Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by 4bee

And I bet you London to a Brick you won't find one Irish person in them.


How do I know this? I bought a couple of cans of Spaghetti with Sausages from ALDI the other day & guess what?

Yep, Spaghetti, sure(??) & the absence of a Sausage, but some psuedo crap trying to imitate a sausage but looked more like bits of constipated brown dog **** in 1/2" pieces.

Thanks Des, that just put me off me dinner.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Do you have enough toilet paper stockpiled to survive two weeks of isolation?

I wonder if sales of Corona beer have been affected?

News just in. One of the big Paper Mills are working their butts off to meet the unprecedented demand for their arse-wipe. 3 x 8 hour shifts apparently.

Their clients will be so pleased that they are recognisng the **** we are in & their balance **** won't look bad either.

Coronavirus essentials: Is stocking up on toilet paper necessary? | SBS News

Thinking about the effect of this virus in the USA.

A couple of points to consider.

A significant proportion of workers simply cannot take a fortnight off for for quarantine purposes. Something over 30% of US workers have no sick leave and no leave entitlements. Given the possibility of their being ordered to self-quarantine if diagnosed, how many of these workers are going to even consider getting tested? What is this going to do to the rate of spread of the virus there? And if they get sick and require hospital treatment, around the same proportion have no health insurance. If they are actually treated, they face certain bankruptcy, and loss of their house if they actually own one, or eviction if they are renting.

What is this going to do to the price of houses? And what will be the flow on effect, for example, with foreclosures as other houses become worth less than the amount of the mortgage?

Add these effects, plus the disruption to the supply chains, and what is the US economy going to look like six months from now? And the flow on to other economies, including ours, even though this sort of direct effect should be a lot less here, due to the labour laws and health system.

All this added on to the effects of the loss of tourists and foreign students, and the general loss of income as people avoid large gatherings - and cut spending because of uncertainty.

Originally Posted by superquag

WHO named it, AFAIK.

Yes, WHO named it - by rights they should've called it SARS-19 but they wanted to avoid a panic ....

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Thinking about the effect of this virus in the USA.

A couple of points to consider.

A significant proportion of workers simply cannot take a fortnight off for for quarantine purposes. Something over 30% of US workers have no sick leave and no leave entitlements..

This was an eye opener when I visited a couple of our sites a few years ago. I had to get the manager to confirm I was reading the roster right.

And the wedge between salary and wages staff is massive, I though in AUS is was bad enough but over there hells bells.

Originally Posted by superquag

(Putting on a Tin Hat) - "It may yet be...."

Certain Oriental Peoples have a different view of short and long term planning, than we do.

IF it is a a bio-weapon, it's succeeded in the most important areas. Stealth, and projected Terror, with disproportionate disruption.
- Giving a name to it, COVID-19 has become a personification of Evil. Another FEAR generating mechanism.

Imagine the damage done if it had the lethality of, say, (hospital) Sepsis, or Medical Mistakes. But we hear no outrage or panic about either.
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I'm presuming that you're being satirical.