The US has banned export of all masks made there now as they need them too but I agree that as these were in transit they should have allowed them to proceed to Germany. Doubt Trump himself knew anything about them though.

LMAO I CANNOT

 

His people are hijacking them, ofcourse he knew about it! They were seized in bangkok as well.

 

Canada has threatened to close their border for all traffic, which means the US won't have the one product needed to produce their own masks. I hope Trudeau pulls through. NATO my arse

 

Edit: Got my facts messed up. Turkey seized medical ventilators from China to Spain

Love to absolve the leader of a country of responsibility for his country's foreign policy offenses.

Reminds me of that scene in titanic when Billy Zane was pushing everyone off he last lifeboat for fear of being swamped!

Its getting warmer during the week especially down the South East, so people are going to venture out more, tougher restrictions might come into play.

Sun article: BRITS are flouting lockdown rules to go for bike rides in the sun and exercise together as the UK enjoys a mini heatwave. Pictures taken today show people failing to socially distance - despite the UK's chief nurse begging Brits to stay at home in memory of two hero nurses who lost their lives fighting the bug.

The government's muddled message isn't helping. I'm sure there are a lot of people still uncertain whether the government is issuing instructions, enforceable by the police, or advice.

 

It started with the initial announcement last week which was portrayed as strong advice rather than an instruction. The legal status and police powers weren't really unveiled until the legislation was published and that got rather less coverage. Even the message about this weekend has been depicted as advice and instruction at different times. Getting that part of the message right should be the easy bit.

VE Day 9 May is a bit of a dull affair now, after all the hoo ha moving the Bank Holiday to a Friday, mind you they didn't see this coming.

This country is full of idiots. Shouldn't even need a government instruction to know not to go down the park for f*** all reason.

 

Then there's the brainwashed fools setting fire to 5G masts because some airhead celebrities are spreading fake conspiracy theories. They should be banned from using social media if they've no idea what they're talking about.

The US has banned export of all masks made there now as they need them too but I agree that as these were in transit they should have allowed them to proceed to Germany. Doubt Trump himself knew anything about them though.

He could literally come up to you and like murder you and you’d use your dying breath to defend him.

 

 

There’s no point in even trying to have a discussion with you. The man is a vile c**t literally stealing and hoarding the worlds supplies in a pandemic because he was a lazy c**t and was so slow to react to it that other countries placed orders first that need to be fulfilled and he is demanded they are physically seized and taken back to the us. The state of Berlin literally names and shames the US gov as being wholly responsible

 

VE Day 9 May is a bit of a dull affair now, after all the hoo ha moving the Bank Holiday to a Friday, mind you they didn't see this coming.

I got an additional bank holiday for it in addition to the mayday one so no complaining here :lol: looking forward to my three days off in May

 

This country is full of idiots. Shouldn't even need a government instruction to know not to go down the park for f*** all reason.

 

Then there's the brainwashed fools setting fire to 5G masts because some airhead celebrities are spreading fake conspiracy theories. They should be banned from using social media if they've no idea what they're talking about.

Honestly the number of people actually believing this garbage is horrifying.

The amount of new cases is starting to flatten in the UK as the effects of the lockdown start to show!

https://www.berlin.de/sen/inneres/presse/pr...lung.915948.php

 

The demonic sweet potato has stolen, literally stolen, a shipment of 200.000 masks from 3M (so the good ones) in Bangkok that were on their way to the state of Berlin for our public sector workers (mainly the Police). What kind of dirty c**t does that in a pandemic.

 

Defend this Chris. I DARE you.

 

Turkey has stolen a shipment of ventilators to Spain as well.

