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Apart from the police, I don’t think anyone else is reading this. All bot messages have now been deleted and will continue to be deleted.. Robert Cook

British History , Forged by Coming Together, or forced by keeping us apart ? March 21st 2020

Forged or Forced into Shaping British History ?

One might ridicule the Queen for the kind of drivel she has apparently spouted to inspire the ludicrous headlines featured below. However, these are obviously the workings of her highly paid upper and upper middle class lackeys who run the Palace.

I think, by ‘doing my bit ‘ she means running ‘orf’ to Windsor Castle where she can help with propaganda bulletins.

As for ‘Our History is about being forged by being together’ she is either displaying monumental ignorance or she is a bare faced liar. Her own family have an appalling and nasty long history of bullying, murder, injustice, bullying, in breeding and dishonesty.

They make the Mafia look like a kindergarten. They should have no place in any territory claiming to be democratic.

As a published historian, currently working on a new book, I am well aware of Britain’s World War two mythology. The Queen’s claims to having been a mechanic are as flimsy as her son’s claims to have risked life and limb in the Falklands War, or Prince Harry’s to have done little mre than sunbathe, ride a trail bike, pose for journos and talk to gullible posh female journalists in Afghanistan- or should I say ‘Orfghaanisthan’ ?

During A Levels, my economics teacher loaned me his copy of ‘The Peoples’ War’ by Angus Calder. One anecdote from Calder’s book sticks in my mind. He wrote of an East End Londoner working class family evacuated to a vicarage in a sedate Suffolk village. The prim and proper invited the working class mum and her 11 urchin offspring, let’s call her Mrs Scroggins, into the lounge for tea and biscuits.

All was going very well until one of her brood, call him young Johnny, got up, undid his fly buttons to commence peeing on the Axminster deep pile carpet. Of course the vicar’s wife was so shocked, she screamed ‘My God, doesn’t your boy know better than that ?’ ‘Course he does’ screeched scraggy Mrs Scroggins. ‘Johnny, go and do it in the corner.

The point of this anecdote is clear to me, having grown up in a tiny terrace with an outside toilet where the cistern was broke, and back room floor with tiles laid on earth, is the class divide.

Since the Norman invasion, this country has been a vile class divided society. Working class men fought for their so called betters, led by upper class morons in two world wars. They would have been shot if they had rebelled.

Working women were bereaved, posh women handed out white feathers to those who would not go and kill other young white men who had been equally oppressed by the elite’s lies and incompetence.

As for the disaster Dunkirk, my father nearly died there. As for the Blitz, people were robbed as they slept in tube stations, where they hid from Hitler’s bombs. Britain is built on bullshit. And so it goes on. Maybe the Corona virus is a biological weapon planted in China to discredit the country.

Maybe, but without open borders and money grabbing globalisation, it would never have spread. As for the risk, take a look at the graph here and the analysis. Then ask yourself, Is there really any justification for the lockdowns . Does it really make sense ? Are idiots in charge or is there a hidden agenda. Robert Cook

For the first time since 1832, my local pub in Winslow Bucks England, has been forced to lock its doors because of Police State measures. It stayed open through two world wars, but not so for this World War Three, the very secret warImage Appledene Photographics/RJC

Forged or Forced into Shaping British History ?

If any other geriatric apart from our ‘Noble Queen’ spouted the kind of sentimentalised drivel about the ‘Blitz’ and ‘Dunkirk’ spirit, they would be carted away to the ‘not so funny farm, like my local Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury- where they would be sectioned by the likes of equally creepy resident quack consultant ‘psych’ Dr C R Ramsay.

Hot Air Looking After the Wealth March 20th 2020

***One of the thundering jets landing every 3 minutes coming in to Heathrow.***
***Image Appledene Photographics/KC***

The government has drafted in City bankers to scrutinise the finances of Britain’s biggest airlines as they put the finishing touches to a multi-billion pound rescue plan. Sky News has learnt that Rothschild has been asked to advise ministers on a package of measures expected to be unveiled in the coming days.

Sources said airlines including easyJet, British Airways’ parent International Airlines Group, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic had held talks earlier this week with Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, during which they had made a series of requests for financial support.

Insiders said it was possible that not all of the measures requested by the industry would be approved as part of a rescue deal. However, they added that officials had been “stunned” to be told how rapidly some of Britain’s largest airlines would run out of cash if they operated on near-zero revenues but with their current fixed costs for more than a few weeks.
“It genuinely would be Armageddon for the industry – and now the government can see that for itself,” the director of one airline said. There was also speculation on Thursday night in the aviation industry that taxpayers could end up owning a stake in some carriers, although such a move would be particularly contentious.

A number of airline executives, including IAG’s Willie Walsh, Virgin Atlantic chief Shai Weiss and Johan Lundgren, easyJet CEO, have taken temporary

pay cuts in the last week as the scale of the crisis facing their industry became apparent.

Mr Shapps said on Wednesday evening: “Coronavirus is having a crippling impact on the aviation industry and we cannot allow it to force world-leading, well-run, profitable firms out of business. “We are extremely grateful to airport and airline teams who are continuing to help passengers get home safely.
“We stand firmly behind the sector and expect to announce a series of support measures shortly.” Mr Walsh has insisted that IAG would have no need for state aid because of the strength of its balance sheet.

That message was at odds with a memo issued by BA’s chief executive, Alex Cruz, last week when he referred to making cost reductions that were necessary to ensure the company’s survival. BA staff were recently informed that they would not be paid bonuses for last year, despite reporting a near-record financial performance.

One insider said that that decision had been the result of the cost of the pilots’ strike that triggered the cancellation of thousands of flights last September. IAG did, however, pay bonuses to its executives, including Mr Walsh, for last year, it recently disclosed in its annual report.

In recent days, BA staff have also been asked to take one month’s unpaid leave in an effort to save cash. None of the airlines would comment, while the Department for Transport also declined to comment.

Coronavirus news: Flu a bigger threat than new virus, experts warn

THE CORONAVIRUS which is rapidly spreading across the globe should be the least of our concerns when compared to the flu, scientists have warned. Posted March 19th 2020

By Sean Martin PUBLISHED: 06:55, Tue, Mar 3, 2020 | UPDATED: 08:05, Tue, Mar 3, 2020

The death toll for the new outbreak of the coronavirus has now exceeded 3,000, with almost 92,000 people infected across the planet. Medical authorities are still puzzled by the mysterious outbreak, dubbed 2019-nCoV or simply novel coronavirus, meaning it is a new strain which has yet to be identified and have been unable to identify a source.

