O/T Coronavirus Thread

[rolymiller]

No idea, Roly.
I wonder if there is something in the EFL rules that sets out the position? If not, I think the outbreak would amount to a force majeure in contract law, which would mean that nobody would be in a position to sue.

So do I assume from that either ootcome could happen with nowt much anyone could do about it.

[rolymiller]

You wouldnt say good for them if you arrived unannounced...a couple of oxo's and jobs a good un..
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PMSL Millavanilla.

They would have to be careful tho cos they might unleash a corroly bug. That would be deadly!

[KerrAvon]

What do you say about the over 70s who have no underlying medical conditions Kerr? Why can't they be treated like everyone else?Imagine a fit and healthy 70 odd year old who has always looked after themselves. By nature I would imagine very active. What would a 4 month incarceration do to their physical and mental health?

The stats say that someone over 70 is much more likely to need critical care (the risk actually starts to rise at about 60...), irrespective of whether they have underlying health problems. The NHS is highly likely to be overwhelmed in any event and failing to take steps to try to reduce that by isolating higher risk groups will exacerbate the problem.

It's a horrible situation. I was planning a staying visit with an elderly (84 yr old) relative at Easter. I'm really not sure that I should now, even though she says that she isn't worried.

[animallittle3]

It is. People who think there are easy answers that are being missed don't understand the problem.

For the very first time we agree on something although under an extremely bad situation .

It's a totally unprecedented situation and something no government could be expected to get through and get everything totally right .

Times such as these in my opinion call for the burying of hatchets and we pull together .

[Shark27]

For the very first time we agree on something although under an extremely bad situation .

It's a totally unprecedented situation and something no government could be expected to get through and get everything totally right .

Times such as these in my opinion call for the burying of hatchets and we pull together .

Well said!!

[KerrAvon]

So do I assume from that either ootcome could happen with nowt much anyone could do about it.

Unless there is a provision in the EFL rules, anything is possible. And I have a feeling that if there was something in the EFL rules, some bright spark would have found it and told us all.

[mikemiller]

[QUOTE=KerrAvon;39457651] That’s all well and good, but the virus is still there and so lockdown is like pressing on the brake pedal of a car that is freewheeling down a hill. It’s possible to slow it down or even bring it to a halt, but as soon as you lift the lockdown, the brakes come off and down we go.

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Be interesting to see what happens in Japan, who have coped with the situation better than us so far, when they start lifting the restrictions. They must have already planned the timescale for that.

[KerrAvon]

For the very first time we agree on something although under an extremely bad situation .

It's a totally unprecedented situation and something no government could be expected to get through and get everything totally right .

Times such as these in my opinion call for the burying of hatchets and we pull together .

I suspect that we agree on many things, animal, but we are in agreement again on the need to pull together.

[KerrAvon]

Be interesting to see what happens in Japan, who have coped with the situation better than us so far, when they start lifting the restrictions

What do you think will happen in a population that still has the virus circulating within it when you lift the restrictions that are reducing the transmission rate?

Interestingly, there is evidence from China that their early lockdown resulted in the virus changing behaviour. Strains that did not produce symptoms until later in the infection were selected for as they had a greater chance of infecting others. In effect, it made the disease more stealthy.

[animallittle3]

I suspect that we agree on many things, animal, but we are in agreement again on the need to pull together.

In such times it's all we have Kerr , we are at the mercy of mother nature , all of us .

It's all we can do .