China Coronavirus

[Rossfan]

We'll still need to import bananas and oranges.

[gallsman]

Talk of the end of globalisation is nonsense. In the West, the sad matter of fact is that we want our nice things and we want them cheap or, at worst, affordable. That means coming from China.

[Captain Obvious]

Another record high in deaths in the UK today (708) the experts expect a 1000 per day next week. Looking across Europe Austria seem to be one of the first that's beginning to flatten curve after a widespread outbreak.

[Will it ever end]

Talk of the end of globalisation is nonsense. In the West, the sad matter of fact is that we want our nice things and we want them cheap or, at worst, affordable. That means coming from China.

Where ironically the Chinese come to buy those goods as well - go figure!

[armaghniac]

The Worldometers Covid  site now has data on testing
sorted by tests per million

[seafoid]

Hopefully this pandemic might see the end of Anglo American neo liberalism mé féin capitalism and a more Co operative world and society to replace it.

Such a system would benefit the BMW counties and could impact where Sam goes

[Eamonnca1]

So you're looking to blame private nursing home owners? WTF

Who the f**k knew a disastrous pandemic like this would ravage countries like this?

They would meet the requirements set by the government so, who's at fault?

A pandemic was always likely to occur at some stage. Governments, nursing home owners, etc just hoped it wouldn't be on their watch.

So if it was always going to happen then why were they not prepared? Last one was 1918, the worst thing about this is the experts that f**king know everything, like the plonker who said you should have bigger profit margins and saved all you're pennies !

We all had that mate growing up, who thought he knew everything, not you mate now of course, cause they were dicks!

Another pandemic was always going to occur and it will again in future. Christ Bill Gates gave a famous speech 3 years ago warning that the next human crisis isn't war but disease. The issue is that in the 21 century a human can within 24 hours be at the other side of the world while having contacted 1000s of people during that time frame.

Every major government in the world knew this but the issue is that to solve the problem countries would have to work together, which history has shown doesn't happen too often. You can barely get politicians in the same country agreeing on a strategy never mind entire countries.

Hopefully the coronavirus can encourage governments across the global to work together in future when a virus breaks out again. As the next outbreak could be humanities last.

The Montreal Protocol worked out pretty well. Phased out CFCs and saved the ozone layer.

The EU has done a pretty good job of keeping the peace in Europe for the last 50 years.

International cooperation can be done.

[Eamonnca1]

Tend to agree - numerous countries have already talked about the impact of the global supply chain & reliance on same.

Could be the death of globalisation!

In its present form, probably. I always thought the logical endgame of globalisation would be that manufacturing would go to China, China would evolve into a consumer economy more like the USA (which was beginning to happen), and manufacturing would then move on to the rest of the developing world (Africa et al). Those countries in turn evolve into consumer societies, after that everyone's living standards start to approach the same level, and manufacturing begins to disperse more evenly around the globe.

God knows what's going to happen now. My fear is a knee-jerk reaction, Trump style, to attempt to bring manufacturing home by brute force. One thing Trump has shown is that it's not that easy to do. He held a rally in some factory a few years ago blowing about how it was creating new American jobs, and a few weeks later it was all outsourced to Mexico. If people try to find a simple solution to all this it's going to bite them in the ass.

[RedHand88]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ballsdotie/status/1246112727812186112

Just when you thought the country had suffered enough.

[laoislad]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ballsdotie/status/1246112727812186112

Just when you thought the country had suffered enough.

Oh FFS, what a load of nonsense.

[Rossfan]

I think I'll howl at the Moon instead.
Only 2 positives from this Virus are no Eurovision and no fkn Rugby.

[marty34]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ballsdotie/status/1246112727812186112

Just when you thought the country had suffered enough.

Must be a belated April's Fool.

[thebigfella]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ballsdotie/status/1246112727812186112

Just when you thought the country had suffered enough.

I thought we'd reached the lowest point with Ronan on Late Late

[moysider]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ballsdotie/status/1246112727812186112

Just when you thought the country had suffered enough.

Can't happen surely - shoulder to shoulder no longer an option!

[GJL]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ballsdotie/status/1246112727812186112

Just when you thought the country had suffered enough.

Oh FFS, what a load of nonsense.

Not often we agree but....