Coronavirus: overhyped fear-mongering or potential mega doom?

[Heisenberg]

Give it time, you'll be able to find a way to blame Jeremy Corbyn and Labour for it soon.

I wonder what LoM makes of Trump making a political issue out of it at every chance:

Trump wants Americans to stay on cruise ship off the coast of California because he's worried about the f**king "numbers" doubling (looks better for him if less people on American soil are confirmed to have the virus)

pic.twitter.com/dFvpsB2Leq

— PoliticsVideo23 (@politicsvideo23) March 7, 2020

Trump refers to Ukraine transcript when discussing Coronavirus tests

pic.twitter.com/gJJ5fBwbvr

— PoliticsVideo23 (@politicsvideo23) March 8, 2020

[Organ Morgan.]

With the price of oil declining because of falling demand, OPEC held a meeting last Friday where it was expected members would agree to cut production to try and halt the drop by lowering supply. Russia unexpectedly refused and the oil price caved almost 10%. In response Saudi Arabia announced it will ramp up production while offering deep price discounts to damage Russia's finances, as well as its own and all other oil producers, in the hope they're forced back to the table. From what I've read the WTI oil price currently at $42 per barrel will head to as low as $20.

Saudi Arabia launches oil price war after Russia deal collapse - https://www.ft.com/content/d700b71a-...3-fe4680ea68b5

[Organ Morgan.]

Below is what the Italian government decreed this morning for the Lombardy region (population 16 million) and some other areas. It seems as if most workplaces will remain open. The bars and restaurants restriction is a bit of a head scratcher, will the distance between people be enforced by busybodies using a measuring stick?

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

ITALIAN EMERGENCY MEASURES
16 days after the beginning of the outbreak, the Italian government took decree today to take exceptional measures to contain about 16 million Italians living in 14 provinces in the north of the country, as well as restrictive measures covering the whole country. [source]
Northern Italy under lockdown
- Lombardy region (entire region, all provinces)
- Piedmont (provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Novara, Verbano Cusio Ossola, and Vercelli)
- Veneto(provinces of Padua, Treviso, and Venice)
- Emilia Romagna (provinces of Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, and Rimini)
- Marche (province of Pesaro Urbino)
In the above areas:

Travel in and out of the area, as well as within the area, will only be possible in response to "duly verified professional requirements, emergency situations, or for health reasons"
People with symptoms of respiratory disease and fever of 37.5 Celsius or above are strongly encouraged to stay at home and limit social contact as much as possible, including with their doctor
Avoid gathering
All schools and universities must be closed
All museums and places of culture will be closed
All cultural, religious or festive events are suspended
Cinemas, pubs, theaters, dance schools, game rooms, casinos, nightclubs and other similar places shall remain closed
All sporting events and competitions are suspended
Ski resorts are closed until further notice
Swimming pools, sports halls, thermal baths, cultural centers and wellness centers must suspend their activities
Bars and restaurants can remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. provided they respect the safety distance of at least 1 meter between customers - this provision also concerns other commercial activities
Shopping centers and department stores must remain closed on public holidays and the days preceding them
Places of worship remain open, provided that the safety distance of at least 1 meter is respected, but religious ceremonies (marriage, baptism) are prohibited until further notice
National restrictions
As in the north of the country, cinemas, theaters, museums, pubs, game rooms, dance schools, discos and other similar places will be closed
Sports competitions are suspended with some exceptions

[Eric Cartman]

Nearly 1500 new cases and 133 new deaths recorded in the last day in Italy.

[life on mars]

I wonder what LoM makes of Trump making a political issue out of it at every chance:

Trump wants Americans to stay on cruise ship off the coast of California because he's worried about the f**king "numbers" doubling (looks better for him if less people on American soil are confirmed to have the virus)

pic.twitter.com/dFvpsB2Leq

— PoliticsVideo23 (@politicsvideo23) March 7, 2020

Trump refers to Ukraine transcript when discussing Coronavirus tests

pic.twitter.com/gJJ5fBwbvr

— PoliticsVideo23 (@politicsvideo23) March 8, 2020

LOM thinks its poor , there are a lot of people making political capital out of any despair or disaster, even the mortals on CCMB and parties one may support.

[life on mars]

With the price of oil declining because of falling demand, OPEC held a meeting last Friday where it was expected members would agree to cut production to try and halt the drop by lowering supply. Russia unexpectedly refused and the oil price caved almost 10%. In response Saudi Arabia announced it will ramp up production while offering deep price discounts to damage Russia's finances, as well as its own and all other oil producers, in the hope they're forced back to the table. From what I've read the WTI oil price currently at $42 per barrel will head to as low as $20.

