Coronavirus - are we all doomed?

[Jon]

but probably will protect you from getting virus

I think you meant will probably NOT protect you. If so, why do the medics wear them?

 

[ColinEssex]

I went to Sainsburys this afternoon to get usual day to day stuff. Car park half empty, got everything on my list, fruit, fresh veg, vodka, bread. No queue at self serve checkouts. A pleasant experience, and I was able to steer at least 6ft away if I did meet another shopper.
Col

 

[NauticalGent]

I went to Sainsburys this afternoon to get usual day to day stuff. Car park half empty, got everything on my list, fruit, fresh veg, vodka, bread. No queue at self serve checkouts. A pleasant experience, and I was able to steer at least 6ft away if I did meet another shopper.
Col

It is morbid of me to say, but I ha e to agree. The traffic here has been outstanding and the shopping even better. All in all, and I'm sure you agree, I would rather have it like it was if we could get back to normal.

 

[Slap]

Coronavirus: Strict new curbs on life in UK announced by PM

Gatherings of more than two people are banned, shops ordered to close and social events halted as part of rules to keep Britons at home and stop the spread of coronavirus.

www.bbc.co.uk

Now we are officially constrained

 

[Deleted member 147267]

1. China suppressed the news, thereby allowing the virus to spread to an unsuspecting world.

The only person I know of who has been saying that is me. Think about it. The Chinese doctor who raised the alarm was castigated by his own government because he was forced to apologize for his alarmist claims and had to sign a document acknowledging his irresponsibility. Then he died from the virus. Just recently the Chinese government exonerated him. So if that's not suppression of news that could have saved a lot of people grief if not their life, then what is? Note, I didn't get this from social media; it was on my national news, and they are someone who's word you can trust.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The first several days after the state closed all public schools, there was a mad dash to get things for the kids to eat while at home. So there was a rush to the grocery stores. Twice when I visited, they had no shopping carts because all of them were in use. It was a matter of seeing someone come out of the store and following them to grab it before someone else did.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Personally I think some of that will slow once people feel like they have what they need.

 

[vba_php]

yes you guys, we are a hotspot for the virus here, but the local government has done its job in terms of keeping us updated:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) | City of Iowa City

www.icgov.org

 

[AccessBlaster]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10159629540256110

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Whoo! Another blast from the past. And a blast from the past from the blaster, at that.

 

[vba_php]

Whoo! Another blast from the past. And a blast from the past from the blaster, at that.

am i missing something richard? who is that a photo of?

 

[CJ_London]

it's santa claus when he was younger - but I guess you don't believe in him

 

[vba_php]

it's santa claus when he was younger - but I guess you don't believe in him

of course not. Just like you guys don't believe in the real king

 

[vba_php]

Furthermore have you guys seen that Santa Claus can actually be tracked on computers nowadays?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Adam, if you play the video, you see the BeeGees, a singing group of three brothers fronted by Barry Gibb (hence the group's name). The other brothers were Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb. In the mid-to-late 1970s they were extremely popular.

That music in the video comes the movie Saturday Night Fever, which is a story about a particular disco-dance-oriented sub-culture in Brooklyn, NY, that was popular among young adults in the 1970s. The movie starred John Travolta.

Saturday Night Fever - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But now Adam, I have another question for you about "who is in the picture." I switched to my real picture some time ago. Is that your real picture in the forum? Because it looks a lot like Skyler Astin from Pitch Perfect.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Not to mention:

 

[Deleted member 147267]

(hence the group's name)

Hmmm, I've read that is a common misconception and the name was derived from the initials of Barry Gibbs and Bill Goode, who was their promoter when they moved to Australia.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Brother's Gibb? That's what I always thought.

 

[deletedT]

Hmmm, I've read that is a common misconception and the name was derived from the initials of Barry Gibbs and Bill Goode, who was their promoter when they moved to Australia.

Behind the Name: Bee Gees - Bee Gees

There is more to the story behind the Bee Gees’ name! Though it is widely believed that the Bee Gees first got their name from being the Brothers Gibb, this meaning [ ... MORE]

www.beegees.com

 

[vba_php]

But now Adam, I have another question for you about "who is in the picture." I switched to my real picture some time ago. Is that your real picture in the forum? Because it looks a lot like Skyler Astin from Pitch Perfect.

yes that's my real picture, richard. but it was taken a while back at a jazz festival here in this town. I have nothing recent. tera asked me the same thing a long time ago. probably because he didn't believe it was me either. but since he's got me on ignore, he won't be seeing this message.