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Coronavirus

scaramanga said:
If you fly bucket, pretty much all airlines are Ryanair standard now.
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The ones owned by countries that harvest their own petrol and use their airlines to offset their appalling international reputations are okay. Basically you have to choose the airline from the jurisdiction with the worst human rights record available.
 
I'm in Spain at the moment and a two week lockdown has just kicked into effect. Made it to a campsite frequented by the grey rinse phalanx on the south east coast. Reassuring being around this demographic, hopefully I don't have the virus and wipe them all out. A trip to the supermarket en route earlier was a thoroughly unpleasant experience, sold out of water etc, cashier coughing uncontrollably and no decent tea bags.
 
awesome dawson said:
I'm in Spain at the moment and a two week lockdown has just kicked into effect. Made it to a campsite frequented by the grey rinse rude boys on the south east coast. Reassuring being around this demographic, hopefully I don't have the virus and wipe them all out. A trip to the supermarket en route earlier was a thoroughly unpleasant experience, sold out of water etc, cashier coughing uncontrollably and no decent tea bags.
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Dont know why but always thought you were an aussie.
 
milo said:
If it coincides with winter flu season, they have big problems but they do have more time to prepare. The hope has to be that there is a cheap, reliable and quick test developed quickly. If people can test when they feel unwell, we can be a lot more targeted with quarantining.
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Quarantining in any kind of numbers is no way for any modern society to have to act though.

I'd far rather build the immunity than keep quarantining over and over.
 
scaramanga said:
Quarantining in any kind of numbers is no way for any modern society to have to act though.

I'd far rather build the immunity than keep quarantining over and over.
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There is a decent argument for getting it now. Get your immunity! If there are any complications you'll still get a hospital bed. Whereas in 3 months...

Other than age, it does seem arbitrary that some seem to get almost no symptoms while others get severe flu and pneumonia. Have there been reports of young fit Europeans who've had it bad?
 
SpurMeUp said:
There is a decent argument for getting it now. Get your immunity! If there are any complications you'll still get a hospital bed. Whereas in 3 months...

Other than age, it does seem arbitrary that some seem to get almost no symptoms while others get severe flu and pneumonia. Have there been reports of young fit Europeans who've had it bad?
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Not in the UK. All deaths were old people with "underlying health problems".
 
Just seen an article about schools in Northern Ireland planning to be closed for 14 weeks! If school closures become a long term thing then that will cause chaos to families and the economy
 
dingdongo said:
Just seen an article about schools in Northern Ireland planning to be closed for 14 weeks! If school closures become a long term thing then that will cause chaos to families and the economy
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Arlene Foster said it. She talks out of her hole, as we Northern Irish say.
 
Mikey10 said:
Arlene Foster said it. She talks out of her hole, as we Northern Irish say.
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A lot of countries have now started a 2 week closure for schools and universities though, would seem unlikely everything will just reopen after 2 weeks and go back to normal
 
dingdongo said:
A lot of countries have now started a 2 week closure for schools and universities though, would seem unlikely everything will just reopen after 2 weeks and go back to normal
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I have a few teacher friends, there seems to be a lot of unofficial chat about closing in the UK soon and running through to the easter holidays.
 
dingdongo said:
A lot of countries have now started a 2 week closure for schools and universities though, would seem unlikely everything will just reopen after 2 weeks and go back to normal
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People are going to milk it, particularly those that will get full sick pay. To hell with the knock on effects for the country and the economy.
 
I imagine Easter holidays will be bought a week forward to start and extended a week after, so 4 weeks. Not that I see school closures as sustainable and i do not know what is sensible because no fudger really understands if catching this thing once makes you immune or not, so kind of worth not pretending to know.

Anyway here is a good thread

https://twitter.com/x/status/1238837158007447558
 
galeforce said:
I have a few teacher friends, there seems to be a lot of unofficial chat about closing in the UK soon and running through to the easter holidays.
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LutonSpurs said:
I imagine Easter holidays will be bought a week forward to start and extended a week after, so 4 weeks. Not that I see school closures as sustainable and i do not know what is sensible because no fudger really understands if catching this thing once makes you immune or not, so kind of worth not pretending to know.

Anyway here is a good thread

https://twitter.com/x/status/1238837158007447558
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I teach. That’s what we’re expecting - a week either side of the Easter holiday.
 
What would be interesting - and governments must be doing this surely - is randomised testing of populations to see how prevalent the virus is in people who are not aware they have it.

We know that children hardly notice anything when they get it. We know that some (most fit) adults don't have severe symptoms. So is it possible you and I have it or have had the virus already?
 
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