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Yes. It was a display celebrating the NHS and Great Ormond Street Hospital, in the process of which they also used what is essentially the stock picture of what a virus under a microscope looks like. What exactly is your point?

Oh yeah absolutely. When I first read about it, I really wasn't sure whether it was a joke or not... but then, there have been CGI 'singers / performers' for a while, see this video:

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At the same time, you got to admit it's a fascinating phenomenon.

Do you not have a flip flop hub?

Unless I'm mistaken, a 'flip flop hub' does not necessarily mean one side is meant for a freewheel, no? You can have flip flop hubs with the situation you described on both sides. The DT Swiss 370 track hub, for example.

Talking about XCOM, I was rather reminded of the game when going to Sainsbury's today, what with all the regularly spaced tape lines on the floor.

Not sure whether this has been linked yet: College of Policing - "What constitutes a reasonable excuse to leave the place where you live" (pdf)

Also, the number of people hospitalised seems to have at the very least stagnated in the London area. If that is true, making the lockdown stricter would not seem indicated.

I notice a distinct lack of an actual explanation in there. All that waffle to conclude that him filming the police is 'frankly unnecessary'?

So?

Many things are frankly unnecessary, including you sticking up for the police harrassing people for no reason. Doesn't mean it's illegal, is it?

With a beef with the Police:

... apparently he was right before, seeing as he won that case.

In general, I really struggle to see what your point is supposed to be:

In that context, someone being a dick with a mobile needs to be fucked-off, sharpish

Why?

Isn't that very likely a consequence of a large majority of the countries doing aggressive testing being in the less hot climates, plus the fact that Europe became the first 'hotspot' of the pandemic after China and will therefore have more deaths at this point as well?

Generally, food in Switzerland is between 1/3 to 1/2 more expensive than here, is what I found. People earn up to double what is normal here. Possibly not farm workers though.

I think it'd also be pretty useful to point out more that 'lockdown' can mean all kinds of things. People are playing really fast and loose with the term in general, same as a majority of people seem to be unable to distinguish between 'quarantine', 'self-isolation', and 'social distancing'. The lockdown as imposed in the UK for example is pretty lenient compared to a lot of other countries in Europe (and I say that as someone who's definitely not been on the side of calling for stricter measures).

Tell me about it... I know what you mean.

Sure, but even if I was in the market for this kind of thing, that name alone would ensure I'd never get one. It just really is pretty bad :D

I just still haven't gotten over the name.

You tell kids that today and they won't believe you.

Nah I've been to rowing races these days where it's hard to tell where the hell the finishing line is, I believe you.

Peak dentistry, but actually looks very nice. ;)

Aw man, that's really the last thing you need on top of all the corona shit right now :/ Hope it will work out somehow in the end!

One of my best friends was originally going to get married this last weekend, moved it to August quite a while ago, and then moved it to August next year recently... hopefully that date will stick!

blighted by deadly Xylella in their province

Is that something that 'just happens' sometimes, or is that due to them not being able to go out and take some kind of precautionary measures?

It doesn’t say that.

Wasn't their excuse "oh we missed the email", then the EU said "it's fine you can still join", and then the government went "oh... well actually... naaaah".

It isn't, but if we are indeed positing that the lockdown as such is a warranted and at least somewhat effective measure, it's not exactly far-fetched to argue that imposing it earlier or even just specifically banning mass events would have contributed to limiting the spread and therefore deaths.

being a cause of poor recovery rate

She's not talking about recovery rates, but deaths - or did I miss something?

The point being that an earlier lockdown would have prevented the kind of spread that happens at mass events such as the ones still going ahead, and therefore also the deaths resulting from that spread.

Hey, I mean you have a point, saying 'A/B test' is a bit far-fetched. But I do think all she really wanted to express is exactly what you said too - that the UK government response has been a shambles, not really much more than that.

I still don't think it's 'non-sensical'.