Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[No_Problemo]

14 minutes ago, Ralstonite said:

I agree that there's an underclass, to deny otherwise is folly. 

I live in a less than salubrious part of the West of Scotland. One thing I noticed early on when face masks were in short supply, was that all the junkies waiting for their methadone were wearing them. It was like they were sporting a fashion accessory, though about six of them had formed a tight circle and were chatting away with no regard for social distancing whatsoever, and most were not wearing their masks properly or had even removed them to aid conversation. Very bizarre.

I think statistically the underclass are more likely to smoke, drink heavily, take drugs, eat unhealthily and possibly indulge in many other risky behaviours. I can only conclude that they are more fatalistic or place less value on their lives. 

I definitely think it can be argued that calling people with addiction issues an “underclass” is folly. 

[Steven W]

Genuine question - I remember NS saying things will look a lot better in the spring. Is that still the case, or has she backtracked on that?

[Cosmic Joe]

Had my first vaccine yesterday (support worker for vulnerable adults). 

Sair arm today, but got an awfy braw sleep last night. Would recommend. 

[Marshmallo]

44 minutes ago, philpy said:

A guy I know along with his 2 sons, have all tested positive. Absolutely no sympathy for them though, as they never wear masks. 

Worst post of the year so far possibly

[D.A.F.C]

4 minutes ago, Steven W said:

Genuine question - I remember NS saying things will look a lot better in the spring. Is that still the case, or has she backtracked on that?

 

[Ron Aldo]

Genuine question - I remember NS saying things will look a lot better in the spring. Is that still the case, or has she backtracked on that?

Still the case although what she forgot to add was that she actually meant spring 2026.

[Jacksgranda]

2 hours ago, Cyclizine said:

Take two aspirin and if you are still alive call me in the morning.

FTFY

[HeartsOfficialMoaner]

2 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said:

8 minutes ago, Steven W said:

Genuine question - I remember NS saying things will look a lot better in the spring. Is that still the case, or has she backtracked on that?

Still the case although what she forgot to add was that she actually meant spring 2026.

 

[101]

38 minutes ago, philpy said:

I'm more looking forward to being able to see my parents and family than I am to having a pint to be honest. I'll certainly not be going to packed pubs straight away anyway, everywhere will be a fucking nightmare.

It will be like that shitty Friday of all the staff parties before Christmas. Absolute worst time to be drinking.

[madwullie]

57 minutes ago, pandarilla said:

What is the opinion in this thread that the 'scummier' elements of society seem to be much more likely to catch covid, due to them gemstone not giving a f**k about restrictions?

I hate the term underclass, and realise that so many of these problems are society's fault - but to deny it exists is just daft.

For me, it's a definite part of the problem. Not major part, but a part nonetheless.

Personally I think lower paid jobs tending not to be able to done from home (and being out in public) people being worried about getting tested in case they have to take unpaid time off work/ not being able to afford to isolate if positive, having to take public transport due to no car / location of workplace, multiple generational households etc will have far more effect than not strictly adhering to regulations 

Edited January 24, 2021 by madwullie

[Bairnardo]

33 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said:

Thanks m8. Saved me the bother of racking my fuzzy nightshift brain for the correct response.

[craigkillie]

29 minutes ago, Steven W said:

Genuine question - I remember NS saying things will look a lot better in the spring. Is that still the case, or has she backtracked on that?

We are still a month away from the spring, and the figures make it clear that things definitely will look better by then.

[peasy23]

We are still a month away from the spring, and the figures make it clear that things definitely will look better by then.

I'd be fairly confident that things like case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths will look better. Not so sure that restrictions will be any better.

[welshbairn]

I don't see why we won't start going down the tiers as hospitalisations follow the downward trajectory of infections, and vaccination starts kicking in. There's too much pessimism on here sometimes.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, pandarilla said:

What is the opinion in this thread that the 'scummier' elements of society seem to be much more likely to catch covid, due to them gemstone not giving a f**k about restrictions?

I hate the term underclass, and realise that so many of these problems are society's fault - but to deny it exists is just daft.

For me, it's a definite part of the problem. Not major part, but a part nonetheless.

Tell that to the 200 upper crust tossers who attended that "rich kids" party in Kensington on Friday night.

Multiple warnings, assaults on the police, yet strangely no arrests were made ??

I wonder why....

Apart from that, the ones who seem to be breaking most rules in my area are the large groups of middle class hill walkers who appear to be ignoring both the travel directive and then the amount of people they can mix with along with no social distancing.

