@Crafty Where?

seems to be Leeds.. he's talking about the building

The building looks okay but it suffers from the Modernist glass fetishism. @Crafty

no

i wish we had our houses of parliament in the gregorian style when ut was rebuilt, instead of it being repaired to its original gothic

Also i think GCSEs are cancelled

If so then normal protocol will be done; you’ll go off predicted grades

~~which is good for me because all mine are nines and i’m certainly not going to get that~~

Also universities will have to honour their offers

i hear the army has been called in to lock down london

if so schools will deffo shut soon

no source because tis 1am

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8127171/Boris-Johnson-hints-lockdown-London.html

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/678530619621507073/689997605488427094/980b4823c575fb3150352ec41a9dd2f0fdda684fr1-435-250_hq.gif

lads

how can I tell boris to start the lockdown tomorrow so I don't have to do a 5am start

You say please.

PLEASE BORIS

why the fuck did I agree to work in a shop at 5am on Friday

especially with this lockdown rumour

hopefully not like this https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/18/15/26113508-8125231-Keith_Waller_tweeted_an_image_today_saying_So_much_for_social_di-a-44_1584544437757.jpg

I swear, social distancing was announced, then my shop (greggs) got like 3x busier

it was madness

Makes no sense to lock areas down where there are not yet many cases of covid infections.

That will only result in a later, more sudden, uncontrollable outburst.

@ETBrooD the issue is the 2 week delay

you have no idea if an area that "has no cases" is full of people in incubation period

I recommend watching this video. I timestamped the relevant part (14:00, and also 16:20 is important).
https://youtu.be/JbQ3oLvvecM?t=841

The virus can't be "contained", it'll break out eventually. And when it does, you need to be prepared.
It's best to let it spread in a controlled fashion than to contain it for long periods.

that's questionable and changes from country to country, and city to city

ideally, we would want the virus to not be around

which is was and still is, possible, for some

as long as a country closes borders and has no infected. That country would stay immune to the problem and out perform all the others

Playing for time is a good thing though. More time to prepare is more time to stock up on vital equipment (esp. ventilators apparently) as well as time to develop vaccines and other treatment

I'm not too convinced infecting everyone is a good strategy, no one knows shit about the virus. It's been confirmed to cause infertility to 10% of the ones that survive, for example

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/uk-faces-massive-shortage/

@Crafty agreed

that also though, i'm not convinced it's 'nothing bro' for younger people

exactly

imo, closing borders and going all out on tests is the best course of action

they need to figure out more conclusively if it causes long term damage