Monday 30th March 2020

Post by **refitman** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 6:47 am

Morning all.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:17 am

Crikey.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:35 am

tinyclanger2 wrote:Crikey.

Que?

gilsey · Post by **gilsey** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:39 am

Wren-Lewis.

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... ainlyMacro+(mainly+macro" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

At the very least they should have prepared for the possibility that they were wrong.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:53 am

Good morfternoon.

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 11:07 am

Morning all.

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citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 11:16 am

Mr. citizen told me the story of the astrophysicist ending up in hospital with batteries stuck up his nose
true story

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... rus-device" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 11:18 am

Good morning, everyone.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 12:02 pm

citizenJA wrote:Mr. citizen told me the story of the astrophysicist ending up in hospital with batteries stuck up his nose
true story

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... rus-device" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Magnets. No wonder your torch won't work.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 1:03 pm

gilsey wrote:Wren-Lewis.

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... ainlyMacro+(mainly+macro" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

At the very least they should have prepared for the possibility that they were wrong.

As good as he usually is.

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 3:58 pm

Journal of the COVID-19 Years
I need a better title.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 5:00 pm

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
tinyclanger2 wrote:Crikey.
Que?

2020

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 5:13 pm

tinyclanger2 wrote:
AnatolyKasparov wrote:
tinyclanger2 wrote:Crikey.
Que?
2020

Some people thought/hoped that it would be better than 2019......

gilsey · Post by **gilsey** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 6:15 pm

Thomas Cogley
@JohnnyPixels
I see the daily press conference lineup is very much like the England football team penalty shootout lineup. Both rapidly run out of quality players.

gilsey · Post by **gilsey** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 6:23 pm

More amusement.

https://barristerblogger.com/2020/03/30 ... -answered/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 6:32 pm

Given this afternoon's hysterical reaction to Lord Sumption, I would imagine people living in an *actual* police state must be thinking "What the bloody hell are you on about?"

There's a nice irony that he is not only a member of a body that libertarians want to abolish, he is also a former member of another body they want to abolish...

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 7:12 pm

From Chris Cook...

The NHS at capacity

https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2020/ ... hgq3Zdx6pY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The point here is not to criticise the government’s horizon-gazing. It is a simpler point: you just cannot see everything coming. You cannot stockpile in anticipation of every disaster. You cannot hope for a fine-tuned response to everything. You can only plan so far – especially when, as in this case, our understanding of what the disease might do can change so rapidly.

But part of any disaster response planning needs to include some generic idea of resilience – a generalised ability to absorb the unforeseeable. A uniquely British problem is that the way the country has been run for three decades pushes in the opposite direction.

We started this crisis in a weak position.

We have built a fragile state.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 7:31 pm

RogerOThornhill wrote:Given this afternoon's hysterical reaction to Lord Sumption

Completely missed all this?

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 7:43 pm

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
RogerOThornhill wrote:Given this afternoon's hysterical reaction to Lord Sumption
Completely missed all this?

Many of the people you'd expect.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Lord%20 ... 2&src=tren" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 7:44 pm

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
RogerOThornhill wrote:Given this afternoon's hysterical reaction to Lord Sumption
Completely missed all this?

I found this -

Covid-19: ex-supreme court judge lambasts 'disgraceful' policing (Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... l-policing

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 8:41 pm

from the US Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Residents of a Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Facility — King County, Washington, March 2020
Early Release / March 27, 2020 / 69

What is already known about this topic?
Once SARS-CoV-2 is introduced in a long-term care skilled nursing facility (SNF), rapid transmission can occur.

What is added by this report?
Following identification of a case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a health care worker, 76 of 82 residents of an SNF were tested for SARS-CoV-2; 23 (30.3%) had positive test results, approximately half of whom were asymptomatic or presymptomatic on the day of testing.

What are the implications for public health practice?
Symptom-based screening of SNF residents might fail to identify all SARS-CoV-2 infections. Asymptomatic and presymptomatic SNF residents might contribute to SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Once a facility has confirmed a COVID-19 case, all residents should be cared for using CDC-recommended personal protective equipment (PPE), with considerations for extended use or reuse of PPE as needed.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 8:47 pm

Am getting much better at solitaire

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 8:47 pm

Or, not test and hope like hell everyone gets over it
some way or another

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 8:48 pm

And more adventurous technologically speaking

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 8:55 pm

tinyclanger2 wrote:And more adventurous technologically speaking

??

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 8:59 pm

Zoom
Microsoft Teams
Skype
Skype for Business
And something else I can’t remember
All in one week

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:08 pm

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tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:08 pm

Has been in my head all week

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:10 pm

In fact it’s driving me a tiny bit mad

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:44 pm

You beat me to it. 1982, I read.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:49 pm

Also there were those horrible ice-lollies.

Post by **adam** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:54 pm

PorFavor wrote:Also there those horrible ice-lollies.

And nice digital audio recorders.

Post by **adam** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:55 pm

This is called 'sun in an empty room' and is one of my favourites.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 9:57 pm

Sun in an empty room is v nice - thank you. It is also, coincidentally, the exact opposite of my current working environment, which is essentially No sun in a really cluttered room.

Pevsners. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

Post by **adam** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:01 pm

Angry Bed Position Number 2- Think of it as a ‘K’. One person is in the standard half-’X’ shape (facing away) and the other is a rigid ‘I’; lying supine, eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling. Here you lose points for style if the ‘I’ person doesn’t let out frequent sighs and snorts in an attempt to get the Half-’X'-er to ask, ‘Gfff… What is it?’

Mil Millington.

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Post by **adam** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:02 pm

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Post by **adam** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:30 pm

tinyclanger2 wrote:Sun in an empty room is v nice - thank you. It is also, coincidentally, the exact opposite of my current working environment, which is essentially No sun in a really cluttered room.

Pevsners. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

My work environment is wherever everyone else isn't in the house. That quite often means the living room, trying to work and not fall asleep with a laptop on my lap(top) sitting in an armchair. I have a Y7 class, about half of whom are amazingly keen and a bit needy and I hear from every day (the girl half, basically) and some Y13 groups who have read a headline somewhere saying 'no exams' and so have disappeared,which is a worry, frankly.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:41 pm

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frog222 · Post by **frog222** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 10:48 pm

RogerOThornhill wrote:From Chris Cook...

The NHS at capacity

https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2020/ ... hgq3Zdx6pY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The point here is not to criticise the government’s horizon-gazing. It is a simpler point: you just cannot see everything coming. You cannot stockpile in anticipation of every disaster. You cannot hope for a fine-tuned response to everything. You can only plan so far – especially when, as in this case, our understanding of what the disease might do can change so rapidly.

But part of any disaster response planning needs to include some generic idea of resilience – a generalised ability to absorb the unforeseeable. A uniquely British problem is that the way the country has been run for three decades pushes in the opposite direction.

We started this crisis in a weak position.

We have built a fragile state.

Excellent !

Post by **refitman** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 11:23 pm

adam wrote:
Angry Bed Position Number 2- Think of it as a ‘K’. One person is in the standard half-’X’ shape (facing away) and the other is a rigid ‘I’; lying supine, eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling. Here you lose points for style if the ‘I’ person doesn’t let out frequent sighs and snorts in an attempt to get the Half-’X'-er to ask, ‘Gfff… What is it?’
Mil Millington.

I really need to read 'Things my girlfriend and I have argued about' again.

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Mon 30 Mar, 2020 11:54 pm

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA