Coronavirus outbreak

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hahaha.....a bit late posting that comment after my 'off' today.
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Bleeding has stopped now

Don't do that again! Or rather, don't do any worse.

 

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In all seriousness if anyone really needs help just phone them it's free. Don't just say your ok.

Absolutely. As @Salty seadog said upthread, the psychological damage from this is likely to be considerable. Get help sooner rather than later.

 

[mjr]

The cost would be prohibitive when you can get beer at £1 pint in a supermarket. Pubs would still have to charge more than £3 a pint.

Can get cheap coffees there too, but the cafe opposite still sells lots of £3 takeaway coffees - but I accept they might not sell enough to be worth doing.

 

[Archie_tect]

Schools closed indefinitely today... and every single youth appears to be walking down to the town centre having a laugh and no doubt getting up to something they shouldn't as it gets dark... the day they get out of school is usually the evening everything kicks off round here.

So much for the parents controlling their childrens' social distancing, and we'll have weeks of them wandering around being bored.

 

[marinyork]

Absolutely. As @Salty seadog said upthread, the psychological damage from this is likely to be considerable. Get help sooner rather than later.

Sadly samaritans seems to be one of the few things still going.

A huge amount got pulled this week. A lot of phone support lines have gone down too.

 

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Sadly samaritans seems to be one of the few things still going.

A huge amount got pulled this week. A lot of phone support lines have gone down too.

It crossed my mind as I was posting that they too will be under enormous strain, from both likely staff shortages and the sheer volume of calls.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I was reading an article on the Beeb site today that says that isolation measures may be switched on and off to control infection rates and I have to confess to it feeling slightly disturbing that I'm part of a population that is being proactively manipulated.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Pubs shut = beer and wine stockpiling by supermarket shoppers.

 

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[Fab Foodie]

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Pubs shut = beer and wine stockpiling by supermarket shoppers.

it’s been happening for a while....

 

[SpokeyDokey]

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it’s been happening for a while....

Oh, maybe we don't drink much in Kendal as our local supermarket booze shelves have looked ok - unlike the toilet rolls, fresh meats blah, blah, blah.

I guess they're all going to get stripped tomorrow!

 

[tom73]

Sadly samaritans seems to be one of the few things still going.

A huge amount got pulled this week. A lot of phone support lines have gone down too.

CALM web chat is now open, 5pm until midnight every day 365 as normal. They staying open thought this.

 

[Glow worm]

I've just cycled past our village pub and it's heaving. Hard to believe just how dumb people are sometimes!

 

[randynewmanscat]

How many of you expect to see travel restrictions in place before next Wednesday?

 

[nickyboy]

No different to QE really - just a different set of recipients. Money squirted into the economy, circulates, generates tax and round and round it goes. Gov' not really bothered where the money is as long as it's circulating.

My schoolboy economics are possibly flawed but that's my simple explanation of how it works.

Broadly correct. And given there is zero chance of meaningful inflation for the foreseeable future it is fairly low risk. The issue will be if interest rates start to increase before we can get this humungous debt under control, although that also seems unlikely. Our crumb if comfort is that every other country will be in the same boat