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Post by mekon on Mar 2, 2020 13:27:59 GMT
I can still watch that without the olympics bit of it.
Most of the is olympics is stil crap because I don't like a lot of who is better at basic mechanical movements things like running, rowing, picking heavy object up or whatever. There's no skill it's just raw physical ability. I like combination ability sports that combine the brain with the body not some automaton sport.
Climbing is obviously skilled as is something like skateboarding which I respect far more than some single action discipline.
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Mar 3, 2020 19:24:37 GMT
The population of China is 1.4 billion. There have been 80,000 cases of the virus reported in China. Lets double that for all the people who got it and didnt really know about it, just a bit of mild fever and headache. Thats a ratio of 1.143e-4 Dr David Bull was on the Jeremy Vine show today and asked the question how many cases did he expect in the UK. Vine said 1 million. Dr Bull said 800,000.  The population of the UK is 67 million. So if the virus infects the same proportion of the UK as China, thats 7700 cases expected in 2 months. How long is this outbreak going to last? Will it spread quicker in the UK as we dont have a communist government shutting everything down in affected regions? Is the population density higher in Wuhan and the rest of China than the old UK? You would expect higher densities to have a wider spread of the virus. Wuhan 3,200/sq mi, London 11,760/sq mi, Poole 2,128/sq mi. Is our healthcare and guidance better than China? You would hope that the advice given would be taken in the UK given its media attention. Differences in population densities will be relevant but so will transport infrastructure and relative wealth meaning that people in the UK might possibly travel and interact more. Algorithms are used to predict the spread but like any model, it's difficult to absolutely validate it until after the event. Even just going to the supermarket, how many times do you pick up an item and put it back? Think how many cunts do that. Public transport, bars, the list is endless. We could be sitting here in a year's time wondering what the fuss was about. Equally, I could be the only cunt left messaging here. In my pants. |
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Post by mekon on Mar 3, 2020 19:28:51 GMT
Need to be like those cunts in Iran licking shrines to prove you aren't afraid of the virus.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Mar 3, 2020 19:39:16 GMT
Its possibly on my manor now.
What put the willies up me is talk that we still might be dealing with it in a year's time. Surely its going to blow over in a week or so?
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Post by mekon on Mar 3, 2020 22:29:37 GMT
My toilet is now fucked and when you flush it, it floods the windows in the dining room. More bothered about dysentery at the moment.
Fucking toilets.
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Post by neilf on Mar 4, 2020 8:46:20 GMT
Its possibly on my manor now. What put the willies up me is talk that we still might be dealing with it in a year's time. Surely its going to blow over in a week or so?  |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 4, 2020 9:00:23 GMT
The population of China is 1.4 billion. There have been 80,000 cases of the virus reported in China. Lets double that for all the people who got it and didnt really know about it, just a bit of mild fever and headache. Thats a ratio of 1.143e-4 Dr David Bull was on the Jeremy Vine show today and asked the question how many cases did he expect in the UK. Vine said 1 million. Dr Bull said 800,000. The population of the UK is 67 million. So if the virus infects the same proportion of the UK as China, thats 7700 cases expected in 2 months. How long is this outbreak going to last? Will it spread quicker in the UK as we dont have a communist government shutting everything down in affected regions? Is the population density higher in Wuhan and the rest of China than the old UK? You would expect higher densities to have a wider spread of the virus. Wuhan 3,200/sq mi, London 11,760/sq mi, Poole 2,128/sq mi. Is our healthcare and guidance better than China? You would hope that the advice given would be taken in the UK given its media attention. Differences in population densities will be relevant but so will transport infrastructure and relative wealth meaning that people in the UK might possibly travel and interact more. Algorithms are used to predict the spread but like any model, it's difficult to absolutely validate it until after the event. Even just going to the supermarket, how many times do you pick up an item and put it back? Think how many cunts do that. Public transport, bars, the list is endless. We could be sitting here in a year's time wondering what the fuss was about. Equally, I could be the only cunt left messaging here. In my pants. I see from TV the latest government/NHS official worst case scenario figures state 80% of the population. They did say that was the worst case, but they didn't show the best case, or most likely case scenario figures, or explain the case scenarios. Is the worst