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Anti-Dementor Alliance Thread - learn how to produce your patronus here

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Tappering · 09/05/2020 18:50

New thread!

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LivinLaVidaLoki · 10/05/2020 09:48

@AnxiousElephant77
I saw that too and just commented "well, given that was the whole point of lockdown, then I'd hope there would be"
I got soooo much for that.

PineappleDanish · 10/05/2020 09:49

This is the entire problem with the "figures" - every country is counting the deaths in a different way. So you can't compare the UK with Germany because one is counting apples, and the other is counting plums.

Dementors though are largely lacking in critical thinking and analytical skills.

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 10/05/2020 09:50

Do you know that in Germany they don't count it as a Covid-19 death if the person was in the late stages of a terminal illness? I'm amazed no one mentions this

That might be why their death rate is lower!
I actually agree with that- if you are end stage then a simple cold could end your life.

fartingsparkles · 10/05/2020 09:53

@Jourdain very best wishes xx

@Alexis the media have definitely been compliant in create a moral panic, and now they are having to dial it down, which makes all the
dementors froth even more "they're under playing how DEADLY this KILLER DISEASE is!!!"

Is it wrong that I hear the 'stay alert' is the tone of a dalek. And of course, the old joke, how do we know if we're a 'lert'?

Mascotte · 10/05/2020 09:54

Who knew B&Q was deadly for children even without the virus?

I'm feeling even more like a murderer as I've taken my dcs to DIY shops on numerous occasions without a thought for their lives!

Bollss · 10/05/2020 09:54

I didn't know that @Jourdain11 I think they have it right to be honest.

I personally feel that deaths should only be recorded within the covid tally if it actively caused your death or it was a big contributing factor. It shouldnt be counted if you died of something else but you happened to test positive.

KatsutheClockworkOctopus · 10/05/2020 09:55

Someone on my fb has just shared a post about how 600 people died yesterday and they will be " staying safe". I am itching to direct them to the actual figures but don't think I have the energy!
Will add her to my muted list, but I am interested to see if anyone likes her post first!

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 10/05/2020 09:57

Is it wrong that I hear the 'stay alert' is the tone of a dalek. And of course, the old joke, how do we know if we're a 'lert

I am now hearing it too in a dalek voice!

GoldenOmber · 10/05/2020 09:58

'Stay alert' is going to be an absolute gift to the curtain-twitchers on my local FB page.

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Tappering · 10/05/2020 09:58

All of this dementoring has prompted me to do a clear-out on FB. My timeline is now a much nicer, and less dementor-y place. I have a couple of mates who are still in the full grip of imminent doom, so I have unfollowed them for the moment.

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Elmerrrrrrrr · 10/05/2020 09:59

All the Instagrammers are on the bandwagon too

Bollss · 10/05/2020 09:59

I've deleted everyone who's shared any dementory memes etc. Anyone I can't deleted ie family will be muted.

Mascotte · 10/05/2020 10:01

I'm keeping them so that I can see what people are really like but not engaging. In the main..

Orangeblossom78 · 10/05/2020 10:01

Do you know that in Germany they don't count it as a Covid-19 death if the person was in the late stages of a terminal illness? I'm amazed no one mentions this

Interesting. Apparently the Germans are less fearful and more ready for changes too..

Mascotte · 10/05/2020 10:01

I've fairly recently moved to a new area so it's quite helpful

Drivingdownthe101 · 10/05/2020 10:02

Have you seen Nicola Sturgeon’s tweet rejecting the new slogan? Grin

OutwardBound2016 · 10/05/2020 10:04

Interesting about the German figures, I know quite a few Germans and they are some of the most sensible, rational people I know, I wonder if they have Dementors too!

Orangeblossom78 · 10/05/2020 10:05

Maybe she is worried the England will have more freedoms...Grin

PineappleDanish · 10/05/2020 10:05

Have you seen Nicola Sturgeon’s tweet rejecting the new slogan?

And the little passive aggressive dig that she heard abotu it in the newspapers!

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 10/05/2020 10:05

Totally unrelated but doesnt nicola sturgeon look like angela merkel? they could be sisters!

MinesaPinot · 10/05/2020 10:06

AnxiousElephant77 I had exactly the same thing pop up on our local FB page this morning posted by someone who I thought was a bit more sensible than that.

Drivingdownthe101 · 10/05/2020 10:06

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter I have always thought that! When I try and imagine either of them in my head they both merge into the same person!

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 10/05/2020 10:07

@Drivingdownthe101

exactly! me too- theyre like the same person in my mind

rosettesforjill · 10/05/2020 10:13

@Drivingdownthe101 urgh, I just find her so irritating! And I am naturally a leftie so I feel like a traitor not agreeing with her

Waxonwaxoff0 · 10/05/2020 10:13

Just found the new thread, yay!