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Former Former

bilston wrote: »

Tougher restrictions are being reintroduced to Greater Manchester and parts of Yorkshire from midnight.

Ominous signs...let's hope these sort of measures can nip any second wave in the bud.

I think our mistake is in thinking that we got over the first wave, we didn't... England certainly didn't. We're still in the first wave IMO.

bilston

Tougher restrictions are being reintroduced to Greater Manchester and parts of Yorkshire from midnight.

Ominous signs...let's hope these sort of measures can nip any second wave in the bud.

Neil3030

First step in Belgium was masks - everywhere, even if you're going for a jog.

They have also restricted the number of people you can see outside your immediate family, which had been loosened to 15, but is now back to 5. Still no earthly idea how they police it. No two people (even family members) can enter a supermarket together, and you must be out inside 30 minutes. Few other measures I can't remember now off the top of my head.

jacothelad

Neil3030 wrote: »

Spent a few very happy years living across the straight in Gwynedd myself. Would regularly come over to Ynys Mon; The Oyster Catcher near Rhosneigr was one of our favourites. Did you ever fly on the vomit comet down to Cardiff?

Was in the Oyster quite a few times but never did the comet......:D Also used to eat regularly in the Bull in Llangefni and also at a place near Criccieth but I can't remember what it was called.

Dave_The_Sheep

bilston wrote: »

I think govts will try local lockdowns first.

Possibly, yeah.

I honestly don't see people taking a second lockdown seriously, particularly if it's regional. Nothing is actually being enforced properly, for whatever reason. If we do go into second lockdown and the government actually wants it taken seriously, there needs to be a proper example made of a few people otherwise people will just ignore it on the basis that they've had to go through it already and "we're over it". I'm in a lucky position as I can WFH and my hobbies haven't changed too much, so I'm OK staying in lockdown for a few months again, but plenty won't be.

That being said, I can't really see the government - particularly with Martin in charge - going all out with another lockdown, not with how it could affect The Economy™.

bilston

Neil3030 wrote: »

Be ready is all I'll say.

Belgium reoponed cafes and restaurants on June 8th, and saw a spike in cases ~5 weeks later. It hasn't yet resulted in a second lockdown but that's probably the next step, certainly in some cities.

I think govts will try local lockdowns first.

The other thing to consider about case numbers is that with improved track and tracing the authorities are maybe catching more cases than they did before. The hospitalised case numbers and ultimately number of deaths might tell us more.

Neil3030

Be ready is all I'll say.

Belgium reoponed cafes and restaurants on June 8th, and saw a spike in cases ~5 weeks later. It hasn't yet resulted in a second lockdown but that's probably the next step, certainly in some cities.

Clegg

errlloyd wrote: »

Looks like 18 of them are one factory and there are few clusters associated with that cluster.

Seems half of todays reported number comes from that one factory and associated clusters. Apparently the testing team has been onsite for a week testing all workers and known close contacts. It's a good sign that's we're able to mobilise quickly to test and trace. It's scary how quickly this virus spreads though.

bilston

thomond2006 wrote: »

85 new cases today. Oh no...

Bloody hell...that's some jump. Hopefully it's a cluster that can be controlled, but this seems like bad news.

bilston

Neil3030 wrote: »

Herman Cain was last seen publicly at Trump's Tulsa rally, not wearing a mask.

Hernan Cain got Covid.

Herman Cain is now dead.

I was reading about him last night, so I checked his twitter profile and his account had still be tweeting away...I naively assumed news if him being on a ventilator couldn't be true...I guess it turns out someone else was tweeting on his behalf...

Anyway I don't know much about him other than he has been proven horribly wrong on Covid...

Still I wouldn't wish that on anyone so RIP.

But really America needs to cop on about this virus.

Neil3030

Herman Cain was last seen publicly at Trump's Tulsa rally, not wearing a mask.

Hernan Cain got Covid.

Herman Cain is now dead.

errlloyd

sydthebeat wrote: »

I wonder how many clusters, did they extrapolate on the figures?

Looks like 18 of them are one factory and there are few clusters associated with that cluster.

sydthebeat

thomond2006 wrote: »

85 new cases today. Oh no...

I wonder how many clusters, did they extrapolate on the figures?

thomond2006

85 new cases today. Oh no...

thomond2006

Neil3030 wrote: »

Yeah I was very skeptical the NFL would come back this year. The sheer volume of people needed to play a game, even without a crowd - you're probably talking ~200 people per team. Then all the media people on top of that. Each game would have the potential to be a super-spreading event, even before you consider the risks of personal contact during the game, etc.

Add in the minority of those 200 people who will misbehave or think Covid is a hoax etc and end up infecting everyone else.