However, the virus is not nearly as deadly as the common flu, which experts have warned should still take priority in the medical battle.

Influenza can lead to thousands of deaths a year, with the University of Oxford stating that in 2008-2009, there were 13,000 deaths in the UK alone related to the flu.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that an average of up to 500,000 people die annually across the globe due to the flu.

Since October alone, 20,000 people died from flu complications in the US, which has led to one expert describing the coronavirus as a “blip”.

Coronavirus news: Flu a bigger threat than new virus, experts warn (Image: GETTY)

Since October alone, 20,000 people died from flu complications in the US (Image: GETTY)

William Schaffner, a vaccine expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, told Kaiser Health News (KHN): “When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza, there’s just no comparison.

“Coronavirus will be a blip on the horizon in comparison. The risk is trivial.”

Peter Hotez, a virologist at Baylor College of Medicine, told KHN: “Influenza rarely gets this sort of attention, even though it kills more Americans each year than any other virus.”

Dr Schaffner added that the reason influenza is so easily overlooked is that we have known about it for thousands of years, and people have become complacent as a result.

“Because it’s new, it’s mysterious, and comes from an exotic place, the coronavirus creates anxiety.” (Image: GETTY)

He said: “Familiarity breeds indifference. Because it’s new, it’s mysterious, and comes from an exotic place, the coronavirus creates anxiety.”

Coronaviruses are a group of viruses which included the likes of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

When the virus was first contracted by humans from a seafood market in Wuhan, experts believed it could not be easily spread from human to human.

However, a sharp rise in the disease since its initial discovery in December has proved the doctors wrong.

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Effectively Marshall Law March 19th 2020

Total lockdown looms for ‘city of superspreaders

Boris Johnson insisted Britain remains a “land of liberty”. But he has refused to rule out a draconian lockdown for London expected as early as the weekend. The Government is drawing up plans to enforce the emergency closure of restaurants, bars, pubs and cinemas in the capital and restrict the use of public transport to only “key workers” – effectively turning London into a ghost town. Early this morning, Transport for London

nounced up to 40 Tube stations could be closed from today. Chief Reporter Robert Mendick reports that officials believe London has become a “city of superspreaders”. And Defence Correspondent Dominic Nicholls explains the Army could draft in 20,000 personnel to help police the capital and ensure delivery of vital supplies.

***This is what more police are for, and watching our internet/mobile phone calls. So you thought you got your country back ?.***

***Only the elite will benefit from all the knock down asset stripping, mortgage repossessions etc because they have the spare billions.***

***In the name of saving the elderly, our lying politicians will kill more than the virus ever could have. Image Appledene /RJC***

British Commander, Frank Kitson’s (1971) “Low Intensity Operations; Subversion, Insurgency, and Peacekeeping”: Blueprint For American State-Sponsored Terrorism Against Internal Enemies

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Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency, and Peacekeeping

Reviews: Classic Rendition of an Old Saga

1) January 28, 2006

I find it rather amazing that I, in early 2006, am the first to review this classic in asymmetric warfare. As current events in Iraq and elsewhere show, the Americans are not as adept as their former colonial masters in using stealth and deception to achieve military victory. Kitson, as a serving officer of the Crown, witnessed Britain’s largely successful counter insurgency moves in places as diverse as Kenya, Cyprus and the North of Ireland and he formalized much of the approach militarily dominant powers like Britain and Israel should take to their militarily weaker opponents. He stresses the dirty tricks department: psychological warfare, fifth columns, double agents and anything that weakens or demoralizes the enemy or cuts off their logistics. Kitson was an officer in Britain;s shadowy Special Air Services (SAS) who have been credited, rightly or wrongly, with all kinds of undercover military actions, some brave, other nefarious. This book is definitely worth a read and worth buying for anyone interested in the historical evolution of asymmetrical warfare, where Britain has an impressive record.

2) May 15, 2012

Kitson on COIN

Frank Kitson, a British officer and veteran of numerous counter-insurgent operations, analyzes the evolution of typical insurgent campaigns in his book “Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency and Peacekeeping.” Connecting with a grievance that resonates with a goodly proportion of the population is central to subversive campaigns. As a result, counterinsurgency measures should address the causes of unrest and thwarting the leadership seeking a revolution that extends beyond a particular grievance. Kitson also highlights the importance of intelligence operations for planning tactical operations as well as the types of units, equipment, and specialized personnel required for effective counterinsurgent operations.

3) Frank Kitson, Low intensity operations: subversion, insurgency, peacekeeping (1971)

Reviewed by Dale Wharton, Montreal <40@dale.cam.org>, 11 January 1966

Low intensity operations: subversion, insurgency, peacekeeping, by Frank Kitson, 1926-. Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1971. 208 pp, bibliography, index. SBN 0-8117-0957-4, LC call number U 240.K53 1971

Riots broke out in 100 US cities in 1967. (It was the year before Martin Luther King Jr died.) Inner cities have since decayed. The poor have sunk even deeper. Yet North America’s underclass has not risen. How could a ruling group keep the lid on civil unrest?

The circle near Her Britannic Majesty does it–and fends off social change–using warriors like Frank Kitson. The author fought subversion and insurgency (S&I) and tried peacekeeping in Kenya 1953-5, Malaya 1957, Cyprus 1962-4, and Northern Ireland 1970-2. He explains that traditional methods may fail against S&I. Gradually the more intelligent officers find themselves developing a new…deviousness, patience, and…determination to outwit their opponents by all means … (p 200). Their two main means: stealth and fraud.

The foe, S&I, aims …to overthrow those governing the country…or to force them to do things which they do not want to do. [S&I] can involve the use of political and economic pressure, strikes, protest marches, and propaganda, and…the use of small-scale violence for the purpose of coercing…members of the population into giving support (p 3). Subversives stop with harassment, insurgents take up arms.

Growth in S&I–that is, in modern warfare–may stem from the new ways of getting people to think and to act. Literacy, radio, and television are now widespread. S&I can use them to aggravate social discontent, racial ferment, nationalism, contempt for authority, etc. (High order conflict, on the other hand, has lost favour since refinement in weapons of mass destruction.) Kitson argues that S&I has three phases.

PHASE I. Preparing to protest, …the enemy [a section of the country’s people] is likely to be occupied in spreading his cause… (p 71). Set agents to work now! In normal times, and in the very early stages of subversion, the intelligence organisation has got to be able to penetrate small…highly secure targets (p 72). It may have to invent new ways to do it. (At a Rand Corporation symposium in 1962 the author found a consensus: field officers prefer lots of low grade information to a small amount of higher quality.)

