love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

thanks dudes. I’m still in it. Cough is very mild and no shortness of breath which is giving me cause for optimism. odd flashes of pain in the base of my skull. nights are absolutely terrible. mornings i can barely tell i have it. untold numbers of family members sharing “one weird trick” etc

I should probably start a “my experience with the ‘rona” thread given how many of us will soon likely be able to contribute :|

Glad to hear it's bearable so far. And yeah, that sounds like a good thread idea.

It's good to see you are getting through it, Tracer 👍

Yeah best wishes dude

Interesting - KCL epidemiologist on BBC says loss of taste/smell, and extreme fatigue are proving to be more common symptoms in COVID19 than fever. UK have been criticised for focusing so narrowly on cough/fever as symptoms, compared to other countries eg France.

— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) March 30, 2020

Saw Ted Knight do a talk a few weeks ago for new Lab members. It was by equal measures quite boring and yet at times very fiery and fearsome too.

I am so sad to hear that my old comrade Ted Knight has died. He was one of the finest and most courageous socialists I have known. He devoted his life to the greatest cause there is, humanity. https://t.co/eyKZfrboLa

— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) March 30, 2020

stet i’m so sorry to hear you got this.

i have fever at night but it disappears with the sun.

Hang in there pardner.

Get well stet :-)

Tuesday’s Mail: "Now 1 in 4 hospital doctors off work" #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday (via @MsHelicat) pic.twitter.com/kbF4enN1RN

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 30, 2020

👏👏👏

fkn layabouts, some of them are probably foreign too

With all these happy clappers volunteering for the NHS surely some of them can fill in the gaps! Time might be right for something like Goebbels winter clothes appeal only with millions of people leaving mountains of completely useless B+Q PPE in NHS carparks.

I think I am now the man who stares at goats (in the middle of the road) pic.twitter.com/Ptzh0zY5UC

— Andrew Stuart (@AndrewStuart) March 30, 2020

nature is flourishing, we are the virus

I want to be clear that as an outside observer this is what I recognise most obviously as "british culture" https://t.co/F88ACxuhtt

— Stephen Buranyi (@stephenburanyi) March 28, 2020

real england

real scotland too tbf

Real DDR.

It is now absolutely clear who, given the opportunity, would have informed on their neighbours to the Stasi.

jesus wept

https://twitter.com/3rdParty_/status/1243884642312359936

https://twitter.com/3rdParty_/status/1243884642312359936

well that's weird

https://twitter.com/3rdParty_/status/1243884642312359936

https://twitter.com/3rdParty_/status/1243884642312359936

https://www.twitter.com/3rdParty_/status/1243884642312359936

embeds got the rona

Doing some fact-checking for a piece, and just want to remind everyone that Stereophonics played a concert at a 5,000-capacity arena only two and a half weeks ago https://t.co/45cQZN97UZ

— Dan Hancox (@danhancox) March 31, 2020

I wonder how many extra thousands will die because of these thick twats and of course them huge crowds of posh lager louts and stupid hats at Cheltenham around the same time. Never mind neighbours sneaking out for an extra run.

Loads on twitter, ilx is showing symptoms lol

self-isolation i can deal with but please, i'm begging you, don't stop me from annoying tom by posting tweets

full support in any/all annoying Tom efforts

Cheltenham is going to be the Atalanta - Valencia March of these islands.

Real DDR.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Tuesday, March 31, 2020 9:13 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

read this as "real dance dance revolution" initially and was p.confused

Same!

I wonder how many extra thousands will die because of these thick twats

Was it you who posted the stats showing the disproportionate numbers of people who've died in Wales already?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUYqFXEX0AMaJQB?format=jpg&name=large

they don’t need a fucking medal or applause, they need to be safe doing their jobs!

Lord protect me because this PPE definitely isn’t going too lmao pic.twitter.com/MZaq0VZQcY

— . (@kp104_) March 29, 2020

xp

yep, much higher than Scotland with a 40% lower population. Sterophonics should be getting lined up for summary execution already!

PM and sport Tories join call for NHS honour. This is where clapping takes you.

I say we run outside and rona the country from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

what about a special nhs medal made of perspex and polythene with all the functional atributes of a visor and overalls?

The Mirror is such a pile of shit for doing Tory propaganda.

so it looks like Boris got the quickie Rona, that's possibly vmic. Well either that or he was lying which is also vmic.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/covid-19-deaths-outside-hospitals-to-be-included-in-uk-tally-for-first-time

So basically the data we've been given is incomplete.

Not to defend but this looks like its true of almost every country too.

let's all clap the ONS

and the hard-working journalists who've questioned these figures

Lol even the FT chart is undergoing changes 👏👏👏

Lmao.@yet_so_far will appreciate this tweet by JBM which is clearly aimed at her. pic.twitter.com/Au6RzpgMWP

— epiplexis (@epiplexis_) March 30, 2020

this is necessary and worth your signature: https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/allow-remote-abortion-provision-in-ni

👍

367 more deaths in england alone in the last 24 hrs :(

the only way is up iirc

why is the UK not reporting anyone as recovering btw? is it because there's no testing? if you look at the graph, as it stands 93% of completed cases result in death. seems like they just aren't reporting that anyone is getting better, they just stay permanently currently infected. other countries aren't doing this

i was gonna make a post a few days ago about what seems - to me - to be the difference between the way the Beeb in particular is reporting stats in the UK vs the way they're prepared to report Italy or Spain