What's the average salary nowadays?.. £20k??

SSP is £96??... put that over a possible lockdown period of 6-7 weeks and it's inevitable households will collapse. Combine that with the inevitable that is they won't have jobs to return to because their employers will have gone under and you can see why the idea of people accepting a long term lockdown is a long shot?

you said earlier.

Perhaps I misunderstood what you said earlier. I'm saying that for 80% of the workers they will get a 'mild' infection, self isolate for a week, then return to work. I think the only 'lock downs' they are talking about are for the over 70's, and possibly restaurants, coffee shops and pubs.

The UK government in 2017 spent £217 Billion on welfare + pensioners. 28% of total public spending. Guess the facts don't fit the narrative.

Welfare spending alone has soared.



The Labour government of 1997 onwards made living on benefits a lifestyle choice.

Or savings for a rainy day, living within your means and only having children you can afford to raise yourself.

This country is going bloody soft. It's not even the worst viral outbreak in recent memory yet. As of today there is ONE confirmed case in Warrington. People need to get a bloody grip. The seasonal flu epidemic in 1989 to 1990 caused 26,000 deaths in England and Wales alone. Spanish Flu 1918 to 1919 - 200,000 UK deaths (young adults, children and elderly) Asian Flu 1957 to 1958 33,000 UK deaths (children) Hong Kong Flu 1968 to 1969 80,000 UK deaths (all ages) Swine Flu 2009 to 2010 - 457 UK deaths MERS 2012 0 UK deaths deaths Serious Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2002 to 2003 - 0 UK deaths Seasonal flu epidemic 1989 to 1990 - 26,000 deaths in England and Wales Government Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... oss-the-uk

This country is going bloody soft. It's not even the worst viral outbreak in recent memory yet. As of today there is ONE confirmed case in Warrington. People need to get a bloody grip. The seasonal flu epidemic in 1989 to 1990 caused 26,000 deaths in England and Wales alone. Spanish Flu 1918 to 1919 - 200,000 UK deaths (young adults, children and elderly) Asian Flu 1957 to 1958 33,000 UK deaths (children) Hong Kong Flu 1968 to 1969 80,000 UK deaths (all ages) Swine Flu 2009 to 2010 - 457 UK deaths MERS 2012 0 UK deaths deaths Serious Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2002 to 2003 - 0 UK deaths Seasonal flu epidemic 1989 to 1990 - 26,000 deaths in England and Wales Government Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... oss-the-uk

Completely agree. Mass hysteria stoked up by the media and perpetuated by the worried well on social media.

Public Health England now say 7.9 million people may require hospitalisation due to coronavirus. Deaths between 318,660 and 531,100. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... are_btn_tw It is completely unprecedented. Nothing like 'seasonal flu'.

Public Health England now say 7.9 million people may require hospitalisation due to coronavirus. Deaths between 318,660 and 531,100. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... are_btn_tw It is completely unprecedented. Nothing like 'seasonal flu'.

Yeah but those 400,000 dead will just be the 'spineless' so don't worry.

I thoroughly take your point, Winslade's, but again,THESE AREN'T FACTS, it's best guessing. Theres nothing to say this may peak in a week or so's time, after people have (hopefully) heeded warnings and used good practice. We don't need Whitehall civil servants grasping figures from mid air. To counter this I heard an eminent virologist saying he wouldn't hesitate to LET his young daughter go on a school skiing trip, this week
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After all (on a totally different theme) , Mark Carney, head of the Bank of England warned the public of the dangers of voting for Brexit in 2016. When we voted to leave, ALL his immediate forecasts for the UK economy's growth were proved wrong, with subsequent independent figures. "Experts" are only experts in name.

I hope to God that this virus disappears asap, but politicians issuing "best guess" figures, only feeds the flames Don't forget (again, on another theme) for every scientific"expert" on climate change, there'll be another "expert" telling you the exact opposite . David Attenborough to David Bellamy, anyone?.

i think the season will just get cancelled.... we may have a challenge cup... but league wise, if we lose 3-4 months from the season, its done.

Which probably suits everyone.... as everyone looks bang average.

The Nostrodamos disciples have missed an opportunity here. Haven’t heard from them for a while. It’s like a Doh moment.