OldRio

College Football is basically tearing itself to pieces over the coming season.
Different teams within different conferences all with various ideas or none in how the season will progress.

Squidgy Black

I'm surprised the NBA is still ploughing ahead in Orlando, considering there's been plenty of reports of players leaving the bubble, reports of players calling women in with the view that other players will turn a blind eye to it and they'd a fair few cases going into it when they first started testing.

Podge_irl

I dunno. I'd be quite surprised if the season doesn't start. The money is just too much.

Would be a lot more skeptical about it finishing however.

Neil3030

Yeah I was very skeptical the NFL would come back this year. The sheer volume of people needed to play a game, even without a crowd - you're probably talking ~200 people per team. Then all the media people on top of that. Each game would have the potential to be a super-spreading event, even before you consider the risks of personal contact during the game, etc.

thomond2006

American sports is in some disarray. Baseball returned behind close doors but some games had to be cancelled due to positive cases within teams. Following an opt-out option for NFL players being agreed, a number have already exercised it with more to surely follow. The NFL regular season is set to start in September but that's looking unlikely.

Neil3030

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Send Bojo a letter thanking him for ceding the territory to us and he’ll probably think he did and forgot and be too embarrassed to disagree

Guaranteed to work if you weave in random nationalist slogans:

"You're a hero to the Kingdom, Boris. Brussels won't know what hit them. Bunting for all!"

Neil3030

jacothelad wrote: »

I lived in a village called Benllech on Anglesey in the early 70s. It's a nice place. I used to walk along the shore to a hotel called the Min-Y-Don, get lit up on very passable Guinness and hope the tide was still out to walk back. Got caught out a few times and it took for ever to stumble home via the roads. I discovered the area while doing a thesis partially involving Wylfa Nuclear Power Station a former Magnox power station situated west of Cemaes Bay.

Spent a few very happy years living across the straight in Gwynedd myself. Would regularly come over to Ynys Mon; The Oyster Catcher near Rhosneigr was one of our favourites. Did you ever fly on the vomit comet down to Cardiff?

bilston

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Could always say that the lads got the wrong Bangor when they entered it into Google Maps if they got caught.

The Hurling teams would probably be more welcome in Anglesey than certain parts of Bangor

irishbucsfan

Send Bojo a letter thanking him for ceding the territory to us and he’ll probably think he did and forgot and be too embarrassed to disagree

Former Former

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Could always say that the lads got the wrong Bangor when they entered it into Google Maps if they got caught.

"Hey, were you guys trying to invade Wales?"

"No, sorry, we were trying to invade Northern Ireland."

"Jolly good, carry on chaps"

Squidgy Black

Neil3030 wrote: »

Ireland should try annex Anglesey for the criac. Just to see if the UK govt are even awake. A few under 21 hurling teams should do the trick. Send them over on the Ulysses armed with empty Bulmers bottles, travelling in armour plated Hiace vans. Try take RAF Mona while EastEnders is on, then it's a clear run to Menai Bridge.

Could always say that the lads got the wrong Bangor when they entered it into Google Maps if they got caught.

jacothelad

Neil3030 wrote: »

Ireland should try annex Anglesey for the criac. Just to see if the UK govt are even awake. A few under 21 hurling teams should do the trick. Send them over on the Ulysses armed with empty Bulmers bottles, travelling in armour plated Hiace vans. Try take RAF Mona while EastEnders is on, then it's a clear run to Menai Bridge.

I lived in a village called Benllech on Anglesey in the early 70s. It's a nice place. I used to walk along the shore to a hotel called the Min-Y-Don, get lit up on very passable Guinness and hope the tide was still out to walk back. Got caught out a few times and it took for ever to stumble home via the roads. I discovered the area while doing a thesis partially involving Wylfa Nuclear Power Station a former Magnox power station situated west of Cemaes Bay.

Neil3030

Ireland should try annex Anglesey for the criac. Just to see if the UK govt are even awake. A few under 21 hurling teams should do the trick. Send them over on the Ulysses armed with empty Bulmers bottles, travelling in armour plated Hiace vans. Try take RAF Mona while EastEnders is on, then it's a clear run to Menai Bridge.

jacothelad

My wife and I are actively considering moving back to Ireland....Donegal to be exact. We have spent about £80,000 on doing up the house here and we certainly would not recoup all of that in a sale but right now it would be worth it.

Podge_irl

Well, wanting everything done as they are sick of hearing about it is obviously mad. But the Tories have an 80 (well, 78 now) seat majority and are entirely governed by ideologues. Whatever is going to happen with Brexit is more or less going to happen. I wouldn't begrudge resigned acceptance at this point.