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This is a link post Uk coronavirus deaths put in perspective I made this!
Three and a half months into a global pandemic, tens of thousands of people have died in the UK. The numbers are almost meaningless, so I tried to put them in perspective.

UK coronavirus deaths put in perspective



A running total of deaths in the UK, directly attributable to coronavirus.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 12:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Wel, I've been to Broadstairs* and frankly
...obvious joke.

amirite?


Cheers Jimmer

*substitute Stamford Bridge/Merthyr Tydfil/Franklin's Gardens as appropriate.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha!

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 12:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Great. Now do it excluding deaths of those over 70.
We have fucked our economy for geriatrics who make no contribution to the economy.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 13:39, Reply)
This is a normal post it's time for you next consultation, Dr Shipman

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Shipman was a true NHS hero.

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 17:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Are you really really really autistic or something?

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Are you really really really old or something?

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 16:58, Reply)
This is a normal post You seem to struggle with the concept of empathy.

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 23:59, Reply)
This is a normal post I am hugely empathetic to those of working age who are going to suffer the economic consequences of lockdown for years to come.
I'm somewhat less sympathetic to those who could have taken steps to shield themselves without necessitating the shutdown of practically the entire economy, i.e. those not of working age. Their pensions are guaranteed, jobs are not.
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 7:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't worry about those working age people
There'll be plenty of statue guardian jobs available
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 8:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Good point.
It's not like people over 70 are still people or anything.
What the fuck is wrong with you?!
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 15:03, Reply)
This is a normal post not sure whether you're talking about covid or brexit now

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 15:16, Reply)
This is a normal post *belms*
You may hate your parents but I quite like mine.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 16:02, Reply)
This is a normal post That's sweet, but you should know, they don't speak very highly of you.

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 17:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I’m their favourite.

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 18:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Aktion T4 rides again.

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 16:59, Reply)
This is a normal post they do contribute to the economy though

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 17:17, Reply)
This is a normal post "Being old...
they would have died soon anyway"
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 18:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Being employed...
we'd all have been out of work soon anyway
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 13:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Very good
but I don't think it's appropriate to beg for coffee if you liked it. Just seemed really jarring.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 14:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Fair point.
I just reused the same footer from when I did the Should you go out? questionnaire.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 15:02, Reply)
This is a normal post I liked that one too!
Yeah I don't want to be a downer, just that bit stuck out at me.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 16:37, Reply)
This is a normal post The 13th of May annoyed me.
Couldn't we just have got rid of Merthyr instead of having the virus?
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 14:45, Reply)
This is a normal post This government is all about wartime analogies,
so what’s the crossover point for civilian casualties during the Blitz?
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 9:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Unpopular opinion?
Watching the figures unfolding leads me to think about how the CV19 situation will develop over the coming weeks, months and years. I'd be interested to know if anyone else agrees with me:

First off - I'm not sure that a vaccine will emerge. The common cold is a form of Coronavirus and we all know how successful we've been at developing a vaccine for that.... I'm therefore thinking that CV19 will become a treatable disease that the world population begins to live with and stops fearing quite as much.

I think that the death rate in most countries is falling, not just because of the distancing measures but in a large part due to the fact that the medical profession is learning how to treat the disease succesfully and outcomes are improving massively on what they would have been for patients taken into hospital at the beginning of the pandemic.

Actual infection rates worldwide seem to be settling at about 1 in 1000 (I think in the UK the ONS believe it to be at about 6 in 10,000 in the UK) so it's not a disease that is running rampant in the general population and therefore the actual chance of contracting and subsequently dying from the disease is becoming vanishingly small for most of us. The Government and the press have done pretty good job of spreading panic and fear which is probably deliberate and a good thing and has helped avoid complacency.

The world can't stay indoors until nobody dies anymore and we can't afford a second lockdown. Hanging on to the hope of a vaccine seems rather vain to me. I think we need to start being positive and get out there.

Discuss.....
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 13:13, Reply)
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"The common cold is a form of Coronavirus and we all know how successful we've been at developing a vaccine for that"

Developing a vaccine for the common cold has never been a comparable priority. And the reason no vax has been developed for the old school Sars is that the world lost interest once it disappeared, which also made clinical trials impossible to run.
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 13:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Also the common cold is extremely rarely, if ever, fatal to humans.

(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 15:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Absolute fucking bullshit.
Colds kill geriatrics and others with comprised immune systems (we used to call them the infirm) every single day.
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 19:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't believe your fake news
*dons tinfoil hat*
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 20:52, Reply)
This is a normal post
The common cold is mostly caused by rhinoviruses, which are very different. Not just a different family, but a different order.

The reason we don't have a vaccine for the common cold is not because it's impossible to make one. We could.
The problem is, there are too many types of rhinovirus.
Even if we developed vaccines for the most common hundred, it would continue to mutate.

Covid is not rampant because we're locked down.

The chance of catching it and dying is substantial.

