Coronavirus outbreak

[Fab Foodie]

Would someone explain what the obsession with testing is about .... NHS STAFF YES ... anyone else ...WHY !
If you have the symptoms you know what to do .... and 7 or 14 days later you mingle again with your new immunity ...Huzzah!
Testing is to go up from 10000 a day to 25000 a day and further .... but it's surly a light bulb test ... "congrats you've tested virus free" ... then you pick it up on the way home ....
Personally the wife and i cant wait to get it, deal with it, and move on ... with our new immunity ..

Just a thought .... in the time period from the first UK virus death to the latest death how many fatal road traffic accidents have occurred, what is the Winter Flu death rate for this winter ..... ???

And never mind the toilet rolls .... how much paraffin / bottle gas do you have for when the power goes off ???

22kg of propane, 1 bottle of meths....

 

[Mugshot]

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

BTW, this is the official entry for Iceland and it had been decided before they even had the comp that they had won.


View: https://youtu.be/VFZNvj-HfBU

 

[Wobblers]

Would someone explain what the obsession with testing is about .... NHS STAFF YES ... anyone else ...WHY !
If you have the symptoms you know what to do .... and 7 or 14 days later you mingle again with your new immunity ...Huzzah!
Testing is to go up from 10000 a day to 25000 a day and further .... but it's surly a light bulb test ... "congrats you've tested virus free" ... then you pick it up on the way home ....
Personally the wife and i cant wait to get it, deal with it, and move on ... with our new immunity ..

Just a thought .... in the time period from the first UK virus death to the latest death how many fatal road traffic accidents have occurred, what is the Winter Flu death rate for this winter ..... ???

And never mind the toilet rolls .... how much paraffin / bottle gas do you have for when the power goes off ???

Sigh...

This virus has some unique problems.

Firstly, people become infectious before symptoms appear.
Secondly , many people will remain asymptomatic - but may still be able to infect others. And without testing, how will they know to self isolate, or that they've acquired resistance and can now mingle with more vulnerable people without fear of giving them what can be a very nasty illness.
Thirdly, most who do get symptoms have mild illness. Again, without testing, how will they know when it's safe for them to come out of isolation?
Fourthly, the virus remains for some time even after symptoms abate. 7 to 14 days is typical, but it can be longer. It is not clear whether or not people who have recovered from it but still have virus present can infect others. Again, without testing, they won't know when it's safe for them to come out of isolation.

Please understand that coronavirus is NOT at all like flu. It is ten times more lethal. It is particularly serious to those with diabetes, heart conditions, and those over 60. Furthermore, it is much, much more infectious than flu. It spreads very much faster than flu. The number of cases of it in the UK are doubling every two days. As are the number of deaths it's causing. Yesterday, 70 people had died because of it. In one week, that number will be around 1100. No flu outbreak has ever done this, not even the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.

 

[Fab Foodie]

As a 63 year old with asthma, I rather resent the way you appear to be consigning me to a group that doesn't appear to matter.

....much

 

[Fab Foodie]

I thought you'd want the Ti Brompton......I'll put your name on it

Damn and blast....

 

[tom73]

I’m struggling to get my head round the huge inconsistencies. The Church is now saying it doesn’t want anyone other than immediate family from attending a funeral service, but people can still wander round a crowded supermarket.

They are still open for weddings too. Not hard to work it though both weddings and funerals make money. Most services even with a collection went even pay for the light on.

 

[Sterlo]

Lidl Dover just now....
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Also, not a bog roll to be seen!
My customer in Switzerland says people are panic buying tinned ravioli! 🤣

They're obviously not keen on whatever are in those white labelled tins!

 

[Fab Foodie]

They're obviously not keen and whatever are in those white labelled tins!

Tinned tomatoes!

 

[tom73]

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

1st the JW stop with all the god bothering now this .... Is this a sign I wonder

 

[Rocky]

Damn and blast....

I've put your name on my collection of empty gin bottles.

 

[tom73]

I have the one I did LEJOG in 2011 (a Bob Jackson) - you can have first dibs

Not your friend now

 

[Landsurfer]

Good for you!

So "I'm alright Jack, b*ll*cks to the rest of you" is the principle you live your life by? How very sad.

You should go for a ride with Racing roadkill, you'd get on well.

And that package announced by the chancellor applies to all small businesses ....... not just mine .... so all of the thousands and thousands of SME's should be able to fight back against this situation ..... You need to take a lay down ...... not all of us will succeed, but we have a fighting chance ..

 

[ozboz]

So the fit young man will recover in 5-7 days and be immune .... great news ...

I think you may have misunderstood the impact of this virus......young people can still die from it (as happened to doctors in China and mainland Europe, for example). It is a particularly unpleasant death. I have no problem with you being gung-ho about your health, but if you do get symptoms please keep away from others who don't want to get the virus.

There is no evidence that he has actually got it , only symptoms at present, I sincerely hope you are right, he has locked himself down as they say, as @BromptonBruce stated it can see all and sundry off, I am particularly worried about him, two days after his 1st birthday he was admitted into the Mater Hospital in Brisbane where he spent the next three months of his very fragile life, ok he got over it all , but I’m having a problem getting my head around this lot now , I’ve just dropped a big bag of his favourite fruits and stuff, all will be fine for him , but I wish if was me and not him,

 

[Pale Rider]

As the owner of a SME I can honestly say with the package announced by the chancellor yesterday we will carrying on without redundancies, lay offs or wage drops for any of my staff.

Well done for running your business in such a way as to make it resilient enough to survive a few months of adverse trading.

Reminds me of a family run feed company in Yorkshire which did the same as you when their sales dropped to zero overnight due to foot and mouth.

The owner said he'd done well out of the staff over the years, so it was now his turn to do well by them.

That's the decent approach - if you can afford to do it.

Unfortunately, there are many equally well run businesses which have little in the way of reserves when it comes to cash.

 

[Proto]

cy

Glastonbury has been cancelled.

Filming is cancelled on Eastenders.

But worse still Ant and Dec have to do their Saturday show without a live audience! 😲

I’ll be pleased when they do it without Ant and Dec