New coronavirus in/from China

[Vortex2]

Reference to my earlier post, I have received the message as an image (I don't have a hosting site) so have typed out word by word below (from 11.55am this morning). Scary stuff.

Hi folks, a grim message for mother's day, I'm afraid. My sister, a doctor, is back in a north London hospital after a day away and says it is absolutely catastrophic. They've run out of ventilators and she is having to palliate people in their 50s with no underlying health conditions - people who will certainly die on their own with no visitors. People are waiting to go into the intensive care unit in their 30s and 40s who are likely to die waiting. Her message is don't go out for any reason unless you can actually not survive without it. And also please spend the day calling or writing to everyone you know telling them what is happening that they should do the same. Her words are 'you have to tell everyone you know or you'll regret it for the rest of you life". All love in these terrible times xx

Not sure what else to say tbh.

Is this really, definitely 100% genuine?

I did hesitate to pass it on. It has come to me from my daughter via her friend and in turn from his dad (who I have met and he is very level headed).
If this is indeed happening in London we will find out for sure in the next 48 to 72 hours.

The case was mentioned in the PM's report - but the response was unclear.

[Vortex2]

John Hopkins data:

UK 5018 cases

New York 12323

Oh dear ....even if they have much more testing than we do, New York might have a tiny bit of a problem ... especially as they have a population of 8.6M in comparison to our 67M.

If New York takes a major hit it will become THE story of all time ... you know how the Americans and their media are.

[Lord Beria3]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... start.html

Harrowing article in the DM.

The NHS is about to be overwhelmed.

[stumuz1]

Village blocked:

https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusUK/ ... e_bala_in/

It's not blocked.

Locals are tee'd off because the campers cleared out the local butchers on Friday.

You are over egging the pudding as usual.

[Vortex2]

No meat on shelves so some farmers now losing sheep etc. No surprise.

[Lord Beria3]

Something to watch...

Today’s Western societies are home to large ethnic, Third World minorities. How will they conduct themselves under duress of that magnitude? We know from experience that Los Angeles, Paris, Marseilles, London and other cities witnessed riots, looting and arson attacks on a large scale on the flimsiest of pretexts, at times because of a sports event.

If the said minorities fail to act in accordance with what is expected of them, in line with the seriousness of the circumstances, the dormant resentment on the part of the white majority may finally find its vent in retaliatory actions. Civil war might only be a step away. If clashes threaten to go out of control, shops stay empty and people’s saving vanish in smoke, the military might eventually step in and incapacitate the governments. The whole intricate and labouriously devised construction of the European Union, its financial and political system together with its supranational laws might topple down at the speed of light. Already now we can see that the member states follow the age-old principle: every man for himself and God for us all.

Any news on whether the "suburbs" are adhering to the lockdown measures on the Continent?

[stumuz1]

No meat on shelves so some farmers now losing sheep etc. No surprise.

No, it was over some pork and leek sausages apparently.

Regular turned up for his usual order, it had been mistakenly sold!

The pandemic had gone too far. We need drastic action. Paint a trailer with 'go home idiots'

It's the Welsh equivalent of the English, 'stiffly worded letter'

[Lord Beria3]

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/0 ... o-m21.html

Excellent WSWS update from yesterday.

With 18 of the new deaths recorded in London, the capital is the epicentre of the pandemic in the UK. Hospitals are unable to cope with the huge rise in cases. London's Northwick Park hospital declared a “critical incident� yesterday after running out of critical care beds. The Guardian reported it had seen unpublished figures showing that the “number of people confirmed or suspected to have Covid-19 being treated in an intensive care unit in hospitals in south London rose from seven on Friday 6 March to 93 on Tuesday 17 March—a fifteenfold increase in 12 days.�

[UndercoverElephant]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... start.html

Harrowing article in the DM.

The NHS is about to be overwhelmed.

Next week this country descends into hell. People are waking up fast. I walk my dog in a big park in Hastings every day. Today was different. There were still people around, but nobody acknowledged me. Nobody said hello. No eye contact. It is eerily quiet, but you can smell the fear.

[UndercoverElephant]

Massive queue to get into Tesco in Shrewsbury:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvUoJ7i ... e=youtu.be

We need rationing. This is only going to get worse.

[kenneal - lagger]

The local Curries has run out of freezers including the display models. In a year or so we will be able to replace our broken one for virtually nothing as sheeple forget why they bought theirs and want the space for more consumer tat.

[clv101]

Is this really, definitely 100% genuine?

I did hesitate to pass it on. It has come to me from my daughter via her friend and in turn from his dad (who I have met and he is very level headed).
If this is indeed happening in London we will find out for sure in the next 48 to 72 hours.

The case was mentioned in the PM's report - but the response was unclear.

The answer included the interesting factoid that 'only 12%' of critical care beds were currently occupied by COVID19 cases. It wasn't clear if that was 12% of total beds (most of which are already full of regular patients) of 12% of the expanded surge capacity. Also wasn't clear if she was only talking about London or the whole of England or UK.

[Vortex2]

Massive queue to get into Tesco in Shrewsbury:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvUoJ7i ... e=youtu.be

We need rationing. This is only going to get worse.

10x more cases by around 2nd April

100 x more cases by mid April if the lock-down doesn't work.

[Vortex2]

I did hesitate to pass it on. It has come to me from my daughter via her friend and in turn from his dad (who I have met and he is very level headed).
If this is indeed happening in London we will find out for sure in the next 48 to 72 hours.

The case was mentioned in the PM's report - but the response was unclear.

The answer included the interesting factoid that 'only 12%' of critical care beds were currently occupied by COVID19 cases. It wasn't clear if that was 12% of total beds (most of which are already full of regular patients) of 12% of the expanded surge capacity. Also wasn't clear if she was only talking about London or the whole of England or UK.

The replies had the essence of sneakiness about them.

31st March is the date when the spare beds are consumed ... irrespective of what that 12% measured.

[clv101]

If New York takes a major hit it will become THE story of all time ... you know how the Americans and their media are.

Absolutely - New York is set to displace Italy as the top news story by the end of the month, as Italy displaced China.