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Dirty bastards might start washing their hands by habit.
<6. More realisation that the supply chain must be changed/improved.>
The supply chain is actually very robust, as mentioned earlier it's the panic buying that's the issue - you have no chance of coping with that. If anything is going to be a problem in the short term it will be the transportation side of things.
My company is going through the process of reviewing how our office space is used and I can see this will move home working to the top of the list. We are having a test day on Monday and if that goes well why wouldn't you. It would also solve our car park issues.
We can live in hope that masses of Southampton motor vehicle commuters will work from home, while there will no school runs in the cars either, making the roads safer and more pleasant for cyclists.
It's getting to the stage where I'm contemplating changing my route to work even on days I leave home at ~0600, there's so much more sub 0700 traffic on the a3024 than there was ~10 years ago!
It might take out Murdoch...
I haven’t watched the Sopranos yet
I can tell you what happens in the end - NOTHING!!!
I reckon there will be a population explosion in approx 9 months time as too many people will have too much idle time on their hands.
Not sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, tbh, but it will more than offset the higher death rate.
(I speak from personal experience having been born 9 months after the great freeze of 1963!)
To be honest guys it out a bit crap to be wishing certain people to die from this.
Companies will get better at doing remote meetings. Ive been trying to attend meetings by video rsther than fly for a while now and while in some cases it works it is still patchy. There isnt any good reason for that given how good affordable equipment is now
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I reckon there will be a population explosion in approx 9 months time as too many people will have too much idle time on their hands.
At least that won't get blamed on the Baby Boomers... 🙂
Oh boy, so in addition to all the lives saved by coronavirus' impact on industry:
you reckon there's gonna be extra sprogs running around, gobbling up global resources?
Still, at least the reduction in air travel should have a dramatic effect on Climate change:
For a while at least people won't be touching/using their phones as much whilst out and about or preferably at all.
I reckon the media will focus more attention on the infection potential they have even more so in the weeks to come.
To be honest guys it out a bit crap to be wishing certain people to die from this.
Agreed that we shouldn't wish it on people, but there isn't any harm in seeing the potential irony of certain people hypothetically dying from it, surely?
To be honest guys it out a bit crap to be wishing certain people to die from this.
Exactly that sentiment.
Folk will learn that it is possible to clean their bums with less loo roll.
I guess the plethora of Coronavirus threads might take over the whole front page, meaning there's no room for any more ebike threads?
Agreed that we shouldn’t wish it on people, but there isn’t any harm in seeing the potential irony of certain people hypothetically dying from it, surely?
I'm struggling to see the irony in it. Anyway, I'm surely any chuckling will be supressed either being at death's door yourself or watching friends or relatives die.
This thing reminds of the popular Danse Macabre motifs in medieval churches an cathedrals. Whether you're the Queen, Rupert Murdoch, me or any normal person this is one thing we're all in together. So I guess reminding us of our shared world and humanity might be a good thing to come out of this.
I’m struggling to see the irony in it.
It's a hoax cooked up by the Democratic Party to make President Trump look bad, but nobody told his Chief of Staff.
Trump calls coronavirus Democrats' 'new hoax'
Mark Meadows, Trump’s incoming chief of staff, to self-quarantine over coronavirus fears
Less food waste - more left overs, less chucking stuff out, more thinking about what you are buying and eating.
Quieter roads - for a while, although the haranguing of road cyclists might see a spike.
The nation pulls together - ok given the past few years have been very much focused on them and us this might be unicorn territory. No wonder they're consulting behavioural scientists - might be the definition of irony. Group spends years pushing division has to then get through a crisis by getting everyone to follow a set of common values.
more thinking about what you are buying and eating.
More likely that people will eat whatever is available if there is a real economic crisis.
Quieter roads
People will avoid public transport, so will use cars whenever possible.
The nation pulls together
Until toilet paper runs out, then it will be the war of all against all.
It'll be a lot quicker being served at the bar tonight.
More likely that people will eat whatever is available if there is a real economic crisis.
That's partly the point, there is a lot of food thrown out, if you cant afford to throw out you won't
People will avoid public transport, so will use cars whenever possible.
Most people seem to already. Less cars will be off the back of less people moving around.
Until toilet paper runs out, then it will be the war of all against all.
OK, you've got me pulling together was always going to be unicorn thinking. It's more likely to fall apart when enough of the population decide they've been infected and want back at it. We'll just have to keep monitoring Piers Morgan for when that point is.
I probably shouldn't develop that theory any more to minimise the risk of cross infection from the conspiricy thread.
Sadly I fear few positive changes will come from this. As with any national disaster there will be plenty of plaudits towards the NHS, social care staff and other front line emergency services but they will not be rewarded or respected any more.
Very quickly the status quo will return and everything will just carry on until the next disaster. Ultimately the rich and powerful don't really want a fair world.
My fear is if we have a worst case scenario which lays out the reality of our public services there will be civil unrest. People dying due to lack of beds/equipment and staff, prison riots due to lack of staff, crime surging due to lack of police etc.
Or a new fairer society may form with less super rich as they decide to share the wealth out, adult politicians making ethical policy, neighbours looking out for each other...... never going to happen
Might help Trump to not retain his presidency. A great and lasting gift to the world.
Immediately - People actually washing their hands properly (fed up with seeing people tinkling the tips of their fingers under a tap, with no soap and running off, because they're too busy).
