Covid-XIX Part VI - 90 cases ROI (1 death) 29 in NI (as of 13 March) *Read OP*

Ulysses Gaze

Gael23 wrote: »

According to the British Government everyone needs to get Covid 19 to gain immunity
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-millions-of-britons-will-need-to-contract-covid-19-for-herd-immunity-11956793

The British have a history of catastrophic planning that cost huge numbers of lives.

Gallipoli. The Crimea. Dunkirk. To name a few.

I guess we can add Covid19 to that list.

Boggles

Deleted User wrote: »

Hah, you're a Utd fan aren't u? I'd say it will be resumed at some point. Expect massive battles in the courts if it wasn't, especially those involved in relegation battles etc.

And this is why everyone is Laughing at Liverpool fans.

namloc1980

Gael23 wrote: »

According to the British Government everyone needs to get Covid 19 to gain immunity
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-millions-of-britons-will-need-to-contract-covid-19-for-herd-immunity-11956793

Did they invoke Dunkirk or the blitz spirit yet?!?

Drumpot

Deleted User wrote: »

Hah, you're a Utd fan aren't u? I'd say it will be resumed at some point. Expect massive battles in the courts if it wasn't, especially those involved in relegation battles etc.

They may not be able to do that, this is going to drag on for months. Easiest thing for everybody is to write off the season. If they try to finish it, then that pushes the next season out aswell.... Most teams will not sympathise with Liverpool (as most clubs only care about themselves) so the majority will rule.

blade1

Doctor on the radio said vaccine tests are getting good results from an already available rheumatoid arthritis drug.

dougm1970

i have no knowledge on such things....but how are they so confident that if you get it you will then be immune when you recover....its so early in this new strains life.
you can get regular flu every what...5 years on average ?

Popoutman

Gael23 wrote: »

According to the British Government everyone needs to get Covid 19 to gain immunity
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-millions-of-britons-will-need-to-contract-covid-19-for-herd-immunity-11956793

And Boris is a muppet, and will kill people. There's not enough time to get the herd immunity together, there will be a large spike in people needing assistance, and now that the NHS is this close to breaking, he's effectively sentencing a certain portion of the UK population to death, without good reason.

Of course, the plan is likely Cummings' and aimed at keeping the economy up, at the expense of people taking pension money from the state. All sounds good until everything falls apart..

banie01

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

The British have a history of catastrophic planning the cost huge numbers of lives.

Gallipoli. The Crimea. Dunkirk. To name a few.

I guess we can add Covid19 to that list.

100%
The British tend to muddle through, rather than succeed through operational competence.

CIARAN_BOYLE

Drumpot wrote: »

They may not be able to do that, this is going to drag on for months. Easiest thing for everybody is to write off the season. If they try to finish it, then that pushes the next season out aswell.... Most teams will not sympathise with Liverpool (as most clubs only care about themselves) so the majority will rule.

I would assume that they will declare the season finished in place.

FA need to nominate clubs for europe and this makes most sense for that reason.

tobefrank321

Gods Gift wrote: »

Premiership suspended

Right decision. Fans go from all over the world to and from it, including Ireland.

frillyleaf

jester77 wrote: »

The US is so f*cked, it's scary reading this, people with obvious symptoms are being refused tests

Yeah thankfully travel has been restricted from there to Europe....oh wait not for us

blade1

Drumpot wrote: »

They may not be able to do that, this is going to drag on for months. Easiest thing for everybody is to write off the season. If they try to finish it, then that pushes the next season out aswell.... Most teams will not sympathise with Liverpool (as most clubs only care about themselves) so the majority will rule.

You know nothing so stop spouting shīte

So, you went out today and did a big shop, the place was crowded, then you came home and put half the stuff into the freezer.

Fast forward 2 weeks - happy days - you survived the Covid19 outbreak. You take a packet of burgers out of the freezer and defrost that crafty Covid19 that has been frozen on top of the packet the whole time.

Could that happen?

niallo27

Gael23 wrote: »

According to the British Government everyone needs to get Covid 19 to gain immunity
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-millions-of-britons-will-need-to-contract-covid-19-for-herd-immunity-11956793

It's an interesting approach. I think we are ****ed either way tbh.

Tacitus Kilgore

Popoutman wrote: »

And Boris is a muppet, and will kill people. There's not enough time to get the herd immunity together, there will be a large spike in people needing assistance, and now that the NHS is this close to breaking, he's effectively sentencing a certain portion of the UK population to death, without good reason.

Of course, the plan is likely Cummings' and aimed at keeping the economy up, at the expense of people taking pension money from the state. All sounds good until everything falls apart..

Probably seeing it as their only way to "get ahead" of the EU post brexit/Covid-19, cynical and heartless - so pretty much textbook of how you would expect the UK to act.

Gael23

Gael23 wrote: »

According to the British Government everyone needs to get Covid 19 to gain immunity
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-millions-of-britons-will-need-to-contract-covid-19-for-herd-immunity-11956793

60% it says. 'Everyone' would mean a horrific toll of elderly, those with compromised conditions etc.

youreadthat

namloc1980 wrote: »

Did they invoke Dunkirk or the blitz spirit yet?!?