Next, the army should help with psyops (psychological operations– propaganda, PR). Psyops can offset the popular appeal of S&I’s cause and enhance the government’s story. Experts develop policy; technicians put the policy into films, programmes, articles, leaflets; machines spread the results by broadcast, print, and projection. At this early stage, the army may even counterorganize. It can build controls over the civil community and frustrate any efforts by S&I to do so. The method adds to psyops with good deeds. It sends out persons whose tasks are …doing work [to] help remove sources of grievances and at the same time making contact with the people. The…jobs… range from teaching to the setting up of clinics, advising on simple construction works, and working on agricultural projects (p 79).

PHASE II. Nonviolent disorder–mass meetings, marches, strikes– requires persuading multitudes to do something. This phase focuses on crowds, usually in cities. Kitson suggests a …judicious promise of concessions [to split the many from S&I leaders, while] imposing …calm by the use of government forces [then announcing] that most of the concessions can only be implemented once…life…returns to normal (p 87). Civilians must look upon troops with …respect and awe…. If an impression can be built that although [they] have used little force so far, they might at any moment use a great deal more, the people will be wary and…fewer men will be needed (p 90).

PHASE III. Open insurgency erupts. The army’s job is first to find armed groups and their supporters, then to smash them. It collects and studies background information, developing it to enable contact with the opponent. Kitson tells how to fish for information and to snuff out …very small groups…in large urban rabbit warrens… (p 127). An example of a simple Special Operation would be the cordonning of a [community] and the examination of occupants by…informers concealed in hoods… (p 100). Technology helps. Suppose a central computer kept watch lists–data on S&I throughout the country. If a remote interrogator could search them by wireless, he might …get the information he needs to break down a prisoner without delay (p 142).

***Empty Streets will soon be full of soldiers and armourd cars. Already there in Paris. This is the global elite afraid of the masses rising up.***

Then a brigadier, Frank Kitson wrote this as UK forces steadily shrank. He dwells on controlling costs. The book casts 11 chapters into three parts: trends and background, the army’s contribution, and preparation required. There are four organisation charts. Two maps illustrate a scenario of S&I. A lawyer in the US says LOW INTENSITY OPERATIONS is the leading treatise on nonstop spying and deceit.* The author seems selective with charges of terrorism, but he respects sensibilities: he omits details of interrogation and wetwork (torture and disposal of captives). Kitson’s other books are GANGS AND COUNTERGANGS (Barrie and Rockliff, 1960), BUNCH OF FIVE (Faber, 1977), WARFARE AS A WHOLE (Faber, 1987), DIRECTING OPERATIONS (Faber, 1989), and (editor) PRINCE RUPERT: portrait of a soldier (Constable, 1994).

WHO’S WHO 1995 sums up the career of General Sir Frank Edward Kitson. He rose to Commander in Chief, United Kingdom Land Forces 1982-5 and Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen 1983-5. In 1985 he became Knight Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire. Address: c/o Lloyds Bank, Farnham, Surrey… Club: Boodle’s (p 1086).

* Glick, Brian, WAR AT HOME: covert action against US activists and what we can do about it (South End Press, 1989), p 37. Glick includes an FBI memo of 3/4/68–some goals of COINTELPRO: Prevent the rise of a `messiah’ who could unify…the militant black nationalist movement …. You must discredit these groups and individuals (p

Emergency Coronavirus Bill March 19th 2020

***‘More cock ups please’ says says Polly Sexual. Image by Abdul***

Emergency Coronavirus Bill that sets out measures aimed at slowing the virus spread and supporting the NHS is set to be published after Boris Johnson announced the closure of schools and cancellation of exams – the first countrywide school shutdown in modern British history. (Evening Standard)Dozens of London Underground stations are to be closed indefinitely.

TfL said up to 40 tube stations that have no interchange, including St James’s Park, Hyde Park Corner and Covent Garden face being closed. (The Guardian)Up to 20,000 service personnel will be put on standby with troops gearing up to drive oxygen tankers, support the police and boost hospital capacity.

(Sky News)Millions of households are set to get relief on their energy bills as part of emergency measures to protect those at risk of being cut off. (Mirror) In Wuhan, the Chinese city where the disease originated, there were no new cases to report, showing just how much the outbreak has pivoted toward Europe. (Associated Press)Meanwhile Italy, the new epicenter of the outbreak, recorded its deadliest day with 475 deaths. (The Guardian)

Editorial Comment If we continue to be put at the mercy of open borders and globalisation, then we might as well shut up shop for good. As long as most of the money is in the hands of the few, with elite blocks playing Monopoly, the masses being the plastic pieces, then humaity is doomed on this planet. A whole army of little ‘plasic Gretas’ won’t save it by spouting on about ‘the science’- the new buzz phrase and such appealing bull-it .

Polly Sexual

The media is more dangerous than Coronavirus March 19th 2020

I’ve been following the unfolding situation on the Coronavirus like millions of people but, I suspect, unlike most spend a lot of time trying to sift through BS to get real info on the topic and stay educated on its mechanisms of infections, where it’s spread etc etc.

Seriously, the garbage being reported by virtually all main stream media is atrocious fear mongering at the highest level. And it’s dangerous considering 99% of people go no further than this and some, no further than the terribly misleading headlines.

“Deadly pandemic spread by droplets!” “Photos from Wuhan look like a horror movie” “People dying in the streets” On and on. If it’s not a complete over embellishment it’s a headline that would also pertain to the yearly flu just as much as Caronavirus.

20% truth inflated and twisted to be 100% attention grabbing. Normal media garbage yes, but doing this with something like this is just straight irresponsible. The media is causing undue panic. Yes the virus is serious, yes it can kill but it’s not, based on the real info we have, anything that we need to be even close to panicking about.

With the information at hand at present it does look like it could be as bad as a very bad flu. And that’s bad, but do streets empty during a bad flu season? Do people buy all the masks off the shelves?

Worst case scenario here I see is this virus spreads globally, people panic, they get it themselves along with most people they know and they realise it was as all an over reaction being so panicked and scared. It means if the same thing happens again in a couple of years, with something having a mortality rate of 10%+ it won’t be taken as seriously by the world population as it needs to because they’ll remember the overreaction to the Coronavirus.

Don’t get me wrong, this is to be taken seriously and it should be followed closely because it’s still early days, but the media are inciting undue panic given what we do know as of now. They’re even starting to report now on “the poor reactions of people to the Coronavirus scare”…. you’re causing this you fools!!

