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The Spanish Flu was a catastrophic illness and far more lethal than this disease. Coming right off the back of the first world war, it ravaged an already dehabilitated society but I'm not sure society stopped like it is doing here. People carried on, I see no reason that healthy people should be quarantining now, it makes no sense. In Europe infections are rising but serious illness is not, there is growing evidence that this disease will become like the Cold/Flu another disease which we have to live with. It's not nice but we are human beings, being alive is a risk. I think some people want us to have 100% certainty they won't get ill before doing anything, that's not going to happen. Now that's not to dismiss people's concerns, of course we should be protecting the vulnerable (I wouldn't require anyone with a health condition or who lives with someone with one, to return to work etc) but the rest of us should be prepared to take a bit of the strain here. We need to keep things going otherwise there are going to very serious repercussions and may lead to far more death than we are seeing now. If the depression is as big as the 1920s then I guarantee you we will see a return to far right/far left politics in Europe. We were already heading that way, a massive depression will just tip it over. I don't mean to sound crude, I absolutely respect people's worries but I fear the 'cure' is going to be just as bad as the disease. We fucked up at the beginning (I hold my hands up in being as much of a fool as anyone) but I don't see any forward thinking now. Why haven't we got a quicker testing? If we could test results in a hour or so it would revolutionise what we could do.

I lived in Bremen for a year while my wife was doing part of her Masters. Fell in love with the city and the team and have kept following them back in Canada.

The first proper episode of my podcast is getting recorded on Saturday! I'm so excited. Focusing on Barrow as the first of the 92 clubs! @CaaC (John) might have to listen to get some insight on his Gloryhunter team.

I agree with you on most points there, and I don’t understand the state of testing and contact tracing. I think a big part of the problem in the UK is this has proven to be a tough issue for even competent governments in Europe. We don’t have a competent government, we’ve got government by fumbling around and passing off blame to literally anyone but the people in charge. And yeah I think it’s a virus we’re going to be living with forever like the flu. And we’ll have some years with bad coronavirus strains like we’ve got with flus. Also I think your worry about a far right rising is legitimate, and tbh I don’t think we’ve been very far away, covid or not. We’ve seen a rise of right wing nationalists worldwide before the virus spread. But yeah, I’m sure the inevitable economic downturn won’t help on that front

Chong ist schon wieder weg. https://www.transfermarkt.de/chong-tese-wechselt-zu-albirex-niigata-ndash-einziger-nordkoreaner-der-bundesliga-historie/view/news/368939

Team ----------------------------------Pavlenka------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------Moisander--------------------------------------- -------------------------Bittencourt---Klaasen-------------------------------- Chong-Osako-Selke-Seargent-Eggestein-Fullkrug-Rashica We're just copying Chelsea at this point

Yes, they stopped the race immediately, and also canceled the next day's race out of respect too.

I think SPA has pretty intense elevation change combined with tricky corners. @nudge will surely correct me if I'm mistaken.

It would be so nice to just play people in their proper positions this year. Hopefully the injuries are reasonable and Kohfeldt doesn't try to out think himself.

We've just come from 2 behind to draw 2 - 2 with RBS. Brewster with a brace to add to his 1 a couple of days ago.

But as @Cicero alluded to, Grealish is competing for a wider role of the front 3. Phillips is a defensive midfielder. I did wonder if Grealish would get a chance in the 8 position, bit more central as a playmaker which I mentioned earlier, but Southgate has said he hasn't been playing there for Villa so makes sense why he wouldn't be playing there for England. Competition on the wings are fierce. Phillips has an opportunity in an area where no one has nailed down that role. Several have come and gone but no one have made it their own. It's up for grabs and he has a chance. And it's testament to Phillips that he has been called up because he's performed to a high standard consistently albeit a division below because not many Championship players are. But that shows how well coached he is in his position. Bielsa has transformed him and turned him into a top player, Southgate acknowledges that and hopefully many others will soon.

