Coronavirus

[LeMartinPecheur]

It wasn't one of last year's Christmas cards, was it?

No, fortunately.
It was the April (2020!) Postscript Books catalogue

[Guest]

I'm afraid I have as far as possible simply given up listening to news outlets - media or newspapers . The relentless misery, the shouting louder and louder to get their message across in a 'crowded market' is seriously getting me down.
On BBC radio at least, almost every other programme, or maybe even EVERY programme, thinks it has to include or concentrate on issues involved. Pah.

And as for The Archers -fixated for days and days on the Linda Snell stuff. Blimey, I see that without any virus stuff at all, the nation is being dragged to suicide just by her endlessness. Suddenly everyone in TA is being elaborately saintly, comforting, eye-wateringly unlike their usual selves. Crikey!

TA, get thinking,.

[Joseph K]

Abortion??? :rolleyes:

[Padraig]

Abortion??? :rolleyes:

I think Boilk might be agreeing that after the Corinavirus has passed, Everything Has To Change.

[LHC]

A bit of context...

The difference is that Covid 19 deaths are increasing exponentially, while the others will be relatively steady. If no mitigating actions were taken by any country, there could be as many as 40 million deaths worldwide from Covid 19.

[Simon B]

The important context is that a total of one item on that list could likely blast its way from the bottom to the top in a matter of weeks if no action were taken/was already being taken.

For further important context the starkest numbers from the same source that have been omitted from that list are:

34,504,804 Births (so far) this year
14,485,989 Deaths (so far) this year
20,019,146 Net population growth (so far) this year

Seemingly, nobody much ever talks about this. Trying to reduce humanity's toll on the environment in the face of it is largely like stacking water.

If CV-19 does turn out to be as bad as, or worse than, the 1918 pandemic, 50M excess deaths would merely be a brief burst of nature successfully retaliating via viral evolution before the onslaught resumes.

[Anastasius]

A bit of context...

You are missing the point. Totally. I won't even try to explain.

[Anastasius]

I think Boilk might be agreeing that after the Corinavirus has passed, Everything Has To Change.

And we will all sing Kumbaya.

[eighthobstruction]

....difference being that your assassin might be your 3yr old grand-son bringing Covid19 home from Nursery to his grandad....and it could be avoided....that is a list of things that generally cannot be avoided [generally]....

[MrGongGong]

I'm afraid I have as far as possible simply given up listening to news outlets - media or newspapers . The relentless misery, the shouting louder and louder to get their message across in a 'crowded market' is seriously getting me down.
On BBC radio at least, almost every other programme, or maybe even EVERY programme, thinks it has to include or concentrate on issues involved. Pah.

And as for The Archers -fixated for days and days on the Linda Snell stuff. Blimey, I see that without any virus stuff at all, the nation is being dragged to suicide just by her endlessness. Suddenly everyone in TA is being elaborately saintly, comforting, eye-wateringly unlike their usual selves. Crikey!

TA, get thinking,.

I reckon it will be the end of Peggoi
or Ben will have caught it from the doctor he "entertained" ?

On a more serious note... not looking such a great "opportunity" now is it?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/uk-discussed-joint-eu-plan-to-buy-covid-19-medical-supplies-say-officials?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR3JK8mW42B-MUPfMt6SeWhOC4L0XjhvtkshG-TU93Pot1SxbXI_2PlQKKU

[kernelbogey]

This might be useful

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co....u90jXJZxYAdAFE

Thanks, GG. This is the most interesting thing I have read about Coronavirus/Covid-19.

[Dave2002]

This might be useful

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co....u90jXJZxYAdAFE

Thanks. That's a really interesting article - a lot of sense in that one.

[Dave2002]

Nothing since Friday - but we've got The Letter from UNOHOO to look forward to....

Let's hope he didn't lick the stamp before putting it into the post box.

[kernelbogey]

Let's hope he didn't lick the stamp before putting it into the post box.

Thought that was Dom's job?

[LMcD]

Let's hope he didn't lick the stamp before putting it into the post box.

Strangely enough, last night we watched an episode of 'Seinfeld' in which a character dies after licking what turned out to be toxic adhesive on cheap envelopes containing wedding invitations. I'm not sure whether she did all 200 before collapsing and being rushed to hospital.