The TL:DR – find a coupe of non sensational Chanel’s on YouTube and follow them for real info on the topic. You’ll be less likely to panic and more likely to be educated enough to protect yourself as much as you feel you need to. Joel

Taxpayers to fork out £156m for Thomas Cook collapse March 19th 2020

Taxpayers to fork out £156m for Thomas Cook collapse

Taxpayers will foot a bill of £156m ($185m) for the collapse of travel company Thomas Cook in September last year, a report by the Whitehall spending watchdog has found.

The Department for Transport (DfT) will pay an estimated £83m towards the total cost of bringing stranded customers who were not Atol-protected back to the UK, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

March of Madness Corona Virus Scaremongering Forcing Us Up against the wall, laying us bare to all manner of other dangers.

March 18th 2020

‘It’s all a big distraction. This is the march of madness. The panic will lay us all bare and force us up against the wall, revealing our animal nature and weaknesses in more ways than one ‘ says Polly Sexual, pictured here.
Image Appledene Photographics?Abdul

I am talking about the Coronavirus and the lock down situation. This is quite serious. The logical outcome is mass unemployment, even more desease, accicidents and social collapese, hence 10,000 troops on standby.

Why cause such panic if there is not a hidden agenda? Conspiracy theorists are always ridiculed because most people are like lemmings. The collapse of capitalism has been predicted since the 1970s. The technology is there to force it.

The global elite have their rivalries and the masses are atomised. It is not the logic of war to create mass panic. Governments are always secretive about these things, hence the Assange Manning situation. So why this ? There has to be a hidden agenda. Polly Sexual

***Polly Sexual, all dressed up in expensive tastefull clothes and exposing the truth. Image Abdul***

Right-wing conspiracy theorists see coronavirus as a plot against Trump

The president’s supporters believe the ‘deep state’ is hyping the disease to damage the U.S. economy.

Feb 26, 2020, 5:25 pm IRL Mikael Thalen

President Donald Trump and reporters outside the White House

White House/Flickr (Public Domain)

Conspiracy theorists online believe that concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak are being overblown as part of a secret plot to damage President Donald Trump.

The debacle began this week when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that “disruption to everyday life may be severe” if the disease were to rapidly spread throughout the country.

The announcement and previous updates from the CDC, however, have enraged Trump, according to the Washington Post. Growing public concern over the coronavirus has negatively affected the stock market, leading Trump to accuse outlets such as CNN and MSNBC of purposely exaggerating the issue in order to damage the economy.

The two outlets, Trump claimed in a tweet on Wednesday, “are doing everything possible” to panic markets. The president’s tweet, which misspells coronavirus, went on to also blame Democratic lawmakers.

Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape! @CDCgov…..— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2020

Conspiracy theorists and defenders of the president have spread the same talking points as well, increasingly portraying the disease as a tool of the “deep state” to politically hurt Trump.

Rush Limbaugh, the controversial radio host who recently received the Medal of Freedom from Trump, took aim at Dr. Nancy Messonnier on Wednesday over the fact that Messonnier, who is a CDC official, is also the sister of former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Limbaugh went on to insinuate that Dr. Messonnier’s warning could have been influenced by her relation to Rosenstein, who was involved in the special counsel investigation into alleged ties between the president’s 2016 campaign and Russia.

“So you’ve got here the CDC urging Americans to prepare for a coronavirus virus outbreak…” Limbaugh began. “Okay. This person running this agency, who does she donate to? Well, her brother is Rod Rosenstein.”

Limbaugh added that listeners should “do what you want with” the information.

“It may mean nothing. Might…Who knows?” Limbaugh said. “It’s just in that town, I’m telling you, everything is incestuous. Most of that town is establishment oriented or rooted, which means they despise Trump.”

Other figures such as YouTube prankster turned conservative talking head Joey “Salads” Saladino claimed Democrats would “take Trump out of office” by exaggerating the disease’s danger.

“I don’t think Coronavirus will kill us all, but I know the Democrats will use this scare to cause panic and crash the markets to take Trump out of office,” Saladino said. “Dems have already admitted it!”

I don’t think Coronavirus will kill us all, but I know the Democrats will use this scare to cause panic and crash the markets to take Trump out of office. Dems have already admitted it!

I would rather be safe than sorry by preparing food for a few weeks. pic.twitter.com/v9yjvRLUdL— Joey Saladino (@JoeySalads) February 26, 2020

Mark Dice, a prominent conspiracy theorist and Trump adherent, also claimed that liberals would take advantage of the deadly outbreak in their efforts to topple Trump.

“Liberals are now hoping the #COVIDー19 coronavirus causes a global pandemic and crashes the stock market in order to point the finger at Trump for a ‘bad economy,’” Dice said. “These people are sick (no pun intended).”

Liberals are now hoping the #COVIDー19 coronavirus causes a global pandemic and crashes the stock market in order to point the finger at Trump for a “bad economy.”

These people are sick (no pun intended).— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) February 26, 2020

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Ut.) was also tied into the deep state conspiracy for suggesting that the Trump administration was unprepared for a coronavirus outbreak.

“Romney is screaming ‘pandemic’ to hurt the Trump economy by affecting the stock market, but we see what you are doing deep state snake Romney,” said Dawn Michael, a popular pro-Trump Twitter user, and advocate of the QAnon conspiracy.

While the disease has been contained so far in the U.S., health officials believe that it’s only a matter of time before the coronavirus spreads.

“Current global circumstances suggest it’s likely this virus will cause a pandemic,” said Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC.

Current statistics show that there have been 59 confirmed cases in the U.S., with a global total of 81,322. At least 2,770 people have lost their lives as a result of the disease.

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Elite at War With the Masses Posted March 17th 2020

All very sinister, if police see an over 70 year old on the street, they have power of arrest, incarceration and fine. All very ageist, but if government can invent a crisis, they can suspend civil liberties.

Is their a hidden agenda ? Planning is for another 18 months of this. The elite are at war with the masses, it seems.

Please Please panic government and mainstream media insist. Miracle any of us working class oiks survived all of those 1950s deseases, whooping cough, diptheria, measles, German measles, chciken pox, flu, pneumnia and mumps.

***I had them all. I also grew up in a house with rising damp, outside toilet and no central heating. We slept under piles of old coats during winter, in a very draughty little house.***

***My parents generation had the war. So what is all this really about ?*** ***Robert Cook***

Brits love Rules and regulations March 17th 2020

***Polly Sexual at home. Image Appledene Photographics/Abdul***

The Corona Virus was made for the British. They will feel so much safer until the food riots start, the power cuts come and they can’t pay the mortgage because work has shut down. It is because they are stupid, trusting authority, believing this is a democracy and they have ‘their cuntree back ‘.

