oldfatfool
Guru
If only they had called it chinese bat flu instead of covid-19 there would have been none of this worldwide panic.
Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?
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Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I got a bus pass a few years ago and have been using it as being semi retired I have plenty of time to travel into town. It is now back to the car till at least the worst has passed.
oldfatfool
Guru
I am getting really worried about this now, some muppet on another forum as posted a sky news report saying that 32 million will get the virus and 8m will need hospitalization, this is of course sky reporting what would NEED to occur for our population to aquire herd immunization in response to the gvmnt. Shame herd immunization doesnt work for stupidity, by now we should have an average iq of 150
Funny, it reinforced mine!
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
From next week myself and half of our office team working from home for the foreseeable. Other half in the office, purely practical business continuity reasons. Be strange though, first time I will have worked from home for anything more than the odd day here and there in 38 years.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Don't worry folks these Hindus in India claim they have the answer:
gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/special-offer-hindu-group-offers-cow-urine-in-a-bid-to-ward-off-coronavirus-1.1584180650468
One word of warning, don't drink too much as you might get dung over.
gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/special-offer-hindu-group-offers-cow-urine-in-a-bid-to-ward-off-coronavirus-1.1584180650468
One word of warning, don't drink too much as you might get dung over.
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
Ive changed the vote to knowing someone diagnosed with it. He hasn't officially been diagnosed but he is told to stay away from doctors and to stay at home in isolation as his symptoms tally up with Covid-19. I spoke to him on the phone last night and his hacking dry cough sounded truly awful. He also has a fever and other milder symptoms. I very much doubt he is part of the nationwide figure of confirmed cases as they only include actual tested cases of people who end up in hospital. Way to artificially lower the figures eh?
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
I'm a bit concerned. Our 2 sprogs are in Barcelona at the moment and due to fly home next Tuesday, they are panicking that they won't get locked in 
A lot of restrictions have been applied here with schools closed, sporting events, concerts, theatres, church services etc cancelled or very restricted. My place of work has been experimenting with people working at home but as I don't have a proper internet connection and just use my mobile data, I am one one of the very few going to the office as usual (only 3 out of my team of 29). One of the very few others who doesn't have home internet is my immediate superior so I can't even doss about! It is good though, the less people coming into the office, the less chance of the infection spreading if anyone should be unfortunate enough to catch it. If the office ends up being forced to close, I have no idea what that will mean for my income or job.
I normally attend dance classes and social events quite a bit but as of last week have decided to stop doing that for the time being (most things are cancelled anyway). I also tend to go to a lot of other things around town like gigs, open mic nights, writers groups... I have decided not to do that even if the events are still running. I'm going to sit it out. I am fortunate enough to be relatively young, fit and strong, I should survive the infection but don't want to catch it and potentially spread it to others which is why I have decided to try and avoid social nights, etc.
I went home to my parents today and picked up a load of books and CDs that I had in storage there to pass the time in the evenings. It was a strange feeling driving back tonight as there was barely another car on the road and the town was deserted - very odd for a Saturday night. Clearly people are mostly taking the government advice to avoid public meetings.
My Dad has a rare form of cystic fibrosis and has always had a bad chest and very prone to infections, I have an uncle who was recently diagnosed with COPD, a friend who is suffering from cancer and receiving chemo at the moment, my hospital consultant friend is worried about her patients who are waiting for kidney transplants...for so many people this has the potential to be very serious and probably fatal
I normally attend dance classes and social events quite a bit but as of last week have decided to stop doing that for the time being (most things are cancelled anyway). I also tend to go to a lot of other things around town like gigs, open mic nights, writers groups... I have decided not to do that even if the events are still running. I'm going to sit it out. I am fortunate enough to be relatively young, fit and strong, I should survive the infection but don't want to catch it and potentially spread it to others which is why I have decided to try and avoid social nights, etc.
I went home to my parents today and picked up a load of books and CDs that I had in storage there to pass the time in the evenings. It was a strange feeling driving back tonight as there was barely another car on the road and the town was deserted - very odd for a Saturday night. Clearly people are mostly taking the government advice to avoid public meetings.
My Dad has a rare form of cystic fibrosis and has always had a bad chest and very prone to infections, I have an uncle who was recently diagnosed with COPD, a friend who is suffering from cancer and receiving chemo at the moment, my hospital consultant friend is worried about her patients who are waiting for kidney transplants...for so many people this has the potential to be very serious and probably fatal
Slick
Guru
It will be interesting to see who has got their tactics right with our schools still open and the government coming under fire for that decision. I kinda get where they are coming from but also know from experience, if you wait for someone to get it, everyone will get it before they close the place. The proverbial no win situation.A lot of restrictions have been applied here with schools closed, sporting events, concerts, theatres, church services etc cancelled or very restricted. My place of work has been experimenting with people working at home but as I don't have a proper internet connection and just use my mobile data, I am one one of the very few going to the office as usual (only 3 out of my team of 29). One of the very few others who doesn't have home internet is my immediate superior so I can't even doss about! It is good though, the less people coming into the office, the less chance of the infection spreading if anyone should be unfortunate enough to catch it. If the office ends up being forced to close, I have no idea what that will mean for my income or job.
I normally attend dance classes and social events quite a bit but as of last week have decided to stop doing that for the time being (most things are cancelled anyway). I also tend to go to a lot of other things around town like gigs, open mic nights, writers groups... I have decided not to do that even if the events are still running. I'm going to sit it out. I am fortunate enough to be relatively young, fit and strong, I should survive the infection but don't want to catch it and potentially spread it to others which is why I have decided to try and avoid social nights, etc.
I went home to my parents today and picked up a load of books and CDs that I had in storage there to pass the time in the evenings. It was a strange feeling driving back tonight as there was barely another car on the road and the town was deserted - very odd for a Saturday night. Clearly people are mostly taking the government advice to avoid public meetings.
My Dad has a rare form of cystic fibrosis and has always had a bad chest and very prone to infections, I have an uncle who was recently diagnosed with COPD, a friend who is suffering from cancer and receiving chemo at the moment, my hospital consultant friend is worried about her patients who are waiting for kidney transplants...for so many people this has the potential to be very serious and probably fatal
If the infection is spread from personal contact, it would seem logical to me to restrict social gatherings, etc and I fully support what our government is doing (and I would have went further if I'm honest. We are told that the army are prepared and ready to be deployed but to do what hasn't been specified) but I am just a layman, I'd imagine all governments have a team of experts advising them on what to do in this situation and obviously experts will have different opinions. I'm sure governments are also wary of the economic damage that will result from shutting a country down.
Slick
Guru
If our government is to be believed, you have shut down a bit early. I've listened to both sides of the argument but like you am just a layman so just waiting to see who is right and who is wron g
