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Essan
04 March 2020 14:11:20


 


Haven't been down "t" pub since last Sat - it was like the Marie Celeste - never seen it so quite .


I would agree, pubs  have got to be the best place to catch Corona after the Tube.  Not only is  it peeps-to- peeps   transmission, you have bog door  handles , tables, plates, cutlery and tables that have  not been properly cleaned.   


Not sure about the complementary nuts though - I reckon the ol' Corana would have a problem getting "house room"  due to  the zillion other pathogens scullin' about in there !


 

Originally Posted by: Bugglesgate 



The complementary nuts probably contain not only the cure for covid-19 but several other virulent diseases as well     And a few new lifeforms that may not be as friendly


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Ally Pally Snowman
04 March 2020 14:11:49


Only 2 new cases in the UK today. Boycott and Tavare at the crease again


BORING


Where is the zombie apocalypse I was promised?


 


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


 


Looks like Lara's at the crease now up 32 to 85 cases


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Maunder Minimum
04 March 2020 14:12:54


 


Are there any corona parties? Or personal ads for people seeking carriers to infect them?


Originally Posted by: xioni2 


Just visit Milan if you can get a flight.


As for Beast's question about why it took off in Italy - I did read that a hospital in the region failed to follow procedure - someone turned up with a fever and instead of being tested, sat in a waiting room with all the other A&E cases and was assumed to have influenza so had ample time to infect others, was not tested for COVID-19 and it spread from there - this is from CNN:


"Italian authorities were on the defensive Tuesday as they faced tough questions over the country's handling of the novel coronavirus, which is rapidly spreading across the country's northern regions.


Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has tried to allay fears that the central government is unable to contain the virus, after he was forced to admit that a hospital in the northern town of Codogno had mishandled the region's first coronavirus case and had contributed to the deadly virus' spread.
 

According to Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper, a 38-year-old man with coronavirus symptoms had to wait 36 hours at a hospital in Lombardy before he was tested for the virus, during which he had contact with hospital staff and visiting friends and family.


The man, identified only as Mattia, was admitted to the emergency room in Codogno, Lombardy, early on February 19 with respiratory problems, reported the Corriere della Serra and CNN.


Mattia was tested at around 4 p.m. on February 20 — 36 hours after being admitted — and at 9 p.m. the infection was diagnosed, according to Corriere della Sera. The delay in testing was because he wasn't recently returned from China, the newspaper said."



 
New world order coming.
Saint Snow
04 March 2020 14:12:58


Not sure about the complementary nuts though - I reckon the ol' Corana would have a problem getting "house room"  due to  the zillion other pathogens scullin' about in there !


Originally Posted by: Bugglesgate 


 


This is Wetherspoons. Nothing is complimentary.



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warrenb
04 March 2020 14:14:44


 


 


Looks like Lara's at the crease now up 32 to 85 cases


Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 


 


And so it begins


Ally Pally Snowman
04 March 2020 14:15:15


 


 


Looks like Lara's at the crease now up 32 to 85 cases


Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 


 


I would expect our numbers to fly up because we are testing thousands much more than France and Germany. 


 


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JHutch
04 March 2020 14:17:39


 


That request was made at the end of January 


Originally Posted by: speckledjim 


and they need a decision.


 




FT reckons the request will be refused. Doesnt mention coronavirus but for businesses on the edge any significant drop in bookings will surely be a serious matter

Maunder Minimum
04 March 2020 14:18:39


 


Look again, Maunder. One of them is very clearly and unarguably white British.


Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


Hopefully, they will soon be identified and apprehended and then we shall find out.


New world order coming.
Heavy Weather 2013
04 March 2020 14:21:47

As soon as that number broke on peoples phones a moment ago chatter increased within the office and people started to seem more agitated.


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Gavin D
04 March 2020 14:22:46
Breaking: 32 new cases confirmed in England total now at 85
Gavin D
04 March 2020 14:24:20
29 cases from countries with the virus already. 3 as yet are from an unknown source contracted in the UK.
Gavin D
04 March 2020 14:25:37

As of 9am today.



  • 16,659 people have been tested

  • 16,574 tested negative.

  • 85 tested positive.

Gavin D
04 March 2020 14:27:44
Locations of the new cases will no longer be announced daily. The plan is for the locations to be released once a week possibly every Friday.
Essan
04 March 2020 14:41:44

Meanwhile, about 1,000 people tested positive for cancer today in the UK ....


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Brian Gaze
04 March 2020 14:46:37
Big increase in the UK count. I think we'll rapidly move up the table. Not clear whether it's because we're testing more. Regardless, the direction of travel is now set IMHO.
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Gandalf The White
04 March 2020 14:47:30


 


Just visit Milan if you can get a flight.