Consider the folloowing :

A pro-EU peer has said the UK needs immigration because native Britons are “bloody stupid”, provoking a backlash from Eurosceptics and the right-wing press.

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, who co-wrote Article 50, said Britain needed “an injection of intelligent people from outside”, and claimed the Leave campaign won the referendum only by “cleverly outsourcing xenophobia and racism”.

Speaking at an event organised by the Institute for Government, Lord Kerr said: “In my view, immigration is the thing that keeps this country running.

“We native Brits are so bloody stupid that we need an injection of intelligent people, young people from outside who come in and wake us up from time to time.

***Politics needs undressing and exposing like Polly Sexual here. Close scrutiny is required.*** ***Image Appledene Photographics/Abdul***

His Lorship MelvynBragg has said Britain is becoming a stupid country, in part because its university system is being destroyed.

The broadcaster and Labour peer criticised the state of British higher education in an interview with the magazine Radio Times.

“We have, per capita, the best university system in the world, but it’s being – carelessly and utterly stupidly – destroyed very slowly,” he said. “We used to be the clever country and now we’re clearly the stupid country. Except for certain highlights.”

Bragg, the host of The South Bank Show and the presenter of Radio 4’s discussion programme In Our Time, told the magazine he saw some hope in the UK’s current television output, especially in the work of the actors Hugh Grant and Benedict Cumberbatch.

“Patrick Melrose and A Very English Scandal were sensationally good,” he said. “Those were great productions with main actors on top form. You could talk about the Redgrave-Olivier years – well, now you can talk about the Grant-Cumberbatch years in equal terms.”

Bragg, 78, also revealed he had recently spent some time in hospital. “I had a hip replacement. And after that I got pneumonia, which is still hanging on. It’s a bit of a pain.”

The broadcaster, officially known as Lord Bragg of Wigton after the Cumbria town where he grew up, was recently appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour, an elite group of 65 individuals recognised for their contribution to the Commonwealth.

Bragg, whose South Bank Show was aired by ITV for decades, told the Daily Mail this month that he had yet to see the network’s latest hit, Love Island.

“The popularity of series like Love Island show that we’re becoming increasingly eccentric and increasingly incompetent – in equal measure,” he said. “I mean to watch it. I haven’t yet, but I will. I always like to watch things that are very popular. Maybe I’ll get addicted.”

Bragg is being far too polite.

***‘Love Island’ hostess ccused of trying to kill lover in jealous rage, then killed herself after arrest and trial date confirmed..*** Love is in short supply on this island.

Polly Sexual

PM moves UK to ‘suppression’ after new analysis of coronavirus death rate March 17th 2020

The government ramped up measures against the coronavirus epidemic following new predictions that the UK could otherwise have seen 250,000 deaths.

A new document published by the COVID-19 team at London’s Imperial College – which is advising the government on its coronavirus response – warns the current public health threat is the “most serious” from a respiratory virus since the Spanish Flu in 1918.

They advised the UK adopts a strategy of “epidemic suppression” – for a period of potentially 18 months or more – rather than “mitigation”.
Modelling of the “most effective” mitigation strategy examined had revealed that NHS capacities could be exceeded by at least eightfold – and about 250,000 people could die.

The Imperial team described the suppression of the coronavirus outbreak as “the only viable strategy at the current time” – even if the “social and economic effects of the measures which are needed to achieve this policy goal will be profound”.
They said: “Many countries have adopted such measures already, but even those countries at an earlier stage of their epidemic [such as the UK] will need to do so imminently.”

On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a significant escalation of UK measures in response to coronavirus, including advising everyone in the country to avoid pubs, clubs, restaurants and theatres and to only make essential journeys.
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Sky News understands the government shifted to tougher measures on Monday partly as a result of the document produced by the team at Imperial.
The Imperial team described “mitigation” as focusing on “slowing but not necessarily stopping epidemic spread” to reduce NHS demand at the peak of an outbreak.

By contrast, “suppression” aims to “reverse epidemic growth, reducing case numbers to low levels and maintaining that situation indefinitely”.
Suppression measures would require social distancing by the “entire population” with “home isolation of cases and household quarantine of their family members” as well as possible school closures, according to the document.

Such measures will need to be maintained until a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available – a period of potentially 18 months or more, the team said.

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They added: “For suppression, early action is important, and interventions need to be in place well before healthcare capacity is overwhelmed.”
However, the team warned it is “not at all certain that suppression will succeed long term” as “no public health intervention with such disruptive effects on society has been previously attempted for such a long duration of time”.

The document added: “How populations and societies will respond remains unclear.”
Having based their findings on health service demand levels in China, Italy and the UK, the Imperial team only reached their conclusions “in the last few days”.

In their examination of the “most effective mitigation strategy”, they concluded: “The surge limits for both general ward and ICU [intensive care unit] beds would be exceeded by at least eightfold under the more optimistic scenario for critical care requirements that we examined.

“In addition, even if all patients were able to be treated, we predict there would still be in the order of 250,000 deaths in GB, and 1.1 to 1.2 million in the US.”

A government spokesperson said: “This is a very fast-moving situation.
“In order to give the most robust scientific advice SAGE [the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies] draws upon and considers a range of evidence and views to reach its recommendations.
“Part of this evidence includes the latest modelling data from a number of experts.

“All SAGE recommendations are in line with the best current evidence. We will be publishing further evidence shortly.”
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be present at a news briefing on Tuesday, with the Treasury expected to announce a “very significant” package of measures to help businesses deal with the coronanvirus crisis.

Perils of Globalisation as Pensioner Dies March 15th 2020

The friends of an 88-year-old church choir singer who died after contracting coronavirus say he got the illness at a restaurant after coming into contact with a skier returning from Italy.

Darrell Blackley, from Middleton, Greater Manchester, died on Friday at North Manchester General Hospital after contracting COVID-19.
He was admitted to hospital on 3 March with sepsis, but was placed in quarantine having earlier had contact in a restaurant with “a skier who had returned from Italy,” a statement from his local church said.
It added that he initially tested negative for the virus, but a week later received a positive result, shortly before becoming “extremely poorly and died”.

In a statement, St Michael’s Church in Middleton paid tribute to “a faithful man” and “gracious gentleman” who had attended services twice a week for more than 50 years.
It said: “Darrell was a faithful man at St Michael’s for over 50 years, he sang in the choir with a beautiful voice, described by so many as a gracious gentleman who is going to be sadly missed. RIP

Reverend Jackie Calow told Sky News the grandfather’s death had “deeply shocked” the whole community, adding that he was “well known”.
She praised him for having “the most amazing voice” in the church and police choirs he was a part of, and for his involvement in the community.

