Binos Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Just now, dorlomin said: The options are for the UK seem to be 1) we have waves of lock downs and lessening of restrictions to manage the pressure on hospitals till a vaccine is developed mid next year. 2) A cure is discovered that massively alleviates the risks in the next 6-12 months. And the lock downs are no longer needed. 3) We go on super lock down and trace every case and possible contacts and eliminate the disease in the UK inside about 3 months with very severe restrictions on international travel in and out till the vaccines arrive. 4) (not going to happen) We swallow the death rate. Two weeks ago the suggestion of London on lockdown would have been laughed at. One clown who posted just above me mocked the idea that SARS CoV 2 was a pandemic 3 weeks ago. Other laughing about it being a bad flu. This is our lives for the next 12-18 months. Millions will die from this disease. America may be very hard hit but some countries in Africa have perhaps 10% of the population with tuberculosis and others with maybe 20% with HIV. This is going to get very fucking real for the people least able to get help. Some c***s were laughing when the first UK case died, "pre-existing conditions" and other comments, hundreds of thousands to millions of our population fit that bill. This is real. It is not a drill. Good luck and best wishes to all in Scotland and all who read this. (Actually all P&Bers). Social distancing and good hygiene will help slow the spread and may save the life of someone you love. Shit is about to get very real. We will, sadly, gravitate towards 4 The whole world will when it becomes clear there will be nothing worth saving and no life worth living if we don't The self preservation will kick in 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 minute ago, DA Baracus said: Mars Bar fan? Blue boost 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 29 minutes ago, Kamenitza said: They made it compulsory for supermarkets here to limit the number of people in the store. One way they achieve it is by having only a limited number of chariots available and one person to a chariot, no chariot - no entry, wait till somebody comes out. Don't know if Leclerc used that tactic, I can see how it would work. Last time I was there , a guy on the door was counting exits and entries. Don't know if Leclerc used that tactic, I can see how it would work. Last time I was there , a guy on the door was counting exits and entries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Binos said: Blue boost Not bad. Just don't put them in the fridge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 My older brother got married a year ago, to a woman he had been with for 17 years. They separated towards the end of the year and are living apart. He jumped on Tinder and met some bird from Mexico. They have been talking via video every day for a couple of hours. She flew in yesterday and is now with him in Dunfermline. They're going to see my parents on Sunday. They turned 60 (same birthday; indeed born on the same ward just hours apart). My maw is, to be blunt, an alcoholic and thus has high blood pressure for which she takes some mad tablets. The old man has type 2 diabetes and the resultant high blood pressure, and has been taking a bunch of tablets for years. He was rushed to hospital in December after nearly dying. Turns out he has chronic lympocytic leukeamia. Daft old dick was feeling shit for days and maw was telling him to get to the doctors but he was being a stubborn old tit and it wasn't until he was death and couldn't get out of bed that he thought he should get to the hospital. 4 blood transfusions later and he was doing pretty good. Saw him on his birthday and he was remarkably well. He had 4 sessions of targeted chemotherapy and it has done a lot of good, to the extent that he's pretty back to normal (save for the eventually terminal cancer!). He and the maw were at the Scotland England and Scotland France games (aye, he's a rugby guy and was in the navy, so f**k knows what foul pints he's downed and how many balls he's gargled). I have declined the invitation to join them on Sunday. Also a bit annoyed at them all for the obvious risk. My younger brother and his husband likewise decline. They were stranded in Vegas earlier in the week and are being sensible and isolating for a week, even though they both feel fine (although their cat died recently and they were a LOT of pictures and a eulogy on Facebook).That post was a wild ride. I’m glad you re back DA. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: I got a Snickers and a Diet Coke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, ICTChris said: That post was a wild ride. I’m glad you re back DA. Hopefully the Mexican is as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Not bad. Just don't put them in the fridge. Good advice. You'd have quite the wait to get that new filling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, ICTChris said: That post was a wild ride. I’m glad you re back DA. What's the Eastenders theme tune? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, dorlomin said: The options are for the UK seem to be 1) we have waves of lock downs and lessening of restrictions to manage the pressure on hospitals till a vaccine is developed mid next year. 2) A cure is discovered that massively alleviates the risks in the next 6-12 months. And the lock downs are no longer needed. 3) We go on super lock down and trace every case and possible contacts and eliminate the disease in the UK inside about 3 months with very severe restrictions on international travel in and out till the vaccines arrive. 4) (not going to happen) We swallow the death rate. Two weeks ago the suggestion of London on lockdown would have been laughed at. One clown who posted just above me mocked the idea that SARS CoV 2 was a pandemic 3 weeks ago. Other laughing about it being a bad flu. This is our lives for the next 12-18 months. Millions will die from this disease. America may be very hard hit but some countries in Africa have perhaps 10% of the population with tuberculosis and others with maybe 20% with HIV. This is going to get very fucking real for the people least able to get help. Some c***s were laughing when the first UK case died, "pre-existing conditions" and other comments, hundreds of thousands to millions of our population fit that bill. This is real. It is not a drill. Good luck and best wishes to all in Scotland and all who read this. (Actually all P&Bers). Social distancing and good hygiene will help slow the spread and may save the life of someone you love. Good post. Worth noting what Mark Woolhouse, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, said: "Waiting for a vaccine should not be honoured with the name 'strategy', that is not a strategy." It's a really good article. