Confusion of VIs Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, GregBowman said: Totally agree - Seems typical Communist cover up of a **** up but once they faced the problem I think they did tell the world. We just chose to ignore them They were warning us since January, but weeks later Trump was still dismissing it as fake news a Democrat plot. At the same time US conservative websites were wetting themselves over the damage it was going to do to China and on this thread some were theorising about it only affecting Asians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52048195 Quote Coronavirus: Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19 By Helen BriggsBBC News 1 hour ago Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionA trafficked pangolin in Kuala Lumpur: The animal is a suspect in the outbreak Pangolins smuggled into China have been confirmed to contain viruses closely related to the one sweeping the world. Sale of the animals in wildlife markets should be strictly prohibited to minimise the risk of future outbreaks, says an international team. Pangolins are the most-commonly illegally trafficked mammal, used both as food and in traditional medicine. Bats are thought to be the original viral source, with another species playing a role in human transmission. In a new research paper, published in the journal Nature, researchers say their genetic data suggests "handling these animals requires considerable caution, and that their sale in wet markets should be strictly prohibited." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, Social Justice League said: I did't realise that the Wuhan Province in China was such a hot spot for worldwide tourism. There are loads of cities in China with populations above 1m that most people outside the country have never heard of. I can recall reading how one young Chinese person was desperate to escape the city they had been born in because it only had 3,000,000 inhabitants so there was little opportunity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticket2ride Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Anecdotal: in laws just got back from all inclusive holiday abroad after having had flight brought forward. Went straight to supermarket. "Annoyed" they couldn't get pasta. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regprentice Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 23 minutes ago, Peter Hun said: I posted earlier in the thread about beuracracy holding up the government in making and carrying out decisions. It's actually been surprisingly good so far.... But I assume that's GDPR preventing the release of personal information without 'consent'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Just now, regprentice said: I posted earlier in the thread about beuracracy holding up the government in making and carrying out decisions. It's actually been surprisingly good so far.... But I assume that's GDPR preventing the release of personal information without 'consent'. GDPR relates to identifiable information such as name and address. The number of actual dead by COVID has no privacy issues whatsoever. The only reason to do this is to hide the true number of dead for political advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Social Justice League Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Eating Pangolins and bats......lol. These butchers should have been left in the villages, rather than allowing them to make the western worlds tat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) Trump has changed big sections of his mind. Quote Donald Trump begins to water down commitment to reopening the country by Easter 'So we’re going to be talking, and it could be we’ll do sections of our country,' Trump said Wednesday at the White House. 'There's big sections of our country that are very, you know, little affected by what's taking place, then there are other sections that are very heavily affected,' the president said. 'Then there are other sections that are very heavily affected, so there’s a big difference,' Trump said. 'I would say by Easter we'll have a recommendation,' he said. Daily Mail Edited March 26, 2020 by rollover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regprentice Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Peter Hun said: GDPR relates to identifiable information such as name and address. The number of actual dead by COVID has no privacy issues whatsoever. The only reason to do this is to hide the true number of dead for political advantage. Depends what stats they issue. If they issue stats split by town, sex, age, condition then that might be enough for me to say, 'I know my neighbour recently died... That must be him in the stats'. They won't issue low level stats that don't add up to the high level stats so they would strip you out of everything. I worked for a bank on published Bank of England statistics by postcode. All the stats showed was new customers by sector (type of business) by area. You end up with a stat like 10 retail stores in Central Birmingham (BH1, B1?) took out business loans in April.' We ended up submitting data to the BoE for only the first 4 or 5 digits of the postcode because a full postcode might be enough for a member of the public to work out the identity of the company from its postcode if there was only one business of that type in that street. Edited March 26, 2020 by regprentice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 US unemployment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHorseWaits-NoMore Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Social Justice League said: I have a feeling that China released this Virus on us. No proof, but how the ****** did every country get infected so quick?? It's suspicious imo. 1 hour ago, rollover said: It's pretty simple, ... build herd stupidity! The question that needs answering is why the UK didn't hault all air travel once the super spreader was identified? Could have bailed out the airlines and travel industry and all gone about our daily business. Cheaper and less dead. Are the airports still open with no checks? Now