Coronavirus outbreak

[Ming the Merciless]

I agree.
Boris should have put the fear into the population, tomorrow people will still gather, not caring.
We went to clear perishable from our work premises (coffee shop in a shopping centre), an over 90's man wanted his usual.
When I told him he should have stayed home, he laughed.
I did tell him a few days ago too, when he inquired if we'd still be open this week. He laughed then too, saying, what, should I not leave home???

Maybe he feels at his age he’ll be going soon anyway, so he may as well have a life. But drowning on dry land, which is what this virus is, for the worst cases, is no way to be, whether you survive it or don’t .

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

No Triathlons then....

make it a 3 day event

 

[Julia9054]

No Triathlons then....

Ok on three different days!

 

[tom73]

Gov.uk
now updated
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

pretty clear what tonight’s broadcast basically means.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

https://placestovisitthisweekend.com/

 

[Svendo]

My father-in-law is in his 80s, which according to HMG guidance puts him at "increased risk of severe illness [and he is advised] to be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures". That's before considering his cardiac & other health issues.

He can barely walk, he lives alone, and yet some of prescriptions (eg morphine) have to be collected by him personally. A bit disappointing.

With my limited knowledge, controlled drugs can be delivered, and there should be developing flexibility in this time of new norms. Ultimately it's the prescribers responsibility so if it's proving impossible go back to the GP/Consultant with the problem.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Similarly, I supply the biggest coffin manufacturer in the UK.

How many people do you kill?

 

[tom73]

Only the old need worry ....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-52010927

He said he owed his life to the NHS staff who “risked their lives to save mine”.
If not for the nurses risking their lives... I wouldn’t be here... Please stay at home and don’t put them under more pressure,” he said.

 

[perplexed]

I’m in the same situation.Sheduled service coming up and M O T I did here that MOTwould be delayed for up to three months but you could be prosecuted for driving an unroadworthy vehicle

Hopefully the government websites might shake out the detail in the next few days.

The work thing is confusing. My take is that it is ok to go to and from work, but what counts as essential is slightly woolly. Mrs P's work have a special communication system for emergencies such as this, which they insist on testing every few weeks. It contacts via her mobile phone.

Now something has actually happened, there's deathly silence from them...

 

[alicat]

I do get it but it seems that if I do have to go into the office I can use the bike, and if when I get home I need something food wise I can use the bike to get that, in both instances that would be using the ebike with little effort put in so it would be perfectly reasonably to go out on the road bike in the evening.

I'm not sure you do. It's not essential to go to an office. You should be shopping 'as infrequently as possible and using delivery services if you can'.

Try thinking about the spirit of the PM's speech and what we are collectively trying to achieve. Your grandparents went to war for their fellow citizens; all you are being asked to do is sit on the sofa.

 

[johnnyb47]

Old Boris is doing a sterling job in my opinion. He's come out of weeks of fraught brexit shinnagens to being thrown into these unprecedented times of corona virus. He's trying is best to speak to the nation on a personal level instead of being draconian, to guide and influence us to do the right thing. I've never had much respect for politicians in the past, but i think old Boris is the best man we've got to get us through this awful saga at the moment.

 

[Fab Foodie]

What .... a joke right? I know the what you will say. It’s beyond words.
You got a source

Coronavirus: 'Disgusting' thieves steal oxygen from Manchester hospital https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-52011664

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

How many people do you kill?

All of them, hopefully

 

[tom73]

Hopefully the government websites might shake out the detail in the next few days.

The work thing is confusing. My take is that it is ok to go to and from work, but what counts as essential is slightly woolly. Mrs P's work have a special communication system for emergencies such as this, which they insist on testing every few weeks. It contacts via her mobile phone.

Now something has actually happened, there's deathly silence from them...

sounds about right

 

[tom73]

Coronavirus: 'Disgusting' thieves steal oxygen from Manchester hospital https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-52011664

never in doubt really sadly