I agree 100% cologne. We should not forget that the experts will tailor their views to suit what the government says is available, which maybe is not the best route. I expect that you do what I do, and that is compare how different countries tackle the problem. Woeful is the only polite word I can think of to describe the UK response. While other countries were alive to what was happening, the UK government only could think of one thing, and it wasn't containing the virus. Looking at the numbers it is quite likely that the UK will see the most deaths in Europe, which when you compare with the problems in Italy and Spain says more about the failure of government than anything else.
The study I have been waiting for has appeared ! Clinical studies of all Corona patients have shown that smokers make up just over 12% of the World's population but only just over 1% of all Corona sufferers Doctors are now working on the anti viral qualities of nicotine and looking at the possibilities of using nicotine plasters to protect some medical staff ! It could of course be that smokers are protected anyway because they don't get kissed so often I am waiting for a professional study which shows that people with more than one alsatian dog as permanent companions are also less likely to get the Coronavirus
What a sad tale this is, yet I suspect it is not the only case that will emerge. https://www.theguardian.com/society...ea-for-ppe-before-covid-19-death-dr-peter-tun
There’s more. Some call this coincidental, cologne, but apparently people whose middle names have a Scrabble score of more than fourteen have greater chance of avoiding the virus. Things also look good for Capricorns.
The latest consumer sales results show as expected the plunge off a cliff as shops are forced to close. Two items I noticed. 1. Unilever report a fall in sales of shaving gel or foam as people working from home don't get the razor out so often. 2. The sales of alcoholic drinks have soared by over 30%. Will the daily walk turn into the daily stagger?
Extraordinary story. Watch the first video and tell me that this exchange wasn’t cut from the start: DONALD: Did you like my picture, Deborah? DEBORAH: Yes, it was very good, Donald. DONALD: I’m great at drawing, aren’t I? Did you like it, Doctor? DOCTOR: Yes, Donald. I put it on the fridge, didn’t I? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52407177
I stopped shaving - also decided to grow my hair to see what I looked like with a pony tail - and have probably consumed more alcohol than usual. When my wife told me that I looked like a cross between Julian Assange and Winston Churchill, I stopped the experiment.
The man is an out and out menace to society, probably more so than the Covid-19 virus. If he wants to start trialling disinfectant injections, let him be the first - although it wouldn't surprise to hear that some of his 'fans' already have.
Regarding relaxing of the lockdown (which probably won't be any time that soon I feel) - which businesses/places do you think will open first and could that create a few issues? People might complain about how comes they get to open and we aren't able to?
Probably hairdressers/barbers - there are doubtless a few shaggy-headed people around just gasping for a trim or a blue rinse.I suspect that the only complaints would come from the bald and those who cut/dye their own.
Difficult to say from here Mark because I haven't witnessed the lockdown in the UK, and don't know what is closed and what isn't. What is considered as essential ? Even in different parts of Germany the rules are different - so what may be ok in Cologne is not allowed in Munich. I guess it depends on whether reopening is accompanied by compulsory wearing of masks.
While Toilet Duck and Dettol are trending, here's a reminder of the word 'ultracrepidarian': one who consistently offers opinions and advice on subjects way beyond their understanding. Susie Dent
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Today I heard the Chief Medical Officer for England, Chris Whitty say that he had taken advice from SAGE. (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) Sage is a secret body that no one is supposed to know who sits on it for some unexplained reason. Tonight maybe we are a little more in the know and understand why following this report. The prime minister’s chief political adviser, Dominic Cummings, and a data scientist he worked with on the Vote Leave campaign for Brexit are on the secret scientific group advising the government on the coronavirus pandemic, according to a list leaked to the Guardian. It reveals both Cummings and Ben Warner were among 23 attendees present at a crucial convening of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) on 23 March, the day Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown in a televised address. Multiple attendees of Sage told the Guardian that both Cummings and Warner had been taking part in meetings of the group as far back as February. The inclusion of Downing Street advisers on Sage will raise questions about the independence of its scientific advice. Surely a scientific body should not be having it's ear bent by spin doctors.
19,506 hospital deaths in the UK; 13,852 hospital deaths in France. That is a proper comparison, not the one that gets shown each day on the BBC. It has Cummings spin all over it.