The father-of-one had not been at church for a month having been at home with an underlying condition, she said, adding that when he was isolated in hospital, his family could only visit him in hazmat suits that became uncomfortable to breathe in after 15 minutes.

Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic asks staff to take eight weeks of unpaid leave March 16th 2020

The warning comes after many countries around the world closed borders or placed extra restrictions on arrivals.

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Virgin Atlantic staff will be asked to take eight weeks of unpaid leave over the next three months, to help the airline cope during the coronavirus pandemic.

The airline is one of many to have brought in drastic measures to cope with a fall in passenger demand, due to global travel restrictions and the reluctance to travel due to the disease.

Bosses said the cost would be spread over six months’ salary to “drastically reduce costs without job losses”.

Also on Monday:

Virgin Atlantic to reduce daily flights by 80% by 26 March and the London Heathrow to Newark route to be axed immediately
Tui cancels “vast majority” of its holidays
easyJet warns most of its fleet could be grounded, saying it will continue to operate rescue flights for short periods “where we can” to repatriate passengers, but more cuts are expected
easyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren: “European aviation faces a precarious future and it is clear that co-ordinated government backing will be required to ensure the industry survives”
Ryanair expects majority of its European fleet to be grounded over next seven to 10 days. In countries where they are not grounded, growing restrictions could make flying “impractical if not impossible”
Ryainair chief executive Michael O’Leary said “extraordinary and unprecedented travel restrictions” imposed by governments had come “in many cases with minimal or zero notice”
British Airways owner IAG says travel restrictions are “having a significant and increasingly negative impact” on demand on almost all of its routes
IAG to reduce capacity by 75% in April and May, compared to same period last year
IAG staff to be offered voluntary leave options, recruitment to be frozen, and working hours reduced
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh: “We have seen a substantial decline in bookings across our airlines and global network over the past few weeks and we expect demand to remain weak until well into the summer”

In this picture taken on February 14, 2020, a Malaysia Airlines hostess (R) wearing a protective face mask checks the temperature of Chinese passengers before they board a flight to Beijing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Kuala Lumpur — ***Countries are increasing restrictions on travellers – if they are letting them come in at al***l

Shares in IAG closed 27% down while easyJet’s stock lost almost 20%.

Shares in TUI fell by more than 30% at one stage but recovered to be almost 12.7% lower while Ryanair also shed 12.7%.

The falls chimed with a series of warnings relating to the aviation and tourism sectors.

A new virus belonging to the Coronavirus family named as novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV has claimed over 3,000 lives in China. At least 90,000 cases have been reported all over the globe. Research is on but very little is known about the disease or how exactly it can be contained. WHO has warned the risk of global spread is “very high” and the virus will reach almost all countries of the world very soon.

What is Coronavirus?

Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that are often the source of respiratory infections, including the common cold. Most of the viruses are common among animals, but sometimes, an animal-based coronavirus mutates and successfully finds a human host.

According to the World Health Organization, during previous outbreaks due to other coronaviruses, human-to-human transmission occurred through droplets or objects making contact, suggesting that the transmission mode of the 2019-nCoV can be identical.

The symptoms may include fever, cough and shortness of breath.

Antibiotics do not work against such viral pneumonia and there are no vaccines against them. In addition to this, the virus is contagious even during incubation, that is even before a patient exhibits any symptoms. This characteristic amplifies transmissibility. Due to this, travel bans across China are initiated and the literal isolation of Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has been done.

Coronavirus Outbreak – A Manmade Disaster

Diseases that pass from animals to humans are called zoonotic diseases. They are rare. The chief concern with them is that since they are new to humans, the human body does not have any immunity to them. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that globally, about a billion cases of illness and millions of deaths occur every year from zoonoses, i.e, diseases and infections naturally transmitted between people and vertebrate animals. Some 60% of emerging infectious diseases globally are zoonoses. Of the over 30 new human pathogens detected over the last three decades, 75% originated in animals.

Coronavirus is one of them. It is believed to have originated in a seafood market in Wuhan that was involved in the illegal sale of wildlife. According to WHO, wherever there is close mixing of humans and animals, especially the unregulated handling of blood and other body products, as happens for example in China’s animal markets, there are greater chances of transmission of a virus from animals to humans, and its mutation to adapt to the human body.

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Hopeless Youth March 15th 2020

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CON U VIRUS GREAT WAY TO ENHANCE BRITAIN’S POLICE STATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE Posted March 14th 2020

Police will be able to detain infected people and schools could be forced to stay open under a package of powers being announced next week to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Emergency laws to help to limit the spread of the virus will be introduced after the number of people infected in Britain rose by 200 in 24 hours to 798. The measures, seen by The Times, will also let councils lower standards in care homes to deal with staff shortages. The legislation, which ministers intend to push through

The number of British deaths due to coronavirus has risen by 10, taking the total number to 21, Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, announced today.

NHS England issued statements on behalf of nine trusts today saying that a further ten people had died. Whitty said that all those who died were in “at-risk groups”.

“I understand this increase in the number of deaths linked to Covid-19 will be a very worrying “

Editorial Comment How do we know the tests are accurate or not exaggerated because the governing classes are testing repressive social control measures, just like they did in Northern Ireland during the troubles.

It is about social and mental conditioning. For sure any costs to the elite will be passed down from the rich to the plebs. It is a massive over reaction. They are deliberately shutting down the country. When workers default on mortgages, the rich will call in the debt.

Of course they won’t close the schools because they are vital to state brainwashing and control. The State is not releasing details of the virus’s victims. They have a specific profile, but who cares when the State wants national panic, with excuses for more controls. Experts are called in to talk about ‘the science’ with which they blind the unsuspecting masses. Robert Cook

CON U VIRUS POSTED March 13th 2020

Charing Cross Station today.London is very quiet because teh well of fear death.

Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed he is ‘surprised and concerned’ Boris Johnson didn’t lockdown parts of Britain to tackle the coronavirus ‘national emergency’ as debate rages over whether the PM has gone far enough to protect the 66million population from the pandemic.

Mr Hunt, who is now chair of the Commons health and social care select committee, believes the Prime Minister must do more to encourage social distancing – and was particularly concerned care homes are not being told to ban visitors.

The official number of coronavirus cases in the UK yesterday jumped by 134 to 590 with 10 deaths – but the Government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the true number was probably up to 10,000 cases and growing rapidly.

A London Underground tube driver has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.

