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Teenage daughter rescued from Africa today. So grateful.Tested as she left Rwanda (and at various travel points along the way).Not tested as she arrived at Gatwick. Unbelievable.
BST,The link I gave also links through to the deaths data on the FT site.If you follow through you see both the death rate comparator and the case trajectory.Here is the graphic from Twitter;https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1241091873621643266/photo/1Big disparity in Germany between the death figures and the known infections AT THE MOMENT.It will be interesting how this plays out. Germany has been testing like crazy, and is well provisioned with health care capacity compared to the UK.New release of info from the UK Government today;https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615391/coronavirus-uk-social-distancing-science-isolation-covid/Data absent on the testing regime!
They are also going to need to run a command economy for the next 2 years at least. Tell industries what to make, where to deliver it to.Churchill was a rabid anti-socialist, but it's amazing how even someone as wedded to free markets as him was happy to ditch them when the chips were down.My gut feeling is that there will not be a reversion back to the unfettered free markets after this. They were misfiring badly already. And there is no intellectual drive from the Right as to how to invigorate them.The creative new ideas are all coming from the Left. Just like they were in WWII, which pressaged 35 years of state intervention in the economy which was unheard of then, and would be astonish to anyone now under 50 years old. It just needs politicians on the Left who can do the inconvenient thing of winning elections to implement those ideas.
Hound, sorry should have explained. Simple temperature testing.Africa, for all its faults, has some idea and experience on how to try and manage these kind of situations.We, on the other hand, seem to be caught like rabbits in the headlights.
Here's a thought.With the government supporting wages whilst work and productivity is likely to be lower. Effectively printing money, is there a risk of inflation?Particularly in food.
Quote from: River Don on March 21, 2020, 08:10:21 amHere's a thought.With the government supporting wages whilst work and productivity is likely to be lower. Effectively printing money, is there a risk of inflation?Particularly in food.There is a simple solution to that if it does happen.Rationing.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2020, 09:31:41 amQuote from: River Don on March 21, 2020, 08:10:21 amHere's a thought.With the government supporting wages whilst work and productivity is likely to be lower. Effectively printing money, is there a risk of inflation?Particularly in food.There is a simple solution to that if it does happen.Rationing.Food should be rationed as vast swathes of the general public have proved they cannot act like rational adults by raping the supermarkets with no thought for anyone other than themselves. FFS just buy what you need and everyone will get a fair share. Are these people complete morons? Panic buying everything in sight because they might run out is a self fulfilling prophecy.
Quote from: Axholme Lion on March 21, 2020, 10:09:47 amQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on March 21, 2020, 09:31:41 amQuote from: River Don on March 21, 2020, 08:10:21 amHere's a thought.With the government supporting wages whilst work and productivity is likely to be lower. Effectively printing money, is there a risk of inflation?Particularly in food.There is a simple solution to that if it does happen.Rationing.Food should be rationed as vast swathes of the general public have proved they cannot act like rational adults by raping the supermarkets with no thought for anyone other than themselves. FFS just buy what you need and everyone will get a fair share. Are these people complete morons? Panic buying everything in sight because they might run out is a self fulfilling prophecy.Just been to the post office.A young mother in there was telling the post office lady that her mother has over 200 toilet rolls stashed away.
Right. Hand up.I'm feeling unreasonably guilty on this one. We always buy bulk packs at CostCo every few months. It's miles cheaper. I bought one a few weeks ago before the panic buying starts. So we've got about 80 rolls under the stairs.I'm sure the people on here who think I'm full of shit will be relieved that I'm well covered in that department.
Quote from: BigH on March 20, 2020, 09:00:17 pmHound, sorry should have explained. Simple temperature testing.Africa, for all its faults, has some idea and experience on how to try and manage these kind of situations.We, on the other hand, seem to be caught like rabbits in the headlights.I assume she will be going into self isolation
Next step in "things you never thought you'd see a Tory Govt do".Airlines to be effectively nationalised next week.As someone has said on Twitter, just like everyone finds God on a sinking ship, we are all socialists in an emergency.
Quote from: ravenrover on March 21, 2020, 09:13:51 amQuote from: BigH on March 20, 2020, 09:00:17 pmHound, sorry should have explained. Simple temperature testing.Africa, for all its faults, has some idea and experience on how to try and manage these kind of situations.We, on the other hand, seem to be caught like rabbits in the headlights.I assume she will be going into self isolationStaying, confined to home for at least 14 days (without visitors) as a precaution; yes.However, not currently displaying any symptoms so not self-isolating.
Footage of Youths Looting and fighting at London supermarkets.https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-youths-looting-fighting-supermarkets-london-parisIt's a Zero hedge article, so you know but the footage looks real.