All this paranoia over covid-19 is ridiculous. There no epidemic in the uk anymore. The chances of anyone up to the age of 60 catching and dying from it is around 0.002%, so non negligble. The test doesn't even test of a live virus, gives too many false positives and test for coronavirus, of which cold and flu belong.

What about the over 60's, clearly not important by the sound of it.

I agree ccs, as an over 60 I’m thinking of starting our own BLM group, “Bald lives matter”

Looking at the table i honestly think we will finish bottom two

....You're probably right, 3 weeks training with a new coach, followed by 2 weeks isolation, followed by 5 days training with a squad including 8 coronavirus victims hardy fills you with confidence.

Still, if DFS gave a decent discount on your new sofa you'll have plenty left over to buy Rovers.

(Apologies to any rovers fans out there.)

I wonder if Pearson will ask Last to target the Challenge cup as we have little chance of top four.
Probably mean we will play Wakefield with a team of reserves given the three day turnaround

Public Health England shows us that as of 2nd week of August (7th - 13th) there were 0.44% 'infections' - or rather positive tests, per 10,000 population in England, that's using a test that gives false positives for dead organic matter (according to the W.H.O.) and a range of stuff including a virus never ever isolated described as COVID19.

To compare, influenza in last week December 2018 to 1st week January2019 (27th -3rd) there was a rate of 7.14/100k population influenza HOSPITALISATIONS ... not infections, actual people going into hospital. that's without even the massively systematic testing of virtually every person admitted to hospital and other environments that has being done since March.

Now which of those two is the greater risk which presents the greater risk of infection and potential for death, bear in mind that the death toll FROM flu and pneumonia as in underlying cause of death in every year has massively outstripped those being attributed to COVID are actually a death allegedly WITH that virus strain and the vast majority of deaths are from the persons underlying health condition (Admitted by Prof Neil Ferguson the governments own advisor) thus they've died WITH a positive (or not even that and a best guess) or pneumonia and the doctor has to by law put COVID on the death certificate?

For the over 60s the risk right now is massively less than for any winter period, even 'good' years like 2019, that's before you even get to the flawed BS of the testing regime that produces such inflated infections and death toll attached to a virus that has never being isolated.
Or are you going to contest PHE and the numbers at ONS that even they can't fudge anymore because the threat is so low!!

Overall locking down and not returning to normal life is actually killing more people and doing more harm, the economy is important because with no money that means NHS is fubar'd even more than before = more deaths, no money for social care = more deaths which we've already seen with the removed/reduced care either in residential/care or the community as a whole (I know this as I work as a key worker in the community). Removing medical treatments and community care from relatives, fear of going to hospital, critical appointments and treatments cancelled = more deaths.

Locking down has killed tens of thousands of people, far more than any virus could and will cntinue too kill more people long into the future

... just commenting on a post which only referred to the risk for the under 60's.

Bumpy, can't you find another forum to voice your views, this is a rugby forum, and all you do is repeat yourself ad nauseam.

I see the 9 players infected are very unlikely to play at the weekend, some still suffering quite badly from symptoms of this so called virus.
And weather-wise, today looks like a total washout.

raining but warm, give it another 12 weeks and we'll be wishing for days like today.

We certainly have built a panic culture about weather.

Anyway, any news on the players with symptoms, I haven't seen anything?

cas will muller us......forget the cup...forget the league....we're just treading water til next season

@JennaBrooks
BREAKING - 3 Catalans players and a member of their staff have today tested positive to COVID-19. The entire squad is self isolating. 2 Wakefield players will also need to isolate

@M_Shaw1
Breaking: Understand three Catalans Dragons players and a member of staff have tested positive for Covid-19.
Their game with Wigan on Saturday off and Castleford will now play the Warriors.

News of the virus. In the Catalan camp now, ffs