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I’m surprised the idea hasn’t been floated in Egypt. They’re renowned for barmy pseudo-scientific cures.

In fairness to Trump he was just throwing out random ideas. Clearly, he didn’t attend any science lessons at school, or slept through them. We don’t expect our leaders to be knowledgeable on everything...they have expert teams at their beck and call.... but , honestly, would you have much faith in a man who suggests that such a bizarre idea is even worth thinking about?

just been sent a you tube video of Trump assuring someone that he and his team had all been vaccinated against the virus.
This was supposedly caught on an open mike prior to a press conference.
He may have been injected with the light.

I'm sure that by the end of the day it will all be 'Fake News!' 'I didn't say that.' The documentary evidence - no matter how well recorded - of his comments never seem to be sufficient to convict him.

Anything that will cull the herd of the Trumpian horde.

HEPZIBAH wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:50 pm I'm sure that by the end of the day it will all be 'Fake News!' 'I didn't say that.' The documentary evidence - no matter how well recorded - of his comments never seem to be sufficient to convict him.

Of course.

When he said injecting disinfectant he meant injecting buildings and public places. Typical of the mainstream fake media to misrepresent him

I'm afraid it's far too late, read it once then read it again...

Ramadan Kareem all....

I don't know where your Post Tortoise post came from - but I've nicked it. :-)

Well we have it solved here, restrictions on shop opening hours lifted, all shops now allowed to be open till 9pm. Restaurants allowed to open but only as take aways.
From what I have been told business as usual over on the east bank, people wandering about, masks? what for it's not Halloween. Gloves it's not cold, social distancing? Do you want to dance?
We are in the middle of a terrible sand storm that is forecast to last well into tomorrow, hopefully that will keep people at home for a little while.

I hear the sales of Dettol have gone through the roof.

carrie wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:30 pm Well we have it solved here, restrictions on shop opening hours lifted, all shops now allowed to be open till 9pm. Restaurants allowed to open but only as take aways.
From what I have been told business as usual over on the east bank, people wandering about, masks? what for it's not Halloween. Gloves it's not cold, social distancing? Do you want to dance?
We are in the middle of a terrible sand storm that is forecast to last well into tomorrow, hopefully that will keep people at home for a little while.

It’s beginning to look as though Egypt is going for the “herd immunity” approach. You can see the logic...if the entire population is infected then social distancing, curfews etc can be abandoned and the economy restored. And when everyone’s recovered, and can no longer transmit the virus, Egypt can open its doors to tourism as a “safe” destination.

Makes a lot of sense.

Except for the thousands who might die in the process. But...hey...what a neat way to lessen the over- population problem.

Simona has some strange mutuel FB friends, this from Peter O'Toole's daughter Kate.....

There’s a positive avalanche of Trump memes doing the rounds.

Some of them are hilarious and you’d think that Trump would curl up with embarrassment and keep his head below the parapet for a while.

But no....he’s trying to pass off his remarks as a joke..not meant to be taken seriously.

And the sad thing is that the majority of Americans, to whom irony is something metallic, will take him at his word and re-elect him in November.

At least those who don’t experiment with his cure for Coronavirus.

He wasn't really serious about 'taking' bleach

Just heard from a friend apparently someone has followed Trumps advise, drank bleach and died. She said it was reported on CNN.

carrie wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:50 am Just heard from a friend apparently someone has followed Trumps advise, drank bleach and died. She said it was reported on CNN.

This is a story from about a month ago. You will recall that Trump had been lauding the benefits of the anti- malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of Coronavirus.....despite any rigorous testing of the idea.

A couple of rednecks, who, like many Americans, think of Trump as a New Age prophet dispensing God - given wisdom took him at his word and purchased, then drank, chloroquine phosphate.

It’s a related chemical available widely and used, amongst other things, for cleaning fish tanks.

The husband died. The wife recovered and said the fault lay with the President whose advice they had followed.