Covid 19

[SteveH]

Scary videos................  two different stories...

Operation Corona Masks: Factories Making Fake Masks Busted In Delhi   www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SAYIGZA3g

Inside China’s Biggest Mask Factory............                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc074FxOBA4

[Hugo]

This is a short video of the US President George W Bush,   well worth watching but listen carefully to the words... the year is 2005


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcj6KUr4aA

[Ian]

That's quite a find. And what a contrast with the current clown.

[Hugo]

And he was referred to as the dumb president.  He knew what he was talking about!!

If George W Bush was called that, what do we call Trump or our lot in the UK?

[SteveH]

This is a short video of the US President George W Bush,   well worth watching but listen carefully to the words... the year is 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcj6KUr4aA

If only.............

[Hugo]

Driving to take a walk is lawful during England lockdown, police told

This article appeared in the Guardian a few days away and seems to make a nonsense of the rules we have been following in Wales and this is an extract from it

Driving to the countryside and walking – where more time is spent doing the latter than the former – is among a list of reasonable excuses for Britons leaving their home during the coronavirus lockdown, according to advice issued to police.

So technically I could drive to Snowdon from my house in 45 minutes and If I was to walk up it, it would take about 5 hours return so I would be within the law according to the rules.    Is this correct or am I misreading the article?


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/16/driving-for-exercise-allowed-under-lockdown-rules-police-advised-coronavirus

[SteveH]

Hugo,  ........The DP did a piece earlier today.................

New police rules on when you can leave home are slammed
"These new guidelines ... are hugely unhelpful in the efforts we are making in rural Britain to stop people travelling to our communities and spreading this virus."

The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) – which represents more than 30 police and crime commissioners who oversee countryside areas – has called for an “urgent review” of the latest advice issued to officers by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing (CoP) which used examples compiled by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
cont    https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/new-police-rules-you-can-18111125

[Hugo]

Thanks Steve, as usual the guidelines are as clear as mud but at least I can tell Mrs H that going to get paint and a brush for painting the house is not essential       

I've no intention of pushing my luck and driving out for walks as it's not fair to Mrs H, the NHS  or anyone else for that matter and everyone should do the same and if they do the sooner this pandemic will go away

[Dave]

Well there's no point in driving to Snowdon as it's shut! That last announcement by the National Police Chiefs Council about driving to beauty spots was absolutely stupid. Makes you think that maybe all those senior officers depicted as fools in the likes of Morse, Frost et al might have had an element of truth after all.

[Dave]

and while we are on the point of the police....what's out Police Commissioner who's paid a fortune to promote his idea of legalising cannabis and not much else doing right now? Hasn't he got anything to say about how NWP are reacting to the current crisis?

[SteveH]

Covid-19 blood transfusions trials to be held in the UK                    ref DP
The UK is preparing to collect the blood of Covid-19 survivors to see if convalescent plasma transfusions could improve recovery times and chances of survival.

A spokesperson for NHS Blood said: “NHS Blood and Transplant is preparing to collect Covid-19 convalescent plasma from people who have recovered from this illness. We envisage that this will be initially used in trials as a possible treatment for Covid-19.

“If fully approved, the trials will investigate whether convalescent plasma transfusions could improve a Covid-19 patient’s speed of recovery and chances of survival.

“We are working closely with the government and all relevant bodies to move through the approvals process as quickly as possible,”

[Hugo]

Yesterday I read about all the deaths that have happened to the NHS  staff and other people on the front line and it was quite upsetting and emotional reading it.     More so after listening to the video I posted of the US President George W Bush  telling the world in 2005 to prepare for such a pandemic like the one we are having now.   His wise advise was ignored and that is obvious in the UK right now.

Then before going to bed last night I read another article about an idiotic moron in Mold.     Words cannot describe how I felt and he must be one of the minority of benefit scum.
The reason I came to that conclusion is that no self respecting employer would employ someone like that 

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/shocking-fk-nhs-sign-car-18113921

[Ian]

...unless he's self employed or unless the self respecting employer doesn't know about this. Seems a shame the woman who took the pic didn't include the numberplate.

[Hugo]

Would any self respecting customer use a self employed person with that attitude Ian,   I know I wouldn't.      I was also wondering about the car and the number plate and that should have been plastered all over that facebook page and let the car owner  feel the wrath of the NHS supporters

[Ian]

I agree.