Coronavirus Thread III: The Show Must Not Go On (READ OP)

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Google it.

Either way, BoJo is conscious.

Does that somehow mean he isn't in danger? I assumed there were many COVID patients fighting for their lives who are conscious.

Hard to say. He may be in some distress and doctors want him on ventilator to make sure.

[Fartsniffage]

Well, they were lying when they said it. It just became true.

What’s his prognosis, BoJo’s I mean?

Not enough information public to say really. But intensive care usually means things are very not good.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

What’s his prognosis, BoJo’s I mean?

Not enough information public to say really. But intensive care usually means things are very not good.

I wonder if he developed pneumonia.

[The New California Republic]

The issue is though that Coronavirus is still very much a "wait and see" disease due to the lack of any verified treatments, which mean that it just comes down to his immune system beating it or not; and given he hasn't got rid of it 10 days later and has got progressively worse, then it isn't looking good.

True though every little thing helps (excluding the so-called drugs that Trump touts). There's a deputy Prime Minister I believe in the UK. Do they take power temporarily or does Parliament select a new PM, assuming unfortunately Johnson succumbs to the disease?

Yes, Raab is in charge at the moment. However, the succession protocol if a PM suddenly dies in office is murky, because it is so extremely rare. PM Percival was assassinated in 1812 and it caused a bit of mayhem if I remember rightly. The Queen is involved in the PM's status, so she would need to get involved.

[Jerzylvania]

Not enough information public to say really. But intensive care usually means things are very not good.

I wonder if he developed pneumonia.

That would seem the logical conclusion.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I wonder if he developed pneumonia.

That would seem the logical conclusion.

Possibly but pneumonia doesn’t always require hospitalization or being admitted to ICU.

[Gormwood]

Oh, yes, Meagain Markle... who’s ‘murican...

"Me-again" Markle?

I get the feeling if she gets killed in a car crash fleeing papparazzi the British tabloids would cheer.

[Ifreann]

True though every little thing helps (excluding the so-called drugs that Trump touts). There's a deputy Prime Minister I believe in the UK. Do they take power temporarily or does Parliament select a new PM, assuming unfortunately Johnson succumbs to the disease?

Yes, Raab is in charge at the moment. However, the succession protocol if a PM suddenly dies in office is murky, because it is so extremely rare. PM Percival was assassinated in 1812 and it caused a bit of mayhem if I remember rightly. The Queen is involved in the PM's status, so she would need to get involved.

I would imagine that if it gets bad enough that Johnson's might actually die then Parliament will replace him rather than have to figure out what to do with a dead PM.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Yes, Raab is in charge at the moment. However, the succession protocol if a PM suddenly dies in office is murky, because it is so extremely rare. PM Percival was assassinated in 1812 and it caused a bit of mayhem if I remember rightly. The Queen is involved in the PM's status, so she would need to get involved.

I would imagine that if it gets bad enough that Johnson's might actually die then Parliament will replace him rather than have to figure out what to do with a dead PM.

There have to be clear transfer of power guidelines for such an eventuality. I doubt the Brits haven’t written those or don’t know what to do if it happens.

[Fartsniffage]

I would imagine that if it gets bad enough that Johnson's might actually die then Parliament will replace him rather than have to figure out what to do with a dead PM.

There have to be clear transfer of power guidelines for such an eventuality. I doubt the Brits haven’t written those or don’t know what to do if it happens.

The Queen will just call Dominic Raab to form a government. Then we can sort it all out once this is over.

[The New California Republic]

Yes, Raab is in charge at the moment. However, the succession protocol if a PM suddenly dies in office is murky, because it is so extremely rare. PM Percival was assassinated in 1812 and it caused a bit of mayhem if I remember rightly. The Queen is involved in the PM's status, so she would need to get involved.

I would imagine that if it gets bad enough that Johnson's might actually die then Parliament will replace him rather than have to figure out what to do with a dead PM.

What will we do with a dead Prime Minister?
What will we do with a dead Prime Minister?
What will we do with a dead Prime Minister?
Early in the morning.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

There have to be clear transfer of power guidelines for such an eventuality. I doubt the Brits haven’t written those or don’t know what to do if it happens.

The Queen will just call Dominic Raab to form a government. Then we can sort it all out once this is over.

If anyone has such protocols set to the most minuscule detail it’s you guys.

[Fartsniffage]

The Queen will just call Dominic Raab to form a government. Then we can sort it all out once this is over.

If anyone has such protocols set to the most minuscule detail it’s you guys.

Oh god no. Our constitution is one big hot mess.

[The New California Republic]

The Queen will just call Dominic Raab to form a government. Then we can sort it all out once this is over.

If anyone has such protocols set to the most minuscule detail it’s you guys.