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51963486 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: A classic choice. What would you have got? I was tempted by the white chocolate Snickers but I feel I made the right choice. 2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Hopefully the Mexican is as well. I probably won't ask him. 1 minute ago, BawWatchin said: Good advice. You'd have quite the wait to get that new filling. Panic dentistry will be the new panic buying 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 minute ago, DA Baracus said: A classic choice. What would you have got? I was tempted by the white chocolate Snickers but I feel I made the right choice. I probably won't ask him. Panic dentistry will be the new panic buying I'm currently enjoying a dairy milk and a lemon fanta. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 My older brother got married a year ago, to a woman he had been with for 17 years. They separated towards the end of the year and are living apart. He jumped on Tinder and met some bird from Mexico. They have been talking via video every day for a couple of hours. She flew in yesterday and is now with him in Dunfermline. They're going to see my parents on Sunday. They turned 60 (same birthday; indeed born on the same ward just hours apart) at the end of December. My maw is, to be blunt, an alcoholic, and thus has high blood pressure for which she takes some mad tablets. The old man has type 2 diabetes and the resultant high blood pressure, and has been taking a bunch of tablets for years. He was rushed to hospital in December after nearly dying. Turns out he has chronic lymphocytic leukeamia. Daft old dick was feeling shit for days, and maw was telling him to get to the doctors, but he was being a stubborn old tit and it wasn't until he was near death and couldn't get out of bed that he thought he should get to the hospital. 4 blood transfusions later and he was doing pretty good. Saw him on his birthday and he was remarkably well. He had 4 sessions of targeted chemotherapy recently and it has done a lot of good, to the extent that he's pretty mucj back to normal (save for the eventually terminal cancer!). He and the maw were at the Scotland England and Scotland France games (aye, he's a rugby guy and was in the navy, so f**k knows what foul pints he's downed and how many balls he's gargled). I have declined the invitation to join them on Sunday. Also a bit annoyed at them all for the obvious risk. My younger brother and his husband likewise declined. They were stranded in Vegas earlier in the week and are being sensible and isolating for a week, even though they both feel fine (although their cat died recently and they were a LOT of pictures and a eulogy on Facebook).They put pictures of their dead cat on Facebook? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Australia is our quickest hope of getting over this. Posted a link on how they'd destroyed the disease with existing drugs a few pages back (Using a HIV medication and a now defunct Malaria medication). We know the side effects of these medications so if they work well, we could be rapidly smashing this disease. They're now onto the human testing stage: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/03/researchers-set-begin-clinical-trials-coronavirus-cure 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 24 minutes ago, Forest_Fifer said: 43 minutes ago, Kamenitza said: They made it compulsory for supermarkets here to limit the number of people in the store. One way they achieve it is by having only a limited number of chariots available and one person to a chariot, no chariot - no entry, wait till somebody comes out. Chariots? Do they have rotating knives on the wheels to make it easier to negotiate the bog roll aisle? I thought it must be some French thing going on about sharing shitters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Mark Connolly said: I'm currently enjoying a dairy milk and a lemon fanta. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The options are for the UK seem to be 1) we have waves of lock downs and lessening of restrictions to manage the pressure on hospitals till a vaccine is developed mid next year. 2) A cure is discovered that massively alleviates the risks in the next 6-12 months. And the lock downs are no longer needed. 3) We go on super lock down and trace every case and possible contacts and eliminate the disease in the UK inside about 3 months with very severe restrictions on international travel in and out till the vaccines arrive. 4) (not going to happen) We swallow the death rate. Two weeks ago the suggestion of London on lockdown would have been laughed at. One clown who posted just above me mocked the idea that SARS CoV 2 was a pandemic 3 weeks ago. Other laughing about it being a bad flu. This is our lives for the next 12-18 months. Millions will die from this disease. America may be very hard hit but some countries in Africa have perhaps 10% of the population with tuberculosis and others with maybe 20% with HIV. This is going to get very fucking real for the people least able to get help. Some c***s were laughing when the first UK case died, "pre-existing conditions" and other comments, hundreds of thousands to millions of our population fit that bill. This is real. It is not a drill. Good luck and best wishes to all in Scotland and all who read this. (Actually all P&Bers). Social distancing and good hygiene will help slow the spread and may save the life of someone you love. Vaccines are way ahead of normal schedule. Hopefully the first bulk batch will be available in June or July but obviously distribution will be targeted until more supplies allow a general vaccination programme. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Haven't been on today and there's far too much new content for me to sift through. Am I alone in thinking the fact all of these hundred million pound sports events have been postponed along with a Tory govt offering 80% of your wage for folk not to go to work (along with benefits being claimed from home) point to this getting really, really, really bad? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Australia is our quickest hope of getting over this. Posted a link on how they'd destroyed the disease with existing drugs a few pages back (Using a HIV medication and a now defunct Malaria medication). We know the side effects of these medications so if they work well, we could be rapidly smashing this disease. They're now onto the human testing stage: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/03/researchers-set-begin-clinical-trials-coronavirus-cure Wire brush and dettol? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 42 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Senegal v France 2002 world cup was a gid one. I needn't mention 2016 Scottish Cup final but I will ofc Just as I thought we might be pals too. f**k ye!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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