Covid 19 worries !
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miPbiP
E*POWAH Master
quite a sobering article Rob.
my hunch is there are many more cases in the wild than officially counted.
note to self: don't fall off bike, it will be a long and painful wait at A&E, they're busy.
my hunch is there are many more cases in the wild than officially counted.
note to self: don't fall off bike, it will be a long and painful wait at A&E, they're busy.
miPbiP
E*POWAH Master
oh now I have to explain this to my 8 year old daughter who has a habit of looking over my shoulder!
could be a long day ...
Our own government said in the week it was likely between 5000 and 10000. It’s a little low but they will look at the numbers like this article does.
It’s important we all keep calm, wash hands and limit contact. Stay safe.
GrahamPaul
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
Oh fuck... sorry man.
the pic I'd posted in my reply mustn't have posted.
Scroll back now I've edited the post to show it.
I deserve a massive slap
(not that unusual TBF)
No offense taken!
I thought it was funny the first time. And if you'd met my missus, you'd have been quaking in yer boots. (She once kicked a Government Minister of Education in the shins for being an arsehole!).
High Rock Ruti
Active member
High Rock Ruti
Had MINOR shoulder surgery 8 days ago, rode at day 4, I'm 65 figure I have about 7 rides left before I'm plagued. Every feature I've never had the nerve to ride is now on deck.....and riding naked of course now that embarrassment and discretion serves no good purpose.
Had MINOR shoulder surgery 8 days ago, rode at day 4, I'm 65 figure I have about 7 rides left before I'm plagued. Every feature I've never had the nerve to ride is now on deck.....and riding naked of course now that embarrassment and discretion serves no good purpose.
Just explain the dude in the pic is just a proud father... Just like you'll be in 8/9 years time when she heads out clubbing with her friendsoh now I have to explain this to my 8 year old daughter who has a habit of looking over my shoulder!
could be a long day ...
GrahamPaul
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
I disagree. Both numbers are meaningful. The Italian experience is that around 10% of positive tests will require hospital admission and around half of those will die. Once the 10% figure exceeds the number of available ventilators and intensive care beds, then it is likely that all the 10% will die. At that stage folks might start taking the social distancing suggestions a little more seriously.
Just to show how serious such things are being taken here in Spain, the Madrileños are under quarantine from today. Therefore they all headed for the beaches yesterday (even those who already had the virus cos, you know, it's much nicer to recuperate in the sunshine). Our local councils have shut the beach bars and restaurants and posted red flags on all the beaches. But it's unseasonably warm this year. And dry. The beach is full.
Quite frankly, as a human race, we're fucked. Not this time, of course: this pandemic will have a death rate of 1-2%, probably, which will not seriously weaken the population, but it does give a good idea of what will happen with the next Black Death. People are basically stupid, with half the population of below average intelligence (do the sums!), you can forgive them. The rest are just plain blind.
(Forgive me: a little angry at what has happened here in the last 12 hours. Including friends of ours who proudly announced on Facebook how they had arrived back from Northern Spain last night and hit the bars to party).
miPbiP
E*POWAH Master
So China turned their country upside down to contain a virus likely transferred from animal to human at a wild animal market.
It's not the first time.
wild animal market. repeated cross-species inspections going international.
W. T. A. F.
It's not the first time.
wild animal market. repeated cross-species inspections going international.
W. T. A. F.
GrahamPaul
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
Cross-species infection happens more often than you think, perhaps? Consider that smallpox vaccinations were a result of stockmen infected by cow pox.
GrahamPaul
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
Found it!
Does anyone know where the end is?
For that queue? Berlin. That was pre-Brexit, so I don't think there are any British refugees in that line.
GrahamPaul
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
If you detect a sense of humour failure from my corner, we've been informed that we are confined to our homes for the next couple of weeks.
El Gobierno prohíbe a partir del lunes los movimientos en todo el país con excepciones como trabajar o comprar alimentos
El Gobierno prohíbe a partir del lunes los movimientos en todo el país con excepciones como trabajar o comprar alimentos
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
That seems an entirely sensible position to me!
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
I agree....to be safe you need to be trained both how to use one and how to maintain it.....and wear the correct safety gear. I use a reciprocating saw and it can cope with surprisingly thick branches much more safely....when something is just too big for that I pay someone else!That seems an entirely sensible position to me!
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
I use a folding hand saw, cost £10. I can cut through a tree up to 7" diameter with it.
Zoom in to the right hand section.
Zoom in to the right hand section.
Safer just heading off to IKEA for a flat pack MONKADINKADINK tree-house and UPATEEDOWNATEE treehouse ladder instead (Yes I made up the name, just like they do
)
I have 3 of those. I'm not building a treehouse with them
It seems Spain is at a rather more advanced stage than here in the UK currently. Yes of course all of the stats have a use but knowing how many need intensive care is the stat that says most about the ability of the health services to cope and that stat is generally missing. I did read one govt statement from I think Thursday that 20 were in intensive care in the UK and the total positive tests at the time was about 800. So far all the deaths in the UK have bern in the highedt risk category..ie older patients with pre existing health problems.
I think we may be entering the phase of some restriction of mass gatherings next week.....but as your comments illustrate if you go for complete lock down you risk many people doing all the wrong things and making matters worse.
Why?....you could hop that!!
miPbiP
E*POWAH Master
luckily you're got emtbforums to keep you occupied.
GrahamPaul
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
And Netflix... I tested the speed of my 100MB/s fibre earlier today and it's dropped to 50MB/s because everyone else has the same idea
And Netflix... I tested the speed of my 100MB/s fibre earlier today and it's dropped to 50MB/s because everyone else has the same idea
Can't get fibre here (farmland) so mine never reaches 5MB/s
It's plenty for gaming and Netflix, nevermind perusing here
gtaadicto
Member
Here in Spain state of emergency has been officially declared and we will be put on lockdown on Monday at 8.00 am, for 15 days at least.
I bought a Tacx Flow Smart roller stand to keep me occupied but Enduro E-mtb is way better!
I bought a Tacx Flow Smart roller stand to keep me occupied but Enduro E-mtb is way better!
It's clamping down more in France from tomorrow. Restaurants bars discos shut. Any none essential shops are to close - not sure how they work out what is essential..
https://www.thelocal.fr/20200314/fr...l-shops-to-close-to-step-coronavirus-epidemic
https://www.thelocal.fr/20200314/fr...l-shops-to-close-to-step-coronavirus-epidemic
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