Oslo bunker rave puts 25 in hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning | World news | The Guardian
Twenty-five people were hospitalised with carbon monoxide poisoning, seven of them unconscious, after an illegal rave in a concrete bunker in Oslo.
Authorities said two portable...
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And you thought British Youth were stupid
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Did anyone use their lockdown time profitably?
Now lockdown is hugely eased seems as good a time as any to take stock. When this all started everyone seemed to be making 'resolutions' to use this once-in-a-lifetime enforced period at home to better themselves.
Has anyone here actually done so, or tried and failed? Learned a new language,...
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Make China Pay!
This is Trump's new catchphrase.
Will the USA get trillions out of China? Maybe cancel all the debt they owe to China?
Will that win him the election?
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Real UK death rate is much larger than official figures
According to this, which suggests 47,000 dead. It takes into account non-Covid deaths that are caused by Covid (e.g. cancer pats who are not treated or stroke patients who are afraid to go to hospital and die). The data suggests these non-Covid excess deaths are quite a substantial proportion of the...Last edited by sasguru; 30 April 2020, 11:46.
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Head count
Who is missing?
Squirrel botherer?
The man from St. Ives with seven (ex) wives?
The fat bloke selling PPE at 10000x price markup?
They banned or dead?
Anyone dead please speak up now....
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Is there anything out there?....
I have only had something like six weeks out of contract for the last 10 years or so.
Absolutely nothing out there so I may as well just accept and give up for the time being. I would normally just go to France and chill but that is not an option for quite some time!
I...
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Old Greg started a topic Smug Metropolitan Elitist Remoaner Gloomster talking the country into a pandemicin GeneralSmug Metropolitan Elitist Remoaner Gloomster talking the country into a pandemic
Death to the SMERGs! Support the Supreme Leader!
Starmer criticises government over 'truly dreadful' coronavirus death rate | Politics | The Guardian
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Britain's most important key worker
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/nigel-farage-flouts-coronavirus-rules-to-film-migrant-rant-1-6630177
I just bet he has the recipe for the vaccine too along with all the answers on how to fix the problems, just waiting for his best mate to call...
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Old Greg started a topic Inquests into NHS staff coronavirus deaths told not to look at PPE shortagesin GeneralInquests into NHS staff coronavirus deaths told not to look at PPE shortages
Exclusive: inquests into NHS staff coronavirus deaths told not to look at PPE shortages | Society | The Guardian
That's the spirit! Nothing a round of applause once a week won't fix.
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Germany buying flu vaccines in bulk
Germany buys extra flu jabs to avoid double hit to healthcare | The Star Online
Why? To stop their health system being overwhelmed in a 2nd wave of Covid if it coincides with the flu season.
The idea being that by vaccinating as many people as possible they reduce the flu burden....Last edited by sasguru; 29 April 2020, 16:28.
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Revealed: the inside story of the UK's Covid-19 crisis
You won. Get over it.
Revealed: the inside story of the UK's Covid-19 crisis | World news | The Guardian...
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Ask Boris...
Go on, you know you want to: Ask a question at the next coronavirus press conference - GOV.UK
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It's like there's a tsunami of cretins on CUK ...
Hopefully they'll be culled in the 2nd wave in autumn and winter.
That's going to be bad.
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FFS how hard is it
“ But the government website closed to new applicants within hours of the Friday launch, after 46,000 people tried to access it.
Home testing kits became unavailable less than 15 minutes after bookings reopened on Saturday morning.
Some 16,000 bookings were made.
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Finally a solution - ‘Covid-secure’ offices to get Britain back to work
“ A Treasury proposal to “get Britain back to work” includes plans to ensure that offices and workplaces are free from coronavirus. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is drawing up measures to allow non-essential businesses to reopen in a “safe and practical way”.
Businesses will...
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praying
i'm an atheist.
don't bother your particular brand of skyfairy by praying for me.
shove the sharpest representation of such where the sun doesn't shine.
and save the sanctimonious crap.
oh, and don't ring my doorbell before 11AM on weekends.
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Is a an economic depression coming?
Toying with cretins on another thread and I thought what's going to happen to them if a great depression is on the cards as some economists think.
Not going to be pretty is it?
5 Economists Who Say This Recession Will Be the Next Great Depression
However there will be...
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Chaos as Corona virus test site for key workers closes after a few hours
Coronavirus: Test website closes after 'significant demand' - BBC News
The words "couldn't", "pissup" and "brewery" come to mind.
Meanwhile about 100 NHS staff have died from Covid:
Coronavirus...Last edited by sasguru; 24 April 2020, 12:59.
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Sit Back and Relax. We're Here for at least a Year
There is an "incredibly small" chance of having a highly effective vaccine or treatment for the coronavirus within the next year, England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said today.
"Until we have highly effective vaccines and/or highly effective drugs - and the probability...
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UK official COVID death figure is hugely underestimated ...
... according to this research that brings in ONS figures:
UK coronavirus deaths more than double official figure according to FT study | Free to read | Financial Times
Shocking how many are dying in care homes and at home.
Those dying at home is particularly concerning...Last edited by sasguru; 22 April 2020, 15:48.
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Shocking, totally unexpected surprise
“ Government will not commit to a public inquiry on coronavirus response
Dominic Raab has said that he would not commit to holding a public inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus epidemic.
"I have to say I won't take up his offer of committing...
