snowychap Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I very much doubt he’s a bed at 10 (home by 12) rise at 7:30 sort of chap. Edit: Just got that. Edited April 6, 2020 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: I’m glad Italy and Spain seem to be over the worst ,and death rates are coming down like predicted. Trouble with the figures Fri/Mon they all suffer from input lag, Even in the UK yesterday and todays figures are a false sense of security. Tomorrows figures will probably double and just go virtical throughout the week, possibly starting to peak over the bank holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Thread about N.Y 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 4 hours ago, foreveryoung said: Still shocking to me how quickly it spread. From a few cases in China 3 months ago to the world. Conspiracy theorists dream. The spreading part wouldn’t be the conspiracy. It’s a contagious virus. That’s what it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 I’ve been watching the daily updates every day. I avoid the news the rest of the day so it’s my hour where I get up to date on what’s going on. The press conferences are driving me mad. The same questions every single day. I could stand up there now and answer the questions. And probably do a better job in some cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I’ve been watching the daily updates every day. I avoid the news the rest of the day so it’s my hour where I get up to date on what’s going on. The press conferences are driving me mad. The same questions every single day. I could stand up there now and answer the questions. And probably do a better job in some cases. I've only watched the "Lockdown Special" S1 E1. Thought the acting was shit so I haven't bothered with the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 35 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: The spreading part wouldn’t be the conspiracy. It’s a contagious virus. That’s what it does. One expert I saw being interviewed said that humans wouldn't be able to create a virus as effective as this one that has occurred naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 19 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: One expert I saw being interviewed said that humans wouldn't be able to create a virus as effective as this one that has occurred naturally. That’s what they want you to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I’ve been watching the daily updates every day. I avoid the news the rest of the day so it’s my hour where I get up to date on what’s going on. The press conferences are driving me mad. The same questions every single day. I could stand up there now and answer the questions. And probably do a better job in some cases. Journalism at its worse , boxed pre picked questions and answers that have no facts just froth. The lack of any talent in the government of this country is nearly as terrifying as the virus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, tinker said: Journalism at its worse , boxed pre picked questions and answers that have no facts just froth. The lack of any talent in the government of this country is nearly as terrifying as the virus True, although Raab eventually gave in and admitted he hadn't actually spoken to Boris since Saturday. Whether that's significant or not I don't know but at least somebody managed to get that answer out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Looks like Liverpool have realised the bad publicity isn’t worth the money saved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, tinker said: Journalism at its worse , boxed pre picked questions and answers that have no facts just froth. The lack of any talent in the government of this country is nearly as terrifying as the virus It annoys me as well that half the questions asked by the journalists have been asked by a different journalist about 2 minutes before. Surely have a list of questions and if one gets answered then ask something else?! Its infuriating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: True, although Raab eventually gave in and admitted he hadn't actually spoken to Boris since Saturday. Whether that's significant or not I don't know but at least somebody managed to get that answer out of him. It certainly begs the question of how all three of (i) Johnson is still in charge (ii) Raab is in day-to-day control and (iii) they haven't spoken to each other, can be true at the same time. Edited April 6, 2020 by ml1dch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 41 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: True, although Raab eventually gave in and admitted he hadn't actually spoken to Boris since Saturday. Whether that's significant or not I don't know but at least somebody managed to get that answer out of him. It’s only Monday, so they spoke Saturday. Boris goes into Hospital Sunday night. I’m not sure it’s really a big issue/story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ml1dch said: It certainly begs the question of how all three of (i) Johnson is still in charge (ii) Raab is in day-to-day control and (iii) they haven't spoken to each other, can be true at the same time. I thought it said it all when within minutes of each other on live reports today there was "Johnson can still lead the country from hospital", and "Today's cabinet meeting is cancelled because Johnson isn't there". Edited April 6, 2020 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: The spreading part wouldn’t be the conspiracy. It’s a contagious virus. That’s what it does. Sars was contagious too smarty pants. It just didn't spread as much as Covid19, i'd explain why, but you probably already know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Sars was contagious too smarty pants. It just didn't spread as much as Covid19, i'd explain why, but you probably already know. Calm down. I was just saying a contagious disease being contagious wasn’t much of an conspiracy theory edit: and yes I do already know why. And it’s not a conspiracy theory. Shockingly Edited April 6, 2020 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2020 7 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: At one point in mid-March, we were tracking Austria's numbers quite closely as I recall. Now they have 12,058 cases, while we have 48,451, almost exactly four times as many. So they have it twice as bad as us as we have 8 times the population, plus significantly more high density large cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 6, 2020 Boris in Intensive Care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, sidcow said: So they have it twice as bad as us as we have 8 times the population, plus significantly more high density large cities. Wouldn’t all the maths depend on equal or proportionate levels of testing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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