The UK has one of the highest death-rates per capita - over 600 per million. Compare to e.g. the USA, about 340.
(, Mon 22 Jun 2020, 9:09, Reply)
This is a link post Simulated sea slug gets addicted to drug
"Scientists built a computer model of a simple brain network based on that of a sea slug, taught it how to get food, gave it an appetite and the ability to experience reward, added a dash of something called homeostatic plasticity and then exposed it to a very intoxicating drug. To no one’s surprise, the creature became addicted."
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 11:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I need stimulation
I therefore donate myself to Science.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 20:02, Reply)
This is a link post OVERPRICED BASIC TITLE I made this!
Hipster minimalism is all the rage, so I've created a clothing/homeware range that costs more and gives you less

OVERPRICED BASIC TITLE



OVERPRICED BASIC DESCRIPTION
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 11:07, Reply)
This is a normal post see every white t-shirt featured in How to Spend It

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 13:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Lah di dah.
Hark at the FT reader.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 14:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Except the art
That's quite reasonably priced
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 9:19, Reply)
This is a link post Strutter Bubble - block out the world
Live your life in your own private cocoon of huff, muff, and puff.
Paul Garner and Paul Kaye 2007.


(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 8:57, Reply)
This is a normal post It's made of something that looks remarkably similar to glass

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 12:10, Reply)
This is a link post Unused Twin Peaks theme rediscovered


(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 22:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Very good
And reminded me of this, from years ago.
youtu.be/NmpAx8Z5z40
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 23:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Twin Peaks is filmed in front of a live studio audience

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 0:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Very brilliant indeed

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 13:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Those Viennese police don't take any guff

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 22:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Clearly his cover was blown.

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 22:46, Reply)
This is a normal post What an uncouth Austrian
Better in than out, as Fritzl used to say to his kids
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 22:44, Reply)
This is a normal post they're letting him off
I expect tomorrow's headline to be "fart man quietly released"
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 1:40, Reply)
This is a normal post into elevator
chaos ensues.
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 21:23, Reply)
This is a normal post He must have a mighty ausfahrt!

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 3:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Markov Chains are AI?
Nah


I learned to shoot his gun,
Truth covered in security,
Man, you're son of a bitch,
In all the wrong places.
The asperities of the world are near,
Real feelings, touch us in a way,
My friend must not have been far,

She's afraid,
She's scared

Smother, Smother, Smother,

Smother, Smother, Smother,

Smother, Smother, Smother,

Smother, Smother, Smother,

Smother, Smother, Smother,

Smother, Smother, Smother,
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 7:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Or how about
I learned to shoot his gun,
Truth covered in security,
Tried to speak to his true feelings.
Do you know the thing?
The plain majority will wish
That we lay down the mantle of tyranny
And usher in a glorious age of liberty.

(Intermission)

You will pass through the last gate.
At the end of a long year of administration,
We will be the best, we will shine in history.
You will witness the talents of a great nation --
The hearts and minds of all the citizens.
There is much we have to do to build those hearts and minds.
To do that, we must strive to be ourselves.

Once again, our flag will flutter high in the sky.
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 7:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Hmm too topical
I learned to shoot his gun,

Truth covered in security,

All he did was shoot me,

He saved my life,

He saved my life,

He saved my life


Oh baby don't make a song

Just throw me a bone,

Here comes Mr. It's grunge baby,

This is grunge, you're rock and roll,

Liver kickin, red meat, and worse,

Coughed up the sheet metal,

Coughed up the sheet metal,

Coughed up the sheet metal,


I want my front seat,

Mommy's first,

I want my
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 7:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Why are people so angry today?

(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 16:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Those were gpt-2 iirc

(, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 8:45, Reply)
This is a link post Social distancing pub fight
Loved watching these two growing up

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 19:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Me too!
The two Rons were my favourite.

Ron: We don't like smarties do we, Ron?

Ron: No, we don't, Ron. Except for the red ones because you can rub 'em on your lips and it looks like lipstick.
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 20:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha!

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 21:03, Reply)
This is a link post Bananas in the refrigerator
Straight EU ones or not, bananas like the climate of the very, very tropical equator
So you should never put bananas in the refrigerator
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 13:56, Reply)
This is a normal post The preview reminded me of this gem from a few years ago
Sweary banjo silliness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRM5knY5Frk
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 17:20, Reply)
This is a normal post
Very a-peeling
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 21:58, Reply)
This is a link post This is what it feels like to be Australian....
really.....
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 5:47, Reply)
This is a normal post
I've been on Reddit too long. This is the kind of quality content I have been missing.
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 10:11, Reply)
This is a normal post was half expecting santa clause ya cunt where's me fucking bike?

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 19:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Ask and you shall receive
www.youtube.com/watch?v=af7LwnA913g
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 0:02, Reply)
This is a link post Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge
The hottest game of 1998

Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge by Aaron Demeter



Now With Scoring Pencil!!
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 22:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Are you some sort of joker?

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 22:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Goddammit!
Is the GC machine broken?