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The end of (extreme) right wingers
We've got the cretins in the USA against a lockdown, especially those with their guns, what are they going to do, shoot the virus? Then there are people like Trump, Bolsonaro, Erdogan, etc who think it's all a joke and last weekend we had the right wing German extremists out in Berlin: Kritik an Corona-Massnahmen:...
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Second Wave
“ There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head...
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Brexit delay INEVITABLE
Brexit delay INEVITABLE: Boris Johnson issued dire warning
Will he, won't he?
He's sufficiently incompetent that you could imagine he won't delay and go on holiday for 4 weeks in January whilst leaving his minions in charge.
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Digital contact tracing will fail unless privacy is respected, experts warn
Digital contact tracing will fail unless governments build the technology in a way that respects user privacy, a group of “nearly 300 experts have warned.
If public health bodies like the NHS build centralised contact tracing apps that transmit superfluous data they will struggle to...
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More good news
Just in case any of you gloomsters are feeling smug, Michael Gove has confirmed that the UK will meet its 10,000 tests per day by the end of April target. So put that in yer pipe and smoke it.
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Self Sufficiency
This is the new mantra, Britain should move all the badly paid jobs back and move people from highly paid "cushy" office jobs providing services in a globalised market to working 12 hour days to churn out PPE for the NHS.
I have a feeling this won't work
Disc...
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Belgium and UK have the highest COVID case fatality rates (CFR)
Yes I know the data is incomplete and things will come out in the wash, but its already clear that Germany, for example, will never be close.
It's also worth noting that Belgium includes community deaths as well, but the UK is only counting hospital deaths.
I suspect if community deaths...Last edited by sasguru; 18 April 2020, 15:37.
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Coronavirus: Lack of political leader leaves scientists in charge, say Tories
Coronavirus: Lack of political leader leaves scientists in charge, say Tories | News | The Times
Oh wow, what would those scientists know that Tories don’t?
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EU helps protect weak firms from foreign takeovers
This is a strong message from the EU that they will protect companies in member countries from predators.
It is a shame that the UK will not receive the same level of protection.
Brexit is not looking like such a good idea now is it?
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Crono19 and man sex
Did professor egg head say having mansex is a high risk of dying from coron19 tonight ?
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Lack of demand
“ The UK government says it now has the capacity to carry out 35,000 coronavirus tests a day.
Earlier this month, England's Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, set a target of reaching 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month.
But halfway through April, the actual number...
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How a leader should lead (HEALTH WARNING: BR14 TRIGGER)
Compare and contrast with Trump or Bojo.
But then Merkel is generally brainy and not a horrible AND dim rich boy.
Watch Angela Merkel’s Coronavirus Speech - English Subtitles
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Is Matt Hancock out of his depth? (HEALTH WARNING: BR14 TRIGGER)
This made I laff (Needs sound):
‘Do your job’: Piers Morgan tells Matt Hancock to admit government mistakes in heated GMB row | The Independent
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Where are Dyson's ventilators? (HEALTH WARNING: BR14 TRIGGER)
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Impending house price crash
“ The economic situation will hit renters the hardest, the very people who landlords make their money from. A survey of renters in the Guardian found that one in five had been forced to choose between food and bills or paying rent, while six in 10 said they had suffered financially due to the shutdown....
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UK expected to miss 100,000 a day virus testing target
“ Ambition of reaching figure within next fortnight seen as ‘political’ by some experts
Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, described the 100,000 figure as a “political target rather than one grounded in a testing strategy or in what was...
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Unemployment in the UK
If unemployment levels are currently reaching an all time high, then why did a plane arrive at Stanstead today with 180 Romanians on it to pick fruit, and another 5 planes coming? What will happen next year after a 'no deal' Brexit and the points based immigration system comes into place?
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Good news
I’ve just signed up for half a dozen newspapers, stay tuned for headlines for things that matter (and not)
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UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE
“ Britain missed three opportunities to be part of an EU scheme to bulk-buy masks, gowns and gloves and has been absent from key talks about future purchases, the Guardian can reveal, as pressure grows on ministers to protect NHS medics and care workers on the coronavirus frontline.
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USS Roosevelt
Sailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus - CNNPolitics
Wonder what's happening to other military personnel around the world...
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PPE: Dominic Raab said the government was trying to give front line staff
“At the daily briefing, Dominic Raab said the government was trying to give front line staff reassurance over personal protective equipment (PPE).”
Coronavirus UK live: government does not expect to ease lockdown this week; UK hospital deaths rise by 717 | World news | The Guardian
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UK sex workers in 'dire and desperate' need amid coronavirus lockdown
“ Sex workers in “dire and desperate” circumstances across the UK are continuing to see clients during the lockdown, potentially exposing themselves and others to coronavirus, according to charities and sex worker organisations.
“We are facing a massive crisis,” said Niki Adams...Last edited by AtW; 13 April 2020, 16:20.
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Richard Branson facing backlash over plea for UK bailout of Virgin
“ From his private island in the Caribbean, Sir Richard Branson is trying to convince the UK government to give his Virgin Atlantic airline a £500m bailout to help it survive the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout of the lockdown.
The billionaire, who also wants £700m from...
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What's the betting now?
So, Coronavirus has slowed things down (almost to a standstill) and the EU have got much bigger fish to fry. Do you think that means they'll just stick with take-it-or-leave-it soft Brexit on the grounds they just can't be bothered any more, or will they cave in and let Cummings have his Canada+++ because...
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Good news
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Project Fear
Any views on the UK economy since Brexit? Which side is right, the gloomsters or the boosterists?
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