Awol Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, ml1dch said: Unfortunately the Brexit public in your metaphor is the yelling-at-anyone-who-looks-Chinese, stealing-disinfectant-from-hospitals, boycotting-Corona-beer one. And it's not hard to see why they might think that part of society might not act as responsibly in a crisis as might be hoped. Oh yes, silly me. I forgot we are all dribbling morons. Thanks the reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Mic09 said: I imagine season will end, FFP will take any losses into consideration, but any transfers will go ahead as normal. Just because your office is closed, it doesn't mean that you can't change jobs. Players are individual contractors who decide where and when they play, so no break in fixtures should prevent them from doing so. That would be a silver lining, wouldn’t it?! Edit: also, Liverpool. Bwahahahaha! Edit 2: Leeds! Edited March 12, 2020 by Awol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Well, it’s a bold strategy 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 29 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: This does indeed seem to be the plan at this point. 'Bleak' doesn't begin to cover it. Given that the UK government now appear to be accepting that 500,000 - 600,000 people will die, look out for China. An equivalent loss of life there, relative to population, would be about 8 million people. They claim that 'only' 5,000 have died so far (yes, those numbers are probably wrong, but not *that* wrong). I can''t find any report suggesting those numbers, That's pretty irresponsible posting stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, colhint said: I can''t find any report suggesting those numbers, That's pretty irresponsible posting stuff like that. I think the chief medical officer said today they are working on worse case 80% of people getting the coronavirus. That is 53 million people. They are also predicting 1% of people who get it will die. That is 530,00 people. Italy is currently running at 6% fatality rates. I think many have suggested a 3% fatality rate is a more realistic conservative figure. That in the UK could mean over 1.5 million deaths. Whichever way you look at this as the Prime Minister rightly said many of us are going to lose loved ones before their time. Edited March 12, 2020 by markavfc40 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) . Edited March 13, 2020 by Okonokos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Well, it’s a bold strategy It was pretty clear early on that there never really was four phases to the plan, it’s just 1. Let it run and 2. Hope for the best. This idea that they will somehow manage the numbers correctly to create the herd immunity quickly sounds ludicrous to me. I’ve heard/read a couple of bits on it and even the experts who thought the herd strategy could work, still said it had to be done slowly over 18-24 months, and using severe containment measures at the same time (ie lock downs, bring numbers down, lift restrictions, repeat as required). No testing now unless hospitalised, so I don’t understand how they can even get an accurate picture of the spread, except waiting for hospitals to become full with critical patients? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 16 minutes ago, colhint said: I can''t find any report suggesting those numbers, That's pretty irresponsible posting stuff like that. The figure quoted any number of times by scientists on the tv has been 80% infection and 1% fatality. Those numbers give you about 540,000 dead. But as mentioned above our low numbers are currently coming out higher than 1% and Italy reads as 6% although obviously skewed by tested / not tested selective sampling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 My work have still not spoke about or sent a single email regarding COVID-19. Almost a bury your head in the sand attitude to it, amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ml1dch Posted March 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 minute ago, AndyM3000 said: My work have still not spoke about or sent a single email regarding COVID-19. Almost a bury your head in the sand attitude to it, amazing. How is life working in Downing Street? 3 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Gold price is actually falling People are selling off their gold does not bode well at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 41 minutes ago, colhint said: I can''t find any report suggesting those numbers, That's pretty irresponsible posting stuff like that. Those numbers are from widely available official figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, terrytini said: Those numbers are from widely available official figures. where. Please show me one and I'll retract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, colhint said: where. Please show me one and I'll retract. This has been said several times, and was repeated today. From a story from today: 'Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, said that worst-case scenario planning projected that 80% of the country would contract the virus, with a 1% mortality rate. This equates to more than 500,000 deaths.' from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/uk-moves-to-delay-phase-of-coronavirus-plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 But that's the worst case scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, colhint said: But that's the worst case scenario. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 The worst case scenario isn’t the “expected” or “accepted” so perhaps a bit misleading to present them as such, but yes they are official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 I hate to say it, but this is quickly turning into a major disaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 3 hours ago, colhint said: But that's the worst case scenario. Yes. Mark stated “ worst case” and gave that figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 It's Kingdom Come time right now for conspiracy theorists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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