steviewevie

Yeah, hopefully....but the other major worry as this virus continues it's thing is the damage to the economy and what that will mean for people's lives over the next few years.

I know it's all the rage to be positive on here...and we are getting some good news on vaccines coming through....but this winter is going to be fucking dire.

It was, but that was a proper 2nd wave wasn't it, a different strain or something? Whereas this is not really a 2nd wave, but the first one that never went away but it's spread was reduced by lockdown restrictions. Also...Telegraph pointing out that this 2nd wave/spike/whatever will be flatter and wider than the first..which I guess means health services less likely to be overwhelmed, but could mean a higher number of deaths.

Usual doomster fear mongering from Telegraph.

Jonathan Sumption - Covid measures will be seen as 'monument of collective hysteria and folly' https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/oct/27/covid-measures-will-be-seen-as-monument-of-collective-hysteria-and-folly-says-ex-judge

Je suis @FestivalJamie

Solidarity with FestivalJaime.

just somewhere to put the bodies.

surely they will all be used, as will more that become available throughout next year and beyond?

well, strictly speaking...the end isn't nigh...it's ages away...but abrupt climate change which kills many species on this planet is nigh.

The end is nigh. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/27/sleeping-giant-arctic-methane-deposits-starting-to-release-scientists-find

Ok, ToiletDuck...this may be an impossible question..but what do you estimate are the timescales for all this...i.e. when do you think we'll get back to something that looks like normal?