Plague Island!

GagaJo

Oh give it a rest, Callistemon. It's boring.

We are ostracised by the rest of Europe. As a Brit I'm terrified and mortified.

Haha, first laugh of the evening?

Visitors have left this country, ill !

Which begs the question, did the virus first start in this country ? Nothing surprises me any more.

Because, growstuff, this new strain started in this country !
People flying home are taking the new strain with them from here.

Australians are cursing this country for carrying the new strain to them as flights to Oz are still continuing and Morrison won't put a ban on them. But----they've come up with a brilliant idea- testing everyone who lands !

Still putting money first I notice.

growstuff

BTW The steepest rise has been among secondary school age children. Some of the places with the highest rates were threatened with legal action when they wanted to close schools early.

Yes, and teachers were roundly attacked, called lazy, scroungers etc on here when they pointed out the risk.

Only to find out the new mutation is very prevalent in under 15 year olds.

Who would EVER have thought?

Oh give it a rest, Callistemon. It's boring.

We are ostracised by the rest of Europe. As a Brit I'm terrified and mortified.

Ellianne

Not sure I know what distrubed means biba!?

Cou cou biba, that's "hello" in French by the way. Nothing to do with Swiss clocks or insane posters.
Just thought you could answer my above question svp.

Not sure I know what distrubed means biba!?

You are a bit distrubed Ellianne- no wonder Gagajo is concerned!

I am afraid, the UK has not endeared itself to others around the world, and particularly the EU and all border countries (across the water - as Raab found out only recently) - by their behaviour in the last couple of years- and threatening neighbours with gun ships.

Callistemon

Did you mean frapper l'étranger?

This looks good.
It's called Whack a frog! £27.

No bashing the foreigners from this poster, just the administration’s that closed their borders with little/no notice stranding their citizens.

Did you mean frapper l'étranger?

Nine of the places with the highest number of cases are in East London or South Essex. Why has it spread so rabidly? Would be genuinely interested.

At a guess population density. I'm no geographer growstuff but how would this map match up with the virus map?

I think "Bash the Furriner" is going to be a popular party game this Christmas.

This isn't the British papers, it's how our situation is viewed from a variety of news sources abroad. As someone just quoted 'oh to see ourselves as others see us!'.

BTW The steepest rise has been among secondary school age children. Some of the places with the highest rates were threatened with legal action when they wanted to close schools early.

EllanVannin

I quite agree.
Cases are rising everywhere and in Liverpool the majority were under 40 years of age with 20% being up to 59 y.o.a.

Surely we can all see why it's spread ?

Why?

Nine of the places with the highest number of cases are in East London or South Essex. Why has it spread so rabidly? Would be genuinely interested.

GrannyGravy13

varian

More than 1500 lorries are currently queuing in Kent

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55405299

Most of the drivers are French along with other EU drivers, Macron is basically stopping EU citizens from returning home.

Macrons fault not the UKs

It's not Macron's fault that Eire isn't allowing passengers from the UK. There are also long tailbacks at Harwich of lorries heading for Belgium. That's not Macron's fault either - nor can he be blamed for the other 60 countries which have banned passengers from the UK.

I quite agree.
Cases are rising everywhere and in Liverpool the majority were under 40 years of age with 20% being up to 59 y.o.a.

Surely we can all see why it's spread ?

Lucretzia

They'll need to change tune now. The EU has ordered these European countries to drop this travel ban .

The EU can't order the sovereign countries to do anything.

GagaJo

The UK, and to a large extent, the British people scare me. Populist government, when we need strong leaders and a population with a large minority who think they are the exception (as exemplified by the royals travelling around, politicians using public transport, idiots arguing against masks and on and on).

Yes, we really should have followed the Chinese in how to tackle this.
Don't report it for a start.

lemongrove

It’s the British papers, they’ve always been the same.....take whatever they say with a bucketload of salt.
Even better, stop reading and believing them.

We are told that frequently on GN are we not!

The EU Commission says:
In a statement the Commission said while "all non-essential travel to and from the UK should be discouraged", other "essential travel and transit of passengers should be facilitated".
"Flight and train bans should be discontinued given the need to ensure essential travel and avoid supply chain disruptions," it added

It’s the British papers, they’ve always been the same.....take whatever they say with a bucketload of salt.
Even better, stop reading and believing them.

That lot "over there" are not very good at commiserating when things get rough.
I've had two WhatsApp messages today from different friends:
"Quelle horreur que cette situation chez vous!"
C'est dûr, dûr, dûr pour vous."
Blimey, don't hold back! "Plague island" indeed. Camus' La Peste springs to mind!

Then, when I enquired how Macron was, the reply was "un peu fatigué".
Nothing like Boris's at death's door reports.

It's all down to how our own media lay us open to criticism. A lack of pride, maybe?