Enda Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Seat68 said: I preferred this forum when we talked about how you wipe your arse. I relived my youth and saw Blink-182 live in concert a few months back. Twenty years since their iconic album, they came out said “Tonight we are gonna play this album front to back, the way it should be. And, the most hygienic way to wipe.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davkaus Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Might be old news now, this thread moves so fast, but this is honestly **** embarrassing. https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/uk-news/coronavirus-tests-germany-nhs-workers-covid-19/ Quote The UK is sending coronavirus tests to centres in Germany because the results come back twice as fast. It comes as a UK coronavirus test centre sat empty on Thursday with just 75 workers being screened at the drive-through centre at Chessington World of Adventures. According to The Sun, hundreds of swabs have been shipped off to Germany for processing as the country turns results around far quicker. Read more: What is the government's new 'five pillar' coronavirus testing strategy? Public Health England facilities can take up to four days to process samples, compared to just one day in German labs. NHS workers then get their results two days later. According to the report, Northampton General Hospital sent samples from 400 staff to the German labs of Eurofins Biomnis on Monday, with results being returned as soon as Wednesday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 In Sweden we have something called Systembolaget. It's government controlled and it's the only place where you can buy strong beer, wine and spirits. Some people dislike it but I think the good outweigh the bad as they have a fantastic selection. But of an issue now thou because people can't plan ahead because they are morons and going into the weekend some places look like this. The queues at some places is hundreds of meters with people packed like sardines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Is the response to criticism of the Tories really 'but Labour' when they haven't been in power for 10 years? Give me strength. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted April 3, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2020 We live in interesting times. I mused somewhere upthread about how we postwar generations haven't had to experience any massive catastrophes on the scale of the first half of the 20th Century... until now. This is 'our' war, and it ain't gonna end easily or cleanly. And, serious though it is - I'm as angry and as scared as anybody - part of me can't help thinking that - in a perverse sort of way - it's sort of quite exciting. It's different from anything we've experienced before. It will probably be thing thing that defines our lives (those of us who survive it). Some of you will be boring your grandchildren with it in forty years' time. The future is less predictable than it was six months ago. And this thread will be a valuable social history document. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 52 minutes ago, Awol said: You joking? Every morning I wake up and say to the wife, ‘what we really need now is Diane Abbott and Richard Burgon.’ Diane Abbott would have been running around telling people to scrap their cars to stop the car owner virus 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted April 3, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2020 Lest we forget that a fetish retailer was supplying scrubs for the NHS this week. Completely unacceptable. But Diane Abbott, lol. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Enda said: Awol, I'm disappointed but not surprised. "Herd immunity" is a correct answer to the wrong question. I am certain you have seen the "flatten the curve" appeals. Both curves in these appeals have the same fraction of the population catching the virus at some stage, the difference is at what time they catch it. Herd immunity over a long horizon instead of everyone catching it at once has two crucial advantages: 1. It gives the NHS a fighting chance to stay within capacity. 2. We'll have a better understanding of this beast in six days, nevermind six weeks or six months. Flattening the curve gives time for more research into how this disease spreads, which treatments work best and, one day, maybe a vaccine. If I am going to catch it, I want it when I know there's a bed in ICU and doctors have experience on how to deal with this, based on solid international evidence. That will come with time. Everyone knows the ultimate outcome here is herd immunity. That's not the critique of HMG's response. It's the failure to control the herd immunity that people like Jareth critique. I see from the likes your post has gone down well in tribal circles , but respectfully, I don’t think you’ve been following what awol said , though I appreciate he has said a lot over a lot of pages so I’m not having a go at you for missing some of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2020 Even DIanne Abbott could get closer to a realistic figure of testing in the next whatever than Hatt Mancock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Diane Abbott 'Home Secretary'. Please God no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 18 minutes ago, Chindie said: Lest we forget that a fetish retailer was supplying scrubs for the NHS this week. Completely unacceptable. But Diane Abbott, lol. Quoting this because even on the same page, it's sadly relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Diane Abbott 'Home Secretary'. Please God no. I agree, that isn't what I'm saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Every scrap of good news matters ... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/nightingale-emergency-coronavirus-hospital-london?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Nightingale emergency coronavirus hospital may not be needed as urgently as expected London’s intensive care units were expected to be overflowing at this point but are only three-quarters full 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) It’s been clarified there are 500 beds in the first Nightingale with the space to go up to 3,700. 500 is better than zero, having anything is better than nothing. I’d really really appreciate a government that doesn’t compulsively lie at what is quite a serious time. Edited April 3, 2020 by chrisp65 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 3, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: It’s been clarified there are 500 beds in the first Nightingale with the space to go up to 3,700. 500 is better than zero, having anything is better than nothing. I’d really really appreciate a government that doesn’t compulsively lie at what is quite a serious time. If DIanne Abbott had said the same at least we all know it would be because she's genuinely shit at maths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, ml1dch said: He didn't even follow the 7 day UK recommendation, did he? Do as they say, not as they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 WNBA season has been delayed indefinitely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 50 minutes ago, bickster said: Even DIanne Abbott could get closer to a realistic figure of testing in the next whatever than Hatt Mancock Im sure HanCock is an ex project manager thats been promoted!.. Reminds me of 95% of project managers i've ever worked with!.. Constantly Full Of Absolute Shit!.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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