Coronavirus outbreak

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Johnno260]

Been in bed since early evening with high fever and sweats, lots of sweats. Slightly achey, no sore throat or cough. Paracetamol worked well. Not too bad this morning.

Take care mate.

 

[mjr]

Just blown a huge chunk of my washing machine liquid and dettol anti bac cleaner is now empty, kids picked a great time for a vomiting bug.

no chance to replenish these unless the rumours about some store opening for key workers earlier is true.

Local branch of "Savers" discount pharmacy still has loads. Most people seemed to walk in, see no paracetamol (which is still usual price but two packs per customer per day max and I think the tills are checking card numbers) and walk out, not reaching the household goods on the back wall. I think other stores like QD still had them too but they're not national and didn't have as much. Hope that helps m

 

[benb]

Been in bed since early evening with high fever and sweats, lots of sweats. Slightly achey, no sore throat or cough. Paracetamol worked well. Not too bad this morning.

GWS, and make sure you stringently limit contact to other people for 14 days. Easier said than done, I know.

 

[biggs682]

Can I check that using a carbon frame will be ok at the moment ?

Or should I stick to steel ?

 

[Pale Rider]

which is still usual price but two packs per customer per day max

Those restrictions are always in place on the retail sale of paracetamol.

I fell foul of them once when I bought my two pack allowance and some cough mixture.

The till at Tesco flagged the transaction because the cough mixture also contained paracetamol.

Your GP can prescribe as much as he likes.

Mine usually gives me 100, which means the pharmacist has to chop one blister pack because they come in 12s.

 

[vickster]

Those restrictions are always in place on the retail sale of paracetamol.

I fell foul of them once when I bought my two pack allowance and some cough mixture.

The till at Tesco flagged the transaction because the cough mixture also contained paracetamol.

Your GP can prescribe as much as he likes.

Mine usually gives me 100, which means the pharmacist has to chop one blister pack because they come in 12s.

Ask your GP to prescribe 108?

 

[randynewmanscat]

The nearest pub to me (an independent) has a large outdoor area which has lighting which can be seen from Ursa Minor. This was on last night when I passed, so I guess they're still open. I don't know how busy they actually are, but there were fewer cars about.

A silver lining to the general situation is that Tim Martin is pi$$ed off.

I'm sure he will source some English coronavirus for his customers instead of that foreign muck.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Can I check that using a carbon frame will be ok at the moment ?

Or should I stick to steel ?

You know what makes sense....

 

[Mugshot]

Tim Martin, a gentleman and a scholar:

In one email, it states sales over the past six weeks have been at plus 3%, which is “almost certainly the best performance of any large pub or restaurant company”.
It goes on to say: “Having been trading for 40 years, we have seen several major recessions, health scares (SARS, CJD etc.) and other difficulties."

(Bristol live link)

 

[perplexed]

I'm sure he will source some English coronavirus for his customers instead of that foreign muck.

Apparently he was babbling some bollox along the lines of there being little transmission in pubs anyway (which of course he has bugger-all evidence for, but that doesn't seem to bother him).

However, one wag has pointed out that he may have a point - after all, no virus can survive on a Wetherspoon's carpet...

 

[perplexed]

Tim Martin, a gentleman and a scholar:

In one email, it states sales over the past six weeks have been at plus 3%, which is “almost certainly the best performance of any large pub or restaurant company”.
It goes on to say: “Having been trading for 40 years, we have seen several major recessions, health scares (SARS, CJD etc.) and other difficulties."

(Bristol live link)

I wonder if Tim Martin and Stanley Johnson would volunteer to sit (right) next to a confirmed, infectious Corona virus victim in an over-heated pub.

I could probably have a wild stab at the answer...

 

[newfhouse]

However, one wag has pointed out that he may have a point - after all, no virus can survive on a Wetherspoon's carpet...

I reckon everything survives on a ‘spoons carpet. Before long they’ll be the most sentient lifeform in there.

Maybe it’s already happened...

 

[Beebo]

i just saw an old lady getting told off for buying 3 packets of lockets.
She had to put one back. I’m glad the supermarkets are now enforcing the panic buying.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Following on from Barnier, the UK's chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, is now self-isolating. Which is pretty much what he was appointed to do for the nation.