Yeah no. If a PM dies we just wing it.

[Loben The 2nd]

If anyone has such protocols set to the most minuscule detail it’s you guys.

Oh god no. Our constitution is one big hot mess.

maybe you should try having a *written one*

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

If anyone has such protocols set to the most minuscule detail it’s you guys.

Oh god no. Our constitution is one big hot mess.

For shame, man. Aren’t you supposed to be the great politicians and diplomats of the world? (I’m just joking)

[Fartsniffage]

Oh god no. Our constitution is one big hot mess.

maybe you should try having a *written one*

You guys have one and spend half your time arguing what it means. Sooo....

[Loben The 2nd]

maybe you should try having a *written one*

You guys have one and spend half your time arguing what it means. Sooo....

only a quarter of the time.

the other 3/4s is spent by authoritarian bastards trying to repeal certain amendments

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Knew it. Arkansas schools will remain closed until the end of the term. This school year is officially over.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/katv.com/a ... -up-to-857

[The New California Republic]

Oh god no. Our constitution is one big hot mess.

For shame, man. Aren’t you supposed to be the great politicians and diplomats of the world? (I’m just joking)

The UK does not have a formal constitutional role of a deputy or caretaker prime minister to step in if he or she is incapacitated, says the Institute for Government (IoG).

However, the prime minister usually designates someone to perform his duties, were something to happen.

At the beginning of the outbreak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was announced as the UK's "designated survivor". Downing Street has confirmed he is now taking charge where he is needed.

The IoG says, were a prime minister to die in office and there was a majority government (as there is now), it would be up to the cabinet to recommend an immediate successor to the Queen.

But we are nowhere near that point, with No 10 saying Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care as a precaution.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-5 ... type=share

[Loben The 2nd]

Knew it. Arkansas schools will remain closed until the end of the term. This school year is officially over.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/katv.com/a ... -up-to-857

michigan did the same, as will most of the midwest probably.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

For shame, man. Aren’t you supposed to be the great politicians and diplomats of the world? (I’m just joking)

The UK does not have a formal constitutional role of a deputy or caretaker prime minister to step in if he or she is incapacitated, says the Institute for Government (IoG).

However, the prime minister usually designates someone to perform his duties, were something to happen.

At the beginning of the outbreak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was announced as the UK's "designated survivor". Downing Street has confirmed he is now taking charge where he is needed.

The IoG says, were a prime minister to die in office and there was a majority government (as there is now), it would be up to the cabinet to recommend an immediate successor to the Queen.

But we are nowhere near that point, with No 10 saying Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care as a precaution.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-5 ... type=share

I was just lightheartedly joking with Farts.

Knew it. Arkansas schools will remain closed until the end of the term. This school year is officially over.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/katv.com/a ... -up-to-857

michigan did the same, as will most of the midwest probably.

We were also declared a disaster area, much like MI, iirc.

[The Lone Alliance]

This all points to the fact that the American Government does not rule in the name of, or for the benefit of the American People; but rather for the benefit of the Multinational Corporations, the Big Banks, etc. The American Government is essentially an Oligarchy.

Unfortunately that seems to be the case, but we elected these traitors. We believed the multinational corporations when they said “your TV should be made in the PRC, it will have a sticker price of $100 instead of $150!, sure you lose your job and will be totally fucked when the PRC exploits your dependency on them in a future crisis but you “save” $50 dollars!”

We believed that. We voted for it. And now we must pay the blood price for our idiocy.

I've been saying it for years and years.

https://buffalonews.com/2020/04/03/cuomo-to-hospitals-turn-over-your-excess-ventilators-personal-care-equipment/

Well this certainly isn't going to end well in New York, seizing the Ventilators and supplies from upstate New York, many who barely have any to begin with, in order to make sure New York City has enough supplies?

That's going to build some resentment....

Seems justified to me. NYC need them and they're not even being used upstate?

The virus is starting to spread upstate just like it's spreading everywhere, and they barely have enough resources to begin with, when the virus inevitably reaches those locations do you really think New York City is going to send the supplies back to them?

[Fartsniffage]

I was just lightheartedly joking with Farts.

I actually replied to you with the same thing then deleted when I saw it was already posted.

The British constitution really is complicated and it's nice to have some experts weigh in. Because I really wasn't sure what happened.

[Loben The 2nd]

Unfortunately that seems to be the case, but we elected these traitors. We believed the multinational corporations when they said “your TV should be made in the PRC, it will have a sticker price of $100 instead of $150!, sure you lose your job and will be totally fucked when the PRC exploits your dependency on them in a future crisis but you “save” $50 dollars!”

We believed that. We voted for it. And now we must pay the blood price for our idiocy.

I've been saying it for years and years.

everyone is suddenly a nationalist.

go figure.