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Thats enough of this stupid argument, its going round in useless circles.
If you dont agree with the decision, thats fine, stop bleating on about it, or you'll be taking yet another rest.

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The Conservative 1922 Committee have cancelled their Monday meeting. Another event goes.

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Gutted no F1 until at least May.

I ran about like a mad man on Wednesday complete the F1Dream Team for my work.

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Trump declares National Emergency.

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Supermarkets have plans to ration food by working with suppliers to cut back on variety - focusing instead on their supplies of staple products.

The new supermarket contingency plans have been detailed by City analyst, Bruno Monteyne, from the investment firm Alliance Bernstein.

According to Mr Monteyne panic buying is leading to empty shelves and there could be food riots."

But he adds that retailers have "ready-made plans" to deal with disruption and move to "feed-the-nation" status.

Mr Monteyne wrote: "Yes, it will be chaotic but the industry will reduce complexity to keep the country fed."

He added that Tesco has practised simulation exercises, with different teams preparing responses to a flu pandemic.

He also said supermarkets and their suppliers would work together to agree "a major reduction in ranges," adding that the big grocers were likely "to be drawing up lists right now of which products will be prioritised".

Mr Monteyne says he would expect the army to be called in, in the event of an acute food shortage.

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I wonder what the Surgeon General is telling him.

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I would guess:

"We estimate cases are higher than expected and soon the hospitals will be swamped."

but also his political advisor

"You must be seen to be doing something - it will also calm the markets"

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I wonder......you wonder........we all wonder.........but all we can do is wonder.........Ooooooh

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Plus they seem very worried that the worst of this virus would hit next winter in a 2nd phase and that we would be protected from this if we have this slow rollout of the virus over the summer. If that was to be the case then this decision will look brilliant by the end of the year.

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It frees up money and allows decisions to be taken simple and quickly.
Eg

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Thankfully it became clear fairly early on that covid-19 causes little more than a bad cold, for those who even develop symptoms, except in a small number of cases. And those serious cases are concentrated amongst (mostly) older people with compromised immunity or other respiratory conditions. As the spread continues, those people are easier to identify and to isolate more carefully. I don’t know if this approach could work if mortality was higher or harder to predict. But it is what it is, and it seems to me that a controlled burn is a good way of dealing with it.

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UK to ban mass gatherings from next weekend.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...navirus-u-turn

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Yeah l just noticed that on another news site a few minutes ago as emergency legislation will be passed within days.

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Not simply size of gatherings, but the types and level of interactions that that place.
Eg Link
So events like Glastonbury would be a disaster. Exchanging saliva is very much NOT a good idea.

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I think that’s underplaying it a bit. It gives flu like symptoms, and if you’re ever had the real flu (as opposed to man flu) it wipes you out totally. Even fit people.