Whatâs the story in Italy and Spain these days?
Is it still end of the world stuff or are they turning the tide?
Another old reheated chestnut.
Sidney just canât say goodbye
Spain had 9k cases recently. They are a bit off their peak.
Italy are flattening on new cases but deaths are around the same.
France had 400 deaths today as well. They are in a bad way too
Italy will still be in trouble until their ICU capacity returns to a manageable state.
That would make sense for normal situations but they are not trained economists and in a pandemic situation like this public health and economics are directly opposed.
âReheated chestnutâ. That sure told me.
Seems like your problem is that you canât say goodbye to Sidney, no matter how you want to. You seem to have more than a touch of Stockholm Syndrome about you. To be fair youâd be far from unique. This Sidney fella has the forum reeling and he hasnât even posted here for over two months.
That would do it alright. Sound for clearing that up.
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Take a break mate. Better for your mental health.
Hi Sid
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This from the fella who is crying out about truth being essential
#aftertiming
Orwellian is moderate in relation to whats going on mate.
Depends on the context, doesnât it. When talking about serious matters of public health and other matters that affect how society functions, it definitely is.
When youâre winding up a cunt on a niche Irish internet forum who doesnât know what heâs even arguing about, not so much.
The models are based on assumptions, many of which we have little idea whether they are true or not.
How many people were infected in January and February and were asymptomatic? They had no or very mild symptoms but could infect others. Is that number 10% of all cases, 20%, 50%? We certainly had no idea in early March, and itâs still largely unknown.
You are truly blessed with a stunning lack of self-awareness.
Take your own advice Sid. It was a rare moment of lucidity but it wasnât wrong.
Theyâve a whole section on it for Flu strategies.
Obamaâs aids said that they told Trumpâs ones about a pandemic response (fully considered by public health experts and economists). Itâs one of his big failures on this. He had a limited strategy.
Public health officials have been warning of this for years. Iâd agree that it is hard to immediately respond - nobody thought weâd be in this situation 6 weeks ago and the WHO themselves were downplaying this not too long ago- but they do have considered strategies on this across the board.
Iâd agree that this is a new challenge and unthinkable barriers have been crossed. On the other side of the coin, the media were actively haranguing public health experts in the likes of the UK and the Netherlands for not shutting down as other countries were.
That colleges models were way off with Sars as wellâŚa very similar virus.
They donât seem to have any conscience in terms of small business, mental health etc - the testing of Covid-19 is apparently a shambles as well - not blaming them for that. Iâm sure their hearts are in the right place.
Asymptomatic cases wonât be known until there are widespread sereology tests.
At the moment itâs literally like looking for something that never existed
Iâm not the person thatâs obsessed with winning an argument, here, pal. Youâre the person who waded in and picked one. It isnât my fault that you thought you saw a chance to notch a âwinâ to salve your e-go and fell flat on your face because it turned out you didnât actually know what you were even arguing about, you were just whinging for no reason.
âSelf awarenessâ, lolz.
Thatâs another classic trope. You gave yourself the win three or four posts back, no need to repeat yourself, it looks desperately needy.
A hell of a lot of projection there, pal. Steaming in to desperately start an argument when you donât even know what youâre arguing about is a dead giveaway about whoâs needy and who isnât.