case if we dont self isolate, dont wash our hands etc.? It must be, otherwise it wont be the worst case. Given what the tabloid press (and not so tabloid press) did with the BoE Brexit no-deal case scenarios and just reported the worst case scenarios, project fear etc, no doubt they ramp up on that. A quick scan and oh dear, mass tabloid hysteria. If Vine and Dr Do Little had explained more about what would cause a widespread outbreak and what we could do to contain it instead of plucking figures out of the air that would be more informative. But a quick number he derived at over an ad break (initially he said he didn't know what the number could be) is better TV than in depth analysis** So I don't think the peak fear hysteria Mekon asked about is reached yet. **edit, actually they did explain a fair bit, but its daft speculating on numbers |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 4, 2020 9:04:43 GMT
My toilet is now fucked and when you flush it, it floods the windows in the dining room. More bothered about dysentery at the moment. Fucking toilets. It never rains it pours. Hopefully not shit. |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 4, 2020 9:29:38 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-51730668The Sun excels again for it's readers, drawing a circle around the Queen's hands to highlight where she wears her gloves. Bless them all. The Daily Telegraph used the same photo, but it knows it's readers are aware of where on the body the glove wearing location actually is, but it's main headline says 'Expect 20% of all workers to be off sick'.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 4, 2020 9:42:16 GMT
Even just going to the supermarket, how many times do you pick up an item and put it back? Think how many cunts do that. Public transport, bars, the list is endless. We could be sitting here in a year's time wondering what the fuss was about. Equally, I could be the only cunt left messaging here. In my pants. How many supermarkets/bars have compulsory hand washing stations at the entrance? The anti viral high alcohol gels work. Would they rather sell you the product than help you out? Do they need to have laws in place before they do it? Are their toilets considered enough and would people always use them? |
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Post by mekon on Mar 4, 2020 10:32:54 GMT
I've just had to have a shit in the local Costa. Who knows what dirty corona deviants have been in there before me. Thing is, you wash your hands and then have to grab the door handle anyway which Mr. Shitty-Hands-Throppington-Smyth may have already touched.
The only solution is shitting with the door open?
Not many cases in India and Africa so far, maybe the more squalid you are the less likely you are to pick this up? Maybe if you drink Ganges water full of corpses and shit this Cornona virus is nothing to you?
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 4, 2020 11:16:40 GMT
I've just had to have a shit in the local Costa. Who knows what dirty corona deviants have been in there before me. Thing is, you wash your hands and then have to grab the door handle anyway which Mr. Shitty-Hands-Throppington-Smyth may have already touched. The only solution is shitting with the door open? Not many cases in India and Africa so far, maybe the more squalid you are the less likely you are to pick this up? Maybe if you drink Ganges water full of corpses and shit this Cornona virus is nothing to you? Open the door holding a tissue then bin that? |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 4, 2020 11:20:22 GMT
Even just going to the supermarket, how many times do you pick up an item and put it back? Think how many cunts do that. Public transport, bars, the list is endless. We could be sitting here in a year's time wondering what the fuss was about. Equally, I could be the only cunt left messaging here. In my pants. How many supermarkets/bars have compulsory hand washing stations at the entrance? The anti viral high alcohol gels work. Would they rather sell you the product than help you out? Do they need to have laws in place before they do it? Are their toilets considered enough and would people always use them? I guess anywhere you might pick up the virus on your hands, supermarket/bar etc, wash your hands before you leave as well as when you arrive, don't touch your face in between. But if someone has deposited the virus on a tin of baked beans which you then buy, the virus can stay alive on that for 24-48 hours depending on the latest word. Quarantining a tin of baked beans is getting a bit OTT, maybe after cooking anything wash your hands before you eat it. |
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Post by nippon on Mar 4, 2020 12:25:34 GMT
looking at the positives. i was a nail biter before the outbreak.
now i'm so feared of putting my fingers in my mouth, i look like peter green when he left fleetwood mac.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Mar 4, 2020 20:27:30 GMT
Its possibly on my manor now. What put the willies up me is talk that we still might be dealing with it in a year's time. Surely its going to blow over in a week or so? That's easy for you to say. |
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