Coronavirus

[phart]

17 minutes ago, thplinth said:

It was you who said he was an economist because that is what you wanted to believe. No? But then it became his phd in pathology was too old.

I am not going to him as my GP. Yet He is still more qualified to comment on this than you or me by a long way. 

If you are going to keep having a go at my sources you better at least get it right before the prepper digs etc. 

 

 

I said he was an economist cause that is what he works as. I have a degree in physics i don't call myself a physicist.

I have no idea what "prepper digs" are.

 

" That dudes an economist and is selling info to help folk prepare for armageddon, adverts for survival gear and buying precious metals etc. "

Everything i said is true. There's literally thousands of phd's better qualified than him to talk about the subject. Again this is true.

His last input in science was in 1997.

There was doubt cast on if he was selling things, which i proved.

 

Not much else to say.

 

[kumnio]

13 hours ago, WCTA said:

https://god.dailydot.com/coronavirus-influencers/

Coronavirus Influencers. Sent just to annoy the fuck out of guys like @kumnio. 😂

In all seriousness, Id infect those fuckers with ebola, hiv and the plague, just to see what happens.

Influencers, honest to god, if aliens ever made contact with us, they would just fly away in disgust, if god is looking down, he should screw us all.

[ParisInAKilt]

On 2/2/2020 at 1:46 PM, kumnio said:

In all seriousness, Id infect those fuckers with ebola, hiv and the plague, just to see what happens.

Influencers, honest to god, if aliens ever made contact with us, they would just fly away in disgust, if god is looking down, he should screw us all.

 

23 minutes ago, thplinth said:

Stumbled upon a program called Naked Attraction the other day. I cannot believe this is on TV now. Madness. There is an increasingly 'antediluvian feel' (I imagine) to the world these days and it is accelerating.

Hahaha glad it’s not just me who thinks like this at times. 

[ThistleWhistle]

1 hour ago, thplinth said:

Stumbled upon a program called Naked Attraction the other day. I cannot believe this is on TV now. Madness. There is an increasingly 'antediluvian feel' (I imagine) to the world these days and it is accelerating.

I took the ‘Masked Singer’ on ITV as a sign from god to start building a f**k off big boat pronto. 

[Fearghal O’Flaherty]

CHINA’S WORST PLAGUES

Plague:             Death Toll:

SARS                349
Swine Flu         651
Coronavirus    170 (to date)
Communism   60 million+

[aaid]

On 1/30/2020 at 8:50 AM, phart said:

It's not even deadlier than the seasonal flu atm.

60k deaths a year from flu.

Masks aren't even effective against airborne viruses cause no filter and eyes exposed. They're just there to stop fluid transfer from coughing/spitting etc.

 

Most westerners think that people from the far east who use face masks do so to protect themselves from infection and tend to view it as somehow impolite.

it's the complete opposite, they are actually doing it out of politeness and concern in order not to pass on any infection.   

A classic case of a lack of cultural awareness, in Asia they are a lot more sensitive to the spread of disease than we are in Europe, generally speaking.

I used to go to the Far East and in particular the Philippines through work a lot and I remember sometime around 2010 there was a bit of a reverse coronavirus going on that there was some outbreak - can't remember exactly what - but it had started in Europe and people in Asia had been infected.   

I had to go out at the height of it.  On the flight out, the majority of Asian were wearing masks, the Europeans, myself included weren't bothered in the slightest.   Landed at NAIA in Manila and there were temperature scanners as you arrived, disinfectant foot baths to walk through, all staff wearing masks, the works.   I went to the office and had to be checked over by a nurse before they would let me into the main building, there was of course nothing wrong with me.   I've never seen anything like that before or since.

The next day there was a big offsite with about 60-odd people in a function suite in a hotel.   I've had this thing for as long as I can remember in that every now and again I'll go into a uncontrollable sneezing fit which can last for up to 15 minutes.  No idea what causes it, its not an allergic reaction as far as I can tell, comes on really quickly and can stop as quickly as it starts.

Of course it had to happen halfway through the session.   Thankfully. I was able to get myself out of the room before I started sneezing as I knew that if some white dude who every one knew had just got off a plane from London the day before started sneezing it would've been panic stations.

