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simpleexplodingmaybe 12,202 posts
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Mola_Ram 22,374 posts
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Registered 8 years agoRogueywon wrote:
No, idiot. You drink more of it, to build up an immunity.
We're all avoiding Corona, right? Drinking Becks or equivalent if we want piss-quality lager?
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Nanocrystal 1,974 posts
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Registered 10 years agoOr a tiny drop in a pint of water for homeopathic protection. -
Mola_Ram 22,374 posts
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Registered 8 years agoNanocrystal wrote:
So like a normal Corona then.
Or a tiny drop in a pint of water for homeopathic protection. -
bone-on 501 posts
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Registered 5 years agoA mate at work said this has a 12 monkeys feel to it, I just laughed then coughed -
Frogofdoom 15,386 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@Mola_Ram the irony of that from the country that gave the world fosters.
You are right though, Corona is shit. -
b-rk 1,129 posts
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Registered 2 years agoCorona is the only beer I like. :/ -
elstoof 25,119 posts
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Registered 14 years agoHave you tried any of the other similarly awful beers that the market is flooded with -
elstoof 25,119 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThere’s Sol if you particularly like the oxidised taste of photo-degraded hop oil thanks to the clear glass bottle. That’s why you put a lime in it btw, to restore some sort of bitterness after the hop taste has given up in the battle against sunlight -
Mola_Ram 22,374 posts
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Registered 8 years agoFrogofdoom wrote:
There's actually a huge craft beer industry in Australia now, lots of really, really good beer. It's gotten to the point where people are now drinking Fosters ironically.
@Mola_Ram the irony of that from the country that gave the world fosters.
You are right though, Corona is shit. -
elstoof 25,119 posts
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Registered 14 years agoDoes any of it come in a Darwin stubbie -
b-rk 1,129 posts
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Registered 2 years agoelstoof wrote:
Maybe, not sure. Not really.
Have you tried any of the other similarly awful beers that the market is flooded with -
RobAnybody 1,850 posts
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Registered 8 years agome360 wrote:
And now 7,783 confirmed cases (or 7,801 according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Wuhan_coronavirus_outbreak#Geographic_distribution ) and 170 deaths. Definitely under control ...... /s
Here's the real time monitoring link:
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
At the time of posting it is 6,165 confirmed cases, 133 deaths. Yesterday (24 hours previously) at this time it was about 4090 cases and 110 deaths -
drhickman1983 6,389 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI like Corona. It's very drinkable and my preferred lager. Though I'd generally prefer a sour beer or ale or stout. But if I want an easily drinkable lager it's my go to.
But in all seriousness the death rate is higher than the prediction.
If anybody is brushing this off as nothing you're being a bit of a jerk.
Yes, if your healthy it's unlikely to kill you, but it is highly contagious. It's a remarkable lack of empathy or concern for those who are vulnerable. -
elstoof 25,119 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThere could be 50,000 cases that go unreported, it’s far too early to be making any sort of judgement or getting into a fluster -
Carlo 20,892 posts
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Registered 15 years agodrhickman1983 wrote:
Human Race In "I'm Alright Jack" - Shocker!
Yes, if your healthy it's unlikely to kill you, but it is highly contagious. It's a remarkable lack of empathy or concern for those who are vulnerable. -
RichDC 8,684 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThis is fucking shocking! People actually drink Corona willingly? 
Maybe we deserve this... -
thelzdking 9,849 posts
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Registered 10 years agoEstrella is my go-to piss of choice. -
drhickman1983 6,389 posts
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Registered 10 years agoConsidering more people drink Stella or Heineken or Carlsberg or Carling or Fosters... we definitely deserve this... -
sport 15,563 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSuper Bock or GTFO! -
drhickman1983 6,389 posts
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Registered 10 years agoMaybe we should all just give up lager and drink something more refined and genteel, like Buckfast.
Edited by drhickman1983 at 10:12:52 30-01-2020 -
I'm not brushing this off as nothing, what I am doing is trying to get some sense of perspective.
In the USA alone, there have been 15 million cases of the flu with 8,200 deaths in the first three weeks of 2020 (Source: CDC). Those figures are slightly higher than last year, but about normal. The media is not all over that and we're not putting anyone who has travelled to America in quarantine.
As for a lack of empathy, it was because my daughter was terrified by the media reports that I started looking into this in more detail so I could tell her the facts and hopefully reassure her. I had the flu (badly) just before Christmas so was able to relate Coronavirus and the flu to her and explain the risks and transfer rate. I was showing concern for her and was hoping to assuage some of the fears of people on this forum.
As for contagion rates, they are not clear at this point but appear lower (RO 1.4 - 2.5) than SARS (RO 2-5) (Source: WHO). It is expected that this number will drop as more is known about it. SARS, which this pathogen most closley resembles killed 774 people. SARS had a higher mortality rate than corona virus (Source: WHO). The WHO has at this point not declared this an emergency due to the death rate and transmission.
As I said, it "could" mutate into something nastier, but then so could the flu.
I dont think name calling helps much to be honest, but that's this place. -
minky-kong 14,492 posts
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Registered 12 years agoThe irony is that most of the deaths from Coronavirus will be CAMRA-wankers.
Finally some good news in these bleak times. -
drhickman1983 6,389 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWhat's wrong with CAMRA? Have something against middle-to-old aged pot-bellied drinkers? -
RichDC 8,684 posts
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Registered 16 years agodrhickman1983 wrote:
Why do they always wear hiking boots and rucksacks wherever they go? Why!?
What's wrong with CAMRA? Have something against middle-to-old aged pot-bellied drinkers? -
Fucking craft beer bores are the worst. -
drhickman1983 6,389 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI basically wear hiking shoes all the time - they are comfortable and hard wearing. Used to buy trainers but they just wear through in a couple of months, a good pair of hiking shoes last me about 8-12 months. And they are waterproof.
I honestly don't know why anybody would buy anything else unless you're trying to be cool and fashionable.
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drhickman1983 6,389 posts
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Registered 10 years agoDecks wrote:
You'll hate me then.
Fucking craft beer bores are the worst. -
RichDC 8,684 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@drhickman1983 Do you carry your tasting notes book with you at all times? 
Edited by RichDC at 10:35:20 30-01-2020 -
Although to be fair a lot of craft beer is shit, as it's usually another IPA, often heavily hopped to disguise how crap it is, or worse is the gimmicky beers.
Jam and ginger fudge black IPA? Sure why not, just chuck any old shit in.
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