Just went to a supermarket and mentioned the great toilet paper panic whilst at the checkout.
Apparently they received a delivery at 5:30pm and the shelves were stocked. Stripped bare by 8:30pm same day.
Amazing.
its supposed to be four per person now, but thats not gonna stop the shitty mobs. Good thing i prepped a month ago when it first appeared locally when everyone else was still in the coronavirus=flu mode and nothing to worry about.There will have to be rationing of such items if this keeps up, it's just ridiculous.
There will have to be rationing of such items if this keeps up, it's just ridiculous.
Walked into Farmer Jacks Subiaco today and there were about 80 or so packs of toilet paper on offer. No queues to get them. Plenty of Detol hand sanitiser available.
Subiaco would be full of bidets if the price of parking is any exampleWalked into Farmer Jacks Subiaco today and there were about 80 or so packs of toilet paper on offer. No queues to get them. Plenty of Detol hand sanitiser available.
Very worrying Qldfrog, it's as if ..hold the bad news until JulyTo explain why the WHO is NOT declaring a pandemic
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...4bc326-5cb3-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html
WHO gambled with bonds conditionned on no pandemic declaration
Nearly USD 500 millions of investors funds go in smoke if they do
And we are not talking mum and dad investors
If they can hold to June 20, ...
Money.. rotten to the core
Yeah, it's really terrible, yet the Who site shows a slower progressionI don't know the source of this information, but it is worrying. Only the first 60 seconds is relevant as it seems to have being overlaid on some other unrelated video.
Google Pandemic Bonds .... now there's an exercise in financial convolution, likely to be of no use to intended beneficiariesTo explain why the WHO is NOT declaring a pandemic
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...4bc326-5cb3-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html
WHO gambled with bonds conditioned on no pandemic declaration
https://www.dw.com/en/investors-fle...-coronavirus-set-to-trigger-payout/a-52539926Pandemic bonds sound like a curious financial concept — but they were brought in by the World Bank in 2017 to help developing economies. Against the odds, the coronavirus outbreak may see investors lose money on them...
Please people, before you all go off on some stupid tangent about WHO bonds, do some research as to why they issue them and what they are trying to achieve.
The issue isn't with the bonds as such but with the reluctance to state the obvious and use the word "pandemic" when that's clearly what is occurring.
I have nothing against the Bonds but a lot against the fact that the incentive for Big Players NOT to declare a pandemic is so high 0.5billionPlease people, before you all go off on some stupid tangent about WHO bonds, do some research as to why they issue them and what they are trying to achieve.
Facts : The issues some high interest rate bonds 6-7%, with those sort of returns there is some risk "YES". So those that buy should understand this.
Why do they issue bonds?
Because there is a deep seated requirement to screw everyone over "NO".
In case of an outbreak of a virus, WHO needs to be able to deploy capital fast in countries all around the world, with having to go through the red tape of the prospective govnuts.
So where do hey get this capital from? F----k me dead, they use financial instruments called BONDS.
So what would you prefer, than when a virus breaks out in a country, WHO can do nothing as they have no money or issue bonds.
"Google Pandemic Bonds .... now there's an exercise in financial convolution, likely to be of no use to intended beneficiari", in a load yielding world, 6% returns so good. So your comment is of no value.
My apologies if I come across as aggressive, but over time I have grown old and get tired of people making comment without having a true understandings of the workings of how humanity works.
Sorry but who cares about your definition , there is a WHO one, feel unlighted and look for itWhat is the definition of a pandemic?
Just grab this so might not be correct, but is a start :
"Pandemics are large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease that can greatly increase morbidity and mortality over a wide geographic area and cause significant economic, social, and political disruption."
So lets break this down :
Large Scale outbreak - define, is it a % of the population in a country or countries?
morbidity - the condition of being diseased. I would say 75% of the population carry some sort of disease, so meaningless.
mortality - the state of being subject to death. A bit more serious, an increase from what base, how do we measure this, is it a simple equation or a more complex one. ie if it greatly effects those over > 75 should we be concerned, over the age of >90 again, should we be concerned.
cause significant economic, social, and political disruption - this is the easy one, dumb arse people not finding the facts and figures, cannot be easily qualified.
So every year by the above definition we have several pandemics, the various versions of the flu.
Is this a pandemic, NO
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