Corona Virus - part 3· Page 5

Bertwhistle
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 16:49:57

Can't be too hard to make your own soap. But toilet rolls in short supply- now that's a worry. Return to the 'carzie' principle of newspaper and other non flushables. Now, they'll need to be burned for hygiene purposes. It'll be like stubble burning all over again- little anthropogenic anvil clouds popping up all across the horizon.

Bertie, Itchen Valley.
Retire while you can still press the 'retire now' button.

Bugglesgate
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 16:49:58

#102

Last time: because if supply chains are hit due to people being sick, people don't want to be without loo roll. The same reason people buy tinned food: it's not because people think rubbing a can of tinned tomatoes on their chest will cure the virus.

I don't understand why people don't get this.

Originally Posted by: NickR

It's way beyond that though, Nick,

It's mass hysteria caused by daft Social Media. The loo roll thing seemed to have been caught from Aus . Nobody is talking about the breakdown of society - The Govt has suggested a worst case situation of 1 in 5 of the population being off work for a reasonably short period of time.

The thing that causes the problem is daft people stripping shelves - it's totally a self fulfilling action. Sure, there will be a problem if people start making sure there is one.

Edited by user 06 March 2020 16:53:09 | Reason: Not specified

Chris (It,its)
Between Newbury and Basingstoke
"When they are giving you their all, some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy banging your heart against some mad buggers wall"

Retron
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 16:51:14

#103

Last time: because if supply chains are hit due to people being sick, people don't want to be without loo roll. The same reason people buy tinned food: it's not because people think rubbing a can of tinned tomatoes on their chest will cure the virus.

I don't understand why people don't get this.

Originally Posted by: NickR

I don't understand why you don't get that people buying seveal months' supply of bog roll in one go causes the very problems they're trying to avoid...

Leysdown, north Kent

Retron
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 16:52:16

#104

Can't be too hard to make your own soap. But toilet rolls in short supply- now that's a worry.

Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle

Meh. Wait until this time next week, the panicky idiots will have had their fill and the shelves will be full again (with lower demand, as the panickers won't need any more until 2022!)

Leysdown, north Kent

Bugglesgate
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 16:52:18

#105

I don't understand why you don't get that people buying seveal months' supply of bog roll in one go causes the very problems they're trying to avoid...

Originally Posted by: Retron

p-r-e-c-i-s-e-l-y

Chris (It,its)
Between Newbury and Basingstoke
"When they are giving you their all, some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy banging your heart against some mad buggers wall"

NickR
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:00:36

#106

I don't understand why you don't get that people buying seveal months' supply of bog roll in one go causes the very problems they're trying to avoid...

Originally Posted by: Retron

Nothing in my post suggests I don't get that. We were talking about motivation, not whether it was justified or what impact it will have. Twat.

Nick
Durham
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xioni2
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:07:33

#107

Another random thought. If Covid 19 was transferred to humans from an animal, is it possible we could pass it on to other animals? Is it possible we could further spread it via our domesticated animals? I doubt that’s something we can answer yet as we don’t know enough about it. Our cat seems to have a sore throat!

Originally Posted by: Caz

There was a story in the guardian about a man in Hong Kong passing it to his dog and the authorities advising people to stop kissing their pets.

Gandalf The White
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:09:53

#108

I’m regularly looking at Ryanair, Jet2 etc to see what’s on offer.

Originally Posted by: speckledjim

Are you looking to buy a seat or the whole business?

😉

Location: South Cambridgeshire
130 metres ASL
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speckledjim
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:12:47

#109

Are you looking to buy a seat or the whole business?

😉

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White

A bit of both. Reckon Ryanair shares will be nice and cheap once this has run its course

Thorner, West Yorkshire

Journalism is organised gossip

Quantum
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:13:19

#110

Has anyone been able to find any detailed info about the latest cases today?

Specifically how many have been caught in the UK

and whether any transmission chains have been lost?

Twitter: @QuantumOverlord (general), @MedicaneWatch (medicane/TC stuff)
2023/2024 Snow days (approx 850hpa temp):
29/11 (-6), 30/11 (-6), 02/12 (-5), 03/12 (-5), 04/12 (-3), 16/01 (-3), 18/01 (-8), 08/02 (-5)

Total: 8 days with snow/sleet falling.

2022/2023 Snow days (approx 850hpa temp):

18/12 (-1), 06/03 (-6), 08/03 (-8), 09/03 (-6), 10/03 (-8), 11/03 (-5), 14/03 (-6)

Total: 7 days with snow/sleet falling.

2021/2022 Snow days (approx 850hpa temp):

26/11 (-5), 27/11 (-7), 28/11 (-6), 02/12 (-6), 06/01 (-5), 07/01 (-6), 06/02 (-5), 19/02 (-5), 24/02 (-7), 30/03 (-7), 31/03 (-8), 01/04 (-8)
Total: 12 days with snow/sleet falling.

JOHN NI
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:23:56

#111

Hearing now that people missing out on loo roll are now panic buying imodium......

John.
The orange County of Armagh.

Gavin D
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:24:01

#112

Italy have reported 778 new cases and 49 new deaths

Total now 4,636 with 197 deaths

Bugglesgate
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:27:51

#113

A bit of both. Reckon Ryanair shares will be nice and cheap once this has run its course

Originally Posted by: speckledjim

I'm thinking of getting in the scap business - I reckon there is a packet t be made scrapping all those cruise ships

Chris (It,its)
Between Newbury and Basingstoke
"When they are giving you their all, some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy banging your heart against some mad buggers wall"

Gavin D
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:31:32

#114

11 new cases in New York.

Total now 33 in New York state.

JOHN NI
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:31:48

#115

Big increase in the percentage of the population testing positive today. Now 0.00023970588 - I'll be out doing normal stuff this weekend....

John.
The orange County of Armagh.

Gavin D
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:33:40

#116

The Germans might have found a way to block COVID19 from entering lung cells

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-sars-coronavirus-humans.html

Ally Pally Snowman
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:40:29

#117

Some big numbers today worse day for new cases for Singapore, Malaysia, UK, France, Spain, Iran, Italy , Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, and Egypt.

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.

Ulric
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 17:46:08

#118

Loo roll is quite simply, cheaper than kleenex. I reckon thats what it's about.

"As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely on authority, there is no end to our troubles." - Bertrand Russell
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westv
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 18:01:32

#119

Loo roll is quite simply, cheaper than kleenex. I reckon thats what it's about.

Originally Posted by: Ulric

If I need to blow my nose I almost always use loo roll even it it can sometimes end up making you look like Rudolph.

At least it will be mild!

Caz
Advanced Member

06 March 2020 18:02:53

#120

People strip shelves because they are afraid that somebody else will do it before them and there will be nothing left. A rumour starts about bog roll running out and, before you know it, bog roll has run out.

And then there are people like me who enjoy panic buying because it’s a laugh.

Originally Posted by: Justin W

That’s spot on!

On that subject, my sister’s 87 year old mum in law asked my sister if she’d get her some toilet roll when she goes shopping tomorrow. Julie said she would but asked how desperate she was. She wasn’t. She had plenty but had heard on the radio that people were buying it up and with her condition (Crohn’s disease) she can’t be without it.