Coronavirus outbreak

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stephec

Squire
Location
Bolton
We were only allowed a one week supply :-(
Was the other trolley already loaded in the boot then?
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Just remember alcohol gel only works really on socially clean hands and hands free of creams. So in most cases you end up having to wash your hands anyway.

Also expect sale of hand cream to go made in a few weeks. Once all the nice and delicate hands bunch find out what some of use have known for years. Regulator use of the stuff sure make‘s a mess of your hands. :laugh:
 

Milzy

Guru
A member of staff today turned up for work complaining of aching limbs and flu like symptoms. It's probably just a simple cold, but everybody kept there distance from him.
Later on the way home from work i stopped of at Lidl to get some shopping. Making small talk with the cashier i said "i bet hand sanitizer has been popular this week,"
She said they've been sold out all week and that one person on Saturday bought there whole stock in one go, of 200 bottles!
Normal soap and water has been proved better. Mugs are everywhere.
 
Location
London
Just remember alcohol gel only works really on socially clean hands and hands free of creams. So in most cases you end up having to wash your hands anyway.

Also expect sale of hand cream to go made in a few weeks. Once all the nice and delicate hands bunch find out what some of use have known for years. Regulator use of the stuff sure make‘s a mess of your hands. :laugh:
Suggest you check that last sentence.
 

Slick

Guru
Just got a call from another manager from work who has asked me to open up for her tomorrow as her husband is displaying a couple of the symptoms of the virus and was tested today. :ohmy:

We knew that they were in Italy recently but we didn't know exactly where.
 

midlife

Guru
There's going to be a lot of stories like that I expect. Two members of staff came to work today having been on holiday to Northern Italy last week......
 

nickyboy

Norven Mankey
There have been plenty of CV-skeptics on this thread if you look back
My question is this these skeptics: given the current situation have you modified your hygiene methods at all or are they the same as always?

If you look back at my posting history you can see I've been saying this will be serious from the outset. Perhaps unsurprisingly I'm washing my hands much more often and I take hand sanitizer with me wherever I go in case I'm touching surfaces and no handwashing available

So, skeptics out there....what are you doing if anything??
 

RecordAceFromNew

Swinging Member
Location
West London
I wonder what is the rationale for the government keeping the daily outbreak location information secret, given it is not as if they do not collect it. I can't think of good one.

Regarding "face masks", I suspect the government is downplaying their utility. Firstly respirators are highly effective in filtering virus and bacteria out (partly because they fit faces so much better than "surgical masks") if they are worn and used properly, and some are still available at places like Screwfix, secondly respirators or surgical masks tend to stop people sticking their hands in their face, which apparently the average person does 23 times an hour!
 
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