I do think that idiots saying early on that it was a hoax and just the flu and didn't want the economy shut down have now inadvertently caused exactly what they wanted to avoid because by introducing a "debate" over the realities of this virus the hyperbole pretty much became necessary to make sure people got the point about staying at home and social distancing and so on. You can't pursue a zero-covid strategy in the UK like you can in New Zealand or the Isle of Man. There are too many people around who want to achieve a zero risk approach to things like schools reopening, border controls, etc. You can't achieve this. You have to balance the economy and public health because without a population that's protected from the virus the economy dies and without a functioning economy, people start becoming destitute and dying anyway, and how do you fund the NHS. The UK have fucked this up really badly and it all stems from locking down too late. By waiting until the virus was more rampant before submitting to the lockdown philosophy, not only did more people die, but it led to a higher peak in the number of cases, which means a longer lockdown and more economic damage. Now so many people are really struggling to get out of the killer virus mindset. Nobody is doubting the danger of this virus but people are absolutely convinced that it's more infectious than it really is, more dangerous than it really is and that it's killed more people than it actually has.

It concerns me. Trains and buses are still deserted around here, peaks have practically disappeared and the only real flow that seems left is local leisure stuff into the big cities for a couple of hours a day, but that'll go once schools are back and the weather turns for autumn. We've had months of the government telling everyone to walk, drive or don't bother, only recently has that narrative changed, but even now it is more of a reluctant concession than proactive endorsement. All the while they are underwriting the whole thing, which'll be well into nine figures by now. We've spent decades building up to where public transport coverage and usage we were in February. At present, I doubt we'll get it back for decades, people have every excuse they need to avoid us altogether now and the finances will snap eventually. It's not just those of us currently employed that I'm worried for, all the projects now on their knees - HS2 and not - had thousands of jobs and millions for the ecenomy riding on them. The longer we're like this, the closer those'll come to vanishing.

That defence and midfield is pitiful. Can the forwards carry the side?

We race as one! Except when it comes to racing in countries that lack serious human rights. Always loved Istanbul Park though.

Turkey, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi added to the calendar.

That’s what happens when you spend it all on lawyers

I think the actual response was “what’s the point? They’ll throw millions it at and get everything ‘time barred’ again. Everyone knows they’re cheating cunts and everything they win means nothing”. Or there abouts

All three are shit in fairness (Epic, Google and Apple). Epic are claiming that this is due to Apple stifling competition (which they are in fairness), but this is nothing more than wanting more money at the end of the day, regardless of the stance they're trying to take.

I used to play competitively and there was one guy, you know that one guy. I was in college at the time and he'd come down from his dorm room to the common area like he'd just woken up and pick the most absurd characters like Dudley and give me a ass whooping. I told him to compete but he was too lazy to go to competitions.

Full recovery for myself thanks.

At times of crisis like these, then yes, people who can amply afford to pay staff should do. If they don't they are then passing on the buck to me and you. This is the whole rotten core of our economic model, it works if those with big money will take some of the strain at times of greatest need, but they won't. They'll pass it on to me and you, further indebting the country. I'd hope to see some sort of outrage from Arsenal supporters and their unions like what Liverpool and Spurs did, they managed to change their club's minds.

@Azeem Here's the video of the crash I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yKhkAHJp58 Watch at your own risk, the impact was 70 G, it's brutal, especially when you know one of the drivers (Hubert) died and the other one (Correa) spent a week on a life-support machine and almost lost his leg; doctors had to pretty much rebuild it and it will likely never make a full recovery

Elevation changes, high speed nature of the track, a mix of long straights and challenging sweeping corners, many of them with little run off so precision is required as even the tiniest mistakes can lead to severe punishment, some hard braking zones. Highly unpredictable weather conditions too. It's always been one of the most dangerous (and lethal) circuits; these days the safety has been improved immensely, but still bad accidents happen quite often. F2 driver lost his life there last year too.

https://espresso.repubblica.it/attualita/2020/08/25/news/flavio-briatore-ricoverato-per-covid-le-sue-condizioni-sarebbero-serie-1.352378 Flavio Briatore was tested positive for Covid-19 and is now in hospital with "serious conditions".