"We are suffering from a media epidemic"

[cromwell]

Sounds about right. I noticed in my area that there were a lot more people about and a lot less masks with the general feeling being that a laugh is a laugh, but that this joke has gone on long enough. I imagine that Boris will leave poor dozy Matt Hancock to test the water and then start peddling back on the various rules and regulations on 23 March.

It isn't a joke,you may laugh but for these measures a lot more people would be dying and that ain't funny



I get that you and a few others think this is nothing more than a few runny noses but you're wrong.

[Borchester]

Did someone speak?

Seriously, I'm reading it all. Don't be a  :dmq:   ::

I expect the lockdown will be lifted towards the end of April. We will bounce back rapidly.

We should be particularly productive in August when the kids should be in school to compensate for their early holiday.

Sounds about right. I noticed in my area that there were a lot more people about and a lot less masks with the general feeling being that a laugh is a laugh, but that this joke has gone on long enough. I imagine that Boris will leave poor dozy Matt Hancock to test the water and then start peddling back on the various rules and regulations on 23 March.

[cromwell]

Did someone speak?

Seriously, I'm reading it all. Don't be a  :dmq:   ::

I expect the lockdown will be lifted towards the end of April. We will bounce back rapidly.

We should be particularly productive in August when the kids should be in school to compensate for their early holiday.

 :hattip

[Barry]

Some interesting scenarios here.



https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-sce ... vid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5



I don't actually know why I'm bothering to post these because no one seems interested.

Did someone speak?

Seriously, I'm reading it all. Don't be a  :dmq:   ::

I expect the lockdown will be lifted towards the end of April. We will bounce back rapidly.

We should be particularly productive in August when the kids should be in school to compensate for their early holiday.

[cromwell]

Some interesting scenarios here.



https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-sce ... vid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5



I don't actually know why I'm bothering to post these because no one seems interested.

Yeah they are but consumed by the immediate,anyway scenario 3 seems most likely.

[papasmurf]

Some interesting scenarios here.



https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-sce ... vid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5



I don't actually know why I'm bothering to post these because no one seems interested.

I am somewhat preoccupied at the moment.

[DeppityDawg]

Some interesting scenarios here.



https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-sce ... vid-19/#a5">https://think.ing.com/articles/four-scenarios-for-the-global-economy-after-covid-19/#a5



I don't actually know why I'm bothering to post these because no one seems interested.

[DeppityDawg]

Yes that is possible.

But I think it is significantly less likely than the experts being far more insightful that an uninformed persons "common sense".

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/06/coronavirus-hype-crisis-predictions-sars-swine-flu-panics">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... flu-panics">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/06/coronavirus-hype-crisis-predictions-sars-swine-flu-panics



Again, perhaps, depending on your view of "experts". SARS, CJD, Bird Flu and so on. There were many "expert" views on those too, including those in the attached article. As I said, experts are sometimes wrong - and "experts" estimations often prove to be wild over estimations. Hell, I've got all the credentials to be an expert on horse racing, but I often get it wrong  ::  Still, its not a invalid comparison if you look at how wrong some of the "experts" were in regards to the above. They just as well have had a bet on the 4.15 at Haydock.



In the meantime, we still have to pay our mortgages. Unless there is an "expert" out there who can tell us how we do that when we don't have a job any more?

[Scott777]

That's what a forum is for.  :thup:

I thought so too.   :hattip

[Scott777]

No we do have facts - such as the statements about 80-90% social distancing - that you agreed would work, and have been proposed by virologists, and other medical experts the world over.



You are proposing a different solution, with no facts to back it up, and apparently see it as a strength that this solution has not been studied.

I've already said - '80-90% social distancing' is fine, if you want to annihilate the economy.  The solution is intended to prevent that, so do you have facts that contradict that, or could you provide a rational argument why it would not work?

[Barry]

Yes, that's quite amusing.  So, does that mean neither of us have facts?  In that case, what's wrong with discussing ideas, using common sense and reasoning?

That's what a forum is for.  :thup:

[Nalaar]

Yes, that's quite amusing.  So, does that mean neither of us have facts?  In that case, what's wrong with discussing ideas, using common sense and reasoning?

No we do have facts - such as the statements about 80-90% social distancing - that you agreed would work, and have been proposed by virologists, and other medical experts the world over.



You are proposing a different solution, with no facts to back it up, and apparently see it as a strength that this solution has not been studied.

[Scott777]

You're welcome to inform me with some facts.  Any studies of a vulnerable-only lockdown?  Anything?

Yes, that's quite amusing.  So, does that mean neither of us have facts?  In that case, what's wrong with discussing ideas, using common sense and reasoning?

[Nalaar]

You're welcome to inform me with some facts.  Any studies of a vulnerable-only lockdown?  Anything?

You're welcome to inform me with some facts.  Any studies of a vulnerable-only lockdown?  Anything?

[Scott777]

Yes that is possible.

But I think it is significantly less likely than the experts being far more insightful that an uninformed persons "common sense".

You're welcome to inform me with some facts.  Any studies of a vulnerable-only lockdown?  Anything?