Coronavirus outbreak

[roubaixtuesday]

Italy figures are bad again. 743 deaths. Some regions not so bad news, other regions bad bad news.

Oh, that's grim. I was hoping they had turned a corner.

Here's hoping we learn from them.

 

[Rocky]

Yeah, but your still not the bloody Messiah, OK?

No, I’m just a naughty boy.

 

[Mike_P]

so what to do with all those cardboard loo roll middles !!

Many use them as packaging but quite why anyone would buy them when theirs usually a supply on hand is beyond me.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A 4000 bed temporary bed hospital in London should hopefully help

I thought a few days ago that the Excel centre was the obvious place to do it. I wonder where next

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Yes, then they'll transfer London cases to our hospitals, straining (at best) our healthcare worker friends and relatives, then London will have herd immunity, we won't, controls get eased, we catch it and are left being treated by an already-ravaged local hospital. This is an unfair situation and actions should be taken to head it off, but I don't know what.

If London gets rapidly to herd immunity, something like 100,000 corpses will be filling the temporary morgues in the capital.

I'd take the your "unfair" end of that if I were you.

 

[ozboz]

I’ve just read Goves response to building workers, he is a prick that hasn’t done his homework , and never worked on site and unaware of site conditions , to get into to a site in London most travel in and out by tube, most temporary site offices , canteens, changing rooms and toilet facilities are recycled standard containers , not very big and usually not adequate to accommodate the number of operatives on site most of them now have finger print ID recognition to get in and out of site , vertical movement in very small lifts or cages, it is H&S req that all operatives take an induction prior to commencement of work , these are done on a daily bases, I have been in an induction with just two , but also upto forty depending on the size of the site ,
Dipstick is endangering the safety of thousands of Construction Workers
Get some credible advice Gove !

 

[Blue Hills]

Is this sarcasm? He did nothing, then a week of polite requests, then shut pubs Sat pm, then full lockdown about 48h later! If that's gradual, I wonder what you'd consider steep!

Pubs were told to close at end of Friday if I recall with a strong call to not head out for a last drink.

Full lockdown came after warnings and then some very bad publicity online directed at the stupid which I think will have exerted an awful lot of social pressure. which is more effective than any number of police - and we don't have a lot.

Severe warnings were given in advance of mother's day not to visit mum. Under pretty much any circumstances.

I don't know (poor reporting in the uk of italy) but i can't help but wonder how soon in the cycle effective family isolation was kept to in italy.

I consider it grimly lucky that mothers day fell when it did as it stressed how serious the situation is.

Seems to me this piece's headline isn't really backed up by the copy under it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ans-pms-handling-of-coronavirus-boris-johnson

And the mayor of bergamo's action makes no sense to me.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Severe warnings were given in advance of mother's day not to visit mum. Under pretty much any circumstances

Not so. Johnson was asked this question and declined to answer when the restrictions were brought in. Only later did the line harden. All of a piece with the overall ineptitude and confusion of communications.

 

[tom73]

that bit. put some on before you grab that trolley, take them off when you've finished shopping and before you get in the car.

No it's lot more complex. At what point do you wash your hand before you glove up? Your cars not clinically clean before you use it so thats a problem. Any thing on the trolley get's on the gloves then on the shopping. Your car door handle is not clean your keys are not. So unless you, your shopping and every thing else you come into contact with go though an autoclave every time you wasting your time. Gloves are not magic fix. Really just wash your hands once you get home and for every thing else. If you do it right and when you need too what ever is on your hands is not a issue.

 

[Blue Hills]

Not so. Johnson was asked this question and declined to answer when the restrictions were brought in. Only later did the line harden. All of a piece with the overall ineptitude and confusion of communications.

I'd do a historic search on google news if i were you.

 

[Johnno260]

It's probably been said many times already but the type of questions being asked are just plain daft.It appears common sense has deserted some elements of society. The police are going to have their work cut out as it is trying to enforce the new restrictions.

that’s the issue common sense isn’t very common anymore.
All these stupid calls should be traced and fined for a waste of police time.

 

[tom73]

Just seen what plans the BBC have to keep us going during this.
just when you thought it can't get any worse ......

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I'd do a historic search on google news if i were you.

I'd follow my own advice if I were you.

Boris Johnson says he hopes to see his mum on Mother’s Day despite official advice saying over-70s should avoid social contact

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.in...lf-isolate-tv-address-today-a9415496.html?amp

 

[Mo1959]

Just seen what plans the BBC have to keep us going during this.
just when you thought it can't get any worse ......

God.....it’s dire. Maybe cancelling the tv licence for the next 12 months would be more appreciated.

 

[Rocky]

God.....it’s dire. Maybe cancelling the tv licence for the next 12 months would be more appreciated.

It’s good for us opera lovers. The Met is streaming a different opera free every evening. It’s Wagner week this week!! It saves about £6 a night rental fee.