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When I got the email just now, and read about the closures, I was hoping it would continue on to say they had decided to extend our membership - no such joy :(

Likewise the school my daughter teaches at.

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This made me laugh :D

Agreed in principle - the problem though is that we can’t measure infection rates against the whole population because we don’t know how many have been or are infected. The only definitive number we do have is how many have died of the disease. Even that number is debatable depending on the...

I didn’t think that was the proposal at all. All the talk coming from official sources in this country and others is that the aim is to keep the rate of infection as low as possible so as not to overload health services. I’ve not seen any claims that the actions being taken are designed to...

How long do you suppose it will be before 99% of the under 70 population are infection free? From all accounts there is likely to be a vaccine before that happens. In any case if 1% of the under 70 population are still infectious that is 500,000 people - release 10 million unprotected and...

Prepared for that :)

I understand that argument IF those told to stay isolated at home don’t do as they are told. If however those over 70 are told to self-isolate and the vast majority are obedient then they won’t catch it until the period of isolation ends at which point the whole group, 10 million or so, become...

I’m still struggling to see how isolating those over 70 is going to either protect them or the rest of the population. IF everyone over 70, (approximately a sixth of the population), does isolate themselves and manage not to contract the virus then there will be no “safe” time to end that...

How do you get an ADSL connection without a landline? No cable services around here.

I totally agree - the Stones’ tracks need listening to whilst the Beatles’ tracks somehow just hit the spot straight away. I was talking more about the culture of the sixties - maybe it was just the circle of friends I had at the time but everyone I knew fell into one of two camps, Beatles or...

Cloudy scrumpy - 6d a pint - around 1964

Lying on the settee in the man shed binge watching Safe. Thanks to Ooh it’s a corner for the suggestion in the Netflix thread.

Spent all my teens in the sixties - didn’t know anyone who was both a fan of the Beatles and a Stones fan. Comparable to having a season ticket for both the Amex and Selhurst!

The procedure put into place on the Diamond Princess was essentially a microcosm of what could happen if we had a total lock down and the whole population was put into isolation. Of course there was a lower level of cross infection all the time the lockdown was in place but what we don’t know...

I don’t see the government strategy as treating the “older folk as expendable”. In realistic terms if 80% of the general population are going to catch Covid-19 then so are 80% of the older folk. I just don’t see how you can possibly prevent that happening. That doesn’t mean us wrinklies...

What can they do? Sure, those in homes, hospitals etc. can be “protected” by, for example, reducing contacts but what about the vast majority of “at risk” individuals who are just trying to live their life as normally as possible.

The club were more than happy to agree to ground sharing in the same way that they are happy to host our ladies team. It’s strange how some like to rewrite history.