Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

@Fight_Teza_Fight I've given up trying to guess when the end will be, I'm just living day to day now. Finding life much more enjoyable as a result. So long as everyone stays healthy, it's all good. Stay safe!

@Fight_Teza_Fight Losing deposits doesn't sound right; shouldn't they be rebooking for you or are you cancelling because of reduced numbers? Either way..

In less sucky news, I think I'm booked in for my vaccine on Monday!

@Rudy_Manchego it really is crazy that it’s almost been a year. It almost feels like a year of hibernation😂.
@Gremio108 My gp has contacted me, but they haven’t set a date yet. Think I might need to chase them up.
@Thrillho First one was a cancellation as it was much bigger venue. Second we lost . I’m hoping this one stays even if it drops down to 20-30. But I’m already prepared for tier 6.

Well of interesting curtain twitching and neighbour spotting - the guy across the road who spent the last year during the clap for carers thing making sure that everyone on the street did it, had a family of 6 round his house all afternoon yesterday. If he goes out this thursday I will jolly well... well, probably glower at him or pretend I didn't see him.

On a serious note, for those in the UK. I'm absolutely not doing the clap for carers thing. I think that our NHS and anyone directly affected in their work are amazing but me clapping for them does nothing. It seems like more of an insult now. We clapped for ten weeks last year and everyone went out, broke the rules and are moaning about restrictions. We also have done nothing to improve their pay or working conditions.

@RogerRoger There is a time and a place for everything. In the spring last year, we were all scared, we all felt we had a clear objective and wanted a way to come together. I think 10 weeks of it was too much but I can see why it took off. The thing is that now things are worse than ever, our government have done very little to help the situation and most people are sick of restrictions. I mean, we had a shot in the summer of tackling it and we failed largely. Clapping for people on the verge of collapse is pointless. We should be pressuring our leaders to invest more and better in our healthcare and key infrastructure.

Rant over! I'll be sticking in my little office with the small electric heater on till things get better!

@Rudy_Manchego Half the problem is that many people do not see the connection between their vote and the government's actions. If people genuinely cared about the NHS, or any of our public services for that matter, they would not repeatedly vote for the Conservatives. There had been a decade of the government deliberately underfunding the NHS (not to mention immigration and education policies that contributed to severe understaffing) before the pandemic hit, and now people are what, surprised by all this? The clapping Nazi's who like to make sure the whole street do it can piss off.

@mookysam I am really quite centrist, and I have a very hard time believing this would have all been handled any differently under a Labour government.

@kyleforrester87 quite. So easy for people to go it's all the Tories fault. Look at the rest of Western society - even those supposedly doing well, like Germany, are still struggling with this thing and their populations are hacked off. Just saying the NHS is underfunded is meaningless in an unprecedented situation like this.

@kyleforrester87 That may well be the case, but it doesn't change the fact that for the last decade Conservative led governments have deliberately underfunded the NHS by not increasing its budget at a level required for it to be run effectively. This has undoubtedly left it with a lack of resilience. The NHS may just about be managing with the pandemic, but it has come at the cost of many appointments, operations and services being cancelled. The UK has a low rate of intensive care beds per 100,000 people compared to other European countries, and many thousands of unfilled nursing and doctors positions. In addition, the government ignored the findings of a pandemic exercise a few years ago (which, surprise, surprise, found that the country was woefully unprepared), on the grounds that implementing it was too expensive. Here's the thing, the Tories have an uncanny ability to find billions of pounds to dish out expensive private contracts to their friends - something that has proven absolutely disastrous with the failed test and trace system and bungled PPE contracts - but spending money on public services is a no-go area. The sheer level of ineptitude this government have displayed is staggering, so I actually find it hard to believe that Labour wouldn't have handled it differently.

@mookysam Who knows, it's just as easy to argue that huge sums of money would just have been lost in the massive bureaucratic machine had it been pumped in over the past decade. I simply can't come down on either one side.

I do know I wouldn't be a front line nurse for less than 80k a year right now, and I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way. And I don't think any government will rise to that!

@Rudy_Manchego
I never took part in the clapping thing. Seemed to be quite a bit of a thing in some areas to name and shame people online who didn't partake.

big things taking place behind the scenes...I have stated it before and been nearly crucified. The truth will be brought to light. Good will beat out evil. Originated in Wuhan, where there are many other demonic practices taking place that majority have been lied to about. CCP will be held responsible and pay grave consequences. Only a matter of time(days or hrs).

Sorry to go off topic for a moment but there's no thread for this... Three military style Ospreys just flew directly over my home. It was crazy loud. Everything shook. And now I'm like, I think Trump just flew over my house lol. Weird.

Edit: I guess he's not visiting until tomorrow actually so not sure what that was. A dry run?

@kyleforrester87 I’d have thought being a Centrist that Labour would be a bit too right wing for you 😉

Just seen the story about how many celtic players are having to isolate after jaunt to dubai. Absolute joke, in the middle of a pandemic but they get to swan off for a kick about in the sun. Why, what's essential about that?! Hope hibs do the business tonight

@RogerRoger Yeah it's my understanding Marine One is the mode of travel (if not I'm sure there's a Marine Two right) but mostly just assuming the aforementioned flyover must be connected. Either that or martial law is imminent. Could be either really.

@R1spam As a Celtic fan, it’s an absolute bloody disgrace. Not as if going to Dubai will make them not play like s**t like they have the rest of the season either.

@R1spam I've found the continued veneration of all things sports throughout all this to be quite galling. In the states the preservation of sports seems to be the one thing each side agrees on. Like takeaway whatever you want but by god I wanna see my team throwing a ball on TV.

Even those early instances of mass player testings in the midst of nationwide shortages didn't seem to cause too much of an uproar.

But criticizing sports in America is about as popular as saying you hate dogs so I've largely kept my mouth shut.

@nessisonett thats what makes it worse, blow a chance at 10 in a row with rangers winning new year old firm then pis5 off on holiday and get pictures on a sunlounger getting the beers in?! Surely Lennon has to go?

@R1spam Exactly, it’s a combination of them
being rubbish and also wholly irresponsible when it comes to the virus. My papa’s a Partick Thistle fan and I’ve been to quite a few games with him so might just root for them this season instead 😂