 

[WCTA]

[Fairbairn]

21 hours ago, aaid said:

Most westerners think that people from the far east who use face masks do so to protect themselves from infection and tend to view it as somehow impolite.

it's the complete opposite, they are actually doing it out of politeness and concern in order not to pass on any infection.   

 

I know a guy fae Japan who would disagree......

[TDYER63]

Was reading earlier that despite a big hit to their tourism due to Coronavirus  , bats are still very popular at food markets in Indonesia .

Urgh.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/amp.abc.net.au/article/11924514

[Toepoke]

2 hours ago, TDYER63 said:

Was reading earlier that despite a big hit to their tourism due to Coronavirus  , bats are still very popular at food markets in Indonesia .

Urgh.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/amp.abc.net.au/article/11924514

[Toepoke]

1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said:

When should we start worrying ?

I'm guessing a week to 10 days

Hopefully next week cause I'm flying off for the weekend.

Computer says around 1 in 100 will cop it...

https://futurism.com/neoscope/recent-simulation-coronavirus-killed-65-million-people

 

 

[Orraloon]

14 hours ago, Toepoke said:

Hopefully next week cause I'm flying off for the weekend.

Computer says around 1 in 100 will cop it...

https://futurism.com/neoscope/recent-simulation-coronavirus-killed-65-million-people

 

 

You might get a free fortnight on the Wirral when you come back? Better than working?

 

[killiefaetheferry]

On 2/24/2020 at 6:40 PM, Ally Bongo said:

When should we start worrying ?

I'm guessing a week to 10 days

I'm going for the first 'cluster' in the UK leading to emergency measures by Sunday.

[vanderark14]

Six nations match between Ireland v Italy postponed 

[Bonny79]

Wish it was corona and lime virus

[Grim Jim]

I used to depend on the TAMB for by daily news.   It broke here before Reuters ffs.

I have a few more tins of beans and Fray Bentos left.   I'm staying in my bunker.  

[slasher]

32 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said:

The WHO have said that it seems to be burning itself out in Wuhan due to the number of daily deaths decreasing

Reports that the UK Government are starting "Excess Death Contingency Planning" with local authorities but i'm not sure it will come to that.

It looks like this is similar to the flu with those that suffer other medical ailments and the elderly most at risk rather then the general population

The Spanish Flu was a fucker as it was likely to kill those that were young and fit rather than the weak

I hope you're right as I'm due in Tuscany in a few months. At the moment I'm not quite sure which way this is going to pan out 🤔

[Grim Jim]

24 minutes ago, slasher said:

I hope you're right as I'm due in Tuscany in a few months. At the moment I'm not quite sure which way this is going to pan out 🤔

Months?   There's only so much tinned meat I can eat.   I only have one sack o' beans left too.    Montana Red Dog anyone?

 

[slasher]

8 minutes ago, Grim Jim said:

Months?   There's only so much tinned meat I can eat.   I only have one sack o' beans left too.    Montana Red Dog anyone?

 

Well, according to the WHO medical experts it could be months to get a grip on a mass European outbreak 😷

[Grim Jim]

2 minutes ago, slasher said:

Well, according to the WHO medical experts it could be months to get a grip on a mass European outbreak 😷

Acht, we'll all be worrying about mosquito borne diseases by then.   Meanwhile, I'm putting my affairs in order.   I come from a long line of dead people.

Am I tempting fate?  

[Grim Jim]

Crap... I'm about to start the last chapter of Bryson's new book "The Body".   After a lead in of gruesome illnesses, guess what that's about?   ☠️

[Grim Jim]

I may be gone some time.

[Orraloon]

8 hours ago, Grim Jim said:

Acht, we'll all be worrying about mosquito borne diseases by then.   Meanwhile, I'm putting my affairs in order.   I come from a long line of dead people.

Am I tempting fate?  

Don't forget that the typhoid outbreak in Aberdeen was caused by a tin of corned beef. 

[WCTA]

What’s the chances of these fitba’ play-offs all going ahead as scheduled seeing as sporting events are now being cancelled? 🤔

[Orraloon]

16 minutes ago, WCTA said:

What’s the chances of these fitba’ play-offs all going ahead as scheduled seeing as sporting events are now being cancelled? 🤔

Four weeks to go. Could go either way. If they do need to get cancelled, I think the teams with the higher Nations League ranking should go through. 

Maybe the whole tournament might have to be cancelled. Hopefully it will have calmed down by then.