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« Reply #2975 on: August 18, 2020, 11:18:58 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 18, 2020, 09:18:21 AM
More job losses


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53817598

M&S hasn't been doing well for quite a while, especially its clothes sector. The virus has made everything much worse for that company. :o
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« Reply #2976 on: August 18, 2020, 12:04:52 PM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on August 18, 2020, 11:12:53 AM
Interesting.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN25E08Y
It's evolving. Becoming more infectious and less harmful are both in the virus's interest. A virus which kills its victims in short order will be pretty unsuccessful at reproducing itself. The ideal virus, from the virus's own point of view, is one which is easily transmitted by droplet infection, and which makes its victims cough and sneeze, but not feel so ill that they isolate themselves.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2977 on: August 18, 2020, 01:13:41 PM »
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« Reply #2978 on: August 18, 2020, 02:04:02 PM »
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« Reply #2979 on: August 18, 2020, 03:09:58 PM »
As is noted in the article about the increase in people suffering from depression, it's not that surprising. As someone who does have depression, it's not been that bad in that I'm currently secure, was used to working from home, had a bit of dodgy commute, have spent more time with my wife as for the first time since we've been together neither of us is doing a lot of travelling, and have a big enough house that we are not on top of each other, and have outside space that could that meant didn't feel too trapped.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53820425
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« Reply #2980 on: August 18, 2020, 03:26:45 PM »
My husband and I have just been watching on our i-player last night's Panorama programme, hosted by Victoria Derbyshire, about domestic abuse, which got much worse during lockdown. It was shocking and very depressing! :o
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« Reply #2981 on: August 18, 2020, 07:25:05 PM »
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« Reply #2983 on: August 18, 2020, 11:25:10 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 18, 2020, 07:25:05 PM
In total this is a piece of idiotic  corruption

It is. Words fail me. Well not quite.

It's not just the corruption, although that is quite breathtaking. It is also the promotion of the staggeringly inept.

Inept that is, unless other talents come to the fore that may facilitate the aim to destabilise the Health Service enough to justify further changes.
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« Reply #2984 on: August 19, 2020, 10:05:19 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on August 18, 2020, 11:25:10 PM
It is. Words fail me. Well not quite.

It's not just the corruption, although that is quite breathtaking. It is also the promotion of the staggeringly inept.

Inept that is, unless other talents come to the fore that may facilitate the aim to destabilise the Health Service enough to justify further changes.

Yes, the 1828 board must be extremely concerned that it has been infiltrated by the husband of somebody who works for the very organisations that it wants to abolish.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2985 on: August 19, 2020, 01:03:01 PM »
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« Reply #2986 on: August 19, 2020, 01:27:05 PM »
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« Reply #2987 on: August 19, 2020, 02:00:41 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2990 on: August 28, 2020, 10:13:33 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 27, 2020, 06:45:22 PM
Feels like

https://youtu.be/dMnCaA9pVW0


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53938272

Given that we are relaxing lockdown and apparently testing more, I'm not surprised we have seen an increase in confirmed cases. After all, if we got rid of lock down and cases continued downwards, we'd probably have to question why we bothered to lock down at all.

Of more import is the fact that infections have been rising slowly since the second week of July but deaths have not started rising again. To put the current levels of deaths in perspective: annual flu deaths in the UK are around 10,000 which equates to about 200 per week. Coronavirus deaths have been about half that throughout August.

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« Reply #2991 on: August 28, 2020, 11:20:21 AM »
Whilst the number of people testing positive for the virus appears to be rising, the death rate isn't. From what they were saying on this morning's news many of those who have it are young people who don't tend to get it seriously if they are normally fit and well.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2992 on: August 28, 2020, 03:02:09 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on August 28, 2020, 11:20:21 AM
Whilst the number of people testing positive for the virus appears to be rising, the death rate isn't. From what they were saying on this morning's news many of those who have it are young people who don't tend to get it seriously if they are normally fit and well.

There was a report on the BBC at lunch time today which suggested that children have a vanishingly small risk of dying from COVID19. It's not on their website though. Has anybody else seen it?

Edit: found it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53932294

Six children in the study (out of 651) have died in hospital in the UK with COVID19 and all had underlying conditions. 18% needed to go into intensive care.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2993 on: August 28, 2020, 11:05:30 PM »
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« Reply #2994 on: August 29, 2020, 08:23:38 AM »
One this morning's news they said that kids who test positive, but with little or no symptoms, could pass on the virus to adults for up to three weeks after contacting it.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2995 on: August 29, 2020, 05:37:55 PM »
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« Reply #2996 on: August 29, 2020, 06:14:03 PM »
I have come across a number of these people on-line, they are dangerous loons. >:(
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2997 on: August 30, 2020, 06:04:13 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on August 29, 2020, 08:23:38 AM
One this morning's news they said that kids who test positive, but with little or no symptoms, could pass on the virus to adults for up to three weeks after contacting it.
On Sunday Morning Live, most of the guests seemed to think that young people were being victimised over the recent 'spikes', attributed to their rave parties. Not even the guest medic pointed out that mass gatherings of any kind OUTSIDE seem to be quite safe, but mass gatherings INSIDE, of the rave party kind are a real danger.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2998 on: September 01, 2020, 09:39:59 AM »
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« Reply #2999 on: September 01, 2020, 10:07:29 AM »
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