As for Beast's question about why it took off in Italy - I did read that a hospital in the region failed to follow procedure - someone turned up with a fever and instead of being tested, sat in a waiting room with all the other A&E cases and was assumed to have influenza so had ample time to infect others, was not tested for COVID-19 and it spread from there - this is from CNN:


"Italian authorities were on the defensive Tuesday as they faced tough questions over the country's handling of the novel coronavirus, which is rapidly spreading across the country's northern regions.


Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has tried to allay fears that the central government is unable to contain the virus, after he was forced to admit that a hospital in the northern town of Codogno had mishandled the region's first coronavirus case and had contributed to the deadly virus' spread.
 

According to Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper, a 38-year-old man with coronavirus symptoms had to wait 36 hours at a hospital in Lombardy before he was tested for the virus, during which he had contact with hospital staff and visiting friends and family.


The man, identified only as Mattia, was admitted to the emergency room in Codogno, Lombardy, early on February 19 with respiratory problems, reported the Corriere della Serra and CNN.


Mattia was tested at around 4 p.m. on February 20 — 36 hours after being admitted — and at 9 p.m. the infection was diagnosed, according to Corriere della Sera. The delay in testing was because he wasn't recently returned from China, the newspaper said."



 

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 


To be fair and reasonable, if that's allowed, there's no surprise in someone presenting with flu-like symptoms who has not been anywhere near an affected area not being seen as suspect/a risk.


It could just as easily happen here or anywhere.  I think suggesting it was somehow 'mishandled' is just using hindsight, which is ever so easy and ever so pointless.


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04 March 2020 14:47:31

From a correspondent in Australia who just posted this on another forum


"So the locals have this idea that the Corona virus can be stopped in its tracks by purchasing sh!tloads of toilet paper!"
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.abc.net.au/article/life/12024738


"Some basic food items like flour as well as some medications are also starting to become scarce. This is a worry...that people are starting to panic." he adds.


 


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bowser
04 March 2020 14:48:36


 


I don't know, do you? 


Not that it's relevant to the point I was making, but still.


Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


I don't. Its why I posed the question.


What point were you making?

Maunder Minimum
04 March 2020 14:54:42

Big increase in the UK count. I think we'll rapidly move up the table. Not clear whether it's because we're testing more. Regardless, the direction of travel is now set IMHO.

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 


Most were from known regions apparently, which is to some extent reassuring - from the BBC:


"Twenty-nine had recently travelled "from recognised countries or clusters" while three contracted the virus in the UK."


 


New world order coming.
Bugglesgate
04 March 2020 14:54:47


From a correspondent in Australia who just posted this on another forum


"So the locals have this idea that the Corona virus can be stopped in its tracks by purchasing sh!tloads of toilet paper!"
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.abc.net.au/article/life/12024738


"Some basic food items like flour as well as some medications are also starting to become scarce. This is a worry...that people are starting to panic." he adds.


Originally Posted by: NMA 


 


Barmy - much worse things to worry about being on shortage - like beer !


Just cut up squares of newspaper, punch a  hole in them, put some string through and  and hang them in the khazi .  Next !


 


 


 


 


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Maunder Minimum
04 March 2020 14:56:20


Barmy - much worse things to worry about being on shortage - like beer !


Just cut up squares of newspaper, punch a  hole in them, put some string through and  and hang them in the khazi .  Next !


Originally Posted by: Bugglesgate 


How does that solve the beer problem though?


 


New world order coming.
Brian Gaze
04 March 2020 15:09:33


 


I suspect they are the  beginning of the trend.


 


Originally Posted by: Bugglesgate 


After the credit crunch we were left with a lot of zombie companies surviving only because of low interest rates. I suspect a lot of them could now go under. 


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Essan
04 March 2020 15:29:31

Occurs to me that one of the best places to spread Covid-19 would be in a packed Indian cold-call center ...... So with luck, it'll take off big time on the sub-continent and the number of calls to UK phones will half overnight


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Maunder Minimum
04 March 2020 15:39:28

Germany has broken ranks with the WHO (from the BBC website):


""The coronavirus outbreak in China has become a global pandemic," says German Health Minister Jens Spahn.


Speaking to German lawmakers on Wednesday, he said: "The situation is changing very quickly... what's clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak."


The World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet labelled the outbreak a pandemic."


 


New world order coming.
Heavy Weather 2013
04 March 2020 15:40:24


 


After the credit crunch we were left with a lot of zombie companies surviving only because of low interest rates. I suspect a lot of them could now go under. 


Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 


Yes, I think that in the coming weeks many companies could go to the wall and this will become just as big a story.


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