General Chat

This coronavirus is the strangest virus I've ever heard of. It's very dangerous the way it spreads.

It is so mysterious the way it lurks in schools, but then dies at Home Bargains.

It can wreak havoc in pubs and restaurants! Although it’s mind-boggling how it vanishes at the beach or in the park. Yet, standing to watch a marathon or at a gig or festival triggers its wrath.

It is sneaky. It can spread when buying clothes at Primark but not at Tesco's or Asda.

It is non-alcoholic. It can't spread when you are buying beer.

It lives for 24 hours on Amazon boxes, you must wait 24 hours to touch them but it can't survive on takeaway coffee cups, so enjoying a hot latte is safe.

It is the most curious thing, how it lives on footballs, tennis rackets and ballet bars, but dies on shopping trolleys and food.

It is spread by hair stylists, dog groomers, and dentists, but not by bank machines, cashiers, and fast food workers.

It's so smart. It won’t bother the first 6 people that get together but it knows when the 7th person shows up so be careful if that’s you.

It even knows what you want vs what you need. If you want a massage or your nails done it is very actively on the prowl and not even a mask can stop it. If you need a plumber, it is weak, and a mask will keep it away.

It also seems to be most dangerous after 5:30pm so businesses must start to close before the virus comes out and wreaks havoc upon the populations.

Whoever heard of such a smart sneaky virus

It knows you but not the neighbours who break the lockdown every day.

Sounds just like the Spanish Flu from 1916--1919.

funny :-D

Ideally, everybody would have been shielded for the whole time but that would have been impossible.

The government, who, we must remember, were having to wing it all the way, had to be careful to keep morale at as high a level as they could to prevent a powder keg. Just like in war-time, there had to be things for people to look forward to.

Ideally, everybody would have been shielded for the whole time but that would have been impossible.

The government, who, we must remember, were having to wing it all the way, had to be careful to keep morale at as high a level as they could to prevent a powder keg. Just like in war-time, there had to be things for people to look forward to.

Just switched on telly to hear Trump spouting his words of wisdom.

I have no idea where he was but got the gist that the venue was not at all full because people had stayed away, naturally fearful of being in what looked like a big hall without distancing between his audience.

He called the people there warriors then went on to say that so much testing revealed an increase in the number suffering from the virus. He then said that he told them to stop testing as much!

Was he joking? He did not seem to be - i thought he was (deadly) serious.

Tongue in cheek? I think not.

Peter Kay came to mind .... (apologies to Peter) .... 'Testing, Testing?' 'What's that all about then?'

Trump is one dangerous man!

The government did not have to "wing it" but chose to, that is Johnson's style.
https://tinyurl.com/y798tgl6

The many weakness of the NHS / PHE faced with a serious 'flu pandemic had already been exposed in a 2014 govt. study "Cygnus" . Nothing was done to patch the holes.

Further the corona SARS epidemic 2002-2004 gave plenty of warning of what would happen sooner or later.

Now we are flying blind with nothing remotely like a functioning TTI operation with deeper and further retreat from lockdown with the passing days.

Scary

It's scary, JoyLouise, Trump's serious. Thick as two short planks - but serious :-(

Meant to be something to lighten the situation. Not likely to be lightened by trump. Or Rollo.

Some people just enjoy wallowing in doom and gloom Ann. I for one and fed up with it

ok then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZ1COTFMvI

Oh bugger. I got it wrong again.

Wish I was intellectually gifted.

Can't have it all I suppose.

I wonder what I was doing to miss those other pandemics.

Rollo yes very funny, could just imagine my Dad roaring at it he loved any slapstick.