that's suspicious activity to me, either planned by design or a totally incompetent achievement. Baaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy T Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 44 minutes ago, ticket2ride said: Anecdotal: in laws just got back from all inclusive holiday abroad after having had flight brought forward. Went straight to supermarket. "Annoyed" they couldn't get pasta. ? Did they come straight out of German big brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, DarkHorseWaits-NoMore said: The question that needs answering is why the UK didn't hault all air travel once the super spreader was identified? Could have bailed out the airlines and travel industry and all gone about our daily business. Cheaper and less dead. That would have been "impossible", apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticket2ride Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Andy T said: Did they come straight out of German big brother? Pretty much confined to their room. And too tight to pay the $25 daily wifi charge. Still mind boggling. Family told them not to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Quote 'Coronavirus coughing' at emergency workers could lead to two years in jail, says CPS The Crown Prosecution Service has put out a statement today saying that anyone using “coronavirus coughs” to threaten emergency worker could face serious criminal charges. It follows reports that police officers, shop workers and others have been coughed at by people claiming to have the disease. The CPS says that using coughing in this way as a threat could lead to someone being charged with common assault. And it says that assaults specifically against emergency workers are punishable by up to two years in prison. Better to be tasered that 2 years in jail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy T Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, ticket2ride said: Pretty much confined to their room. And too tight to pay the $25 daily wifi charge. Still mind boggling. Family told them not to go. Chat in the office is currently 'When this is over, everyone will be booking foreign holidays for September, everyone will want holidays at the same time. Prices not coming down yet" etc. etc. Dream on morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticket2ride Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 18 minutes ago, Andy T said: Chat in the office is currently 'When this is over, everyone will be booking foreign holidays for September, everyone will want holidays at the same time. Prices not coming down yet" etc. etc. Dream on morons. I nearly booked August flights at 25% off. Luckily Mrs ticket2ride vetoed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Imagine .... Quote Imagine all the people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyboy1973 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Confusion of VIs said: I had never heard of it before but it's as big as London and even now looking at November Skyscanner shows 2 direct flights a day from London, with another 8 one stopping tickets. Apparently well over 5,000 people a week traveled between London and Wuhan. I hadn't heard of it either. China has over 100 cities with a population of over one million people, including 19 with a population over 5m - many of which I still haven't heard of. It is crazy how big that country is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzb Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 The tremendous level of research supporting both ambient temperature and humidity in its role in transmission and infection motivated this study to examine the influence of environmental factors on COVID-19. We sought to determine whether climate could be a factor in the spread of this disease. Temperature, humidity, and latitude analysis to predict potential spread and seasonality for COVID-19 https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=249000000081124030125086125084093065040082022002039016066109024100116091109010119095122031018004012045098003017105114125109114051027045019081116110117082101005094126040046041081085069093117085113069064098085075021018008094021069091109024107094071067001&EXT=pdf This is interesting. Does not look good for UK and New York in April. But if we get a heatwave this summer that gives us hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticket2ride Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) USA getting create with the figures too, 247 deaths yesterday, today 10. Edit: realised this is current total. Edited March 26, 2020 by ticket2ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) Quote We poor people, we are immune. A Mexican official has today controversially claimed poor people are immune to the coronavirus that has rapidly swept the world. Miguel Barbosa, governor of the city of Puebla, argued the majority of the country's near-500 COVID-19 cases are wealthy people. Mr Barbosa - who has no known medical qualifications - added: 'If you are rich, you are at risk. If you are poor, no... We poor people, we are immune.' Daily Mail He must be coronavirus experts. Edited March 26, 2020 by rollover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayphil Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Just now, ticket2ride said: USA getting create with the figures too, 247 deaths yesterday, today 10. Edit: realised this is current total. They are at least 5 hours behind.. The UK, that's only East coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, ticket2ride said: USA getting create with the figures too, 247 deaths yesterday, today 10. Edit: realised this is current total. You can try worldometers, numbers are coming in all day. 500,000 - Coronavirus Cases US is going to overtake Italy soon and possibly China later on today or early tomorrow. Total Cases now: China - 81,285 Italy - 74,386 USA - 73,813 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Total Cases now: China - 81,285 USA - 75,066 Italy - 74,386 worldometers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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