Honest_Man#1 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 37 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: (replying to your reply to me) Sure, they're doing no harm. But what they are doing is entirely unnecessary, and they probably wouldn't be doing it if those supposed to be running the country provided clear guidance and, dare I say, leadership rather than trusting the GBP's "common sense". Since Day One, there has been a lot of misinformation out there leading to many being in fear for their lives (at worst) or simply unnecessarily anxious (at best). My worry is that, for everybody suiting up to go and put their own bins out, there is someone blithely swanning around with no protection at all, because "common sense" says that if the lockdown is easing, the pandemic is ending. The abdication of responsibility by Johnson and his Clown Cabinet has been an absolute disgrace. The failure to act in the country's interests has been absolutely treasonous, imho. I disagree, see below. 2 hours ago, craigkillie said: If person 1 has a runny nose or whatever then they're doing the right thing. They might be worried that they might sneeze and spread some germs. Just like you often see Asian people wearing them around cities even before this took off. For number 2, that person could easily be a healthcare professional driving a pool car, in which case they are doing exactly what they are instructed to do in order to keep both themselves and the car disease free. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 25 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: (replying to your reply to me) Sure, they're doing no harm. But what they are doing is entirely unnecessary, and they probably wouldn't be doing it if those supposed to be running the country provided clear guidance and, dare I say, leadership rather than trusting the GBP's "common sense". Since Day One, there has been a lot of misinformation out there leading to many being in fear for their lives (at worst) or simply unnecessarily anxious (at best). My worry is that, for everybody suiting up to go and put their own bins out, there is someone blithely swanning around with no protection at all, because "common sense" says that if the lockdown is easing, the pandemic is ending. The abdication of responsibility by Johnson and his Clown Cabinet has been an absolute disgrace. The failure to act in the country's interests has been absolutely treasonous, imho. I'm not defending the complete shitehawk way Johnson has "led" this pandemic but I don't think criticising those who are being overly cautious is productive in any way. They might be wearing more protection for a reason, they might just be wearing because they're anxious, either way they are protecting themselves within the law and that should be all there is to say. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 2 hours ago, G_Man1985 said: Found quite a few people however are wearing lanyards. @Miguel Sanchez 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Sigh https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-metal-strip-medical-masks-5/fact-check-metal-strip-in-medical-masks-is-not-a-5g-antenna-idUSKBN24A2O1?fbclid=IwAR14X-gMwtFnF3apbPa31bzCGFUpXJEZ2xZi46rezHfIlriG3nWhMXkfggA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Yet more sensible chat on the local Hamilton Facebook group. These people are literally walking around amongst us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 And I've just realised she's lifted that straight off about a million alt right websites. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 54 minutes ago, madwullie said: And I've just realised she's lifted that straight off about a million alt right websites. You didn't think she wrote that herself? Edited July 13, 2020 by Jacksgranda missed out a word - daft old c*** 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: You didn't think she wrote herself? I did for a bit. Stupid too, because when I was an English teacher, spotting obvious plagiarism like that and then finding the source was a fairly big (and enjoyable) part of the job. Nothing better than some wee smart arse handing something like that in, commenting on how nice a turn of phrase they used was, firing up Google and watching them squirm as the exact page they copied it from appears on the screen for the whole class to see. For all they're meant to be computer literate etc, kids can be really fucking dense when it comes to the internet. Brilliant lesson too, but only for the overconfident ones. Edited July 13, 2020 by madwullie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1% of the US population has now returned a positive Covid test. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Over the past few weeks, I've become used to sharing public transport with folk who wear face masks over their mouth only, or who wear their mask when talking to the driver and whip it off immediately afterwards, but today we had a snotty-nosed jakeball who wore a mask correctly, only to whip it off to indulge in an extended bout of coughing and sneezing into his hands for the rest of the trip, which remained unsullied by cleaning products. Airborne Ebola now, please, let's just get it over and done with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Face masks to be compulsory in England shops from 24th July or you risk facing a £100 fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, mizfit said: Face masks to be compulsory in England shops from 24th July or you risk facing a £100 fine. Has anyone told Michael Gove this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I still can't understand the logic of announcing this measure that reduces the risk of transmission and yet then not have it come into force for another 9 days. Another communications success here for No.10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Michael W said: I still can't understand the logic of announcing this measure that reduces the risk of transmission and yet then not have it come into force for another 9 days. Another communications success here for No.10. To give people time to buy masks? Where Scotland leads, they follow. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Has anyone told Michael Gove this?He’s trying to figure out if he can have noseholes in his. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 He’s trying to figure out if he can have noseholes in his. There will be an arsehole in it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 8 hours ago, mizfit said: Face masks to be compulsory in England shops from 24th July or you risk facing a £100 fine. That is going to be such a fun day, I can't wait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Bbc reporting predictions of a second wave in winter with modelling up to 250k deaths. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Disney in Orlando is reopening today if anybody fancies it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 Bbc reporting predictions of a second wave in winter with modelling up to 250k deaths. The guy who wrote the report specifically says it isn’t a prediction but is a possibility. SAGE said back in March that they expected countries who locked down hard to experience a significant second wave later in the year. This was before the U.K. went into lockdown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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