Coronavirus outbreak

[johnnyb47]

Big news broken out.
Tonight i managed to find some bog rolls. It was getting a bit titchy as my supply of dock leaves where running seriously low in the back garden. I don't know whether i was suffering paranoia but I felt like i was being judged by every one in the shop for panic buying. (even though i bought one pack)
Also today we've been all been put on a 3 1/5 week retention leave.
Having nearly a month off with no one to talk to at home is something I'm not relishing. Plenty to do though in helping others so it shouldn't be that bad.
Hopefully Boris will still allow cycling as our daily exercise in the coming weeks to keep the sanity levels in check.
It feels tonight as a somewhat relief to finish work. At least now i feel im now in more control of who i can interact with as opposed to working.
Ironically my last delivery intailed a delivery from Italy and the driver was Spanish.
You couldn't of had a worse combination if you tried.
I kept the driver well away from me and everyone else and he was very good and understandable about it all. It must be awful for truck drivers at the moment. There doing a sterling job and are being treated like potential disease carriers.

 

[Johnno260]

Don’t really watch BBC much anymore, I’m glad I got Disney + cheap before this hit.

 

[vickster]

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

I didn't think anyone on this forum has a TV

 

[Mo1959]

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.

Didn’t see that. I don’t mind a bit of opera, although nothing too heavy. It’s all the so called comedy and celeb stuff I can’t be bothered with.

 

[Johnno260]

Hopefully Boris will still allow cycling as our daily exercise in the coming weeks to keep the sanity levels in check.

same even though I’m getting called selfish for doing it as if I hurt myself I’m a burden on taxed resources.

thing is I take extra precautions, my avg speed is way down, I’m looking for more climbs.

also for sanity’s sakes I need it.

 

[Milzy]

Quite a few in our local hospital all died. All over 60's. It's getting more busy daily. Slowly starting to hit these selfish head in the sand people who's number one concern is to receive 100% wages.

 

[Blue Hills]

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.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-mum-coronavirus-mothers-day-self-isolate-tv-address-today-a9415496.html?amp

fair dos - a gaff from boris. rings a bell now.
advice put out days before was not to - was reported.
as you say was then hardened/clarified pre mothers day.

 

[tom73]

Coop look to be going a good job
We are implementing a number of social distancing measures in-store, including reducing the number of tills open, two-metre floor spacing guides, limiting the number of customers in-store and encouraging contactless payments.

The spacings are though out the store , not just at till by the look of it


View: https://twitter.com/alexberesfordTV/status/1242440646926966785?s=20

 

[ozboz]

Woo Hoo!
Got a response !

 

[Pat "5mph"]

My colleague's nephew died, in London, earlier today.
He was 19, healthy, no underlying conditions.
He took not well, with Corona Virus symptoms, was told to stay at home for 7 days by NHS 111.
He got worse, his heart stopped, a friend did CPR, his heart started again.
When the ambulance came, he was put on a ventilator but one of his lungs collapsed. He died in the ambulance.
It was unclear if there was a nearby hospital with beds available.
Prior to feeling ill, he was traveling by tube to work, a two hour journey each way.
I wonder if his death will be reported tomorrow.
I think London is, like Milan was for Italy, the epicentre of corona virus for the UK.
Not all what's happening in the UK is reported, imo.

 

[MarkF]

A global recession will barely be noticed in most African countries or rural India.

No idea why you would think that. Virus + economy + Africa produces some alarming results. Like the virus, the economic impact will be felt everywhere.

https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-infects-africas-economy/a-52620528

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/as-...gile-economies-are-bracing-for-the-worst.html

 

[mjr]

You can get someone else to pick up a controlled drug on your behalf showing ID. It's routine in pharmacy.

Ours changed a few months ago to require a PIN code from the repeat request or receipt, not ID.

 

[mjr]

touch screens don't usually work with gloved hands. I discovered this at a self service till last week.

Some do, but a stylus is easier to keep apart while out and clean when home.

 

[marinyork]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ronavirus-test-kits-are-on-the-way-to-the-nhs

3.5 million test kits. They won't say when they will arrive. I reckon that based on spain some may arrive end of the week.

I don't believe the guardian article is accurate, unless they have been doing antibody tests already, guess what the uk yesterday did 6000 tests. Again. Not 8000.

Norfolk and Suffolk do want to be behind London as their medics and patients will have a antibody test. And the ventillators being made.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

fair dos - a gaff from boris. rings a bell now.
advice put out days before was not to - was reported.
as you say was then hardened/clarified pre mothers day.

More than just a gaffe IMO.

Firstly, Johnson simply doesn't believe rules apply to him. He thinks he's entitled to behave however he wants.

Secondly, he operates on a Panglossian bombastic optimism as his raison d'être. Such rhetoric can fool a lot of people, but it can't outwit a virus. So he keeps on having to change as reality bites his ankles.