Coronavirus

[PaddockLad 17130]

15 minutes ago, ewerk said:

Just to clarify, only for workers not actually working.

 

 

 

[Tdansmith 3247]

11 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Notice it says nothing about gay saunas. 

Belta 

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

World's been turned on it's fucking head, Tories forced into indulging in rabid socialism.

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Shadow Chancellor still not happy.

[Renton 21404]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

it's criminal because we all knew it was coming. they could have got ahead of the virus by locking the country down last week - we are still pretty much open for business. it's ridiculous. the government has placed far too much faith in behavioural scientists, i'm afraid. it's like they don't think people will obey a curfew until they experience the shitstorm first hand

 

Aye. It we had the benefit of foresight and still fucked it up. Our trajectory is now exactly the same as Italy's and there is nothing we can do to stop it. Its terrifying. 

[Meenzer 15448]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

outside exercise still allowed

for now 

 

It'll last as long as people aren't dickheads about it. I've been running so wide around people on my runs that you can actually see the curves on Strava.   Someone'll spoil it for everyone though, they always do.

[Gemmill 44539]

It is fucking madness that there are people needing to be kicked out of pubs tonight. You don't realise just how stupid people are. 

[NJS 4375]

1 hour ago, Anorthernsoul said:

Shadow Chancellor still not happy.

Still nowt for zero hours/self employed or renters. 

[Sonatine 11329]

 

[ewerk 30385]

2 minutes ago, NJS said:

Still nowt for zero hours/self employed or renters. 

£1000 increase a month in UC and housing benefits. Should help a lot of people.

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

6 minutes ago, NJS said:

Still nowt for zero hours/self employed or renters. 

 

There was something in there for self employed but I wasn't fully taking notice.

[Dr Gloom 21861]

11 minutes ago, Sonatine said:

 

i like this version 

 

 

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

It's surreal all of this. Feel like I'm in a film.

[Dr Gloom 21861]

4 minutes ago, TheGingerQuiff said:

It's surreal all of this. Feel like I'm in a film.

quite normal for me, i feel like that every day because i'm such a massive star

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

I'd like to apologise to @Rentonfor taking the piss the other week. It's getting to me a bit now. And now I've lost gym access that keeps me relatively sane.

[Kid Dynamite 7011]

The worlds landscape will be changed for the next decade. America will have it ten times worse than us too. It can go 2 ways though, either we pull together like we did following WW2, or the Cummings and the like use this as an excuse to ramp up control of the masses permanently.

 

Good luck to everyone on here, I hope most of us survive relatively unscathed both medically and financially 

[Tdansmith 3247]

[Dr Gloom 21861]

1 minute ago, Kid Dynamite said:

The worlds landscape will be changed for the next decade. America will have it ten times worse than us too. It can go 2 ways though, either we pull together like we did following WW2, or the Cummings and the like use this as an excuse to ramp up control of the masses permanently.

 

Good luck to everyone on here, I hope most of us survive relatively unscathed both medically and financially 

 

i think we will see a rewriting of the social contract similar to 1945

[Dr Gloom 21861]

 

[Kid Dynamite 7011]

9 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

i think we will see a rewriting of the social contract similar to 1945

It’s mad to think but the Tories winning the last election has worked in everyone’s favour. If Corbyn had just announced the welfare package Boris has the Gammons would have been frothing at the mouth for years to come

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Just now, Kid Dynamite said:

It’s mad to think but the Tories winning the last election has worked in everyone’s favour. If Corbyn had just announced the welfare package Boris has the Gammons would have been frothing at the mouth for years to come

 

 

Maybe after a grip is gained on this and it all calms down the Tories might have developed a heart and some humility. There's no doubt the landscape of society has changed forever, it certainly has changed the whole life perspective for many.

[ewerk 30385]

If any of you think that they’re doing this for anything other than the economy then you’re fools.

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

20 minutes ago, ewerk said:

If any of you think that they’re doing this for anything other than the economy then you’re fools.

 

It was tongue in cheek bro.

[ewerk 30385]

That’s the sort of thing a Tory would say.

[Renton 21404]

This is as big as WW2. Bigger in some ways. I mean at least then you could go to the pub, cafe, or have a bite to eat. And at least you could see the enemy.

 

All medical research at Newcastle Trust (the largest centre for clinical research in the UK) has been halted. All focus is on coronavirus now, nothing else matters. I hope I get redeployed to play some part in this. I'd actually love to get back to the labs.