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It's like there's a tsunami of cretins on CUK ...

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    #11
    Originally posted by Hobosapien View Post
    I know I'm likely already on the cretin list but I've got to know ...

    Why is a second wave in autumn likely if the measures mean there is no virus circulating, like some countries are saying (yes, China ), so if not 'out there' to catch then can't be caught?

    Will it be hiding in other species or hibernating for summer?

    Seems the only way the virus can live is by finding new hosts, so as long as countries not declared virus free have international travel curtailed or quaranteened then in theory it seems possible the virus will just disappear like the original SARS virus.

    What are the facts about this? Any non-cretins know?
    To answer my own question (in a way) as seemingly no one else is able to ...

    New Zealand reports no new community cases

    NZ is now a safe zone after starting severe lockdown early, and having an easily controllable border it is now able to keep on top of incoming risk by way of quarantine. So if they remain virus free then proves the easiest way to fight the virus, without a vaccine, is to starve it of hosts until it dies out.

    Shame the UK was too slow to be able to do similar, also having an easily controllable border. Only now are they on about quarantining incoming people, so maybe will get to a similar position as NZ in a few months.
    Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

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      #12
      Originally posted by Hobosapien View Post
      To answer my own question (in a way) as seemingly no one else is able to ...

      New Zealand reports no new community cases

      NZ is now a safe zone after starting severe lockdown early, and having an easily controllable border it is now able to keep on top of incoming risk by way of quarantine. So if they remain virus free then proves the easiest way to fight the virus, without a vaccine, is to starve it of hosts until it dies out.

      Shame the UK was too slow to be able to do similar, also having an easily controllable border. Only now are they on about quarantining incoming people, so maybe will get to a similar position as NZ in a few months.
      Malta has a 14 day quarantine on arrival. I haven't seen many stats about how they're doing.

      EDIT: and trying to ask a sensible question on this thread was always going to be a waste of time

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        #13
        Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
        Malta has a 14 day quarantine on arrival. I haven't seen many stats about how they're doing.

        EDIT: and trying to ask a sensible question on this thread was always going to be a waste of time

        too true, so I just took the mick!
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Mordac View Post
          I think he's probably got Aspergers or something similar.
          Dunning-Kruger to be exact

          Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

          HTH

          sas's therapist

          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #15
            Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
            Malta has a 14 day quarantine on arrival. I haven't seen many stats about how they're doing.

            EDIT: and trying to ask a sensible question on this thread was always going to be a waste of time

            Just trying to raise the standards. Even cretins can avoid being morons, though I may still be an idiot, rather that than an imbecile.
            Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

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              #16
              Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
              Dunning-Kruger to be exact

              Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

              HTH

              sas's therapist

              That would explain quite a lot, but it doesn't adequately explain his constant urge to scream "cretin" like someone with advanced Tourettes.

              Mordy in "Pretending to give a tulip" Mode.
              His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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