Corona virus

[BWitcher]

1 hour ago, cityrebel said:

The health of the nation is far more important than a few speedway meetings. When this crisis is over, the sport will have to regroup and start again.

If that really were the case, there'd never be winter sport or events again.

[hammer1969]

1 hour ago, stewmac said:

The problem with this type of attitude though is that the more who do as you are suggesting you might, the less effective the strategy will be and therefore the more will become infected, and ultimately die. 

This virus is serious I'm not suggesting I will go if over 70s are banned i will have to follow the rules and the chances are Speedway wont be running anyway. What I do think though is to tell over 70s to stay indoors for a long period of time is not going to stop the virus it will though help to protect vulnerable people but surely common sense can prevail, stay in if your ill or vulnerable, if your healthy going for walks etc but not having direct contact with others can't do any harm, better than sitting in, none of us know when our time is up why waste it.

[Starman2006]

3 minutes ago, hammer1969 said:

This virus is serious I'm not suggesting I will go if over 70s are banned i will have to follow the rules and the chances are Speedway wont be running anyway. What I do think though is to tell over 70s to stay indoors for a long period of time is not going to stop the virus it will though help to protect vulnerable people but surely common sense can prevail, stay in if your ill or vulnerable, if your healthy going for walks etc but not having direct contact with others can't do any harm, better than sitting in, none of us know when our time is up why waste it.

There, thats better.  We have enough problems with our goverment and brain box heath secretary without adding to it. Common sense, many seem to lack it. 

[cityrebel]

5 minutes ago, BWitcher said:

If that really were the case, there'd never be winter sport or events again.

This virus is a bit more serious than the common cold. I'm a big football and speedway fan, if both sports are stopped, we just have to accept it. I went to Maidenhead for football yesterday. A big crowd turned out, which suggests to me that the public will continue to go, until they are forced to stay indoors.

[Bunce]

I often have a look at live web cams from around the world, as I find it facinating  to have a look at other countries and cultures in real time.  Over the last few days you can notice how deserted places have become. One example is the Trevi Fountain in Italy. Its a major tourist attraction, and always has hundreds of people in front of it, day or night, sometimes 30 deep at the front of the fountain. Have a look at it today, hardly a person in sight, really spooky!

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/lazio/roma/fontana-di-trevi.html

[BluPanther]

7 minutes ago, cityrebel said:

This virus is a bit more serious than the common cold. I'm a big football and speedway fan, if both sports are stopped, we just have to accept it. I went to Maidenhead for football yesterday. A big crowd turned out, which suggests to me that the public will continue to go, until they are forced to stay indoors.

Influenza can lead to thousands of deaths a year. The World Health Organisation estimates that an average of up to 500,000 people die annually across the globe due to the flu. In 2008-2009 there were 13,000 deaths in the UK alone related to the flu. The coronavirus is not nearly as deadly as the common flu, which experts have warned should still take priority in the medical battle...

[cityrebel]

1 minute ago, Blupanther said:

Influenza can lead to thousands of deaths a year. The World Health Organisation estimates that an average of up to 500,000 people die annually across the globe due to the flu. In 2008-2009 there were 13,000 deaths in the UK alone related to the flu. The coronavirus is not nearly as deadly as the common flu, which experts have warned should still take priority in the medical battle...

I understand that, but we have never had a potential lockdown in my lifetime. That's what scares people, hence all of the panic buying.

[IainB]

3 minutes ago, Blupanther said:

Influenza can lead to thousands of deaths a year. The World Health Organisation estimates that an average of up to 500,000 people die annually across the globe due to the flu. In 2008-2009 there were 13,000 deaths in the UK alone related to the flu. The coronavirus is not nearly as deadly as the common flu, which experts have warned should still take priority in the medical battle...

Somebody better tell every government around the world this then, they'll then realise the error of their ways

[jenga]

worker @ B.N.F.L. (SELLAFIELD) tests + for coronavirus . for those who dont have a map or have been living in a bubble for decades , its near Whitehaven  on the West coast .we are not safe  . 

[BWitcher]

1 minute ago, cityrebel said:

I understand that, but we have never had a potential lockdown in my lifetime. That's what scares people, hence all of the panic buying.

You've never had the media screaming about it either.

And that's the point.. it's not the virus that is scary... its the panic caused by the media.. that panic causes places organisations to act.. 

Then politics comes into play and the opposition in countries uses it to their advantage and whips up people and criticises governments for inaction... so they're forced to act.

The UK has actually been the strongest government in trying not to bow to this pressure... but as organisations around them such as the Premier League cave in, it leaves them out on their own and will soon be forced to do the same.

