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I was back in Edinburgh airport not too long ago. Shambles was an understatement. Was trying to get on a KLM flight to Schipol for a transfer. Arrived by accident at the airport 20 minutes before check-in opened. So thought Id have plenty time to maybe get a beer or go to the shops. Oh dear. There were only 3 staff on the desks. By the time we got to the front of the line it was only 15 minutes before departure. Luckily got a notification that the flight was delayed so made a dash for it through security, bypassing the clumsy oaf types that haven't a clue, the "no sir, you cant have this 750ml bottle of shampoo in your hand luggage" sorts. Made it to the gate to find to find the plane hadn't even boarded yet. Luck was in. When on board, the pilot eventually came on the tannoy to apologise for the delay. Apparently the airport had sent the incoming flight to the wrong gate. Then they had forgot to provide stairs for the passengers to get off for about 40 minutes. Now we were waiting because despite everyone being on board, the ground staff had now forgotten to take the stairs away. This took about another 20 minutes for them to reappear. I didn't have much time for KLM before this but I was really impressed with the crew. Once the seatbelt sign was off, the Captain swapped with one of the air stewardesses (obviously the co-pilot was flying, not her), grabbed an ipad and was moving all the passengers around, so that everyone with a quick turnaround time for their connections were seated at the front of the plane in time for landing. We didn't get moved as we had 35 minutes now for our flight, which was seemingly one of the longest. We got to Amsterdam, and everyone on our flight seemed to make their connections. The groundstaff in Amsterdam there were all pointing the passengers the right way. It was so well done, the polar opposite of the incompetence at Edinburgh.

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From other places around the world, lockdowns seem to be taking between 14-20 days to have any effect on lowering numbers of deaths so this is a promising, if still tragic, sign. And also why it was so important for Scotland to get it's collective finger out a week or 2 ago. Unfortunately when the shit hits the fans big time, you're going to have to sit through almost 3 weeks of devastation before even the slightest glimmer of hope appears.

It won't, UK (Scotland included) is completely fucked, starting in a few days time. It's too late now to do anything, not that very much has been done anyway. I can't believe what I'm reading online from Scotland. People seem to think this is all a big jolly and its just like a school holiday. Hundreds of people are going to be dieing daily very soon. Maybe then Scotland will take this seriously. It seems the only way. Young people are not immune, statistics from Korea showed that the 20-29 age group are actually the most likely to catch the virus. It will affect them very badly also, the only difference being that they have a better chance of not dieing.

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We got the "on the record" message not to book flights until June and to book flexi-tickets or ones we can cancel as far away as August Hilariously, we are not to visit Singapore, Malyasia, Korea or Japan (with their excellent healthcare systems) but toilets like Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos are fine. Total nonsense.

I know a few people who have gone to hospital asking to be tested (and willing to pay) and the hospital have point blank refused. You don't have cases, if you're not testing for it. Good for your economy, bad for the people. Be interesting to see pneumonia death stats come December. South Korea have loads of cases cos they're testing 5000 people a day and actually facing up to reality (and treating it).

Yeah apparently the Grandfather lied repeatedly about going to Japan, gave it to his son who has probably spread it around the bank he works in and also his grandson who has probably spread it around the school. Human arrogance/ignorance/incompetence means this was never going to be controlled. Oh well.

Japan, Korea and especially Singapore are worth the watching in the coming weeks, they are likely to be more transparent about the real figures. Despite Phuket being a popular stop on the cruise ship circuit, when asked why there hadn't been any more cases locally in the last fortnight, one of the local ministers this week said that the Thai government told him that he isn't allowed to talk to the press about it. Speaking to various friends based around Asia, most folk's work places (including my own) seem to have contingency plans for impending quarantines. Almost as though it's going to be inevitable. thinking of getting my self a Playstation, just in case.

He does make a couple of fair points. He was found innocent in a court of law. Secondly, if he was lying then why would the uberest of staunch Donald Findlay defend him? As the last few comments have highlighted, Whyte is the pantomime villain in the court of public opinion. Obviously various stories are embellished but the book is also chock full of undeniable facts. If people would rather believe the Daily Record or Tam Cowan then fair enough.

Reading Whyte's book. Not that much in it that people following at the time probably didn't already know. The stuff about the court case is interesting. The first maybe quarter of the book is fluff. Very much written from the angle that nothing was his fault and he was duped but on the other hand a fair chunk of what he says stands up to scrutiny. The zombies will hate it cos there's quite a few home truths in there. Definitely worth the fiver it cost on Kindle, an easy read for a few hours.

I live in Bangkok and EVERYONE at work has had some sort of cold or flu this week. So if the bioweapon rumours are true then we should dieing horrible deaths in about a week, which I guess saves me money on Valentines day. Only what, 350 deaths? But a recent video shows a guy walking around a hospital in Wuhan and counts 8 bodybags in about 5 minutes. Top detective work finding 2% of the total deaths all within the space of 100 metres of each other. Maybe Alfredo Morelos's missus should have hired this guy instead?

Was there a couple of times recently. It is MASSIVE but might be my new favourite airport in the world. Shame you don't have longer to explore it.

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