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Also @Tommy is this you and is it true? Apparently in Dusseldorf. 'wash your hands as if you've just chopped chillies and now you want to masturbate'

You survived the Black Death and two World Wars, you'll be fine....

Political tactic perhaps. Lock everything down and people whine at the government. Wait for the emergence of a group of ignorant tossers ignoring advice and then locking down becomes an approval rate winner. Though most leaders are surging in approval ratings in this crisis anyway. Some of those who started with the worst approval ratings such as Macron and Trump are getting great gains.

Oh dear

It literally says Köln = Cologne.

That might be true but just tagging 'Underlying Health Conditions' on most of the deaths just lessens the impact this is having on peoples mindsets in general, It's almost as if we are saying " Well, they would have died of something else sooner or later" and the problem I have with that is that if this is killing healthy people because of it's nature then people who read "Underlying Health Issues" are more likely to think they will be ok, or take a slightly less concerned approach toward their health and why you get some sections of the public who think it's ok to gather together in groups, go strolling in the park etc and generally have a seeming disregard for basic sensible advice...

Well it's not speculation considering that's what NHS England reported... “All the 37 people aged between 18 and 102 who died in England after testing positive for coronavirus were in vulnerable groups including with underlying conditions.”

This isn't the point though. Even if children don't suffer severe symptoms they do carry the virus. I've seen them described as super carriers as early as last month. Imagine one person has the virus, it is symptomless for up to 4 days, so they catch it on Saturday. Monday they send one of their kids to primary school and another to secondary school. Both carry the virus. With luck, the kids each pass the virus on to two other kids, who show no symptoms, take it home, pass it to their parents, come back into school the next day and pass it on to two new class mates each. This whole time, even the parent of the first two kids doesn't know they're carrying the virus. Wednesday arrives and the original parent develops a cough and a fever, the family self isolates for 2 weeks. Too late. One of the teachers at the secondary school catches the virus off one of the kids that is carrying it invisibly. They take it home, pass it to their partner who works in an office, as well as their daughter who goes to a school 5 miles away. The process continues. Today our local government told us not to visit our mothers for Mothers Day. I have no symptoms and my Mum isn't vulnerable, nor are any of her household, but her Mum, my Nana is vulnerable as a woman in her 70s, so I'm staying away. It isn't worth the risk. Yet tomorrow, I am expected to turn up to school where I'll be within two metres throughout the day of at least a dozen staff and probably a hundred kids, all from different households, all potential carriers. Keeping schools open is totally idiotic.

Yes it is only a pandemic if it reaches those places.

Im quite introverted and love a night at home to myself, and I'm still going to work, but im already getting a bit bothered by the distancing. I think it's just the idea that you're not doing it by choice. Normally I'd go for a pint or some food once a week or two, and that's enough group socialising for me, so it's not on paper a huge adjustment at all. I think I'll need to be a bit disciplined and get back into some kind of schedule , like start reading a book a week, or practising an instrument every day for an hour, or going for a few more runs a week.

I'm an introvert and I have three house mates to keep me company. Not looking forward to it in the slightest if it happens here. You can be an introvert and still need the face to face contact of a mixture of people and colleagues and stuff in your daily life, not to mention the fresh air and change of scenery. In fact that's eminently normal.

Good to hear... I'll keep on watching then. That crazy monastery scared me a bit

Finished it today in some vain attempt to keep in front of you.... Enjoyed it, never seen the ratings to be fair just stumbled on it while flicking about on Netflix... better that way then I can make my own mind up...

NHS is the National Health Service in UK . So they run all the public hospitals, doctor's surgeries and Trust buildings in UK.

Would anyone be interested in a weekly German Football Pub Quiz while everything else is on hold anyway? I'm thinking something along the lines of 10 questions with everyone submitting their answers via PM. I'd try to make it difficult enough. No Google of course. Thoughts? @Tommy @Faithcore @Rucksackfranzose @Viva la FCB @Relling @God is Haaland @Relling @SchalkeUK anyone else?

I!m not going to slag off everything they have done. The announcement of helping businesses and helping people financially were great and very welcome. That being said, a lockdown would give the NHS a chance to fight the cases as they rise. No doubt things are going to get worse, but you really have to give yourself the best chance to get through. A lockdown is the only logical step.

Ahead of new PM statement — total fury across govt tonight at people flouting social distancing orders — in particular men and younger men — images of London parks packed with people over the weekend have shocked Whitehall — they believed people would behave more responsibly What planet are they living on??? I think it was pretty clear from the get go that 'The sensible and Mature' nation that we are were not going to be following any simple stay safe rules and regs, thought that might have been fairly obvious after the ridiculous shopping frenzy started but they probably hoped it would all sort itself out in due course because we are after all a sensible bunch....

