O/T Coronavirus Thread (4)

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I don’t get this.

Does a fare enforcement officer have a “gaydar” that sets off a buzzer when a BAME or LGBT fare dodger comes into range?

On London transport there are more “foreign looking” folks due to tourism.

Or does the BAME person bring up the topic as a vain attempt to avoid a fine and/or prosecution?

Or are white folks let off? I doubt it because TFL try to collect every penny they can.

[CAMiller]

I don’t get this.

Does a fare enforcement officer have a “gaydar” that sets off a buzzer when a BAME or LGBT fare dodger comes into range?

On London transport there are more “foreign looking” folks due to tourism.

Or does the BAME person bring up the topic as a vain attempt to avoid a fine and/or prosecution?

Or are white folks let off? I doubt it because TFL try to collect every penny they can.

They actually have a process they must follow. They board the train car and one officer goes to each end (the cars are not interconnecting). They work their way to the middles and treat every passenger in exactly the same way, check their ticket or pass and if a valid one is not shown the offender's name and details are taken. I ride every day and have seen this in action hundreds of times. Despite this, black riders are being discriminated against because of the following figures, ridership followed by evasion percentages.

White 55,50
Asian 17,15
Hispanic/Latino 13,10
Black 10,20
Native American 5,5

Even those us who work for the agency and have unlimited passes have to show we have tapped on before boarding. If we haven't we get a citation in exactly the same way and have to go to court in exactly the same way.

(PS Evasion officers are mainly Asian, Black and Hispanic/Latino)

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Seen the same in DLR many times, the ticket inspector goes from person to person down the car, missing nobody out.

I’ve been checked many times

[millertop]

Some weird people out there especially the ones that can’t seem to follow the arrows then look at you like your in wrong I didn’t move back

[wendun]

Some interesting stuff today. WHO reports that the new wave of infections in Europe are primarily among young people. No surprise to me as here they are disregarding social distancing completely now. Also a Professor of epidemiology at Oxford Uni says that after allowing for all factors such as deprivation, housing, jobs, diabetes, obesity they still have a big difference based on ethnicity. For some yet unexplained reason BAME people in the UK are more likely to catch it, more likely to get a severe illness and more likely to die. Towns in Lancashire are starting to get new waves and all have (so far) large South Asian populations. I have no idea if this phenomenon is replicated in other parts of Europe and the world. It's got major implications for the NHS who employ a lot of BAME staff.

[great_fire]

Now apparently people over 6ft are more likely to get it.

So if you're a tall, BAME, bald man over 70 you've had it.

Samuel L Jackson must be crapping himself (at least he's not fat).

[CAMiller]

Now apparently people over 6ft are more likely to get it.

So if you're a tall, BAME, bald man over 70 you've had it.

Samuel L Jackson must be crapping himself (at least he's not fat).

NBA and NFL Hall of Fame could be wiped out.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

No matter what body shape you are, other doing complete isolation, then the best way to protect yourself is avoid areas with high numbers of asians, afrocarribeans and eastern Europeans

So stop in, order online and nail the windows shut

[great_fire]

No matter what body shape you are, other doing complete isolation, then the best way to protect yourself is avoid areas with high numbers of asians, afrocarribeans and eastern Europeans

So stop in, order online and nail the windows shut

You must have different delivery people to me Grist

[wendun]

the best way to protect yourself is avoid areas with high numbers of asians, afrocarribeans and eastern Europeans

Grist, what we're not being told but I can assure you that scientific experts are well aware is that long after we get a grip on Covid, then just like TB, areas of high BAME populations will remain reservoirs of the disease. There will be dozens of towns and cities (and parts of towns and cities) that only an idiot would visit. This is the true face of John2's multicultural utopia.