Coronavirus outbreak

[glasgowcyclist]

I am saddened to hear of the death of another health professional treating Covid19 patients.

For anyone who still thinks it’s only a threat to older people and those with existing health problems this young Pakistani doctor was just 26 and fit. Dr Usama Riaz died after contracting the virus while screening patients at a border crossing.

Please follow the government’s instructions to stay home and save lives. Don’t go looking to interpret the restrictions in a way that lets you carry on with some favourite pastime or hobby in the midst of a global health crisis. Maybe you have found a loophole, so what? Don’t make excuses for needlessly spreading this virus. It’s a killer.

 

[tom73]

It's going to hell in a handcart and a separate thread from Coronavirus. A lot of the issues in pharmacy are intimately related to social care and other things going on elsewhere - it's just we don't talk about them.

You may not have to worry for much longer as I think many community pharmacies will go under. I expect staff to walk out or call in sick (or actually be sick on a grand scale) when precautions aren't taken, closure like conditions are induced as they have been in Italy and people think screw it, I'm not doing this for minimum wage with all this stress to die from coronavirus. It's right that hospitals, gps and care homes are prioritised ahead of pharmacies in terms of testing kits, but I would be very surprised if government didn't pretty much totally forget about community pharmacy.

You can free up capacity (enough to cope) in community pharmacy imho if you stop selling GSLs and have systems to streamline dispensing/bagging/giving out without the usual fun and games of distractions. A pandemic may allow this. A minority of the public with be very grumpy about this, everyone else will be fine. A lot of pharmacies in the big chains have very mismatched skill sets though and this is a big problem.

As you say it's a separate thread on it's own.
As with much of health and social care it's all got a bit miss jointed ending up with current miss-mash.
I think many will go too a storm has been on the way for some time this may well be it.
skills was one of big problems we had at coop, too many none pharmacy lines was another. Before they had to go to keep the bank afloat.
Though the latter we'd really cut down over the last few years before they went.

 

[Pale Rider]

@nickyboy theyve just said in the Q&A on the news that there's no current restriction on driving to a sociallly distanced place of exercise

I doubt a bird watching site would qualify as a 'place of exercise'.

Isn't the whole idea of it to sit still?

Maybe the birdwatchers will tick the exercise box by taking a stroll around the lake, or by including their walk to the hide.

I wonder if this latest ruling means a car assisted solo bike ride is acceptable.

I'm tempted to say it does, but there's no doubt I could ride the bike from the house.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

My cat Trubble is self-isolating by sleeping in a fruitbowl. Cassie isn't impressed as she can't cuddle up with him now.

 

[fossyant]

I'm usually reasonably across all the government requirements but one thing isn't clear to me

We are allowed to go out for one walk per day. We aren't allowed to make any unnecessary journeys. So does that mean that this daily walk (or run, or bike ride) has to start at your home?

Not a problem for me and that was my plan anyway. The reason I ask is that I'm on a birdwatching forum and there is chat there about defining the birdwatching as their "daily walk" (doesn't seem unreasonable) but....they talk about driving to wherever to do this.

I can see this being an issue where lots of town dwellers don't want to walk in the middle of a town, understandably, and drive to wherever for their daily walk. Unless the govt. make it very clear that the walk must be from home that is

I would say that's massively bending the rules. You can birdwatch from your garden !

 

[AuroraSaab]

Another story in the Mail today of a very fit and healthy 40 year old cyclist struck down - currently in hospital on oxygen. Hopefully it will start to sink in that this isn't just about the elderly or those already ill.

 

[Glow worm]

Not a problem for me and that was my plan anyway. The reason I ask is that I'm on a birdwatching forum and there is chat there about defining the birdwatching as their "daily walk" (doesn't seem unreasonable) but....they talk about driving to wherever to do this.

Round about this time of year (3rd or 4th weekend in March) I normally cycle 10 miles to a nature reserve near Ely to see the first sand martins of spring. I was planning the same for the weekend but won't be making the trip now this year. I don't feel that is reasonable- there may be groups of people there, and a 20 mile round trip is stretching the 'daily exercise' thing maybe a bit too far!
Will have to make do with the first swallows from my kitchen window in a couple of weeks.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Words - I have none


View: https://twitter.com/YesMissMurphy/status/1242364536365211648

 

[vickster]

I doubt a bird watching site would qualify as a 'place of exercise'.

Isn't the whole idea of it to sit still?

Maybe the birdwatchers will tick the exercise box by taking a stroll around the lake, or by including their walk to the hide.

I wonder if this latest ruling means a car assisted solo bike ride is acceptable.

I'm tempted to say it does, but there's no doubt I could ride the bike from the house.

I assume the birders park and then walk to the prime spot for watching

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Words - I have none


View: https://twitter.com/YesMissMurphy/status/1242364536365211648

Oh, I’ve got a few but the forum swear filter would explode.

 

[perplexed]

Words - I have none


View: https://twitter.com/YesMissMurphy/status/1242364536365211648

I have one or two, but let's go with utter fool for now.

 

[Jody]

@nickyboy theyve just said in the Q&A on the news that there's no current restriction on driving to a sociallly distanced place of exercise

w00t. Snowdonia here I come. Can't see anyone else having that idea

 

[vickster]

You'll have a long drive to find everything pretty much closed however

https://www.snowdonia.gov.wales/authority/coronavirus

https://www.snowdonia.gov.wales/aut...nt-from-the-snowdonia-national-park-authority

 

[Unkraut]

You'll have a long drive to find everything pretty much closed however

Took a quick look at the links - pity Tanysgrifiwch i'n cylchlythyr got in the way, but the message was clear.

The citizens of Munich have been driving out to the lakes to the south of the city, much to the consternation of the locals. I hope by midnight tonight this will have been prohibited. How can some people still not get it?

 

[Levo-Lon]

The closing down of garages is not everything.
You can still use for mot and service and work can continue.

Just certain parts are no go.
Unless management decided to shut down I guess.