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Captain Canada
2 hours ago, Mauricio Pinilla said:

 

'get back to school and the office you lazy *******s, and while you're at it here's 50% off all restaurants so get eating and spending, and shop as much as you can because economy, oh and btw it's your fault if folk start dying again ok lol' 

 

Hancock is the worst of the worst. Not convinced he's actually human. 

 

I always find it interesting how governments appoint cabinet ministers. Hancock's background is in economics but here he is blundering his way through a national health crisis ranging from the virus through to mental health, missed cancer screenings and everything else. 

 

He's so out of his depth it's frightening. 

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2 minutes ago, Captain Canada said:

 

I always find it interesting how governments appoint cabinet ministers. Hancock's background is in economics but here he is blundering his way through a national health crisis ranging from the virus through to mental health, missed cancer screenings and everything else. 

 

He's so out of his depth it's frightening. 

All governments appoint head nodders, yes men and women. Up here we had a gynaecologist and now a dentist as our virus guru.

 

It's not what you know it's how obedient you are at towing the party line.

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Fxxx the SPFL
7 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said:

All governments appoint head nodders, yes men and women. Up here we had a gynaecologist and now a dentist as our virus guru.

 

It's not what you know it's how obedient you are at towing the party line.

i'm not a gynaecologist but I'll happily have a look.

 

thought i would try and lighten the thread up a bit. :whistling:

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7 minutes ago, **** the SPFL said:

i'm not a gynaecologist but I'll happily have a look.

 

thought i would try and lighten the thread up a bit. :whistling:

I'm a retired Gynaecologist but occasionally I do the odd appointment at a local surgery, I like to keep my hand in.

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3 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said:

I'm a retired Gynaecologist but occasionally I do the odd appointment at a local surgery, I like to keep my hand in.

brilliant lol

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2 minutes ago, Natural Orders said:

Hope this is a wake up call to the selfish twits who are not following the rules and taking this seriously 

 

 

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Oh you’ll be in ecstasy today won’t you ? Sad 

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Just now, Robbofan99 said:

Oh you’ll be in ecstasy today won’t you ? Sad 

Umm ofcourse not 

 

I’m just fed up seeing people and hearing people say it’s not as bad anymore - and being complacent and even on here saying they are not following the rules 

 

as Jason Leitch said today - he doesn’t care who you are with / where you are - you must stick to the rules and ensure you are 2m apart from other households and not have more than 8 people from 3 households together 

 

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Brighton Jambo
Just now, Natural Orders said:

Umm ofcourse not 

 

I’m just fed up seeing people and hearing people say it’s not as bad anymore - and being complacent and even on here saying they are not following the rules 

 

as Jason Leitch said today - he doesn’t care who you are with / where you are - you must stick to the rules and ensure you are 2m apart from other households and not have more than 8 people from 3 households together 

 

It’s not as bad, every single metric available tells us that.   That’s not my opinion that is quantifiable fact.  

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10 minutes ago, Natural Orders said:

Hope this is a wake up call to the selfish twits who are not following the rules and taking this seriously 

 

 

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France and Spain. Case up Deaths up. We are about two or three weeks behind them. 
 

4,503 new cases and 184 new deaths in Spain. Reported on the 4th September. 2,440 new cases and 32 new deaths Reported on the 7th September.

4,203 new cases and 25 new deaths in France . Reported on the 7th September.  7,071 new cases and 3 new deaths on the 6th September. 
 

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AlphonseCapone
2 hours ago, Lord BJ said:

 

The way I see it........

 

The biggest factor in the increase is releasing lockdown. We locked down and when you unlock infections were always going to increase.  Its not surprising the 20-29 group would face the biggest increase. They are  generation who has been encouraged to get the economy running from returning to work/education to Socialising with government incentives. Whilst they are the generation of low paid job which brings its own issues.

 

They are even perhaps more likely to break the rules because they are so low risk. However, adherence to  rules is a individual choice in reality not defined by age. 