The man, who works on the Jubilee Line, has been self-isolating this week after returning from holiday in Vietnam, sources told PA.

An internal message to staff said the driver, based at the North Greenwich depot, had tested positive for Covid-19.

“The operator is receiving support from health services and is continuing to follow Public Health England (PHE) advice to self-isolate.

“The train operator has recently returned from a trip abroad, where it is thought the illness may have been contracted,” said the memo.

Sites that are usually ram-packed with commuters and tourists at rush hour have been left desolate in the wake of Covid-19.

Charing Cross, Trafalgar Square, and the Euston Underpass were all practically empty on Friday morning following Boris Johnson’s announcement that “many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time”.

On Wednesday, it was reported that Transport for London is facing a £400m drop in fares income, according to credit rating agency Moody’s.

It predicted a 30 per cent fall in passenger income in the four months to the end of June, assuming that 20 per cent of the workforce will work from home and leisure trips will fall due to “social distancing”.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted: “London’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations are an annual highlight for many, so I’m incredibly disappointed that this year’s event has had to be cancelled as key performers and parade participants are no longer able to participate due to the ongoing threat of coronavirus.”

Shutdowns and cancellations of events are expected to hit the massive tourist industry in London.

It is thought that up to 10,000 people in the UK may have the coronavirus, according to the Government’s medical advisors.

As of 9am on Thursday, 590 people had tested positive for the virus. There have been 10 deaths in the UK.

Editorial Comment This is all very odd and intriguing. Conveniently it coincides with Britain’s EU trade talks which have been put on hold. Flu kills many more each year, so what is it with this one ? Some believe this is the long predicted elite cull of the unwantd masses.

Globalisation has much to answer for, but must not be critcised. Overpoulation and mass migration from the impoverished old third world- to relieve their endless religion driven population growth- must also be ignored

The elite suspect what they have done to environment – intentionally or unintentionally- much of life on earth has been doom. Feminism has been an excellent smoke screen. Moronic women have been scared into supporting it. along with their besotted daddies. Meanwhile real dangers are ignored- just the way the elite wants it. Robert Cook

Desperate to silence Posted March 13th 2020

The witch-hunt against the Oxford professor reflects a worrying trend that sees mainstream views condemned as phobic, says Judith Woods

SET across the River Cherwell amid Oxford’s dreaming spires stands St Hilda’s College. Established in 1893 as a woman’s hall it only admitted men as recently in 2008. Its motto is “Excellence and Equality” and staff are justifiably proud of its achievements in promoting female voices and furthering female ambitions – things we now take for granted.

Yet it is here, on the eve of International Women’s Day, that a battle for 21st century women’s rights and freedom of speech is being fought, the like of which we have never seen before. Modern history professor and best-selling author Professor Selina Todd, who specialises in the history of the working-class, women and feminism in modern Britain, stands at the centre of an astonishing – frightening – witch hunt….

Ironing Out March 13th 2020

University students are “crazy” to ban controversial speakers, Jeremy Irons has said in a warning over free speech on campus.

The 71-year-old actor, who is Chancellor of Bath Spa University, said he gets “very depressed” when people are banned from addressing students because some disagree with their views.

Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph this week, the Oscar winning actor said: “I think it’s right that all views should be examined and certainly acceptable to discuss.

“I get very depressed when I see that certain outside speakers are barred from talking in…

Editorial Comment By definition mainstream media is not just any old opinion. It filters what the mainstream – i.e elite -wants us to think and believe as truth. That fits us into the diversity culture where Muslims and Toddites can insult transexualls, bonding in a new sentimental view of the international working classes.

Mainstream media or feminazis has very little if anything worth hearing to say about the Chelsea Manning Julian Assange situation for example,

The mainstream media is not about free speech/ Women like Selina Todd have greater rights to speak for our so called diversity culture. So far I have found out nothing significant about her allusions to being at one with the working class. These people do not expect to be taken up on their contradictions.

Todd earns plaudits from the Guardianistas for her bigotry directed at transsexuals. She claims women are somehow equal but in need of special rights and protections, safe spaces enc….

She implies that men are so desperate to commit rape that they will sacrifice their manhood, wear female clothing, shoes and make-up to get into women’s toilets so as to rape them.

I think this is hate speech. Todd has nothing to say about her working class credentials, writing as if only working class women have suffered- the whole working class have and still are suffering. She is one of those re writing the past in order to contamin(h)ate the present and future with her nasty feminist poison. I am exercising my right to free speech here. Polly Sexual

***Polly Sexual yesterday. She says : ‘Hitler came to power thanks to free speech. Image Appledene Photographics***

Chelsea Manning fights for her life after attempting suicide in jail cell following her refusal to testify before grand jury investigating WikiLeaks and Julian Assange Posted March 12th 2020

Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, 31, attempted suicide inside her jail cell at the Alexandria Detention Center in Virginia on Wednesday
Manning was found by guards, who administered first aid and then transported her to hospital
She was being held for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
She was scheduled to appear in court for a hearing on Friday
Manning previously spent seven years in military prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified US documents to WikiLeaks in 2010

But she told a judge last May she would rather starve to death than change her decision to testify about it in front of a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Manning’s lawyers have called for her to be set free and UN special rapporteur Nilz Melzer has denounced her captivity as a form of torture.

‘A jail deputy discovered her while conducting a check in the special housing unit where Chelsea is being housed,’ a source told DailyMail.com.

‘They found her with a sheet around her neck. Other deputies arrived and first aid was administered before she was taken to the hospital.’

Manning was originally sentenced to 35 years for leaking to WikiLeaks but was released in May 2017 after President Barack Obama commuted her time in prison.

The insider said Manning is expected to recover and was well enough last night to be able to communicate with medical staff.

‘It was a close run thing. Chelsea was unconscious, she was blue and unresponsive, but the deputies were able to resuscitate her,’ the insider added.

‘They did a great job keeping her life. Nobody wants a repeat of the Jeffrey Epstein fiasco.’

Editorial Comment the British elite are in this up to their necks , as the Assange story demonstrates. Polly Sexual

***Polly Sexual says ‘It is a pity those awful feminists don’t take more interest in this story rather than endlessly going on about how awful it is to be an upper middlelass woman in Brmerica.***
***Assange will be next, and all for exposing elite war crimes and the murder of journaists, The Naziz are actually in control’***

Violent Multi Cultural Britain Posted March 12th 2020

Four teenagers have been rushed to hospital after a multiple stabbing in east London – while seven people have been arrested.

Police were called to the scene in Manston Court, Walthamstow, at 9.03pm on Wednesday following reports of a group of youths fighting with weapons, a Met spokesperson said.

