Coronavirus - A pale horse,4 men and ....beer

[Derek27]

Scrolling through the trends on Twitter and one made me chuckle "What have we learned about BoJo? If he says he really doesn't want to do something, he will"

, very true!

[Derek27]

Seriously though, you should never flush cat faeces down the toilet. It contains a parasite called Toxoplasma that doesn't get treated in human sewage works, is dangerous to marine life and can cause brain damage to the fetus of pregnant women.

Friggin’ ‘ell.. I never knew that & I’ve had cats around me all my life, better start flinging it over the nutters side of the fence next door

Apparently, up to half the world's population are already infected but show no symptoms. It only affects people with weakened immune systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

[Korattt]

"What have we learned about BoJo? If he says he really doesn't want to do something, he will"

, very true!

just think if we had Dianne Abbott behind the lectern..

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[firlandsfarm]

And we're all increasingly funding this sort of NHS bullshit.

I've been retired for over 20 years and hadn't looked for a job before that for possibly more than 10 years so consider myself out of touch with job advert presentation but is it the norm now to use such vomit making descriptions?

Also if someone from Nottingham reads that advert could they point out to their NHS Trust the probably intended political inexactitude that George Floyd was (probably) not murdered which requires a degree of intent to kill.

[Derek27]

And we're all increasingly funding this sort of NHS bullshit.

I'm curious to know how you came across that advert superfrank? Are you looking for a job with the NHS or are you searching for political propaganda?

Job adverts for such positions aren't the sort of things you stumble across if you're not looking for them?

[Kai]

Nice to see everyone in a good mood Despite the world going down the shitter again.

For once I don't mind browsing through this thread

I've just got two bog rolls left!!

That is amateur stuff Derek, really, you should be an expert hoarder by now. No excuse there lad. I've been prepping and have a lifetime supply of toilet paper and memes, it's all you really need to survive the upcoming apocalypse.

[superfrank]

I'm curious to know how you came across that advert superfrank? Are you looking for a job with the NHS or are you searching for political propaganda?

Job adverts for such positions aren't the sort of things you stumble across if you're not looking for them?

I saw the image posted on twitter and simply copied it - it's a screenshot from the nhs jobs website... https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/.

I'm not the only person in Britain angered by the politicisation of our public services - and the massive amount of waste while people's businesses go to the wall.

Stop trying to shoot the messenger - this shit is real. Keep clapping.

[alexmr2]

If we get to the end of the year and the overall deaths are well above the average of other years then I might buy it, otherwise I stick to my instincts and understanding of the statistics that it's just another varation of the same viruses which come back every year and which 99%+ of people get every year and recover with a stronger immune system

I don't think the UK lockdown is a very reliable justification for having prevented deaths given that trillions of social interactions have still taken place in supermarkets, homes, pubs, protests, schools, offices, universities and other indoor spaces (no true lockdown)

Average age of death = above average life expectancy
Normal death rate in UK = 1500 per day

My prediction is that restrictions will continue until next spring/summer, and the government have already chose this period to lift them. The media will show a nice downcurve of a decreasing death rate to claim victory, although this will just be the same seasonal death rate decrease that we experience every year regardless of restrictions or vaccines. Of course comparisons to earlier years must under no circumstances be shown on the news to keep the hysteria and hero government act going after spending 10 or 11 figures of taxpayers money

I don't see any anomaly in Swedens data compared to other years after having little restrictions

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[to75ne]

are you as or more qualified than the current members of sage?

[spreadbetting]

I'm not the only person in Britain angered by the politicisation of our public services - and the massive amount of waste while people's businesses go to the wall.

Stop trying to shoot the messenger - this shit is real. Keep clapping.

Lol, so now equal opportunities is considered political

[superfrank]

Lol, so now equal opportunities is considered political

It's got nothing to do with equality and everything to do with special treatment for special interest groups. Just like your BLM bolux.

[firlandsfarm]

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Interesting graphs Alex

are you as or more qualified than the current members of sage?

Sorry to75ne but I don't think it's about being more (or less) qualified than Sage ... assuming the stats are reliable it becomes a matter of the stats. It would then be for Sage to explain why (if they were UK stats ... might be interesting to see equivalent UK stats).

So let me throw something else into the ring ... the reason why the actual total deaths is not much higher is because those that dies from CV19 would probably have died anyway. That the death occurred is constant it's the cause that's changed. I am musing that on Sweden's stats, not the UK's because I believe our deaths are in excess of expected deaths.

[to75ne]

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Interesting graphs Alex

are you as or more qualified than the current members of sage?

Sorry to75ne but I don't think it's about being more (or less) qualified than Sage ... assuming the stats are reliable it becomes a matter of the stats. It would then be for Sage to explain why (if they were UK stats ... might be interesting to see equivalent UK stats).

So let me throw something else into the ring ... the reason why the actual total deaths is not much higher is because those that dies from CV19 would probably have died anyway. That the death occurred is constant it's the cause that's changed. I am musing that on Sweden's stats, not the UK's because I believe our deaths are in excess of expected deaths.

you maybe correct but, but the pm like most politicians are not qualified or experienced enough in virology, epidemiology, biology, bio chemistry, bio physics, or maths including stats etc, whereas sage are in spades.

no doubt the pm and chancellor have had the stats produced by sage looked at by the statisticians and economists that are sitting next door in the treasury.

and the cabinet have been convinced by the conclusion (possibly erred on the side of caution) of the scientists, the experts.

johnson and co were voted in to govern /run the uk , and hence they should listen the our experts and not what foreign governments chose to do, they will answer to the uk electorate at some point, not the swedish electorate.

[Derek27]

the reason why the actual total deaths is not much higher is because those that dies from CV19 would probably have died anyway. That the death occurred is constant it's the cause that's changed. I am musing that on Sweden's stats, not the UK's because I believe our deaths are in excess of expected deaths.

Everyone's going to die anyway!

Where is the maths to support this conclusion? Are you seriously suggesting that most of the young, fit people and healthy NHS doctor's who were exposed to the virus would have mysteriously died without Covid-19?

[Derek27]

If we get to the end of the year and the overall deaths are well above the average of other years then I might buy it,

Brilliant idea! Let's wait until another 10,000 people die, a million people are infected and the steamroller is unstoppable, and then make an assessment!

There's truth in the saying, one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. People seem to be completely cold about somebody needlessly losing their life until it happens to somebody they know.