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Left / Right & The Virus
'..... If you look on social media, you will find there is a broad right-left split. The left thinks we are all going to die and that this is the consequence of human selfishness and eating meat and capitalism and Trump and Boris and people flying everywhere. They believe that the 500,000 [deaths] figure is an underestimate: they yearn for disaster, to believe that it is happening, that we are all doomed and it serves us right.
The right, broadly, remains as dismissive of the virus as it was during stage one, pointing out that even in countries that don’t have proper drains or representative democracy, the death rate from Covid-19 is still stubbornly low — yes, even in Iran. They challenge the headlines and the experts, suggesting that people are dying more rapidly of other ailments and that the stats for Covid-19 so far don’t add up to a hill of beans, in the grand scheme of things.....'
So says Rod Liddle, where are you?
The right, broadly, remains as dismissive of the virus as it was during stage one, pointing out that even in countries that don’t have proper drains or representative democracy, the death rate from Covid-19 is still stubbornly low — yes, even in Iran. They challenge the headlines and the experts, suggesting that people are dying more rapidly of other ailments and that the stats for Covid-19 so far don’t add up to a hill of beans, in the grand scheme of things.....'
So says Rod Liddle, where are you?
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yeah foo !
the large stranded liner - Grand Princess - they were going to sail out to sea - turn it around, and drive at high speed at a pier
and rename it Princess Di !
had to post that somewhere and you won
all the punters are over 60 which only goes to show who is rich enough for one of these cruises. Strikes me as obvious that the crew paid a pittance as usual, signed up from the last cruise which had corona for the new cruise and gave them corona
because they needed the money
politicizing a disease is always a bad idea - look at HIV - the experts warned Reagan that if he ignored it, then it wold cost the American economy $ 1 tn - yup that is a trillion
he ignored it and ......
our fave Prez seems to have taken some advice from his health officers. Now no mention of the big warl keeping it all out
and we wait and see
the large stranded liner - Grand Princess - they were going to sail out to sea - turn it around, and drive at high speed at a pier
and rename it Princess Di !
had to post that somewhere and you won
all the punters are over 60 which only goes to show who is rich enough for one of these cruises. Strikes me as obvious that the crew paid a pittance as usual, signed up from the last cruise which had corona for the new cruise and gave them corona
because they needed the money
politicizing a disease is always a bad idea - look at HIV - the experts warned Reagan that if he ignored it, then it wold cost the American economy $ 1 tn - yup that is a trillion
he ignored it and ......
our fave Prez seems to have taken some advice from his health officers. Now no mention of the big warl keeping it all out
and we wait and see
I'm being a bit careful. I'm 70, but asthmatic and I am prone to chest infections (bronchitis last year took 3 months to clear), so I've had the pneumonia vaccination as well as 'flu, but I gather that doesn't help. Mr J2 is 86 with heart problems (triple bypass in 2000) and no way do I want to bring this virus into the house. So I have, sadly, told the school where I volunteer that I'm giving it a break for a few weeks and when I pick-up the grandkids on Mon. I'm staying in the car and they can walk up the road to find me.
I'm far from panicking, but think this is sensible. I wish we weren't singing in a concert on Wed., but I've not heard of any cases in this area, so fingers crossed.
I'm far from panicking, but think this is sensible. I wish we weren't singing in a concert on Wed., but I've not heard of any cases in this area, so fingers crossed.
// 145 out of a population of 81 million. That's high?//
oh God spot the non sequitur again
145 out of the number of people with the disease (*) and not the number of people in the country - Jesus
this has to be AB = mouth wide open before brain engages
and I predict that it is 2%
( for the simple reason they got preezon if they say owt else)
(*) this is the case fatality ratio (NOT rate - time is not involved) and the number is always an overestimate and usually falls with time
oh God spot the non sequitur again
145 out of the number of people with the disease (*) and not the number of people in the country - Jesus
this has to be AB = mouth wide open before brain engages
and I predict that it is 2%
( for the simple reason they got preezon if they say owt else)
(*) this is the case fatality ratio (NOT rate - time is not involved) and the number is always an overestimate and usually falls with time
// so I've had the pneumonia vaccination as well as 'flu, but I gather that doesn't help.//
o the lady I heard ( deputy CMO) thought it a good idea
the thing about spanith flu in 1918 ( when dat den etc .....) was that a famous microbiologist kept on culturing H Influenzae ( the name - geddit ??) from victims dying BUT
couldn t reproduce the illn ess with H influenae in an animal model
later shown to be a super-infection
at present we have no real idea why the over 80s are croaking
o the lady I heard ( deputy CMO) thought it a good idea
the thing about spanith flu in 1918 ( when dat den etc .....) was that a famous microbiologist kept on culturing H Influenzae ( the name - geddit ??) from victims dying BUT
couldn t reproduce the illn ess with H influenae in an animal model
later shown to be a super-infection
at present we have no real idea why the over 80s are croaking
Jourdain, mon cher
//I'd not heard that saying Robocop, it's a nice one. //
I confess. I nicked it from Lt. Peter Handcock who was played by Australian Bryan Brown in the great play,' Breaker Morant'
Having been found guilty of shooting Boer captives, by a British Court Martial, and sentenced to death by firing squad he quipped that saying with a smile on his face.
He came up with a few amusing little quips throughout the play.
During the court martial it was established he was having a liaison with the wife of a Boer prisoner held in the notorious British concentration camps. When asked by the stuffy,bristling General who was chairing the enquiry what he had to say for himself he replied, 'Well the way I see it ,mate, is that a slice of a cut loaf is rarely missed!
Those phrases/sayings have stuck with me for years. :-)
//I'd not heard that saying Robocop, it's a nice one. //
I confess. I nicked it from Lt. Peter Handcock who was played by Australian Bryan Brown in the great play,' Breaker Morant'
Having been found guilty of shooting Boer captives, by a British Court Martial, and sentenced to death by firing squad he quipped that saying with a smile on his face.
He came up with a few amusing little quips throughout the play.
During the court martial it was established he was having a liaison with the wife of a Boer prisoner held in the notorious British concentration camps. When asked by the stuffy,bristling General who was chairing the enquiry what he had to say for himself he replied, 'Well the way I see it ,mate, is that a slice of a cut loaf is rarely missed!
Those phrases/sayings have stuck with me for years. :-)
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