benjii

Clearly absolutely zero prospect of a deal by our deadline in the current circumstances (not that there was much anyway).

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6483/1169

Here is his wisdom on Covid-19: "There’s a very contagious virus, it’s incredible, it’s something we have tremendous control over I think very importantly the young people have good health, and groups of people just are not strongly affected, elderly people that are not well or not well in certain respects are uh really a very dangerous group we have to watch them we have to protect them very much we have to really watch over them and protect them, they are very vulnerable." - 03/15 in WH briefing. It's reassuring to know we have people like this in charge.

Simple modelling suggests that genuine isolation makes a significant difference: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

It's the old people, by and large, who will overwhelm the NHS. That's why one would try to protect them, as a category of people and it's why they are a threat to the country. Personally, I don't see the real merit in isolating one age group though: seems to me that we should be doing a lot more at this stage. But that's the thinking.

Interesting simulations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/ Begs the question what exactly the government is trying to do to achieve "delay" when social distancing seems highly effective in flattening the curve.

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/15/epidemiologist-britain-herd-immunity-coronavirus-covid-19?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true Epidemiologist who thought reports of UK approach were a joke....

I think there's nothing wrong with allocating European places based on current standings. That's the only way to do that, assuming the season doesn't finish. That's a qualitatively different thing from awarding a team a trophy they haven't won or relegating a team with a quarter of the season left. They should give Liverpool some sort of award / certificate, allocate the European positions for next season based on current standings, void the rest of the league, void the FA Cup and any other incomplete cup, the League Cup stands. The only exception would be that if a team has mathematically won a league title already they can be awarded it.

Good news! Covid-19 has been diagnosed with Zlatan and has gone into self-isolatuon for 14 days.

"Speed trumps perfection"

Who are they testing though? Everyone or people with symptoms? If the latter, then that's a low figure. If the former then it might be good news (already high levels of immunity and significant coverage without intensive care being overwhelmed). I am an amateur at this, mind.

Agree with all this. Good post.

Undoubtedly. It’s been around since November. But there’s really no way of knowing if you’ve had it and you’re not susceptible to the serious symptoms.

This is one of the key points. 100 people need ICU? No problem. 500,000 people need ICU? Big problem.

This is idiotic behaviour at the best of times but particularly retarded at the moment.

The board know very little of Goa's plans, wider business activities or financial standing. It's why the club couldn't answer Premier League enquiries about state influence when the Chinese government expropriated a large chunk of Lander.

In his 70s. Obese. Dementia. Full of drugs... Them's some underlying conditions.

Agreed. You can’t relegate and promote teams on that basis. I don’t see any other way to deal with European spots though and the FA Cup spot will have to go on the basis of league position. They can cancel it but award Liverpool some sort of naff “Premier Award” or something.

Cancel. Apart from League Cup, which was completed.

Presumably it’s not even safe for Liverpool to hold a mass candlelit vigil so I’m not sure how they will get through this.

Still no league title for Liverpool

That’s only part of the picture. The UK director is Nelly Goa, not Jisheng Goa, and the ultimate holding company is in the BVI.

He's not a nonce so never mind.

I should add, I have no direct knowledge of anything he has or hasn’t done. I’m only repeating what I read in newspapers. Maybe it is all wrong.

They changed the rule afterwards to refer to the commission of acts that would constitute a crime if committed in the UK so the situation wouldn’t arise again. He wasn’t convicted of anything in China or the UK so technically passed the previous test which only rules people out on the basis of actual convictions. The reports I have seen said he wasn’t convicted in China because he gave evidence against the guy who got executed. However it was established fact that he’d been involved in the bribery in question. I’ve posted about it before, with links to the rule and long quotations. I can’t be bothered to do it again. I also find it odd that you seem to consider anything he does outside the immediate purview of SFC as irrelevant. It’s only irrelevant if you are some sort of weird football-moral-solipsist and you don’t believe a person’s track-record is cause for optimism or concern. What has happened here is that you have been desperate to try to show you are cleverer and more rational than other fans - if only they would engage their brains - but you’ve run the argument into the ground and it’s time to give up. This has been a sort of adriansfc post on steroids, gone wrong by you.