Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Josquius]

Wales is continuing the proud tradition of all of the nations in the union coming up with different names for the same thing. What we've been talking about as a "circuit breaker" lockdown has been announced in Wales, but there it's a "fire break" lockdown

Not a cynllun gwreiddiol anhygoel i atal coronafirws?

[garbon]

Wales is continuing the proud tradition of all of the nations in the union coming up with different names for the same thing. What we've been talking about as a "circuit breaker" lockdown has been announced in Wales, but there it's a "fire break" lockdown

Okay but this time they were first to put into actoon.

[viper37]

Many Montrealers do it though. Some Qcers, but the French, African, Lebanese, Armenian, Italian communities all do it.

You guys are weird over there...

[viper37]

Plenty of kissing when meeting friends of the opposite sex here, but that has been verbotten since February, alongside all other kinds of hugging, handsaking, and shit. Meeting anyone is so awkward now.

I was referring to kissing friends of the same sex.  Of course, kissing friends/family members of the opposite sex on the cheek (la bise) is often done.  In normal times.

[viper37]

At least you only have four nations.

I thought there were only two in America? The Trumpists, and those other, slightly less obnoxious guys

[The Brain]

I kiss all my friends the French way.

[Eddie Teach]

That's why you have no friends.

[DGuller]

[Sheilbh]

Okay but this time they were first to put into actoon.

Yeah and I think they're right to do it:)

I'd have expected a 40-letter long word with more "y"s "l"s and "g"s.

You're quite right - it is, correctly, a "Cyfnod atal byr cenedlaethol y coronafeirws" I love Welsh

[Syt]

"If WW1 was fought in 2020"

[Sheilbh]

For reasons that are wholly beyond me the government set an arbitrary deadline for Greater Manchester to accept its terms on going into Tier 3 (notice a trend).



I assume this means we're now at war with Greater Manchester

Edit: Incidentally this whole thing is kind of extraordinary because it shows the fundamental weakness/issue of the British state in it's modern incarnation. There's no reason the government actually needs local authorities to agree to lockdown, but local authorities are the only bit of government that actually do lots of actual physical public service delivery so the lockdown doesn't work if they don't help. All the decision-making authority is centralised and all of the delivery is highly localised/decentralised.

[mongers]

For reasons that are wholly beyond me the government set an arbitrary deadline for Greater Manchester to accept its terms on going into Tier 3 (notice a trend).



I assume this means we're now at war with Greater Manchester

Edit: Incidentally this whole thing is kind of extraordinary because it shows the fundamental weakness/issue of the British state in it's modern incarnation. There's no reason the government actually needs local authorities to agree to lockdown, but local authorities are the only bit of government that actually do lots of actual physical public service delivery so the lockdown doesn't work if they don't help. All the decision-making authority is centralised and all of the delivery is highly localised/decentralised.

Good point.

[Valmy]

We will fight them in Stockton, we will fight them in Wigan, we will fight with ever growing confidence and strength in Oldham, we will never surrender until Greater Manchester accepts Tier 3 restrictions.

[Richard Hakluyt]

It is up to the people really; I think they will do whatever they feel is appropriate.

[Duque de Bragança]

This UK state centralisation seems like a retarded version of jacobinism.
Mind you, the somewhat mixed centralised/regionalised current French version is not working that great.