as the days go on, as that Europe, including Britain is hitting their biggest crisis since the Second World War. Nothing will be moving in or out of countries over the next few months, probably a lot longer than any of us could have ever believed just a week ago.
I expect rationing to come in within weeks, probably see the army on the streets as well as everything comes to a shuddering halt and normal life ceases to exists.
Our Government have been incredibly slow in given out any information. Probably because it is going to be a lot worse, than they are actually letting on. We have already seen panic buying, that cannot be allowed to continue, rationing will come in. I tried to order online yesterday, three week slots to pick from, and not one available. So so much for telling older people to order online. They need to sort that out and pronto.
If older people are going to have to stay indoors for upto four months, how are they to go to doctors appointments, pick up prescriptions, etc All of these things need to be addressed by the Government, and thus far none of them have been.
Football is just about the last thing on most people`s minds at the moment, so everybody needs to forget about that this year. We aint seeing any.
Stay safe everybody. If anybody gets any updates on how I get my shopping delivered, let me know.
What is becoming increasingly clear
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comment by Sporty and Portly - LFC (U8531)
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Had a quick look at the annual Flu report and it looks like 26,000 people died of Flu in the UK in 2017-18 (the last year fully reported).
i know this is early days but the virus has a long way to go to reach those figures
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But that isn't the point. It isn't about the numbers that will die in that time. It's about how easily this is passed on and the strain the NHS will come under to the point that hospitals are already being told they may have to make decisions as to who will live and who will die. At no point has any kind of flu had that impact.
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Isn't there a winter NHS crisis every year because of the flu? Mind you there's an NHS crisis for every season.
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Crisis? I don't think so. Deaths sure. Doctors having to decide who lives and dies due to shortages and being able to cope is certainly nothing we have seen before.
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Imagine having to make that decision
posted on 16/3/20
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comment by Sporty and Portly - LFC (U8531)
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Had a quick look at the annual Flu report and it looks like 26,000 people died of Flu in the UK in 2017-18 (the last year fully reported).
i know this is early days but the virus has a long way to go to reach those figures
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But that isn't the point. It isn't about the numbers that will die in that time. It's about how easily this is passed on and the strain the NHS will come under to the point that hospitals are already being told they may have to make decisions as to who will live and who will die. At no point has any kind of flu had that impact.
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Isn't there a winter NHS crisis every year because of the flu? Mind you there's an NHS crisis for every season.
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Crisis? I don't think so. Deaths sure. Doctors having to decide who lives and dies due to shortages and being able to cope is certainly nothing we have seen before.
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Imagine having to make that decision
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Couldn’t even begin to. Doctors largely are compassionate beings. Imagine having to be the one to tell patients and their family that there is nothing you can do as others need your help.
The psychological trauma will be absolutely immense with that.
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comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
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comment by Sporty and Portly - LFC (U8531)
posted 1 minute ago
Had a quick look at the annual Flu report and it looks like 26,000 people died of Flu in the UK in 2017-18 (the last year fully reported).
i know this is early days but the virus has a long way to go to reach those figures
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But that isn't the point. It isn't about the numbers that will die in that time. It's about how easily this is passed on and the strain the NHS will come under to the point that hospitals are already being told they may have to make decisions as to who will live and who will die. At no point has any kind of flu had that impact.
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Isn't there a winter NHS crisis every year because of the flu? Mind you there's an NHS crisis for every season.
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Crisis? I don't think so. Deaths sure. Doctors having to decide who lives and dies due to shortages and being able to cope is certainly nothing we have seen before.
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Imagine having to make that decision
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Couldn’t even begin to. Doctors largely are compassionate beings. Imagine having to be the one to tell patients and their family that there is nothing you can do as others need your help.
The psychological trauma will be absolutely immense with that.
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Devastating.
to all those on the front line in hospitals etc.
posted on 16/3/20
So to put it in a real life v football context..
Many, including I , dug out Adrian for his error in giving the ball away... that was an error, not intended, yet there was anger at that.
Imagine being told, by a doctor, that there is a conscious decision to not treat your loved one. That basically they are willingly letting them die.
It's not the doctors fault, but can you begin to even imagine the level of anger and anguish? You will be restricted from being with them in case of contracting the virus.
Will you remember the doctors name, the hospital, you'd be asking for the equipment etc to tend to them themselves. You'd just feel totally let down, that the taxes you've all paid for decades means absolutely jack..
It's absolutely awful.
posted on 16/3/20
All this probably started after somebody ate a Bat or a Pigeon or similar
posted on 16/3/20
yeah some caaaant in china who has probably now fully recovered and chilling with his feet up watching Netflix. caaaaant
posted on 16/3/20
But but but... It's all a conspiracy.
5g network caused it.
It's a leak virus engineered by the US Air Force.
It's a worldwide ploy to kill off the over 70s so they don't have to pay out on their pensions.
It's an excuse to insert tracking devices into the population disguised as a vaccine.
Etc... Etc...
posted on 16/3/20
comment by Take Mahomes, Country Roads (U3979)
posted 6 hours, 38 minutes ago
Oh sandy give it a rest. For 99% of us, this is just another cold-type virus.
We'll likely catch it, feel crap for a small window and then recover like 99% of people.
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Recovery is only about 93% though, the rest dies.
posted on 16/3/20
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 7 hours, 43 minutes ago
I hope you're right and Bumbling Boris is being stupid again, although the signs so far aren't pointing to that. 150k dead worldwide in only a few months.
well, apart from you quite blatantly pulling figures out of your ass. the simple fact is that on average, 150000 people die daily worldwide. 100000 of those due to age related causes.
so the number of deaths due to the coronavirus is insignificant in comparison. especially when you consider that in all likelihood, a large number of the victims of the virus would have died of other causes within a short timespan anyway.
the likely economic malaise, job losses and concomitant homelessness, exposure, and malnutrition that it will lead to amongst a section of the population that would likely have shrugged off a coronavirus infection with little to no side-effects will have a much more substantial impact on health and life-expectancy in the long term than the virus ever will.