Officers attended with London Ambulance Service and the teenagers, aged around 15 and 16, were taken to hospital with stab and slash injuries.

None are believed to be life-threatening, the spokesperson said.

Seven arrests have been made in total for offences including violent disorder, affray, and possession of an offensive weapon.

Editorial Comment This is inevitable in multi cultural Britain where the real causes of crime cannot be discusssed. The police are corrupt, pusrsuing a PC agenda while led by self obsessed careerists, no pun intended. But the real problem is political at the highest level. Labour lays claim to a monopoly of social conscience, using women as their nice faced foot soldiers.

Will Boris Be Next and is it a dastardly Russian Plot to take over the World ? Posted March 11th 2020

Health minister Nadine Dorries has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating.

She is the first MP in the UK to be diagnosed with COVID-19, as the virus spread further on Tuesday.

A sixth person in the country has died and the total number of confirmed cases is 382 – up by 54 in the last day.

“I would like to thank PHE and the wonderful NHS staff who have provided me with advice and support.”

She added in a tweet: “It’s been pretty rubbish but I hope I’m over the worst of it now. More worried about my 84yo mum who is staying with me and began with the cough today. She is being tested tomorrow.”

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was “really sorry” to hear the news but that “she has done the right thing by self-isolating at home”.

A Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) spokeswoman said she first exhibited symptoms at some time on Thursday – the same day she attended a Downing Street event hosted by Boris Johnson to mark International Women’s Day.

Number 10 did not comment on whether the prime minister had undergone testing for the coronavirus, or whether he will now be tested.

A DHSC spokeswoman said Ms Dorries, 62, has been self-isolating at home since Friday.

Coronavirus symptoms: How to tell if it’s NOT a cold or flu – the 5 signs to watch for – The Sun

Coronavirus symptoms: How to tell if it’s NOT a cold or flu – the 5 signs to watch for

9 Mar 2020, 12:07
Updated: 9 Mar 2020, 17:04

BRITS are being urged to be alert to the signs and symptoms of coronavirus – as the deadly new bug continues to sweep the globe.

The number of cases of Covid-19 in the UK has surged to 280 – with experts warning of a “worst-case scenario” of 100,000 deaths.

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Covid-19 is believed to be spread via droplets produced from coughs and sneezes as well as touching surfaces.

Britain’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty said droplets can survive on bus and train handrails for up to three days.

Health bosses have raised the risk to the public from low to moderate as one top expert admitted we have “lost track of who has it”.

Dr Bharat Pankhania, senior clinical lecturer at the University of Exeter, said: “We no longer know where the virus is.

“You could catch it from anyone, anywhere, anytime — in your supermarket, coffee shop, petrol station or pub.”

What is coronavirus?

Coronavirus is the name for a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as SARS.

The new disease that emerged in Wuhan, China in December, was named Covid-19, by the World Health Organisation- and has never been seen in humans before the current outbreak.

Coronavirus attacks the respiratory system, causing pneumonia-like lung lesions.

The new strain is thought to have jumped from bats to humans, via a possible but unknown animal, in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

One of the best ways to protect yourself from catching Covid-19 is to be aware of the symptoms.

Here, we take you through the early warning signs to be aware of, how to protect yourself and when to get medical help…

What are the early warning signs?

As Covid-19 is a new virus, experts are still working to understand it.

According to the NHS and the World Health Organisation (WHO), early symptoms of coronavirus infection usually include:

A cough and/or sore throat
A high temperature
Shortness of breath

These symptoms do not necessarily mean you have the illness and are similar to other illnesses, such as the common cold or flu.

Some people will not develop all of these symptoms – and some might not even show symptoms at all, experts have discovered.

They warn that in some people, particularly those with underlying conditions, it can cause them to develop severe complications.

These include pneumonia and swelling in the lungs, which can make it hard for the lungs to pass oxygen into the bloodstream – leading to organ failure and death.

Severe pneumonia can kill people by causing them to “drown” in the fluid flooding their lungs.

To find out more about whether you should travel, click on your country of choice: Is it safe to travel to Tenerife, Italy, Austria, Greece and Thailand.

How does coronavirus differ from flu?

The symptoms of coronavirus are similar to other respiratory illnesses such as the flu and the common cold.

However, with the flu, symptoms can come on much quicker than with coronavirus.

According to the NHS, signs of flu include:

A sudden fever – a temperature of 38C or above
An aching body
Feeling tired or exhausted
A dry cough
A sore throat
A headache
Difficulty sleeping
Loss of appetite
Diarrhoea or tummy pain
Feeling sick and being sick

You can treat yourself for flu by getting rest and staying warm.

Taking paracetamol or ibuprofen can lower your temperature and treat aches and pains.

Drinking plenty of water will help avoid dehydration.

The flu vaccine reduces the risk of catching flu, as well as spreading it to others.

It’s more effective to get the vaccine before the start of the flu season, which tends to run from December to March.

How quickly do coronavirus symptoms come on?

The virus is transmitted between people in droplets from coughing and sneezing and touching or shaking hands.

Symptoms are thought to appear between two and ten days after contracting the virus.

But scientists say in some people it may be up to 24 days.

And worse still there is also some evidence, as yet unconfirmed, that the virus can be spread by asymptomatic people — that is people carrying the virus but have not become ill yet.

Should this be correct it may make the virus considerably more difficult to control.

When should I seek help?

You should also call NHS 111 if you have travelled to any of the affected countries and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath.

Or if you have been in close contact with an infected person.

Public Health England defines close contact as being within two metres of someone for 15 minutes or more or sharing a room for a prolonged period.

The NHS has urged people to stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as, if you have the virus, you risk spreading it to others.

Health experts are warning people not to go straight to your doctors’ surgery, over fears people will spread the bug there too – but do seek medical help by calling NHS 111.

If you get a cough, a high temperature, or you feel short of breath, continue to follow this advice.

Do not leave your house without getting advice from a doctor.

How can I protect myself?

The best way to prevent catching any form of coronavirus is to practice good hygiene, health experts say.

In order to reduce your risk of infection, you should:

Wash your hands often with soap and water, for at least 20 seconds
Do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands
Avoid close contact with people who are sick

If you have cold-like symptoms, you can help protect others by staying home when you are sick and avoiding contact with others.

You should also cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough and sneeze then throw it away and wash your hands.

Cleaning and disinfecting objects and surfaces which you may have touched is also important.

Can it be treated?

Currently there is no vaccine to protect people against the virus.

Antibiotics do not help, as they do not work against viruses – only bacteria.

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