 

Tests per 1 million pop in Europe:

 

1 - Iceland - 69,276

2 - Luxembourg - 34,287

3 - Liechtenstein - 23,605

4 - Malta - 21,975

5 - Norway - 19,528

6 - Switzerland - 17,729

7 - San Marino - 17,270

8 - Estonia - 14,392

9 - Slovenia - 13,040

10 - Austria - 11,562

11 - Germany - 10,962

12 - Latvia - 10,275

13 - Italy - 10,252

14 - Portugal - 7,952

15 - Lithuania - 7,852

16 - Cyprus - 7,825

17 - Spain - 7,593

18 - Denmark - 7,055

19 - Czechia - 6,926

20 - Ireland - 6,119

21 - Belgium - 5,424

22 - Finland - 5,234

23 - Netherlands - 4,401

24 - Russia - 4,379

25 - Sweden - 3,654

26 - France - 3,436

27 - Belarus - 3,386

28 - UK - 2,698

29 - Slovakia - 2,497

30 - Croatia - 2,395

31 - Macedonia - 2,362

32 - Greece - 2,153

33 - Hungary - 2,011

34 - Poland - 1,926

35 - Montenegro - 1,899

36 - Romania - 1,876

37 - Turkey - 1,680

38 - Bosnia & Herz. - 1,431

39 - Albania - 781

40 - Serbia - 733

41 - Ukraine - 115

42 - Bulgaria - 81

43 - Moldova - 42

 

Bonus

 

Hong Kong - 12,005

Australia - 11,203

South Korea - 8,875

Canada - 8,021

Singapore - 6,666

USA - 4,172

Iran - 952

South Africa - 849

Ecuador - 585

Thailand - 339

Japan - 312 (stopped releasing data)

Brazil - 258

Egypt - 244

Mexico - 122

Morroco - 109

India - 84

Venezuela - 63

Kenya - 41

Indonesia - 26

Rwanda - 16

Bangladesh - 13

Mozambique - 11

 

China hasn't revealed it's data

Edited April 4, 20205 yr by Euphorique

The Guy's and St Thomas's research project has reported some of its findings. They have 1.2 million people (including me) reporting daily on whether they are showing any of the symptoms of Covid-19.

 

Their latest map is very interesting.

 

Take a look at Scotland. There is a belt across from Edinburgh to Glasgow with a higher concentration of cases. This is not particularly surprising. The virus can spread a lot faster in densely-populated areas. Then look further south. In particular, look at where a low concentration of cases across the map suddenly becomes a much higher concentration immediately to the south. That just happens to be the Scotland-England border. There is no major difference in population density, so what is the reason? Some possibilities...

 

1) All respondents are self-selected and the project is dependent on them being honest. It is possible that there is a bias in the population of respondents, but I can't think a reason why it would cause such a sharp contrast.

 

2) The Scottish government introduced measures to stop the spread before the UK government.

 

3) Nicola Sturgeon's messages were clearer than the ones coming from Downing Street meaning that Scots acted before people in England.

 

4) Nicola Sturgeon is more trusted than Boris Johnson so more people took her seriously when she called on people to change their behaviour.

 

5) There is no reason. It's just a coincidence.

Ironically the Scottish Borders is the one part of the country more likely to listen to Boris. They get their news from England as they’re in an ITV region and not an STV region.

 

 

I think that 3 is the biggest contributor personally. My parents can’t stand the FM but have stopped complaining during this crisis and are more critical of the UK gov than the Scottish gov at the moment. The message is clear and there is less flip flopping in approach. They’re not over promising and then pretending they never said that 15 minutes later.

Meanwhile, Trump's lies get even more ridiculous. His latest excuse for a lack of testing is that his administration inherited an obsolete test from the Obama administration. As this is a new virus, known about for just a few months, one wonders how he thinks a test for it had been developed over three years ago.

He's panicking because this is one situation where it's more difficult than ever to shift blame onto others which is what his whole life is based on. I mean he'll still do it and he'll still have his rabid supporters believing him but it's nice to watch him squirm over his own failings.

He could always put someone in charge of the Federal response and blame it on them afterwards which is what will probably happen knowing that's what he does literally all the time :lol:

I would hazrad that Nicola Sturgeon might be the most trusted politician in the United Kingdom, by Scots assuredly, and probably by a lot of English and others as well.

 

(There will remain always of course, a minority of English people like my grandmother who distrusts Nicola inherently because she *is* Scottish and for reasons like that she is a short haired woman, etc.)

Apparently Boris's partner has got it, she has been tested.

 

And Hancock has reported public sunbathing is banned during lockdown

Yet the Scottish Chief Medical Officer drove her family to their second home an hour away from where they live :lol:

A total of 4,934 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Saturday, the Department of Health has said, up by 621 from 4,313 the day before.