Saudi Arabia launches oil price war after Russia deal collapse - https://www.ft.com/content/d700b71a-...3-fe4680ea68b5

Great hate them pesky Ruskies more that them pesky Saudis, they both like suppressing and imprisoning thier own

[Heisenberg]

LOM thinks its poor , there are a lot of people making political capital out of any despair or disaster, even the mortals on CCMB and parties one may support.

I'm glad that you think so.

[Heathblue]

When Bill Gates has the Vaccine,
Would you take it if it was advised by WHO/ Governments that everyone should be immunised etc.?
although at an age where FLU jabs are kinda recommended, I don't have them but it's because there
is advice not to have it if you have suffered from Guillan-Barre syndrome which I did when 24 years young.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Guillain-Barre-syndrome/

[life on mars]

I'm glad that you think so.

Nice , cheers.

[life on mars]

When Bill Gates has the Vaccine,
Would you take it if it was advised by WHO/ Governments that everyone should be immunised etc.?
although at an age where FLU jabs are kinda recommended, I don't have them but it's because there
is advice not to have it if you have suffered from Guillan-Barre syndrome which I did when 24 years young.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Guillain-Barre-syndrome/

I usually take anything that is free, it's my right ,well that's what Jezzer told me

[Heisenberg]

I usually take anything that is free, it's my right ,well that's what Jezzer told me

Thinly veiled "I've got 5 red scarves at home"

(3 of them are Man Utd scarves though)

[Wales-Bales]

Trump was right about America First..

"Coronavirus forces Europe to confront China dependency"

https://www.politico.eu/article/coro...ecurity-hawks/

[lardy]

China has started to destroy currency to stop the virus spreading. Just mentioning it as no doubt in future they'll be printing more, and our friend Organ will pounce.

[Eric Cartman]

Getting a bit tired of hearing the phrase underlying health conditions in every Comms that comes out as if it was inevitable these people die so who cares. Carefully designed to give the majority feelings of invincibility.

[life on mars]

if you dont say anything your a tosser , if you say too much your a doom monger , if you middle ground it and try to calm folk your a useless feck , all winners ,except for those who don't take PERSONAL responsibility and a PM who has to tell GROWN folk to wash their hands FFS

[Eric Cartman]

Another 168 die from panicking in Italy.

[life on mars]

Another 168 die from panicking in Italy.

thoughtless

[Eric Cartman]

thoughtless

What else can it be but panic? walesbales has spoken and told us it isn't serious, everybody is just going bananas for no reason.

831 in critical care in Italy, we ordinarily have around 800 vacant beds in ICU at any given time so where those 31 would go isn't clear.

[Organ Morgan.]

My venerable and esteemed colleague Wales-Bales and I are of the opinion that this virus hysteria's being pushed so extraordinary hard is for it to be used as the pretext for a planned global economic collapse.

The pitiful number of fatalities is ample evidence of how overblown it is.

Those desperate to believe the scary narrative are reduced to pointing to the number of lock-downs rather than concede they've been suckered.

[Eric Cartman]

My venerable and esteemed colleague Wales-Bales and I are of the opinion that this virus hysteria's being pushed so extraordinary hard is for it to be used as the pretext for a planned global economic collapse.

The pitiful number of fatalities is ample evidence of how overblown it is.

Those desperate to believe the scary narrative are reduced to pointing to the number of lock-downs rather than concede they've been suckered.

Suckered? You have been on here week in week out predicting an imminent collapse for as long as I can remember. It is no wonder that you think people are blowing this virus out of proportion when in your universe we are always just days away from the complete breakdown of society.

[Wales-Bales]

Another 168 die from panicking in Italy.

It's almost as though you want people to die to prove a point, and it's not really a good look.

[Wales-Bales]

My venerable and esteemed colleague Wales-Bales and I are of the opinion that this virus hysteria's being pushed so extraordinary hard is for it to be used as the pretext for a planned global economic collapse.

Things are much clearer across the pond where the Democrats and their media stooges are singing in unison.

[Wales-Bales]

What else can it be but panic? walesbales has spoken and told us it isn't serious, everybody is just going bananas for no reason.

I said it's not serious at this point in time. People are becoming hysterical about what may or may not happen. It's the Y2K bug all over again.

[Eric Cartman]

It's almost as though you want people to die to prove a point, and it's not really a good look.

Oh that's a bit bananas.

[Eric Cartman]

I said it's not serious at this point in time. People are becoming hysterical about what may or may not happen. It's the Y2K bug all over again.

You can't seriously believe that is a good example! We spent years and billions across the world pre-emptively correcting weaknesses in all sorts of systems to mitigate the effects of y2k. It's a bit different to 'wash your hands' and 'please can you stay inside if you are ill'.