The collateral damage from all of this panic is going to be massive... the damage from the virus, very very minor indeed (on a world scale).

[BWitcher]

2 minutes ago, jenga said:

worker @ B.N.F.L. (SELLAFIELD) tests + for coronavirus . for those who dont have a map or have been living in a bubble for decades , its near Whitehaven  on the West coast .we are not safe  . 

and THIS is precisely the problem.

"We are not safe". Give it a rest.

[BluPanther]

5 minutes ago, cityrebel said:

I understand that, but we have never had a potential lockdown in my lifetime. That's what scares people, hence all of the panic buying.

People need to turn off their TV sets, fear porn is very addictive 

[IainB]

3 minutes ago, BWitcher said:

You've never had the media screaming about it either.

And that's the point.. it's not the virus that is scary... its the panic caused by the media.. that panic causes places organisations to act.. 

Then politics comes into play and the opposition in countries uses it to their advantage and whips up people and criticises governments for inaction... so they're forced to act.

The UK has actually been the strongest government in trying not to bow to this pressure... but as organisations around them such as the Premier League cave in, it leaves them out on their own and will soon be forced to do the same.

The collateral damage from all of this panic is going to be massive... the damage from the virus, very very minor indeed (on a world scale).

You should stop reading the Daily Express and watching ITV then

[BWitcher]

40 minutes ago, iainb said:

You should stop reading the Daily Express and watching ITV then

What are you talking about?

[iris123]

2 hours ago, lastword said:

And are these oldies the same oldies who are expected to care for grand-kids when the government closes the schools?

No.Hasn't it been said enough times, you shouldn't pack the children off to the grandparents ? I have heard it said a number of times. Maybe it is only in Germany they are giving out good advice though. I can't always remember which source or country have given out certain advice

All I can say, is that here they have closed schools but have emergency places open so you can take your children there. It is no good closing schools and then having emergency workers having to stay home to look after children. They are supposed to only be used for emergencies though and not every tom,dick and harry dropping their children off. At the same time, they are legally obliged to take in children if the parents insist

[Mimmo]

5 hours ago, woodenspoon said:

If as the government have proposed, that they may bring in, that all over 70s must self isolate, which could be possibly for months, will definitely affect speedway crowds, that is if speedway is on.

I wonder how they will impose this self isolation, and what will happen to the many elderly who don't agree to this isolation, which is draconian.

It'll mean some promoters have got to isolate too, so how will that work as well.

At 76-years of age, I'm the youngest person living in my immediate area, and if I've got to self isolate, how do I get thing like milk and bread to keep me going???  

[iris123]

5 hours ago, woodenspoon said:

If as the government have proposed, that they may bring in, that all over 70s must self isolate, which could be possibly for months, will definitely affect speedway crowds, that is if speedway is on.

I wonder how they will impose this self isolation, and what will happen to the many elderly who don't agree to this isolation, which is draconian.

Not sure which country it was, but people will be fined and possibly imprisoned if they ignore. Maybe the UK goes down that route maybe not. But I imagine like a lot of these things like not feeding the birds and attracting rats, very few people get fined and even less imprisoned....

[BWitcher]

5 minutes ago, iris123 said:

No.Hasn't it been said enough times, you shouldn't pack the children off to the grandparents ? I have heard it said a number of times. Maybe it is only in Germany they are giving out good advice though. I can't always remember which source or country have given out certain advice

All I can say, is that here they have closed schools but have emergency places open so you can take your children there. It is no good closing schools and then having emergency workers having to stay home to look after children. They are supposed to only be used for emergencies though and not every tom,dick and harry dropping their children off. At the same time, they are legally obliged to take in children if the parents insist

For many Iris, they wouldn't have any other choice.

What's the point of closing schools, then just sticking the children in another location, all together still anyway? Not an attack, just wondering what the rationale is.

[GWC]

6 minutes ago, Mimmo said:

It'll mean some promoters have got to isolate too, so how will that work as well.

At 76-years of age, I'm the youngest person living in my immediate area, and if I've got to self isolate, how do I get thing like milk and bread to keep me going???  

Lots of areas are setting up residential care systems to look out for aged residence.

If you are in an area of aged people then it’s likely you will be contacted.

[jrs]

8 minutes ago, Mimmo said:

It'll mean some promoters have got to isolate too, so how will that work as well.

At 76-years of age, I'm the youngest person living in my immediate area, and if I've got to self isolate, how do I get thing like milk and bread to keep me going???  

We go back to the old efficient days of it being delivered by horse drawn van, same way as they delivered beer and pop in my youth. And you even get free manure for your gardens if you follow the horse for long enough.