Coronavirus & stuff

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Zilnad** » Fri May 29, 2020 2:57 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:A banana spliting ice cream van is in my area now, what the utter strawberry float is going on

The okey man has been round our way about 3 or 4 times through lockdown.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Vermilion** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:00 pm

Qikz wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:A banana spliting ice cream van is in my area now, what the utter strawberry float is going on

I heard one last night as well. We're completely and utterly strawberry floated.

The second peak is going to be 100x worse than the first.

"As the ice cream van of death made it's way down the street, Qikz hid behind the sofa, it would not be he who was led to his doom by the jingle of bells and the prospect of a 99 whippy"

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Jenuall** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:05 pm

It's like going back in time to the days of the "penny lick" where ice cream vendors would go around reusing a single glass bowl that customers would lick and return for use by the next person and everyone wondered why it was spreading diseases like TB and cholera! :fp:

strawberry floating ice cream will always be the death of us!

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Dual** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:07 pm

Icky mans just been so sitting in the garden with a 99 and waiting for lads to come round for a bbq!

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Victor Mildew** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:09 pm

99 is the R number

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by KK » Fri May 29, 2020 3:16 pm

The ice cream van that comes down my road is always playing the jingle to say he's sold out of ice cream. Considering this has now been happening to me for over 30 years, I must be incredibly unlucky.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **SEP** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:18 pm

KK wrote:Mr Whippy is also the world's worst ice cream.

Look, I know we're all stressed and upset, but let's not say things we can't take back.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Cuttooth** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:18 pm

KK wrote:The ice cream van that comes down my road is always playing the jingle to say he's sold out of ice cream. Considering this has now been happening to me for over 30 years, I must be incredibly unlucky.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Tomous** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:21 pm

Qikz wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:A banana spliting ice cream van is in my area now, what the utter strawberry float is going on

I heard one last night as well. We're completely and utterly strawberry floated.

The second peak is going to be 100x worse than the first.

Why do you think the second peak is going to be 100x worse?

I expect a second peak in July but:

> The NHS should be better resourced and prepared
> We're not lifting all lockdown procedures and people will still take some mitigation so that should reduce transmissions
> Some of the country is now immune, reducing transmission levels, probably not significantly but still some impact

I think this phasing of peaks and troughs is what we're going to be doing until we can vaccinate to be honest. I don't see why the peaks will get worse though unless the virus mutates, which is obviously a worrying possibility.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by KK » Fri May 29, 2020 3:30 pm

Bus nudes:

TfL wrote:From Saturday 30 May, 124 London bus routes will return to front-door boarding, and customers will be required to touch in with either Oyster, contactless or concessionary cards.

A bus.

Front door boarding will be reinstated on further bus routes as soon as possible, and it is anticipated that all London buses will have returned to front-door boarding by mid-June. You can check for updates on our website.

This change follows extensive work by a multidisciplinary team from University College of London (UCL), and close work between TfL, bus operators and the UNITE union. The UCL analysis finds that the steps that we have taken substantially reduces the risk to drivers of contracting coronavirus from customers.

Going back to pre-pandemic boarding will improve social distancing for customers entering or exiting the bus, and while queuing at stops or stations, as well as giving us accurate information to ensure we are providing the service needed to enable safe travel for all.

To further ensure the safety of everyone, new limits to the number of customers on board at any one time will be introduced. Please continue to make use of all available space, including the upper deck. You may need to wait for the next bus if the bus you are attempting to board has reached its safe capacity. We ask you to be considerate of our staff and follow their instructions. Wherever possible please avoid the busy times, 05.45am – 8.15am and 4.00pm – 5.30pm.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Saint of Killers** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:30 pm

Rex Kramer wrote:

twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1266335781775380480

Well folks, it's been nice knowing you. We've all watching enough movies to know this won't end well.

WTF

Saint of Killers wrote:
Rex Kramer wrote:

twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1266335781775380480

Well folks, it's been nice knowing you. We've all watching enough movies to know this won't end well.

WTF

If that was a plot point in the beginning of an 'end of the world' film none no-one would accept it as believable.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Moggy** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:40 pm

Saint of Killers wrote:
Rex Kramer wrote:

twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1266335781775380480

Well folks, it's been nice knowing you. We've all watching enough movies to know this won't end well.

WTF

We're 672 hours away from this:

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Squinty** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:45 pm

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Qikz** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:46 pm

Tomous wrote:
Qikz wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:A banana spliting ice cream van is in my area now, what the utter strawberry float is going on

I heard one last night as well. We're completely and utterly strawberry floated.

The second peak is going to be 100x worse than the first.

Why do you think the second peak is going to be 100x worse?

I expect a second peak in July but:

> The NHS should be better resourced and prepared
> We're not lifting all lockdown procedures and people will still take some mitigation so that should reduce transmissions
> Some of the country is now immune, reducing transmission levels, probably not significantly but still some impact

I think this phasing of peaks and troughs is what we're going to be doing until we can vaccinate to be honest. I don't see why the peaks will get worse though unless the virus mutates, which is obviously a worrying possibility.

The transmission rate is going to get much worse again, worse than with the first peak as people have long since stopped giving a gooseberry fool. Thousands more people are going to die and apparantly we need to be ok with this?

We had 1000+ new cases yesterday, now is NOT THE TIME TO REOPEN.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Saint of Killers** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:47 pm

Does anyone remember that half jokey theory doing the rounds when Trump won? That our reality was just some AI programme that had run its course, and they'd activated the end of the world protocol or something? Yeah. I strawberry floating believe that now.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Tomous** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:48 pm

Qikz wrote:The transmission rate is going to get much worse again, worse than with the first peak as people have long since stopped giving a gooseberry fool.

Why though? Attitudes have been relaxed but there are still plenty of lockdown measures in place. Things will start picking up in the next few weeks and more restrictions will have to come into place again, but I still can't see why the transmission rate is going to get much worse. Last time we started from a point where nobody was doing anything at all.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Cuttooth** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:56 pm

The behavioural science assumed no-one would listen to lockdown rules, and everyone seems to think they’re complying more with the guidance than their neighbours because they’re all seeing the same few instances amplified upwards.

We may be a bit slower to comply with a second, stricter lockdown than the first time but the main danger is going to be whether the government delays implementing those measures, like they’ve already done, or even sits back and does nothing.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **captain red dog** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:58 pm

Saint of Killers wrote:Does anyone remember that half jokey theory doing the rounds when Trump won? That our reality was just some AI programme that had run its course, and they'd activated the end of the world protocol or something? Yeah. I strawberry floating believe that now.

It was the large hadron collider. It split us off into an alternate reality. We got the bad universe.

PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff by **Outrunner** » Fri May 29, 2020 4:02 pm

Rex Kramer wrote:

twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1266335781775380480

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