I knew I should have checked manually...
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 0:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Not deleting
It stands as monument to my hubris
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 0:09, Reply)
This is a normal post *defaces*

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 1:31, Reply)
This is a normal post *defecates*
*simultaneously tweets a suggestion to put it in a new national museum of hubris*
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 12:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Woohoo!!

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 12:20, Reply)
This is a link post Am a goat
Must be Ghana's answer to Doja Cat's Mooo
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 20:05, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm a cow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8j0O4ejUaw
(, Mon 22 Jun 2020, 16:20, Reply)
This is a link post Offerings
To the statue gods

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 17:28, Reply)
This is a normal post It's a statue of a fridge
the tuna, bananas, mini rolls, kippers and muffin are all offerings to the statue of Boris inside.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 18:15, Reply)
This is a normal post What sort of cretin would put any of those things in a fridge?
It's all cupboard food except the EU regulated straight bananas.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 19:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Bollocks
Mini Rolls go in the freezer.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 19:05, Reply)
This is a normal post and penguin biscuits

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 20:02, Reply)
This is a normal post they are for when Boris comes out at night

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 20:30, Reply)
This is a normal post That's Arctic rolls, dummy.
Your mini roll stays in your Arctic pants.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 20:47, Reply)
This is a normal post
Seriously, try it. Mini Rolls straight from the freezer. Fuck. Yeah.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 22:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't try and make us look like idiots.
We know that tuna lives in the sea. I mean, they would suffocate in a cupboard anyway.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 19:52, Reply)
This is a normal post I might put kippers in the fridge
if I ever bought kippers
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 21:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Gifts for the homeless people who will spend the night slumped against it

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 18:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Have they boxed in a food bank by mistake?

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 18:24, Reply)
This is a normal post You set them up, you knock 'em out of the park.

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 0:07, Reply)
This is a link post Hit The Pine I made this!
A chilled-out, sample-stuffed, disinfectant-swilling groove – one of the tracks I made for "The Dark Outside Inside 3" (online Saturday just gone). The looped backing sample is nicked from "In The Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside You)", by Courtney Pine (I love a pun, me 😁). I also photoshopped the coverart from a couple of separate Simpsons frames and a 'cartoonised' bottle of Pine. www.soundcloud.com/jimjar/hit-the-pine

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post brilliant
actually pissing myself :)
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 13:10, Reply)
This is a normal post At last.

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 14:38, Reply)
This is a normal post This is superb!

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 18:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliant.

(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 10:07, Reply)
This is a normal post RIS
Amendment
(, Wed 17 Jun 2020, 21:07, Reply)
This is a link post Laughter can be infectious too
Simon Donald (out of Viz Comic) in an out-take from the audiobook of his autiobiography.

*or should it be 'contagious'?

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 10:23, Reply)
This is a link post Rik n Ade in 1991


(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 22:35, Reply)
This is a normal post
Well that was a bit awkward. He really isn't a very good interviewer is he?
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 9:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Another inexplicably successful TV 'personality'

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 18:21, Reply)
This is a normal post *** CONTAINS POINTIES ***

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 18:54, Reply)
This is a normal post The more you watch it ...
...the more you see the confusion of Rik and Ade's face as more nervous sarcasm gets shot at them.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 19:31, Reply)
This is a link post 150m CMC (Crudely mown cock) I made this!
A giant, mysterious daubing has appeared in the field behind my house. But what does it mean?

(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 20:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Top moonraker cock.
Valkyries nice touch.
(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 21:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Moonraker cock? I feel like an ignoramus

(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 22:20, Reply)
This is a normal post How is it in the South-West these days?

(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 23:47, Reply)
This is a normal post 3ppb standard

(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 23:37, Reply)
This is a normal post megacephallic!

(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 23:38, Reply)
This is a normal post It means you love the cock.
I'm glad I could clear this up for you.
(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 1:40, Reply)
This is a normal post I like your large penis

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 12:05, Reply)
This is a normal post grasscock

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 12:06, Reply)
This is a normal post dammit, how did I miss that...

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 13:54, Reply)
This is a normal post lacist!

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 14:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Great and important work.

(, Mon 15 Jun 2020, 19:02, Reply)
This is a normal post 3PPB, excellent.
But my my that's quite the bell-end.
(, Tue 16 Jun 2020, 14:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Sorry, this is just not ISO standard
3ppb yes, but what about the globules of spunk?
(, Thu 18 Jun 2020, 9:04, Reply)
This is a link post Come on down to Culmann Liquidations
Or don’t. I don’t care.

(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 17:13, Reply)
This is a normal post SO many questions, and quite a few worries.
Exceptional standards of photography though.

edit: it is real isn't it? i.e. not a Trailer Park Boys outtake.
(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 18:42, Reply)
This is a normal post It’s Rhett and Link...
So it’s a real commercial with their sense of humour, they used to do quite a few for their local businesses.
(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 20:30, Reply)
This is a normal post yes... sort of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msumaGL_wwQ
(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 20:33, Reply)

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