Recent content by GoldhawkRoad

If the Iranians do call him bell-end, I hope they will show respect and call him Sir Bell-End :)

You get an objective view :emoticon-0100-smile

18% rise in Swedish deaths today. My guess is their liberal approach will fold and they'll come in line with the rest of the world. The reality is no politician would accept sitting on hands and watching thousands of families lose loved ones now for an unascertainable benefit 40 years hence.

It won't ever be provable conclusively. But if Sweden has a massive spike in serious cases and deaths, beyond any other country in Europe, then politicians in those other countries will feel vindicated.

As far as I can see, it's only the Swedish Government that adopts your position, so it will be interesting to see how they progress

We wouldn't know where to find it

A full lockdown would be curfews and possibly army on the streets. UK still relies on people's good sense. Not always with justification

It should be comparative though. Compare with a country that doesn't bring in tough restrictions. It seems to have worked for China. South Korea's success was that they had tests available and used without delay. We, like other countries, don't have these yet so we have to buy time by lockdown...

I can't put a figure on it, but our partial lockdown should allow the badly infected to feed through at a lesser rate so the NHS isn't overwhelmed. Trump should have acted earlier. I think many will die unnecessarily because he was in denial

The world is going to be in a severe recession for some time and austerity on steroids imo If we took the Swedish approach, we could badly damage the NHS and its workers. I think the lockdown approach is right. If Trump puts the economy first, the virus will rage through the country

Yes, the centres of problems are London and the Midlands. As you say, may be worse than figures suggest. In Italy, the figues could be times 4 apparently

That is the nightmare scenario. Horrific

Good luck to you both, Bob. Hope it turns out ok

Thanks but I'll make do with shouting at Extinction Rebellion on the telly for hijacking a vital cause

Clearly there anarchists and anarchists. Those that have a positive outlook, and those that perhaps don't. But I'm no expert on them so I'll say no more