Bairnardo Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 This is horrifically true, it will be couched in jargon when they say it but that will be what they mean.Not sure tbh. It's not people going off work that's killing them. It's the world stopping buying stuff and stopping moving about. Inability to produce isnt the issue, its inability to consume. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 10 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Once this is done I'm sure our captains of industry will accelerate automation to minimise exposure of their business to these unreliable humans. This is horrifically true, it will be couched in jargon when they say it but that will be what they mean. Unfortunately for them reliable automation buys none of their products. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 It is getting worse... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Crùbag said: It is getting worse... Here we go. What do we say we all slip out to Moe's for a pint? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, pozbaird said: The last line of your post. Currently, the figure for deaths in the UK attributed to coronavirus is 104. I accept that this virus is contagious, but why will the NHS be overrun in days? Because it's doubling every two or three days, and the deaths happening now are the result of infections that happened 10 to 14 days ago. Even if we shut down everything now, we'll be at 3k deaths or more in a fortnight or so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Hayfever season coming soon, too. Dunno how many folk get it in the uk but i reckon that will end up increasing transmission rates a bit... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Crùbag said: It is getting worse... Hello, hello Got a deadly virus worse than the flu It's everything I wish I didn't know Except you give me something I can feel, feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo said: Here we go. What do we say we all slip out to Moe's for a pint? Can I come? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, PauloPerth said: HIV/AIDS originated in Africa, Swine flu originated in USA/ Mexico I believe, one of the Cholera pandemics from India. I'm not sure, but possibly China being such a vast country is why a couple of these viruses have emerged from there? Exactly. The most recent Ebola virus in Africa started in a village in Cameroon. Some children found a dead monkey in the jungle and took it back to the village where it was turned into stew. Lots of people died but before they did it was passed on so even people thousands of miles away in Liberia and Sierra Leone suffered. Boycott Cameroon? Boycott any other country in Africa where the same thing might happen? Maybe one day they will track down one person in China and I do mean one person who accidentally set this off. Doesn't mean you have to blame the entire country. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: To allude to what I posted a few posts back, the great, great majority of trade in securities is carried out by computer programs selling to other computer programs. It isn't just robots driving lorries etc. Worth automating that IMO. I'm sure many of the people that make a fortune off that while adding f**k all value could use their amazing skills to add value elsewhere. Edited March 18, 2020 by Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Unfortunately for them reliable automation buys none of their products.It all comes down to the analysis of cheapness & reliability vs the amount of people who can still afford to pay for the product. They will take the profits & leave the Doomsday Scenario to someone down the line, they are utter sociopaths. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 minute ago, paranoid android said: Can I come? No. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, bendan said: Because it's doubling every two or three days, and the deaths happening now are the result of infections that happened 10 to 14 days ago. Even if we shut down everything now, we'll be at 3k deaths or more in a fortnight or so. So, no chance of avoiding the NHS being overrun at all then? No ‘flattening of the sombrero peak’. Grim stuff if true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, GordonS said: Yeah I wasn't referring to most, just the ones that are assuming the level of expertise that I do when watching a sport I haven't seen in 4 years at the Olympics. But that's just for fun. This thread is 'just for fun'. Nobody in a position of authority is acting on anything posted on here. Thank fcuk. We are merely bouncing the ball around and in the process hopefully getting some idea of how to react to all of this. I really don't see anyone claiming to have any level of expertise. Now please go and gargle some pish while singing the national anthem as I've read on P&B that it will cure the virus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Exactly. The most recent Ebola virus in Africa started in a village in Cameroon. Some children found a dead monkey in the jungle and took it back to the village where it was turned into stew. Lots of people died but before they did it was passed on so even people thousands of miles away in Liberia and Sierra Leone suffered. Boycott Cameroon? Boycott any other country in Africa where the same thing might happen? Maybe one day they will track down one person in China and I do mean one person who accidentally set this off. Doesn't mean you have to blame the entire country. Fortunately @throbber resisted temptation when he found a dead fox or Portabelly would be the new Wuhan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 minute ago, cyderspaceman said: This thread is 'just for fun'. Nobody in a position of authority is acting on anything posted on here. Thank fcuk. We are merely bouncing the ball around and in the process hopefully getting some idea of how to react to all of this. I really don't see anyone claiming to have any level of expertise. Now please go and gargle some pish while singing the national anthem as I've read on P&B that it will cure the virus. We should all sing the new Bono song to keep our spirits up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbsouth Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 5pm tomorrow, PM announces UK lockdown for 15 days 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, BingMcCrosby said: Ultra extreme yes, unattainable I don't think so. I think we're in a pretty extreme situation currently. Which is going to unfortunately get worse. Out of interest. Once this situation has improved what would you suggest? Anything or just carry on again? Or thank the Chinese for their virus? No.2. Just like you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, pozbaird said: So, no chance of avoiding the NHS being overrun at all then? No ‘flattening of the sombrero peak’. Grim stuff if true. We can slow it down, or we can expand capacity. It also isn't spreading evenly throughout the country, so some parts might not get overrun, but yes, I'd say, especially after visiting Tesco today, that things look grim 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Monkey stew doesn’t sound appealing at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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