Coronavirus outbreak

[Mugshot]

Settle down, give it an hour or so and we might have a functioning opposition.

Yeah, but all they're going to do is moan, that's not an oppositions job is it? It's not like they can do anything.
Nodding along in agreement with decisions made because you aren't personally able to change them is the way to go.

 

[Blue Hills]

Source?

Seems contradicted by the info I've seen:

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Mm

Let"s see if that plummet follows the Chinese' plummet.

 

[Mugshot]

What part of 'right time and place' do you not understand?

What part of holding to account and speaking truth to power do you not understand?
I do understand the uncomfortable position you find yourself in with the constant barrage of lies and mistakes that this administration has made, their whole pathway to power is paved with staggering untruths, but your continued efforts to shut down conversation that exposes them to save your own embarrassment is not going to work.
Johnson and his cronies are an utter disgrace to this country and its people.

 

[kingrollo]

What part of 'right time and place' do you not understand?

Tell me what would it take for you to think " yeah actually the UK govt could have done better ? "

 

[winjim]

What part of holding to account and speaking truth to power do you not understand?
I do understand the uncomfortable position you find yourself in with the constant barrage of lies and mistakes that this administration has made, their whole pathway to power is paved with staggering untruths, but your continued efforts to shut down conversation that exposes them to save your own embarrassment is not going to work.
Johnson and his cronies are an utter disgrace to this country and its people.

Crucially, this was the case before coronavirus, before the last election, before Johnson was even PM. People voted for them knowing all this, the pandemic has just brought it to light in an awful, horrific way.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

What evidence do you have of the last week that there has been no slow down of infections in germany?

I had no idea the comment was about Germany, and I did not say there was no evidence of a slow down - I just asked for his source.

I agree the evidence shows there is a slowdown in Germany. I would be interested in a source making specific claims for R0, in Germany or anywhere else indeed.

 

[Pale Rider]

What part of holding to account and speaking truth to power do you not understand?
I do understand the uncomfortable position you find yourself in with the constant barrage of lies and mistakes that this administration has made, their whole pathway to power is paved with staggering untruths, but your continued efforts to shut down conversation that exposes them to save your own embarrassment is not going to work.
Johnson and his cronies are an utter disgrace to this country and its people.

You converse away, I'm not trying to stop you.

Thanks for the concern, but backing winners doesn't embarrass me.

 

[winjim]

You converse away, I'm not trying to stop you.

Thanks for the concern, but backing winners doesn't embarrass me.

You haven't backed a winner. Not under the criteria that I would use to define the term.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

What part of 'right time and place' do you not understand?

What part of "Not following WHO guidance" and "insisting on Brexit ideology over ventilators" do you not understand?

 

[Mugshot]

Crucially, this was the case before coronavirus, before the last election, before Johnson was even PM. People voted for them knowing all this, the pandemic has just brought it to light in an awful, horrific way.

Absolutely. The people knew what they were getting when they voted for them, of course the lies mattered then but they had a stay of grace before the reality hit home. Now they matter in realtime and the individuals that shrugged and laughed at the blatant spinning and lying last time are now doubling down in their support. It's despicable really.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

backing winners doesn't embarrass me.

Ah, so that's how it is: "we won, you lost, those vulnerable people can just die quietly".

Now, what were you saying about keeping politics out of this?

 

[Mugshot]

Thanks for the concern, but backing winners doesn't embarrass me.

Backing liars, charlatans and snake oil salesman that have shown an historic disregard and disdain for the very instituions and individuals that they are now lauding, whose actions during this crisis have been in the main a reaction to public opinion or driven as a result of their own previous underfunding and inaction should.

 

[Eziemnaik]

Meanwhile, in the first world country...
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...as-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-top-10000.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...each-50-daily-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN21M02P
No trashing of economy needed = no post austerity

 

[Pale Rider]

Ah, so that's how it is: "we won, you lost, those vulnerable people can just die quietly".

Now, what were you saying about keeping politics out of this?

In answer to a poster who was trying to use the virus as a means to make cheap political points.

What part of "Not following WHO guidance" and "insisting on Brexit ideology over ventilators" do you not understand?

You ought to ask that of our doctors and scientists who devised our strategy.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

You ought to ask that of our doctors and scientists who devised our strategy.

We should ask scientists about putting Brexit ideology ahead of ventilators?

I think we can guess the answer.

And we both know there were no scientists involved in the decision.