Oh look, anti-Britishness on boards finally breaks down the facade of “I’m a scientist and know everything about viral infections”.

Graces7

Boggles wrote: »

Boggle, why have you put your photo on your post?

frillyleaf

Drumpot wrote: »

There is alot wrong with this line of thinking thats been discussed in these threads plenty of times. When the bodies start stacking up , you will get why this was a terrible strategy.

Also if we slow it here hopefully there will be breakthroughs in treatment. I don’t know how long the restrictions will last as the above poster has a point about coming out of lockdown and being infected again

Hamsterchops

Friday 13th March.

UK /NHS 590
IRL /HSE 070

So who's taking the correct approach?

The UK (with good medical advice) has decided not to press the "shut the schools button" just yet, while Leo & Co have decided (with good medical advice) that the time is NOW!

Maybe they're both right? Maybe it doesn't matter.

*Breaking News, Everton's entire football team gone into lockdown due to the virus spreading.

Drumpot

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

I would assume that they will declare the season finished in place.

FA need to nominate clubs for europe and this makes most sense for that reason.

I am not so sure all clubs will agree to that , relegation and qualifying spots may be disputed.

If they void season, they could just use this years qualifiers as qualifying again. There maybe an issue with voiding a season but allowing clubs to qualify based on position, particularly if some teams have a game in hand etc. Its actually the easiest, that everybody agrees to reset to the start of the season.

caveat emptor

caveat emptor wrote: »

Sorry for stating the obvious.

You do know people get mild before they get serious.

Ok, but is it not a good thing to see the figure climb though?

tobefrank321

blade1 wrote: »

Doctor on the radio said vaccine tests are getting good results from an already available rheumatoid arthritis.

Is that really a vaccine though? Sounds more like treatment of severe symptoms or prevention of severe symptoms appearing. Vaccines encourage an immune response.
Still sounds positive though. Doctors in Italy really are throwing the kitchen sink at this.

SleetAndSnow

Micheal Martin on RedFM atm, talking about how they are using Wuhan as an example and was part of the decision to close schools yesterday. Also saying they are hoping for a natural decrease in public transport hence why it’s continuing as normal. Wants students to do social distancing as much as possible and says he doesn’t see the need for pubs to close yet among other things

faceman

Lord TSC wrote: »

Nope, sorry.

Bought one on Tuesday, and bought enough to self-isolate for two weeks if needed.

Coming from a high risk family, we opted to buy sensibly. We didn't buy 2000 bog rolls, but we bought enough mince for 4 dinners, enough chicken for 4 dinners, few bags of frozen veg, etc.

We didn't have the capacity to do so unless we bought one.

I absolutely do agree some people are over-stocking stupid stuff.

But I won't apologize for taking proper precautions to self-isolate for two weeks as needed.

Buying enough for 4 meals isnt really panic buying, a weekly shop or even a Christmas shop would be no different.

Unrelated to the virus, the MI5 in the UK assume that society is only ever 4 meals away from anarchy. So best to have an extra meal just in case.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-fletcherbrown/riots-remember-the-four-m_b_927882.html

silver2020

The Covid-19 miracle cure!

Seems a huge number of people in hospital have had a miraculous recovery and able to be discharged. Suddenly their families have found time to look after them at home or their conditions miraculously disappeared.

Bring it on! - this virus has caused more recovery from other ailments that medical science has ever been able to do.

A&E's are practically empty. Seems a little cut on the leg can now be sorted with a plaster rather than a trip to a&e. A slight chest infection can now be cured with some resting up at home instead of a visit to a&e.

Yes, its been said in a humorous way, but the number of bed blockers that were in the system was at a ridiculous level and this has seen a huge number of people that have no business being in a hospital staging phenomenal recoveries

tobefrank321

Deleted User wrote: »

60% it says. 'Everyone' would mean a horrific toll of elderly, those with compromised conditions etc.

It was the elderly who saw Brexit over the line in the UK.

And this is how they are repaid by BoJo.

Drumpot

frillyleaf wrote: »

Also if we slow it here hopefully there will be breakthroughs in treatment. I don’t know how long the restrictions will last as the above poster has a point about coming out of lockdown and being infected again

If you are going to be on lockdown for months, I dont think an extra week or two is going to break the back on that lockdown.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

So, you went out today and did a big shop, the place was crowded, then you came home and put half the stuff into the freezer.

Fast forward 2 weeks - happy days - you survived the Covid19 outbreak. You take a packet of burgers out of the freezer and defrost that crafty Covid19 that has been frozen on top of the packet the whole time.

Could that happen?

Same advice applies: wash hands thoroughly before food preparation.

Lord TSC

Deleted User wrote: »

Hah, you're a Utd fan aren't u? I'd say it will be resumed at some point. Expect massive battles in the courts if it wasn't, especially those involved in relegation battles etc.

Saw that the German league is weighing up...

No league winner.
Top 4 get CL spots
No teams relegated.
Some teams promoted
Next year, run an extra large league and relegate an extra few teams to compensate.