The Bing Covid-19 map is now showing in more details the locations of cases..this made me some relief. I live in the 'X"

This senator insider trading story in the US gets a little more juicy: the head of the NYSE was married to one of these criminal politicians: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nyse-jeffrey-c-sprecher-kelly-loeffler-sold-company-stock-ahead-of-coronavirus-market-meltdown/# Rampant political corruption during times of a pandemic is arguably the most American thing ever

Apparently that’s been killing people following the online advice of fake doctors.

It's been quiet to say the least. I live in a very busy part of Bangalore and today it was so quiet I actually stepped out onto the balcony to see what was going on. Then 5PM came rolling around everyone came out to hear people cheering and clapping. I think this is going to do wonders for the city and the news going around now is that Karnataka zones (Bangalore included) are pushing for a lockdown till the 31st. I thought people would still be roaming the streets but that's not the case. I quite like it if I am being honest. Spent four hours today on Zoom with the band just talking rubbish and playing stuff and trying to get some remote jamming going on. Thought it would be horrible but it was a good exercise.

Cunt A: What shall we do as part of our social distancing and isolation measures? Cunt B: Shall we nip up to Pen Y Fan or Snowdonia? Cunt A: But many people might do the same and it could be heaving. Cunt B: Nah, many will stay away and there'll be plenty of room for everyone to keep social distancing regardless. Cunt A: Ok then. Let's go. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51994504 Why is it so hard for the thick fucking cunts to understand a simple message? No doubt if any of them test positive and possibly die, it'll be the UK and Welsh government's fault. Wankers.

Hey mate, what's your specific concern? I've been pondering the schools issue since I saw the conference and am just unsure. Initially I was proud of our premier for sticking to his guns (Victoria/Melbourne being the only one to close its schools early). There's obviously been a whole table of others in the cabinet meeting trying to get him to fall in line but he's held firm. I can only respect that tbh. But that decision will increase the pressure on every other premier and the PM so it's sure to have made him unpopular. Since watching that unfold I've done some reading and felt that there could be merit to the argument around kids being low incidence of corona. See the age distribution of corona cases in South Korea below. Other than Germany its the only country who's data I trust because they both have capacity for tests and are testing everyone not just the people who are coming into hospital. I can't find the data for age distribution of Germany's corona cases, but the South Korea example does seem to make a case that day care and schools are lower risk environments on average than places with dense congregations of adults.

Koreans are using combination of antivirals for their medics as protection/prophylaxis and it seems to be working.

I am from Mumbai, which is extremely crowded on any time of the day. But it has been absolutely empty today. The voluntary curfew was followed to perfection. But the country has been slowly pushed into a lockdown, which is necessary. Now, all offices, public transport have been closed till 31 March. Most states are in lock down now. Unprecedented scenes, but it's necessary. We are begining to see spike in cases, because the people who arrived from outside behaved like arseholes.

Trump activated the defense production act but has not yet actually used it to compel companies to produce protective equipment for medical professionals.

Amazing scenes here. A little respite in this environment of fear. People observing voluntary curfew impeccably and now everyone was suppose to clap, cheer or make noise for 5 minutes at 5 PM from their windows as a mark of respect to doctors, police, etc. It went on for 15 mins instead. Never have I seen anything like this. @Mel81x how was it there?

1st day at home all day. And it's also the first day adblock fails me and Youtube has a 1 min 30 ad thats unskippable and I think I'm gonna fucking kill that fucking Wix loving peasant with a tin of fucking beans to the brain

I hope we go in to lockdown to be honest. Crime figures in London dont appear to have changed. Driving to work yesterday I saw just as many cars as usual on the roads in areas like Streatham/Croydon/Mitcham and plenty of kids hanging round chicken shops. People just don't get the seriousness of being on the same trajectory as Italy.

Don’t start with this bollocks. @DeadLinesman I’m really sorry to hear about your mum, hope you’re hanging in there okay mate.

I have a blood type.... not sure which one it is but I definitely have one... No hope for me then...

Damn.… Just started watching it last night, watched the first 3 episodes and was going to post something up about it but fell asleep and once again you get in before me..

Sorry to hear that, bud.

Just started watching The Letter for the King - looks pretty good so far...

Sorry to hear that and for your loss

I'm glad I'm an introvert. I still go out on an occasional walk alone once in a while, keeping my distance from people, and to be honest, that's what I tried to do before Corona too. If I see a person I know from afar, and there's still a tiny little way to escape, I'm gonna take that shot.

That's really sad mate but as you say better now than in a month when things are worse. That will be a whole other level of devastating.

Wrong thread linked... Instructions unclear. Will continue to post in this thread.

it's like three posts but I look forward to linking the "Peru Appreciation Thread" or whatever it's called every time you mention Peru in other threads for the next few days .

Better thanks mate. Dry persistent cough still clinging on but feeling healthy otherwise.

@Spike @6666

Today would have been Kristho's 25th Birthday.