Brexit, for once some facts.

[Wicky]

An indefinately long Xmas Day without turkey

Coronavirus: Derby police 'in absolute shock over massive party'

More than 20 adults and children defied social distancing rules with karaoke in Derby, police say.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not quite Siege of Leningrad

BEYOND HORROR: They ate cats, sawdust, wallpaper paste...even their own babies. Leningrad's agony as the Nazis tried to starve it into submission: LENINGRAD: TRAGEDY OF A CITY UNDER SIEGE 1941-44 BY ANNA REID

During the days I was reading this book I ate comparitively little, writes PETER LEWIS. It quelled the appetite. Starvation on such a scale makes one feel almost guilty for having enough and to spare.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Woosh]

The major flaw in that analysis, is that China was able to lock down 11million and mobilization of resources from a population base of 1000 million . So if they managed their 4% mortality , it does not follow that other countries can do the same.

perhaps the British government will continue with the lockdown until a vaccine is available.

 

[oyster]

Coronavirus: Derby police 'in absolute shock over massive party'

More than 20 adults and children defied social distancing rules with karaoke in Derby, police say.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not quite Siege of Leningrad

BEYOND HORROR: They ate cats, sawdust, wallpaper paste...even their own babies. Leningrad's agony as the Nazis tried to starve it into submission: LENINGRAD: TRAGEDY OF A CITY UNDER SIEGE 1941-44 BY ANNA REID

During the days I was reading this book I ate comparitively little, writes PETER LEWIS. It quelled the appetite. Starvation on such a scale makes one feel almost guilty for having enough and to spare.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I recommend:
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman (Author), Robert Chandler (Translator)
(I know Leningrad isn't Stalingrad!)

 

[oyster]

perhaps the British government will continue with the lockdown until a vaccine is available.

Hoi! Gove/Raab/whoever is supposed to be listening, they said VACCINATE, not VACILLATE.

 

[flecc]

perhaps the British government will continue with the lockdown until a vaccine is available.

They are now saying 6 months is likely, and possibly more.
.

 

[oldgroaner]

They are now saying 6 months is likely, and possibly more.
.

Now would be a good time to throw huge sums into finding a vaccine

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

They are now saying 6 months is likely, and possibly more.
.

I don’t think the public have the attention span to adhere to the measures for six months. They want instant results and gratification. They’ll crack by the middle of this coming week.

 

[Barry Shittpeas]

“The UK may not have all the ventilators it needs by the time coronavirus cases in the country reach their peak, engineering firms warned.”

They won’t now the government have spunked two months away, fannying about.

 

[Woosh]

They are now saying 6 months is likely, and possibly more.
.

actually, I would support it.
If CV comes back this winter, it'll kill a lot of pensioners, especially those with high BMI, they are in the high risk group.
they make up the bulk of my customers.

 

[daveboy]

 

[oyster]

There has not been enough humour recently - for understandable reasons. So let us thank this young Australian for providing what is so needed at this time. Not only trying in his own way to do something useful but also making me (and many others) laugh:

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

Australian Dr Daniel Reardon ended up in hospital after inserting magnets in his nostrils while building a necklace that warns you when you touch your face
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/30/astrophysicist-gets-magnets-stuck-up-nose-while-inventing-coronavirus-device

 

[Woosh]

There has not been enough humour recently

just seen it on BBC news:

 

[oldgroaner]

just seen it on BBC news:

Better than having to look at Boris for the message!

 

[oldgroaner]

Amazing Jeremy Hunt making sense
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUVrDorX0AEs892?format=jpg&name=900x900

 

[jonathan.agnew]

This guy has style!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-thailand-king-maha-vajiralongkorn-grand-hotel-sonnebichl-germany-a9431936.html

Coronavirus: Thai king self-isolates in Alpine hotel with harem of 20 women amid pandemic

Boris must be seriously miffed to be upstaged as much as this, do you think he is allowed to go out once a day to exercise?

"however 119 members of the entourage had been sent back to thailand on suspicion they contracted covid 19". You've got to hand it to it, it's an equal opportunities kind of virus (so far)

 

[Wicky]

Herd immunity in action - you can run but you can't hide...

 

[oyster]

DC as well!

Dominic Cummings self-isolates after experiencing coronavirus symptoms

Boris Johnson’s key adviser believed to have mild symptoms including a cough

 

[Wicky]

Must surely be a better way of showing our appreciation than giving them STIs

London's mayor reflects on 'clap for carers'

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said people should be "heartened by the best of us" after Thursday night's scenes of clapping across the nation to celebrate the efforts of the NHS.

In an interview with BBC Radio London he said: "The hairs on the back of my neck were standing up.

 

[Wicky]

This doc is not a happy bunny - demanding a full Public Inquiry asking why the govt was reactive rather than proactive at the early onset of the pandemic.

 

[Danidl]

"however 119 members of the entourage had been sent back to thailand on suspicion they contracted covid 19". You've got to hand it to it, it's an equal opportunities kind of virus (so far)

Actually its not equal opportunity.. the jet setters get it first.