 

I’m not dismissing your personal experience but I can’t say i have seen groups of twenty somethings breaking the rules. My experience is twenty somethings are grown ass adults and adhere to the rules its more the kids/teenagers I see hanging about in groups or whatever. Whilst any Resteraunt/pubs I have been in have adhered to the rule impeccably. I have to be honest I find the rule remarkably well adhered to, all things considered. Though that is just my experience.

 

The language that is being used is incredibly ill judged and does nothing to address the issue. It tries to apportion blame for any future spread to the ‘young generation’ . By all means have targeted campaigns or whatever to change behaviour but the narrative of blame the young is nonsense.

 

However, the spread is not so much because a few bad twenty somethings not following the rules its cause we’re opening back up and living life outside our own four walls. A huge issue was lockdown is we went in with no exit strategy and we now face the consequences of unwinding.

 

If Hancock and the govt believe coming out with the  ‘don’t kill your granny’  narrative will have a constructive impact on the behaviour they are ‘supposedly’ trying to address they are even more incompetent than I believed.

 

As I have alluded I think its a political strategy of pass the buck.

 

 

 

 

Good post.

 

I think you're correct that of course cases will rise as we unlock, it's all about making sure the NHS isn't overwhelmed which currently due to it mainly being younger folk contracting the virus, it isn't. The vast vast majority of people in my experience are following the rules, just getting on with it. 

 

The young, am I still the young 🤔 maybe I'm biased, are being absolutely set up here. Get our economy going again please but if you kill granny it's all your own fault. 

 

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5 minutes ago, Brighton Jambo said:

It’s not as bad, every single metric available tells us that.   That’s not my opinion that is quantifiable fact.  

No it’s not mate - DO NOT say this is a fact. It’s very dangerous to say misinformation that can affect people’s health!!!

 

listen to what Jason said today - and you tell me what he says isn’t true 

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2 minutes ago, Brian Dundas said:

That's not what the experts are saying! We don't know what the level of infections were when the hospital rates started shooting up because ewe were not testing. 

Exactly 

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19 minutes ago, Natural Orders said:

Hope this is a wake up call to the selfish twits who are not following the rules and taking this seriously 

 

 

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You should be posting that on every single thread to force the message home. Keep up the good work.

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Just now, Bull's-eye said:

 

You should be posting that on every single thread to force the message home. Keep up the good work.

Thanks and it should be on the message board somewhere at the top of the screen. Jason has said no one can repeat this message too much 

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The National Clinical Director warned how '235,000 people' around the world caught the virus in just one day yesterday, with '60,000 people' still in intensive care globally.

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Brighton Jambo
7 minutes ago, Brian Dundas said:

That's not what the experts are saying! We don't know what the level of infections were when the hospital rates started shooting up because ewe were not testing. 

Hospital numbers are lower than April - fact

Numbers in ICU lower than April - fact

daily death toll a fraction of April - fact.

 

Its not open to debate the data doesn’t lie and no scientist anywhere would say anything different.  
 

The situation right now is better than April - fact.  

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Natural Orders said:

No it’s not mate - DO NOT say this is a fact. It’s very dangerous to say misinformation that can affect people’s health!!!

 

listen to what Jason said today - and you tell me what he says isn’t true 

Hospital numbers are lower than April - fact

Numbers in ICU lower than April - fact

daily death toll a fraction of April - fact.

 

Its not open to debate the data doesn’t lie and no scientist anywhere would say anything different.  
 

The situation right now is better than April - fact.  

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7 minutes ago, Natural Orders said:

Thanks and it should be on the message board somewhere at the top of the screen. Jason has said no one can repeat this message too much 

 

You're saving lives.

 

Great work.

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Brighton Jambo
1 minute ago, Brian Dundas said:

But what if we are in February/March and October is April?

Then I will change my opinion based on the corresponding data.  Natural Orders explicitly said things are ‘as bad’.  That’s not true.  

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3 deaths of people who had a 96% chance of having an underlying condition or were over 80. 

Were we immortal before covid? Get the despot and her dentist accomplice off the telly and stop scaring the weak and vulnerable. 

