trad1ngbull wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:27 am
greenmark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:43 pm
Well, that's massively depressing. Then again this forum is the direct opposite of such stupidity, so there are lagoons of sanity out there.
I can absolutely confirm this. Our forum is full of people that understand
risk, that's the biggest difference vs the rest of the country.
I'm in Southern Europe since November and almost 90% of the population on every country around started taking this
really serious since approximately 11th March, the day WHO officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
Since then, UK is seen as completely suicidal. First, the tactics about herd immunity as a first weapon. Then, the tactics step back. And now, with almost 2 weeks since the WHO statement and Italy with almost 1,000 dead bodies per day, brits looking so relaxed and not taking this as a real and deadly threat leaves people completely astonished.
Look, Europe is not looking at the UK with the usual "oh, they're always so full of themselves" kind of spirit as it happens so many times, they are
really scared about what might happen in the UK. Because with earlier and even more strict measures + the mental shift in collective threat perception, they're already struggling to fight this problem.
Based on big states and big economies, right now, only Brazil with his utterly ignorant and unprepared president is seen taking this even worse than the UK. That says a lot, I guess.
It's really soon to take any conclusions and time will tell who can save more lives and give the best support to his citizens. But at scale, the pace and strategy will naturally make a huge difference, and right now the UK is not seen outside as a good example to follow.
I'm a next door to Brit with a funny accent, for those that don't know me I'm Dublin_Flyer, from Dublin obviously. I used to post quite often on the forum and then I had and lost a baby so I'm not much of a frequenter these days. However I feel I must speak out on the extent of the crisis as it still doesn't seem to have clicked with many in the UK, from the government down.
Covid-19 doesn't give a crap about your race, financial status, or social background. The dry cough develops into a constant cough until your body is just too tired to cough any more. By that stage your lungs are pretty much covered with a sticky mouldy plaque you can't cough up. If you've ever met someone with cystic fibrosis and seen them coughing and beating their chest to try get air, it's like that, only it doesn't stop.
I watched the Supreme at Chelt with a combination of anticipation and bewilderment as thousands pushed together shouting at the off. A James Bond villian wouldn't even think of passing around a virus by close person encounters with people screaming, shouting, crying, and spit particles flying in such close quarters. It's such a perfect combination of ways to transmit an infection that James Bond himself would be able to do SFA to stop it. Yet Chelt was still allowed go ahead. The first Irish case connected with Cheltenham was confirmed this weekend, I'm sure it won't be the last.
Don't panic and buy toilet roll, it's a psychological thing because it's bulky so peoples brains associate it with necessity, bigger is better, so if I have more I win. No, you just die with a clean shiny butthole!
It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better folks. Keep your spirits up, take the dog for an extra walk a day or do some circuits and try get that figure you had in your 20's back
Do some online courses so you can figure out your own automation in excel and figure out how Dallas does it
If you're shit out of luck and lost a job over it, check local supermarkets for jobs, lots are hiring because they're overwhelmed. A job is a job is a job.
Mind yourself, mind your family. If someone is p1ssing you off online, just let it go, take a walk or watch funny videos on youtube, don't try be a keyboard warrior and 1up them, it achieves nothing.
We'll get through this folks.
Much Love
Dublin_Flyer
