Covid-19 pandemic

[Freestyling buck wilding Stijn Stijnen]

Meanwhile in Cheltenham

[URL]https://twitter.com/laurenleygold/status/1237462115881046017?s=21[/URL]

I've seen a few celebratory posts on facebook about this.
'we're British, we do what we want' was the theme.
If I read correctly, there's 12 million elderly in the UK, estimated to be 600000 people suffering with some form of cancer, and that's not counting the conditions which lower the immune system.
With this being airborne, and the potential to catch it from 1.8 meters being established, I wonder how many compromised people will come into contact with this crowd?
The selfishness is just incredible.
Absolute bastards to a person.

[Diable Rouge]

And the Irish half of them should all be quarantined.

[ursus arctos]

Clearly he misspoke, what he meant is that Britain and Ireland are excluded because I own golf resorts there

[ursus arctos]

NY Fed rocking dglh's world

[ursus arctos]

Not to suggest that it is on the list of top 1000 concerns, but I'm curious as to how the business interruption insurance market is holding up.

Tobes or FF, any insight?

[Nefertiti2]

The editor of The Lancet

[URL]https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1238097484737634306?s=21[/URL]

[Ginger Yellow]

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1238126874137681922

There's a certain cruel irony in that the press's beloved "head in hands" photos for stock market crashes also illustrate poor COVID-19 mitigation technique.

[Balderdasha]

So, Spain has 782 new cases and 31 new deaths today. I haven't heard much about the response there. Are they closing schools?

[ursus arctos]

Madrid did over the weekend

Many are about to go on break

[anton pulisov]

So, Spain has 782 new cases and 31 new deaths today. I haven't heard much about the response there. Are they closing schools?

Some info here about Catalonia closing schools and unis as of tomorrow.

[ursus arctos]

My inbox is wild right now

The NY Philharmonic is offering deeply discounted tickets

I have invitations to two different "interfaith calls" from non-religious charities and campaigns we support

The Economist assures me that I will always be able to access the digital edition

Colleagues asking me about Italy as if I was still there, etc

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/H_E_Samuel/status/1238134725312688129

[Incandenza]

The Mirror is reporting that Euro 2020 will be postponed until the summer of 2021.

[ursus arctos]

Trump just praised Varadkar for the UK's response to the crisis

[anton pulisov]

The Mirror is reporting that Euro 2020 will be postponed until the summer of 2021.

We better not qualify.

Another year of Mick Mac, I'll choose Corona over that

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1238017654197231619?s=21[/URL]

[Incandenza]

[URL]https://twitter.com/nprfreshair/status/1238144857018896386[/URL]

[Incandenza]

We better not qualify.

Another year of Mick Mac, I'll choose Corona over that

There could be a fascinating argument over that contract. If the tournament isn't held this year, does he get to see it out? Or is it terminated as of the date that the tournament was scheduled to end?

[Diable Rouge]

2,651 new cases and 189 new deaths in Italy today.

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1238126303238410243

[Ginger Yellow]

Mitch McConnell - never knowingly underestimated.

[Ginger Yellow]

Trump just praised Varadkar for the UK's response to the crisis

Even setting aside the country mix-up, top headline on Bloomberg right now:

U.K. Abandons Effort to Contain Virus as 10,000 May Be Infected

[diggedy derek]

Cor, scientific bods at the Prime Minister's press conference speculating that the peak might still be 10-14 weeks away.

[ursus arctos]

Mitch McConnell - never knowingly underestimated.

Assuming that there are future historians, they are going to have a field day with his reign

If only we could clone Robert Caro

[ursus arctos]

There could be a fascinating argument over that contract. If the tournament isn't held this year, does he get to see it out? Or is it terminated as of the date that the tournament was scheduled to end?

Surely Manager Mick will want to claim that sweet 1 million quid "loyalty bonus" sooner rather than later