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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2825 on: July 28, 2020, 11:34:56 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 28, 2020, 11:07:04 AM
From the BBC's  rolling Covid news


'France's transport minister has said the government will review plans to build a fourth terminal at Paris's main airport, Charles de Gaulle-Roissy.

Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said the fall in air traffic brought about by coronavirus meant extra capacity might no longer be needed.

The fourth terminal was meant to cope with an extra 40m passengers by 2030.

But the pandemic has caused a steep drop in international travel and many airlines are struggling to survive. On Tuesday French airport operator ADP said passenger traffic could take as long as seven years to recover fully.'


Will there be a similar impact on new runway at Heathrow?
Let's hope so: it and HS2 are alike disastrous ideas.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2826 on: July 28, 2020, 11:44:30 AM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on July 28, 2020, 11:34:56 AM
Let's hope so: it and HS2 are alike disastrous ideas.
As per Jeremyp's comment though the question will be whether the govt sees it as part of their stimulus package. This sort of long term planning is not really what govts are good at. 
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2827 on: July 28, 2020, 11:54:05 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 28, 2020, 11:44:30 AM
As per Jeremyp's comment though the question will be whether the govt sees it as part of their stimulus package. This sort of long term planning is not really what govts are good at.

Yes. I think HS2 may be more likely too because it's a big project that can be used to stimulate the economy.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2828 on: July 28, 2020, 12:01:52 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on July 28, 2020, 11:54:05 AM
Yes. I think HS2 may be more likely too because it's a big project that can be used to stimulate the economy.
And it can at least be sort of sold as 'green'.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2829 on: July 28, 2020, 04:12:26 PM »

Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53567681
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2830 on: July 28, 2020, 04:43:04 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2831 on: July 28, 2020, 09:38:39 PM »
Hor-ribble!
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2832 on: July 28, 2020, 10:36:01 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 28, 2020, 12:01:52 PM
And it can at least be sort of sold as 'green'.
It's not nearly as green as not building it at all.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2833 on: July 28, 2020, 11:40:40 PM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on July 28, 2020, 10:36:01 PM
It's not nearly as green as not building it at all.
You did see the ' ' marks?
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2834 on: July 29, 2020, 08:50:21 AM »
And just another ordinary day at the Trump/Covid intersection out on Highway Weird.

Having sex with Aliens and Demons in your dreams causes endometriosis, no less:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/28/trump-covid-19-briefing-hydroxychloroquine-video?
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2835 on: July 29, 2020, 08:52:32 AM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2836 on: July 29, 2020, 08:57:42 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 29, 2020, 08:52:32 AM
Worrying news from Hong Kong


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-53575875

Yes, very worrying, especially as it confirms a trend seen elsewhere - Australia, Spain, Germany, France, Israel - increasing cases as societies try to move towards something approaching normal. For the time being, at least, we have got to find a new normal.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2837 on: July 29, 2020, 09:09:15 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on July 29, 2020, 08:57:42 AM
Yes, very worrying, especially as it confirms a trend seen elsewhere - Australia, Spain, Germany, France, Israel - increasing cases as societies try to move towards something approaching normal. For the time being, at least, we have got to find a new normal.

It is very worrying, many people seem to be trying to get back to pre-virus days too quickly.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2838 on: July 29, 2020, 09:17:24 AM »
Quote from: Littleroses on July 29, 2020, 09:09:15 AM
It is very worrying, many people seem to be trying to get back to pre-virus days too quickly.
I think it's not an easy call - even with us having moved out of lock down, it's not going to be enough for many businesses. It's easy to say that things are happening too fast but for many in some terms it's not fast enough. It's a difficult balance, and we are only seeing the very start of the tsunami of job losses that are going to happen. Even had we a magic wand to make Covid disappear now, the effects will be felt for years.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2839 on: July 29, 2020, 09:35:28 AM »
This is a fairly depressing read about 'zombie companies' but I think in my Eeyorish way that the situation is worse since this doesn't take into account the large number of redundancies that will come from larger businesses that are not under strain of going under but had committed to keeping people working where they could, and using the furlough scheme where appropriate. I think we will see the start of that around September.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53417948
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Re: Coronavirus
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2841 on: July 29, 2020, 10:47:33 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on July 29, 2020, 08:57:42 AM
...a new normal.
...a new normality. Grammar.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2842 on: July 29, 2020, 11:00:03 AM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2843 on: July 29, 2020, 11:06:31 AM »
Don't know if this is a problem in the UK, but, if so, check the ingredients list of your hand sanitiser.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/mounting-poisonings-blindness-deaths-as-toxic-hand-sanitizers-flood-market/
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2844 on: July 29, 2020, 11:41:14 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 29, 2020, 11:00:03 AM
And language changes.

Not if I've got anything to do with it.
Seriously, you can't just say "language changes" to excuse any solecism.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2845 on: July 29, 2020, 11:43:11 AM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on July 29, 2020, 11:41:14 AM
Not if I've got anything to do with it.
Seriously, you can't just say "language changes" to excuse any solecism.

Solving the world's problems by pedantry. Well done brave little soldier.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2846 on: July 29, 2020, 11:44:53 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on July 29, 2020, 11:43:11 AM
Solving the world's problems by pedantry. Well done brave little soldier.
One does what one can, dear boy.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2847 on: July 29, 2020, 11:50:44 AM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on July 29, 2020, 11:41:14 AM
Not if I've got anything to do with it.
Seriously, you can't just say "language changes" to excuse any solecism.
And yet that language changes is true. As long as something can be understood clearly, I see no problems. It's a tool, not a straitjacket.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2848 on: July 29, 2020, 11:52:31 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on July 29, 2020, 11:50:44 AM
And yet that language changes is true. As long as something can be understood clearly, I see no problems. It's a tool, not a straitjacket.
Langage changyth notte, thou malapert knave!
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