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COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the wold form today Friday 26th of June: - UK: Following beaches on the south coast being besieged on Wednesday and Thursday by half a million visitors, Prime Minister Mr. Johnson speaks to the nation and tells them to stop "taking liberties". Nation...

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today Thursday 25th of June: - UK: Despite having no contact app, UK track and trace system has already contacted over one hundred thousand people and asked them to self-isolate following persons who confirmed positive advised who...

I looked up the long term effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, which is the nearest parallel we have to this one. I don't recommend doing this.

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today Wednesday 24th of June: - UK: Human trials begin on a COVID-19 Vaccine developed in conjunction with Oxford university, also being administered to volunteers in Brazil and Africa. - UK: Pub in Sheffield which continued to serve...

That's what you said!

No worries dude, since I chucked making the graphs and the status/outlooks on the 25th of May it's been no effort, just catching up on world news and condensing some of the headlines I manage to catch. I encourage anyone to chip in with whatever they see, it's all comment worthy. Don't forget...

A fine crop of new TESTies, each one bringing new and exciting specialist skills! And an Aurora! Auroras for the Aurora god!

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today Tuesday 23rd of June: - UK: Daily televised Coronavirus briefings scrapped, to now only occur on an Ad-Hoc basis to coincide with big things happening. Pubs and resturants announced to reopen on July 4th (yes, that 4th of July)...

Interesting article, alas half obscured behind a pay-wall, can you advise what the rest of the article says? It only lets me see as far as the third paragraph so I'm not really able to get your point past the headline. @Jolly_Green_Giant shared an article earlier in the thread which indicates...

Monday? Again? Vote 'BobFace for Emperor and I will ensure there is only one Monday a month. I will replace the other Mondays with Fridays but they will be at the beginning of the week and they will be called "Friday Part 2" so you can tell the difference.

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today Monday 22nd of June: - UK: Millions of people "shielding", where someone has been advised by the government to remain in voluntary quarantine as their health is considered to be more at risk, have been advised they may be able to...

Five hours of Monday to go, if I drink fast enough i can save myself a few hours to add on to the weekend!

It wasn't for me but it is now. What kind of dark sorcery is this? :-/

Either hire some researchers or don't run a daily show that makes you look like you are wearing clown shoes. If I want uninformed toss I'll go on Facebook.

Aha, you might be on to something there - combine that with the fact UK only tested the sick in hospital with no wider testing in the community for months and months even through the peak of cases deaths in April, if someone is sick enough with it to attend hospital they are going to have a much...

The U was a genuine mistake, I was concentrating so hard on how to spell "Squardon" I missed the U entirely. 👍

COVID Catharsis Corner - Reports from around the world from today Sunday 21st of June: - USA: Donald Trump reveals at Tulsa Rally that he had ordered COVID testing to be slowed down as numbers rose, stating “When you do testing to that extent, you’re gonna find more people, you’re gonna find...

Glorious! I made this plate in a pottery painting class on holiday years ago. I still have it but it's all chipped and busted-ass now:

I am fairly sure as a mere member of the electorate I am not, and never was supposed to be, in a position to be able to know/tell 🙂 There may have been someone who was, though: https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-24/probe-launched-after-uk-civil-service-tweet-labels-government-truth-twisters/...

I am very lucky to live in a country where all medical costs are paid for my my taxes so there is no pressure on a hospital to put me in one category or another to maximize the cash return on their work keeping me alive or my ability to pay for that. I hear where you are coming from in that...