Coronavirus

[Rich B]

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Shutting out 6 percent of gdp isn't going to work for long. It's difficult with small islands I guess. The UK can't stop the virus coming in now so it'll only go on and on until people realise it's not that big a deal in the grand scheme of living life.

or is it "not that big a deal" because of the measures taken to suppress it?

[Broccers]

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Shutting out 6 percent of gdp isn't going to work for long. It's difficult with small islands I guess. The UK can't stop the virus coming in now so it'll only go on and on until people realise it's not that big a deal in the grand scheme of living life.

or is it "not that big a deal" because of the measures taken to suppress it?

not that big a deal compared having no actual life. People would rather take precautions long term which are right for them. Locking in your own kid until he/she is 5 or 10 or however these measures are in place isnt healthy - for that there currently is no measure to put on the table.

[Rich B]

You can't have it both ways yet. You can't say you want everyone to just get on with life AND expect hospitals to be able to treat people for normal illnesses and not become hotbeds of Corona infection.

[Broccers]

You can't have it both ways yet. You can't say you want everyone to just get on with life AND expect hospitals to be able to treat people for normal illnesses and not become hotbeds of Corona infection.

Youre absolutely correct. There is no answer. My own is lets just get on with life and those that need to look after themselves get on and do it.

[Beany]

You can't have it both ways yet. You can't say you want everyone to just get on with life AND expect hospitals to be able to treat people for normal illnesses and not become hotbeds of Corona infection.

Youre absolutely correct. There is no answer. My own is lets just get on with life and those that need to look after themselves end up stuck inside because hey fuck those who are vulnerable to infection and have a significantly higher risk of dying from it, eh?

[Broccers]

You can't have it both ways yet. You can't say you want everyone to just get on with life AND expect hospitals to be able to treat people for normal illnesses and not become hotbeds of Corona infection.

Youre absolutely correct. There is no answer. My own is lets just get on with life and those that need to look after themselves end up stuck inside because hey fuck those who are vulnerable to infection and have a significantly higher risk of dying from it, eh?

Yes thats right. Everyone stay in until there is no person in the whole world with c19 beany. Whens the corner shop open for your wine supply?

[Jobbo]

Is cancer not that big a deal, Broccers? Or just not until you get it yourself?

[Broccers]

Is cancer not that big a deal, Broccers? Or just not until you get it yourself?

Is cancer similar to c19? As usual you lads don't like a differing view to yours but keep it bloody real

[Beany]

Youre absolutely correct. There is no answer. My own is lets just get on with life and those that need to look after themselves end up stuck inside because hey fuck those who are vulnerable to infection and have a significantly higher risk of dying from it, eh?

Yes thats right. Everyone stay in until there is no person in the whole world with c19 beany. Whens the corner shop open for your wine supply?

Kind of ironic given the number of times your posts have been referred to in the vein of "is he that ill informed or is he just drunk?"

Also, I'll have you know I'm a classy fucker and get my wine from Lidl

[Explosive Newt]

It’s a difficult balance between what we as a society will consider an acceptable rate of people dying. It applies to anything, not just covid but right through to health and safety legislation. Reminds me of a Mitchell and Webb sketch where David Mitchell claims that no one drowning in a canal that year meant too much money was being spent on preventing people drowning in canals and in a responsible democracy, some people should drown in canals.

Obviously, the rate of death we have seen in the past few months is unacceptable: as is (as we have eluded to) the cost (both in finances and opportunity cost).

Hopefully vaccination will lead us to a point where mortality is minimised, but how far that goes isn’t clear. I don’t think we can eradicate coronavirus, no matter how hard we try. I also think that annual vaccination against new strains is going to be important. Doing what Aus/NZ have done with border closures clearly isn’t sustainable in the long run either.

We will all have different opinions on the number of people who we can tolerate dying. My main fears are
A) being debilitated by long covid for years or even the rest of my life
B) a prolonged period of ventilation followed by critical care muscle weakness, PTSD and all the other dreadful sequlae.

[ZedLeg]

I feel like the pandemic is going to end up like Y2K for people like broccers.

Because a lot of people worked hard to make sure nothing world ending happened it was all a big fuss over nothing.

[mik]

[Broccers]

I feel like the pandemic is going to end up like Y2K for people like broccers.

Because a lot of people worked hard to make sure nothing world ending happened it was all a big fuss over nothing.

More cobblers.

Good one Mik. The kids are out in force riding scooters and bikes full pelt at your legs this week.

[ZedLeg]

I feel like the pandemic is going to end up like Y2K for people like broccers.

Because a lot of people worked hard to make sure nothing world ending happened it was all a big fuss over nothing.

More cobblers.

How so?

[Broccers]

[Simon]

So they drive off all the covid patients in the bus to a remote location, then nuke it from orbit, just to be sure?

[Beany]

I feel like the pandemic is going to end up like Y2K for people like broccers.

Because a lot of people worked hard to make sure nothing world ending happened it was all a big fuss over nothing.

More cobblers.

How so?

I am also curious.

[Rich B]

Broccers doesn't actually state his point, he just makes odd statements and links.

[Broccers]

Broccers doesn't actually state his point, he just makes odd statements and links.

Thats right.

So back on topic dudes what about all these extra people having to shield when we expecting relaxing of rules next week.

[Rich B]

Broccers doesn't actually state his point, he just makes odd statements and links.

Thats right.

So back on topic dudes what about all these extra people having to shield when we expecting relaxing of rules next week.

what do you think about it?