Coronavirus

[LMcD]

I bet his hand hurts after signing them all.

I would write 'Return to sender' on the front of the envelope but for the fact that I think the poor posties have got more than enough on their plate. Apparently the government rejected the suggestion that the Post Office should stop distributing junk mail for now and concentrate on more important deliveries.

[oddoneout]

I would write 'Return to sender' on the front of the envelope but for the fact that I think the poor posties have got more than enough on their plate. Apparently the government rejected the suggestion that the Post Office should stop distributing junk mail for now and concentrate on more important deliveries.

If there had been a ban on junk mail I suppose there is a risk that the PM's propaganda wouldn't be delivered either...

[Pianorak]

Where did they find that Jenrick chap? - Nothing but platitudes at today's Daily Update.

[johnb]

I thought I heard that the government had announced that they had achieved 10,000 tests a day.

The information released today is that 19,522 people have been tested up to 9am this morning. Deducting yesterdays figure gives 6,961 tested in 24 hours.

It might be that they are referring to a different time period, but ....

Michael Gove reportedly said, on today's Andrew Marr Show, that they had reached 10,000 tests yesterday.

Why do these b*ggers keep lying to us?

[Serial_Apologist]

Always makes me think of Basil Brush (try reading The Lady of Shallot with a "Boom Boom" at the end of each line)

I'm sure you have seen/heard this ?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkqUq26z1CE

Loks like Elton Dean, before he lost all of his hair on top.

(Anybody doesn't know who Elton Dean is/was, ask Reg Dwight)

[eighthobstruction]

If there had been a ban on junk mail I suppose there is a risk that the PM's propaganda wouldn't be delivered either...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Chris Whitty (NHS)keeps making an appearance on TV adverts, seeming rather like a robot. Nothing wrong with what he says, but sometimes mindless repetition can be counterproductive.

[oddoneout]

Where did they find that Jenrick chap? - Nothing but platitudes at today's Daily Update.

Sounds like the right man in this current mad world. Ability to suppress any intelligent thought*, and avoid saying anything of import, are prerequisites for such a job and qualities highly prized by the current administration it would seem.

*assuming it exists in the first place

[oddoneout]

Chris Whitty (NHS)keeps making an appearance on TV adverts, seeming rather like a robot. Nothing wrong with what he says, but sometimes mindless repetition can be counterproductive.

They don't want to trouble one of their media chums to do an advert for them(Corvid19 is so contagious darling and would wreck your CV) and the one person in the Public Information Office is self isolating and hasn't been given a laptop to WFH.

[Anastasius]

If accurate, is it time for President B. Johnson to order our arms manufacturers to .... start producing all equipment to protect people, and fight the virus?
...

Not as simple as that as anyone with any knowledge of production engineering will tell you.

[Anastasius]

I thought I heard that the government had announced that they had achieved 10,000 tests a day.

The information released today is that 19,522 people have been tested up to 9am this morning. Deducting yesterdays figure gives 6,961 tested in 24 hours.

It might be that they are referring to a different time period, but ....

But the thing is just exactly what are we testing for ? I used to be of the same view until I heard a medic saying that for the test to be of any use the person has to have a certain level of virus present in their bodies. So it seems pointless testing anyone who is not exhibiting any symptoms.

[oddoneout]

Not as simple as that as anyone with any knowledge of production engineering will tell you.

Things have moved on from swords into ploughshares sadly.

[Anastasius]

Can't we have some constructive posts in this thread other than diving into the continuous snide digs ? I'm not saying that the Govt are perfect...far from it...but this thread is rapidly sinking into the usual 'bash 'em'.

[Bryn]

Can't we have some constructive posts in this thread other than diving into the continuous snide digs ? I'm not saying that the Govt are perfect...far from it...but this thread is rapidly sinking into the usual 'bash 'em'.

You could always help by stopping your own posting snide comments re other contributors.

[Anastasius]

You could always help by stopping your own posting snide comments re other contributors.

It works both ways, Bryn. If you bothered to check, you'd see that I only ever commented in response to someone else's snide digs.