The virus loves religious types - they provide it with all the opportunities it needs (whatever the faith) - now we have the Bishop of Rochester urging the spread of the virus  (from the Telegraph):

"Open the churches for Easter – and give people hope

Michael Nazir-Ali shares on the profound psychological consequences of the lockdown and not being able to go to church. 

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At the very least, we should be providing, rather than withdrawing, resources for strengthening and supporting people’s faith at this time. It is such a pity, then, that churches, and other places of worship, are not open for prayer. If it is true that church leaders themselves requested that they be closed down, now is the time to undo this mistake."

What he really means is: Open the churches for Easter – and give people COVID-19.

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

The actress, Lee Fierro, who played the mother of the boy that was killed by the shark in Jaws has died from COVID-19.

Originally Posted by: KevBrads1 

The virus loves religious types - they provide it with all the opportunities it needs (whatever the faith) - now we have the Bishop of Rochester urging the spread of the virus  (from the Telegraph):

"Open the churches for Easter – and give people hope

Michael Nazir-Ali shares on the profound psychological consequences of the lockdown and not being able to go to church. 

...

At the very least, we should be providing, rather than withdrawing, resources for strengthening and supporting people’s faith at this time. It is such a pity, then, that churches, and other places of worship, are not open for prayer. If it is true that church leaders themselves requested that they be closed down, now is the time to undo this mistake."

What he really means is: Open the churches for Easter – and give people COVID-19.

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

We are burning down their 5G masts. That'll teach em

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Indeed. As Phil said last night in the previous thread, the Chinese should have moved to close their borders with all neighbouring countries thereby allowing no-one in & out of their own country once they had established with some certainty what the problem was and once they knew that this virus was a danger to life. It was their failure to do this which then led to it spreading to so many other countries in a relatively short period of time and has led the world to the god awful situation it is now in.

Originally Posted by: David M Porter 

the other side of the coin to this, MM is that many, many churches, including ours.. have moved completely on line... we  here in Chichester are a large church with a regular congregation of over 400 people... the overwhelming majority of churches would be 100% supportive of following the Govt's guidelines.. This week is difficult of course as it is Easter and our church would be full to overflowing, literally, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ... Our buildings this weekend will be firmly locked.. and we will instead be following on line teaching and worship.. and a lot in our congregation will be helping neighbours and friends who are self isolation etc etc....Our church leaders  would not be  campaigning for the relaxation of the lockdown  until the evidence points to the fact that it would be safe to do so...

Originally Posted by: Chichesterweatherfan2 

Your post reminded me of this tweet a couple of weeks back which gave me a good giggle:

 https://twitter.com/KiwiEV/status/1242267839236583427

Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 

Reports yesterday of tigers contracting Covid19.

Should I be worried about my wife's pussy?

Originally Posted by: westv 

Only if it coughs on your face

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

The WHO only confirmed human to human transmission of the virus on 21st January.  By that time it had already spread to several other countries.  Closing borders was already too late. 

Originally Posted by: Caz 

Only if it coughs on your face

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

3,634 new cases from a record 14,006 tests

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

the other side of the coin to this, MM is that many, many churches, including ours.. have moved completely on line... we  here in Chichester are a large church with a regular congregation of over 400 people... the overwhelming majority of churches would be 100% supportive of following the Govt's guidelines.. This week is difficult of course as it is Easter and our church would be full to overflowing, literally, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ... Our buildings this weekend will be firmly locked.. and we will instead be following on line teaching and worship.. and a lot in our congregation will be helping neighbours and friends who are self isolation etc etc....Our church leaders  would not be  campaigning for the relaxation of the lockdown  until the evidence points to the fact that it would be safe to do so...

Originally Posted by: Chichesterweatherfan2 

If all those tested had already developed symptoms, that shows how limited the contagion must really be around the country. The vast majority of the population still hasn't got it.

Originally Posted by: xioni2 

Of course it was David - even Professor Neil Ferguson admitted as much on the Andrew Marr show - I quote:

"people were flying in and spreading the virus".

Could not be much clearer than that.

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

If all those tested had already developed symptoms, that shows how limited the contagion must really be around the country. The vast majority of the population still hasn't got it.

Originally Posted by: xioni2 

The WHO only confirmed human to human transmission of the virus on 21st January.  By that time it had already spread to several other countries.  Closing borders was already too late. 

Originally Posted by: Caz 

Or many people may have already had it? We just don't know until a reliable antibody test is available.

Originally Posted by: Northern Sky 

 Or many people may have already had it? We just don't know until a reliable antibody test is available.

Originally Posted by: Northern Sky 

Yes - two points on this

• The long term goal of China (global dominance through resource control, economic expansion, currency manipulation, divide and conquer on the the west etc. etc. ) has been obvious for years. But far as I can tell there has been no coordinated thinking or policy on how to counter it while accepting China as a major world player (which it now is whether we like it or not). Proper strategic thinking on this is needed now. Perhaps this virus will be the trigger for it.
  
  


• Trump has missed a huge opportunity on COVID-19. The US could have stood up, offered global leadership in resources, aid, research, logistics and so on. This would have recovered a vast amount of the goodwill he's lost under traditional allies in the last few years and would at a stroke have restored much of the US's reputation as the de facto world superpower and leader. But no, he's more worried about slagging off CNN, getting his son-in-law on the telly and stopping face-mask exports to Canada . Utterly depressing - the man seems incapable of any thinking beyond short term point scoring

Originally Posted by: pfw