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    The Covid19 Thread

    Message from Loch Lomond.
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    Armchair epidemiologists a worry ? who said this ? Q. "Are there worries about a pandemic at this point ? A. “No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
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    And a deluge of common sense.
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    because people couldn't count ?
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    https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/politics/scottish-politics/1212223/irresponsible-behaviour-slammed-as-people-head-to-highlands-for-isolation/amp/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51990604
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    It is, and it just highlights the gross selfishness, arrogance and stupidity of the society we inhabit. You have my sympathy and respect. If this doesn't stop, curfew will follow. It will have to. Stay well.
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    All dressed up and nowhere to go!

    Bike was all ready to go for a trip up North next week. Now cancelled. No worries.
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    The Covid19 Thread

    Louis Vuitton are doing a sanitizer. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/louis-vuitton-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus/ Maybe they will have a fashionable line in ventilators.
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    thank you.
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    VOSTOK KOMANDIRSKIE 280683

    Here's a review. https://krishnasrussianwatches.co.uk/2019/11/13/vostok-komandirskie-k-28-280683/
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    The Covid19 Thread

    Beyond belief. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/crowds-gather-snowdon-mountain-rescuers-17959085
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    VOSTOK KOMANDIRSKIE 280683

    Picked up one of these, price including post was £52, although it may be different by now. 17 jewels, hand wind, screw down crown. Quite big once on the wrist. and You'll find them on the Meranom website. Service is good, at the time delivery was less than two weeks, but that also may change...
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    The Covid19 Thread

    I get the feeling that the severity of what is happening around the world is still being underestimated, and the gut instinct from the main western leaders was to protect financial markets first.
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    I take it as an increase of 793, not from 793. It is worded "by 793 to 4825" meaning the previous total was 4825 minus 793 = 4032.
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    This is scary. Italy death toll rises by 20 per cent in one day The latest figures from the Italian Government show a total number of confirmed cases of 53,578, up from 47,021 yesterday. The number of deaths in the country has risen by 793 to 4,825, an increase of almost 20 per cent since...
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    The Covid19 Thread

    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MlpJOXbkZ5oC&pg=PP116&lpg=PP116&dq=A+chip+floating+downstream&source=bl&ots=KWipnR6fYL&sig=ACfU3U0rl8qFNv8w9qUs-WkWKxAj-jzccw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqhoqP-KvoAhVnSxUIHbZsCx8Q6AEwAHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=A%20chip%20floating%20downstream&f=false
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    possibly because 99% of the population are social "animals" , a habit that is going to be hard, but necessary, to break for the time being.
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    Nice
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    It hasn't occurred to them without people, there will be no economy ? Same initial approach in the UK, thankfully the cold reality is sinking in, and politicians are working together, and thankfully independent governors in the US are acting independently of their "leader".
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    The Covid19 Thread

    Yeup, there's folks out there in them back woods that would sooner fill a pilgrim in need full a lead than give them a fill a wholesome food.