 

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14 minutes ago, Natural Orders said:

Thanks and it should be on the message board somewhere at the top of the screen. Jason has said no one can repeat this message too much 

Some mush called Jason?

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9 minutes ago, Natural Orders said:

The National Clinical Director warned how '235,000 people' around the world caught the virus in just one day yesterday, with '60,000 people' still in intensive care globally.


Out of 7.8 billion people. The global numbers are very very low, and those in ICU represent about 0.00008% of the population if your numbers are correct. I bet there’s more folk in ICU with non-COVID related illness globally. 

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Are we back to the stage where everyone is going to die and we are all pancaking again? 
 

may as well hide away in our houses again hoping the big bad virus disappears. Only this time you’ll no be getting furlough. 

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2 minutes ago, AlimOzturk said:

Are we back to the stage where everyone is going to die and we are all pancaking again? 
 

may as well hide away in our houses again hoping the big bad virus disappears. Only this time you’ll no be getting furlough. 


That’s a very good shout, let’s just all make pancakes! 😂👍

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Brighton Jambo
14 minutes ago, Brian Dundas said:

We were in full on lockdown in April, of course things are better for everyone now, thinks are moving along, the economy is restarting, sport and outdoor activities are starting up again, social lives and interactions are resuming, everything is moving forwards, I don't get what the problem is?

The Poster ‘Natural Orders’ explicitly said things are ‘As bad’

 

I am utterly sick of his relentless negativity and overly dramatic posting and wanted to call him out for it and I think you got caught in the crossfire! 

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Do not think that because you are under 70 that this virus poses no threat to you.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/27/covid19-concerns-about-lasting-heart-damage/

 

"Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes on the heart, raising the specter of long-term damage after people recover, even if their illness was not severe enough to require hospitalization.

 

One study examined the cardiac MRIs of 100 people who had recovered from Covid-19 and compared them to heart images from 100 people who were similar but not infected with the virus. Their average age was 49 and two-thirds of the patients had recovered at home.

 

More than two months later, infected patients were more likely to have troubling cardiac signs than people in the control group: 78 patients showed structural changes to their hearts, 76 had evidence of a biomarker signaling cardiac injury typically found after a heart attack, and 60 had signs of inflammation."

 

 

https://www.statnews.com/2020/08/12/after-covid19-mental-neurological-effects-smolder/

 

 

Even people who were never sick enough to go to a hospital, much less lie in an ICU bed with a ventilator, report feeling something as ill-defined as “Covid fog” or as frightening as numbed limbs. They’re unable to carry on with their lives, exhausted by crossing the street, fumbling for words, or laid low by depression, anxiety, or PTSD.

 

As many as 1 in 3 patients recovering from Covid-19 could experience neurological or psychological after-effects of their infections, experts told STAT, reflecting a growing consensus that the disease can have lasting impact on the brain. Beyond the fatigue felt by “long haulers” as they heal post-Covid, these neuropsychological problems range from headache, dizziness, and lingering loss of smell or taste to mood disorders and deeper cognitive impairment. Dating to early reports from China and Europe, clinicians have seen people suffer from depression and anxiety. Muscle weakness and nerve damage sometimes mean they can’t walk.

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Sky and BBC news reporting that UK Govt set to reduce numbers allowed to meet at households, both indoors and gardens to be reduced to no more than 6 people.

 

I imagine if UK Govt announce the above NS will not want to be outdone, so expect numbers allowed to households in Scotland to likely drop to no more than 4 people. 

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Just now, TheOak88 said:

Sky and BBC news reporting that UK Govt set to reduce numbers allowed to meet at households, both indoors and gardens to be reduced to no more than 6 people.

 

I imagine if UK Govt announce the above NS will not want to be outdone, so expect numbers allowed to households in Scotland to likely drop to no more than 4 people. 

 

Boris is only doing this because power-mad Sturgeon has been nipping his heid. She's out of control!!!!

 

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Brighton Jambo
2 minutes ago, Brian Dundas said:

Just ignore him, he's only trying too get people wound up, he doesn't care if you prove him wrong anyway.

I usually do but something just snapped today!!!!

