these people they care for are dying, or getting seriously ill. (And as they and their colleagues are dying and getting ill). Imagine doing a job like that, for the reasons they do it, and witnessing that. Its Heartbreaking, scandalous, unforgivable. And those of us that know people in those jobs are seeing at first hand what it’s doing to them. It will scar them for life. I don’t know what point I’m trying to make.
  15. And what about getting 5 minutes off one infected person, and five off another then another ? Does that still equal 15 ? My brain hurts !
  16. Very interesting. “direct contact between people It’s not the first time I’ve seen this expression but haven’t been able to ascertain exactly what it means. Any ideas ? I mean, one might expect it to mean actual physical contact, but clearly it doesn’t. “have to be exposed to a virus carrier for at least 15 minutes” This is another phrase I’ve seen a few times and struggle with. Firstly, “exposed to” and “ direct contact” are both unclear, and not, one would think, synonymous. Then there is the shop oddity. On the one hand this and other evidence suggests shops may not be particularly risky....yet it would be very easy to be in the same shop as one or more carriers for longer than 15 minutes. And...both of the above, and the general tenor of the Article, imply that “lingering” particles pose little risk......yet it’s not clear why this would be. One of the reasons it’s unclear is because from everything I’ve read so far, there is little explanation behind any findings. Why should the amount of time ( and to a lesser extent distance) play such a role ? ....my layman’s brain says - presumably - there is a given quantity of infectious material given out by a person in a given period, and that you need to acquire a certain amount in order to be infected......but that begs the question....what happens if you get less than that ? And what’s the difference between collecting that amount from a person coughing ( for example) at you, and that same person coughing tha5 same amount on a surface in a shop that you then touch ? And so on. There’s a lot more I don’t follow !
  17. You can’t get a test just because you want one. You have to meet criteria. Which in turn means we still are not doing the mass testing ( followed by tracing) we should be doing.
  18. I agree I take/ mean “ shutting” airports as establishing proper control of them.
  19. Not disagreeing at all, but would observe that my wife’s currently away, and I forgot to shut her greenhouse door last night. I considered that a huge error on my part. Not shutting the airports ? I think we need a new a dictionary in order to be able to properly convey how enormously badly this has been handled.
  20. I’m not, but I find it hard to mount as rational argument to support my view as you’ve done to support yours. So I’ll have to just stick with “ I’m not”.
  21. Well, call me crazy, but I’m going for that tried and tested mix of money, ideology, and incompetence. Honestly if we had a National motto.....
  22. It’s almost as if it was all bollocks.
  23. As do I, very much so - but my God all he’s needed to do is recognise an open goal to make a name for himself. No competition whatsoever. Remember when three old people dying in a minibus accident, or one being left alone to die in a hospital corridor, would’ve got detailed coverage in every news outlet ? The absence of even the most minimal investigative reporting ( other than by him) into the truly dreadful death and illness in Care Homes is for me Second only to the issue itself in the list of horrors taking place. I guarantee even the most shocking report about Care Homes ( which, I’m genuinely sickened to say should rightfully now be called Neglect Homes, or even Death Homes) will only be scratching the surface.
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