That the next door neighbours can't get hold of their drugs That they start to consider others around them and become a lot more environmentally aware.
In the future - As mentioned less food waste, more caring for neighbours and people around them, families start spending more time with their children and taking them out into our precious green spaces instead of working, working, working to get that extra load of tat from China, or a bigger, faster car etc. Generally for people to be more considerate in general and stop thinking of just themselves. Not only better pay for health workers, but respecting them and teachers. Could go on and on really. Oh and seeing cyclists as a nuisance on the road and trying to mow us all down.
I'd like to think that people's approach to flexible working will be enhanced.
Maybe a shift away from the likes of trump, Johnson and all populist leaders and a greater sense of social conscience.
So I guess reminding us of our shared world and humanity might be a good thing to come out of this.
Pity that many of the ‘new populist’ leaders have actively undermined those things to get where they are.
Want people to like you? Don’t be an asshole.
Want people to trust you? Don’t tell lies.
I would welcome a reasonable scale tourist season. So many people come here for holiday now they degrade the environment and countryside. A year off would be nice.
Here being basically Fort William.
People at international shows / exhibitions / meetings might think twice before grabbing you by the throat / hand and slavering all over you as some sort of social convention. It would make a change to not catch some sort of lurgee every time.
And, as above, reduced pollution already, this time over northern Italy:
I also wonder what it might do to the aviation industry and its disproportionate environmental impact. It might sound brutal, but the sheer speed of spread of this thing is essentially a product of international air travel.
It would also be nice, though maybe unrealistic, to think that a shared crisis might help bring nations together in a cooperative approach, but so far that ain't happening, as per Gordon Brown's observations yesterday.
We are probably going to reach the stage when receptionists at A&E departments will be able to tell people with trivial complaints to **** off without being criticised, and eventually the number of people presenting with athlete's foot or a sprained eyelash will learn to go and sort themselves out.
sprained eyelash
<Vicky Pollard voice>
“Yeah, but like, this girl on Insta like totally died like literally of a sprained eyelash, it was horrible and the hospital like didn’t lift like a single finger it were dissgusstin......”
Might help Trump to not retain his presidency. A great and lasting gift to the world.
Conversely, there's every chance the crisis will mean he can legitimately postpone or cancel this year's elections.
Conversely, there’s every chance the crisis will mean he can legitimately postpone or cancel this year’s elections.
He’s not the fittest 73 year old I’ve ever seen though.
Perhaps in the face of/reality of a naturally occurring organism (apologies if its called something else) being as impactful to human life as it is, maybe the world (richest/scariest) countries will stop wasting money on nuclear weapons and spend it on health & social care instead. Maybe, just, maybe, improving the lives of everyone.
Unfortunately, sighs, I shall not hold my breath. Be nice though if HM Gov took a lead on this (they won't)...bet all the advancements in weapons tech etc couldn't half be put to better use. Anyway, thats my two-penneth worth.
Conversely, there’s every chance the crisis will mean he can legitimately postpone or cancel this year’s elections.
No, it's a legal requirement to elect the President on the specified day in November. It would take Congress to change that. However, technically the President is elected by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. Each state decides the details of how their electors are appointed. What Trump might be able to do is convince Republican state Governors to cancel the popular vote and directly appoint electoral college electors.
I welcome all the ban on mass gatherings as they are just trouble waiting to happen.
Coronavirus: UK could ban mass gatherings from next week
Best of all no sports on telly i.e. marathon, Olympic (I watch them in if they are on), football, singing festivals and all sort of hype up activities.
All quiet and relaxing hopefully for the next 6 months.
Bring on all the history channels and outdoor BBQ!
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Perhaps you should consider freedom of movement? No?
Might help Trump to not retain his presidency. A great and lasting gift to the world.
So all the democrats go out to vote en masses and in the process contracted corona virus taking very heavy casualty is that worth it?
So all the democrats go out to vote en masses and in the process contracted corona virus taking very heavy casualty is that worth it?
It'll mostly kill old people, so we'll be rid of most of the boomers who messed the world up. Keep in mind that the average Trump voter is much older than the average Democrat voter. It'll be sad for all the kids who miss Grandpa, but future generations will thank us.
Tottenham having a fit squad by the time the PL starts up again...no guarantees the results will reflect that but still, we live in hope.
An absolute selfish one..... My Uni exam in June cancelled and do another assignment in its place please
It’ll be sad for all the kids who miss Grandpa, but future generations will thank us.
The Democrat leadership ain't young either.
My Uni exam in June cancelled and do another assignment in its place please
No pressure then.
People learning to cook from fresh ingredients a bit more and to try new foods.
People learning to cook from fresh ingredients a bit more and to try new foods.
And deriving from that, perhaps an understanding of how supply chains work (especially just-in-time) and maybe the ability to "stockpile" on a bit-by-bit basis, just buying one or two extra items per shop and building up an emergency reserve of things like tinned food, utilitarian supplies etc so that if/when there's another catastrophe, the world doesn't lose its collective mind, rush to the supermarket and decimate the shelves.
Maybe stale relationships can be rekindled...
https://twitter.com/bignigenufc/status/1238760871012323328?s=21
Saw lots of families and groups out walking and cycling today as all shops are closed in Belgium at weekend now (apart from food/pharmacies). Had a nice vibe
We do more talking about life (and death).
People get into the habit of simple acts of kindness and playing them forward.
We value the simple things and are more mindful.
