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

Beat me to it

coz your old and slow like me

I was watching Jimmy Anderson making history.

Same as getting tested for flu that literally has zero effect on life with healthy people. Compare to August 2019 influenza testing which gave a 0.81% positive result rate, last weeks tests of what's being called Covid19, according to public health england was 0.55%, that includes Pillar one and two tests..
In England and Wales there are 5 times more people dying across the country FROM other respiratory diseases than those that have C.19 mentioned in the death certificate (that means they have not died FROM C.19 and pneumonia deaths are stil being attributed in the deaths column to C.19 as it has being throughout) the risk is tiny and less than any years flu at any time of the year and in every single previous year.

There is no need to self isolate, you might as well just cancel all human contact going forward at this rate, it's utterly insane and is killing more people through the actions taken than any virus itself could kill ultimately.

Aside from the threat being lower than flu, it's going to destroy the sport and others where no grass root sport is being allowed, this in turn has a huge effect on obesity which is the primary cause of so many serious ailments and deaths.

Any news on how many times have the clubs players being tested and what were their results over the last few weeks?