The Coronavirus Thread

[pErvinalia]

Comprehension letting you down again?

Where's that irony meter smiley? You can barely converse in your first language.

[pErvinalia]

If New Zealand cant control it there is no hope for the rest of us.

What's your issue with New Zealand? Looks absolutely fine to me.

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He's fucking clueless. He has no idea about the world outside his tiny little existence. He's a European American.

[Scot Dutchy]

For such a non-country to have any problems outside natural ones of course is ridiculous.

[Scot Dutchy]

If New Zealand cant control it there is no hope for the rest of us.

What's your issue with New Zealand? Looks absolutely fine to me.

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He's fucking clueless. He has no idea about the world outside his tiny little existence. He's a European American.

Says someone who never been further than his trailerpark. Eh trailerboy.

[pErvinalia]

Doesn't live in a tralier. Check

Been to more countries than Little Hollander. Check.

[Scot Dutchy]

Once again chumocracy rears its head:

Coronavirus: tensions over handling of UK Covid vaccine rollout

With overall costs for vaccinating the UK population at £12bn, the public accounts committee flags ‘highly unusual’ arrangements

Vaccinating the population against Covid-19 will cost up to £12bn, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has disclosed, amid details of tensions between health bodies over the rollout.

The National Audit Office said the government would spend up to £11.7bn on purchasing and manufacturing Covid-19 jabs for the UK before deploying them in England.

A report released on Wednesday reveals officials from Public Health England complained that they had been cut out of key decisions despite having previous experience of vaccine delivery programmes.

Meg Hillier, the chair of the Commons public accounts committee, said the report showed that the government was right to have backed a number of vaccines but the accountability arrangements were “highly unusual”.

“The organisations who know how to carry out mass vaccination campaigns didn’t always have a seat at the table when decisions were taken.

“The logistical challenges of vaccinating tens of millions of people – on top of the other pressures on the NHS – can’t be underestimated,” she said.

The report examined how the government has approached developing and planning for a mass vaccination programme.

Kate Bingham, the venture capitalist and chair of the vaccine taskforce, was appointed in May and reports directly to Boris Johnson. She has been in charge of selecting which vaccines to purchase and securing UK access to sufficient quantities.

It is everywhere in the UK.

[rainbow]

The irony of Cunt posting that video is how scared he is of situations where he might catch the coronavirus no matter how minute the possibility. He's a bit like Scot Dutchy. Trying to have it both ways.

You guys should bravely follow all government advice. All your best interests in mind, after all.

I do hope that when you and Scot get together, we'll be invited to the wedding

[Hermit]

Nine,
Purely conjecture. We dont know the right way to approach this virus as every situation is unique.
You cant make a list of rules as that operates counter productively. The next virus could be a completely different beast. Lockdowns dont work in a densely populated modern society. Comparing Australia to the Netherlands is ridiculous. Both are opposites on almost all levels.

Yup. One defeated the virus, the other didn't...

No contest. A sparsely populated land. Comparing a social desert to a civilised modern society. Please Jim.
Bloody New Zealand miles from anywhere cant even control itself. JFCOAPS.

Correction: 90% of Australia is a sparsely populated land. Most of the infections happened in Melbourne (population 5 million), Sydney (population 5.5 million), Brisbane (population 2.5 million), Perth (population 2.1 million) and Adelaide (population 1.35 million). So you have two thirds of the Australian population living in five cities.

None of them are as big as Randstadt (population 8.2 million), but two of them come close. They are certainly bigger than Berlin (population 3.6 million) and Munich (population 1.5 million), neither of which have managed to bring the Covid outbreaks under control. That's why Berlin has introduced a hard lockdown a couple of days ago and Munich's starts today.

Lockdowns worked for Australia and New Zealand because people largely obeyed the regulations. The statistics are pretty good evidence for them. JFCOAPS indeed.

Of course you believe that. What land area are we talking about? Your cities are sprawling and the main form of transport is the car. Totally different to most of Europe. Apart from two areas of reasonable density the place is empty. Those two areas are hundreds of kilometres apart.

The current population of the Netherlands is 17,152,286 as of Tuesday, December 15, 2020, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.
the Netherlands 2020 population is estimated at 17,134,872 people at mid year according to UN data.
the Netherlands population is equivalent to 0.22% of the total world population.
the Netherlands ranks number 69 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in the Netherlands is 508 per Km2 (1,316 people per mi2).
The total land area is 33,720 Km2 (13,019 sq. miles)
92.5 % of the population is urban (15,847,281 people in 2020)
The median age in the Netherlands is 43.3 years.

The current population of Australia is 25,634,726 as of Tuesday, December 15, 2020, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.
Australia 2020 population is estimated at 25,499,884 people at mid year according to UN data.
Australia population is equivalent to 0.33% of the total world population.
Australia ranks number 55 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Australia is 3 per Km2 (9 people per mi2).
The total land area is 7,682,300 Km2 (2,966,151 sq. miles)
85.9 % of the population is urban (21,903,705 people in 2020)
The median age in Australia is 37.9 years.

Talk about chalk and cheese.
Take a look at this map: World Population Density Compare the two areas. You have natural isolationism.

All this after I pointed out that 66% of Australia's population lives in five cities. Not to mention that outbreaks in those cities were extinguished with strict restrictions, including the compulsory wearing of masks, which were obeyed by most inhabitants. That is why Netherlands is lumbered with 36,260 infections and 588 deaths per million inhabitants and Australia's numbers are 1,094 and 35 respectively.

[Brian Peacock]

Current US Covfefe-19 deaths are equivalent to 16 Boeing 747s falling from the sky every day.

[Scot Dutchy]

They are already isolated and you cant compare the two countries. Your urban areas are sprawl. It also says a lot about Australian mentality. The numbers in total are statistically insignificant. Just blown up and cant be trusted which has been proven time and time again. You are also quoting percentages based on total figures which is detrimental to smaller populations. Comparing apples and pears.

[Scot Dutchy]

Current US Covfefe-19 deaths are equivalent to 16 Boeing 747s falling from the sky every day.

Do you see them falling? Who trusts any data coming from that country? It is the same old magic roundabout.

[pErvinalia]

Fairy data!

[Cunt]

I get that a lot of people think the government knows best, but since their messaging aligns perfectly with social media billionaires, and the big 3 companies who are profiting hugely at the seeming expense of small business...well, it makes me suspicious.

You mean "it makes you think of conspiracy theories"..

Is it i conspiracy theory or is it just sketchy enough to call it the 'Amazon Lockdown'?

[Joe]

...
So being critical of the video is somehow a personal failing?

Don't you remember? Being critical of X outs one as unduly and unfairly prejudiced against X.

Yeah, ad hominem arguments are soooo persuasive, aren't they?

[Cunt]

We need to silence any comedians who would dare to joke about our masters. Quick - to the moral high ground!