Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Well, that doesn't make any sense. It would be very easy for the interpreter to be in a different room, if that was necessary to keep them safe, and to sign from there, with the image inset for people viewing via the Internet or TV, and displayed on monitors for people actually in the room. It would be a perfectly easy adjustment to normal procedure. I'm aware there are still people who don't consider it 'normal' for sign language interpreters to be present in situations like that. It's slowly changed over the years, e.g. you'll generally see them in Germany at regional or national press conferences, although TV broadcasting mostly still doesn't show them. (I suspect that there are other ways of adding them to the way a broadcast is displayed in Germany, as it's all digital TV now, but I haven't looked into how it's done.) It's odd as British disability legislation was way ahead of Europe in the 90s. I think they've caught up with, and have quite possibly overtaken, the UK.

You know that, I know that - but pricks are just starting to do what ever they want. Just walked the dog, there’s a huge group in the park with gazebo, tables, cool boxes. Idiots everywhere.

We were cycling through Hackney Marshes today for our lunchtime exercise and heard a commotion on the other side of the river....

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yeah, we were briefly there a few weekends ago. after he had cut down the rope swing, the park ranger told us that the river is (usually, at least) very heavily polluted and there's a real risk of Weil's disease. doesn't seem to have put off the swimmers though.

It's odd as British disability legislation was way ahead of Europe in the 90s. I think they've caught up with, and have quite possibly overtaken, the UK.

Not to worry, I'm sure it'll get loads better once we're free from the yoke of EU bureaucracy!

Bournemouth today!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52743749

Traksing= tracking and tracing
Seems one word is needed.
Even Starmer struggles with 2 words at pmqs

Just nipped out for milk. I don't think I have ever seen Clissold Park so busy.

Is that really true or a useful urban myth for the park ranger?
Drinking water is still taken from the Lea (then filtered) and it has pretty good wildlife these days.

I wondered the same thing. the ranger seemed pretty convinced though. he seemed to think that anyone getting in the water was nuts.

Fines in wales to be raised to 2k before the weekend. We had a delivery to bangor today and the coastal a55 was empty.

There are certainly periodic pollution incidents and all the fish die.

I'd swim in it but I also swim in the Thames at Chiswick.

I've swam in it. Not dead. Science.

Having said that, probably won't again.. Don't really want Weil's disease.

Stockholm only at 7.3% with antibodies according to The preliminary results which would indicate that around 20% of the ppl of Stockholm would have had the virus today. A substantially lower figure that one would have hoped for unfortunately.

Germany?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000j949

Self administered the swab test this morning. That was more brutal than I was expecting. My gag reflex kicked in good and proper, then on the nose bit I was sneezing like a bastard. Ms_com asking from the next room if I was OK but I couldn't speak for fear of either boking everywhere or sneezing my eyes out. Still, nothing on being intubated I would imagine. Waiting for the courier to pick up now. Test is triple sealed, in the fridge, cozying up to the mozzarella.

Same, did mine this morning..gag, sneeze, done.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000j9­49

I listened to that yesterday.

I thought it was funny when the interviewer said something like

That sounds like reporting differences to me

And the reply was, simply:

No.

How the fuck do they justify that?

I will have a listen, ta.

Morning, how does 7.3% antibodies related to 20% people having had it?

Just wondering.

Yeah nowhere it seems is anywhere near the 60 (I think?) % infection rate you need for the spread to quickly stop.

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People with a suppressed/weak immune system often also don't make antibodies.

Just to make it even more complicated.

Just make sure you don’t give him the mozzarella.

Good point, pizza night would be ruined.