We'll buy your shish kebabs, you buy our military equipment. And we'll throw Sorloth and Ozil in as a sweetener. Deal done. No need for prolonged negotiations.

Red and Blue Army!

NE1 4BJ is Leazes Village(my cousin has a townhouse in 'the Mews'). It is also the Postcode for NUFC, as St James' Park is right next door.

Oh god, im sorry, ive just gone all 'willo' there.

I'm a blind man, i'm a blind man, now my room is cold,
When a blind man cries, Lord, he feels it from his soul.
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Sweden up to 401 dead. Up 8% from saturday.
This herd immunity thing just ain't goner work.
Already choosing who to save. young vs old.
The lockdown is coming over there me thinks.

When this is over we will see won't we.

The Swedish approach has been working there and hasn't been destroying its economy....if they lockdown it will have been for far less time than us.
Anyway what would be the difference? All you are doing is delaying and stretching it out longer. The only real argument is your healthcare capacity.

Until a vaccine is mass produced this virus is going to spread....the summer will dampen it...hell it's getting warm already plus you'll will have all those who are 'immune' by now and then..(though true immunity is a myth).. The more catch it and come through it the less deaths you will get overall depending upon how well you isolated the elderly and vulnerable. As a percentage Sweden will already have had far more catch it from within their younger generations than us....apparently 8 out of ten won't even have had noticeable symptoms.

Staying in....until Xmas at the very earliest....well, that's the alternative if you are really going to go against 'herd immunity'....which they won't.

I don't see this strategy holding myself.

Edited by Stirlingsays (06 Apr 2020 8.05pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I think every country has 'some plans' to limit the spread. I certainly don't agree with just ignoring it. It's only ever been about how drastic we went in.

If what's been said about MMT is right....and I have my fingers crossed that it is right. We will come out of this with limited pain and economic consequences.

If it isn't...boy oh boy.

I reckon I've already had this thing a couple of weeks ago. I was hopeful on the testing kits....but you hear that their reliability is a bit crap.

They have to sort that out.

It's going to be a race to see which western country can succeed on mass produced reliable kits first......it's obviously going to be between the big boys of Germany and the US.

Edited by Stirlingsays (06 Apr 2020 8.14pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Boris has been taken to intensive care.