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1 minute ago, Brian Dundas said:

And if you live in a household of 5 one of you has to move out...............

 

Let's just wait and see shall we

 

:cornette: 

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1 minute ago, Brian Dundas said:

And if you live in a household of 5 one of you has to move out...............

 

Let's just wait and see shall we

 

No. In that instance you just would not be allowed to have people from another household visit your house. 

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12 minutes ago, Brian Dundas said:

Why would you be pancaking or panicking? If you follow the advise and guidelines there is no need for panic. As we are mixing again numbers are going up, so let's just be a bit more vigilant and get things back under control before we open even more up. 

 

I'd be a bit annoyed if we let this get back a stage where full on lockdown comes back

"I'd be a bit annoyed if we let this get back a stage where full on lockdown comes back"... a " Bit annoyed"   understatement of the year and terribly British.   Id be livid

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1 minute ago, JamesM48 said:

"I'd be a bit annoyed if we let this get back a stage where full on lockdown comes back"... a " Bit annoyed"   understatement of the year and terribly British.   Id be livid

 

Yet weirdly you seem to be opposed to the measures we are taking to try and ensure that this does not happen.

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Captain Canada
40 minutes ago, Robbofan99 said:

7 deaths from June 30th to today ? Hardly a crisis , but you crack on 

 

Exactly. Every death is horrible and I don't like the way some journalists have been saying 'just' or 'only' x number of deaths. 

 

It's important to have some perspective though. If you compared those 7 deaths to numbers who've died from other causes in the same time period, it would certainly make people think. 

 

For example, I know the number of people who've taken their own lives in the past 3 months is a lot more than 7. And that's sadly just one of a huge number of other causes of death. 

 

It's not acceptable to have a hierarchy for causes of death. Everyone regardless of their condition deserves access to treatment. That isn't being provided at the moment. 

 

No matter your opinion on the virus threat and how it's been handled, everyone sshould be looking at that and questioning why hospital staff have been told not to speak out publicly. 

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19 minutes ago, AlimOzturk said:

Are we back to the stage where everyone is going to die and we are all pancaking again? 
 

may as well hide away in our houses again hoping the big bad virus disappears. Only this time you’ll no be getting furlough. 

Its OK. Natural Odours is going to calmly use his copy and paste skills and get the good message posted on every thread. 

 

His/her mask patrol shift is due to start soon too and will have the sandwich board in full operation today to ensure everyone is doing the right thing. 

 

Today's message starts "Jason Says..." 

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2 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

Yet weirdly you seem to be opposed to the measures we are taking to try and ensure that this does not happen.

What measure am i opposed to ?  Remind me please? 

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Just now, JamesM48 said:

What measure am i opposed to ?  Remind me please? 

 

You've been moaning about masks and lockdown measures throughout the thread.

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AlphonseCapone
35 minutes ago, Back to 2005 said:

3 deaths of people who had a 96% chance of having an underlying condition or were over 80. 

Were we immortal before covid? Get the despot and her dentist accomplice off the telly and stop scaring the weak and vulnerable. 

 

 

I know you're trying to be a dick but I found this amusing for some reason 😂 

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42 minutes ago, Brian Dundas said:

I can't find the information on the health or age of the 3 latest deaths, can you provide the source?

Based on previous averages. Information will not be made available. 

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3 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

You've been moaning about masks and lockdown measures throughout the thread.

Rubbish.  Never once moaned about masks.  I've always worn mine outside and places were one has to. Whether they are effective is another matter.  I didn't disagree with the lockdown per so but believe the longer term damage to the populations mental health, employment, family life etc etc is the main concern if it we went into another full lockdown.  ( which we wont ) 

 

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Jason Leitch spoke about the rise in infections and the likely impact and timescales.    He reckons a month between seeing increases in infections and a related increase in hospital admissions.    What was mentioned yesterday and today.    

 

Relaxed about not seeing the sharp end figures rising?    Wait a while,  this may well change for the worse.

 

What do people want?    Ongoing sensible vigilance and any necessary measures... or another lockdown?

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