[Left Back]

Just now, welshbairn said:

I don't see why we won't start going down the tiers as hospitalisations follow the downward trajectory of infections, and vaccination starts kicking in. There's too much pessimism in the Scottish Government all the time.

Fixed that.  England will move down swiftly.  We’ll be under restrictions until the furlough rug is pulled.  Pure politics.

[GordonS]

On 24/01/2020 at 07:10, Guest JTS98 said:

The government's main newspaper today still didn't have this as its prominent story. Journalists in China reporting that it's still a minor story on tv news in most of the country. We're now pushing 30 official deaths and close to 1,000 official cases, and as I mentioned previously, those are almost certainly low numbers. China's inaction here is criminal.

Local doctors have been quoted as saying that it's now too late to contain because they were told from above that it wasn't a big deal and no measures were put in place to deal with it. It has now almost certainly spread throughout China because people were not prevented from travelling or even discouraged from travelling, and we now have confirmed cases in multiple countries and examples of human-to-human infection.

Wuhan's airport has direct flights to Dubai, New York, London, Singapore, Seoul etc and the Chinese did nothing to stop people travelling around the world despite knowing what was going on. All to either cover their arse from their boss, protect their local economy or to avoid hitting a beamer. People are still flying around the world from other places in China as we speak and the virus has an incubation period of at least five days. This is grim.

I understand that lots of China-bashing goes on in the western media and that causes people to be naturally suspicious of criticism of China in our media. However, there is simply no question that China has made a complete arse of this, and it's not the first time they've done it. There is no reason to trust anything the Chinese government say about this. They have lied from the off, just like they did before.

China's warm-meat culture mixed with its rigid and corrupt government and flawed information-sharing processes is an international health risk. I don't know how many times this needs to happen before some people accept that.

This virus may or may not end up becoming a global emergency. But even if this one doesn't, this will happen again. Lots of things today are media scare-mongering, but an authoritarian country with a huge population, horrific food hygiene standards, and direct transport links to the rest of the planet is a risk to all of us.

 

On 24/01/2020 at 09:36, Guest JTS98 said:

Nobody knows that for now. We need to see how this plays out. It seems that so far the deaths are mainly old and sick people, but that might change.

My point is that even if this one isn't a global disaster, it doesn't mean that the next one won't be. The problem with these things is that every time we have an event that doesn't kill half the population of the world, like SARS or Ebola, people become more convinced that every outbreak is just media scaremongering. It's not. This is dangerous and China is a danger to us all.

On 24/01/2020 at 11:10, staggy1929 said:

If it does  spread across the UK you'd like to think we'd have the facilities in place to deal with it effectively as it stands.

 

On 24/01/2020 at 16:44, Jacksgranda said:

Few interesting posts from one year ago today...

Edited January 24, 2021 by GordonS

[Left Back]

1 minute ago, GordonS said:

 

 

Few interesting posts from four years ago...

Thats some foresight.

[GordonS]

4 hours ago, D.A.F.C said:

Local twitter Karens going mental because cars stuck up local hills. What's the guidance is it five miles from home or local boundary?

Such little imagination to most though. As if lomond hills are the only hill walk. Think its a bit selfish to gather in large crowds like this especially when they're blocking locals and farmers from going about their lives. 

This halfway house pretend lockdown just opens doors for all the fannies to behave however they want. Have done these hills regularly over the years and it was hardly ever overspilling from the car park. Suddenly everyone likes hills but have none of the skills or common sense required.

If you live in Fife, the Lomond Hills are the closest thing to a hillwalk you'll get. Apart from the coast path, north and east Fife is surprisingly shit for walking. The paths through the countryside are mostly discontinuous and you end up roads - in fact, the vast bulk of the Core Path Network is on country roads.

It's no surprise local walks are very busy - those who would normally be walking futher afield are stuck in their home councils, and others have nothing else to do - no gyms, shops, visiting friends and family, going for lunch. So they go for a walk.

Unfortunately a large proportion of people are morons, but that can't be helped.

[Billy Jean King]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1388099/lockdown-end-date-uk-lockdown-rules-covid-news-2021-rules-when-will-lockdown-end
Tremendous scaremongering headline

You spent the previous couple of hours moaning about the press and media constantly peddling negative headlines as clickbait....then fall for the very next one you came across hook, line and sinker.

Here's a tip...if people don't click they don't see the negativity oh and then to post a link for people to eh....click on just seems a bit mental.

Your exactly the target demographic. You can't get enough of it, your obsessed !