I know, right?
Is it any wonder I've said the NHS staff are underappreciated!
So it’s now become 80% are EXPECTED to become infected, following a leaked document? Then why are the telling us in public that that’s only worst case scenario? They are lying, it’s even worse than we are being told. This country still doesn’t realise what’s coming. People still think it’s a bit of a joke.
My dad is 80 and thinks it's all hysteria. I've told him if I was him I'd not go out at all.
It will sadly have to get very real before some people realise this is not a movie.
As a teacher I am very, very fortunate that any closure to schools will still mean I get paid in full. My brother works in the food sector and believed he'll be out of work by this Friday and with zero recourse to public funds to pay the rent etc. No government guidelines, no direction, what a mess we're in. On a lighter note, yesterday I travelled to see my mum (81) and dad (82). They stood in the kitchen doorway as I left some food and other items on my dad's car bonnet. We spoke across the car and blew kisses. My mum has quite severe underlying breathing difficulties so I guess I won't be hugging/kissing her for a few months (as I so wanted to yesterday) but it will be worth it when I do. My dad insisted on walking to the pavement and waving me off as I sat in my car. I drove away and saw two very, very vulnerable people.If I don’t work, I don’t get paid, but save any sympathy for those that deserve it. I’ll be ok.
My dad is 80 and thinks it's all hysteria. I've told him if I was him I'd not go out at all.
It will sadly have to get very real before some people realise this is not a movie.
I know, right?
Is it any wonder I've said the NHS staff are underappreciated!
Grim. I've got a tough few months ahead if people think like this.
Bloody annoying isn't it trying to get them to see sense. My mum likes to go to the shop daily for fresh bread, vine ripened tomatoes and a load of other highly perishable posh stuff. She even understands the issue is serious but has some sort of mental block that she can carry on as is. Thusly me and my sisters are now doing her shopping whilst trying to keep it all nice and fresh but moving to stuff that can be stored with more ease. She likes her nice grub so a few frozen lobster tails have been chucked in the freezer, stuff like that as opposed to a rack of lamb that will only keep a very short time unless frozen (she has an aversion to freezing nice meat from hazeldines butchers).My dad is 80 and thinks it's all hysteria. I've told him if I was him I'd not go out at all.
It will sadly have to get very real before some people realise this is not a movie.
Worrying and distressing times mate. I hope your family all come through this. Many people - me being one - have similar concerns and feel as you do.As a teacher I am very, very fortunate that any closure to schools will still mean I get paid in full. My brother works in the food sector and believed he'll be out of work by this Friday and with zero recourse to public funds to pay the rent etc. No government guidelines, no direction, what a mess we're in. On a lighter note, yesterday I travelled to see my mum (81) and dad (82). They stood in the kitchen doorway as I left some food and other items on my dad's car bonnet. We spoke across the car and blew kisses. My mum has quite severe underlying breathing difficulties so I guess I won't be hugging/kissing her for a few months (as I so wanted to yesterday) but it will be worth it when I do. My dad insisted on walking to the pavement and waving me off as I sat in my car. I drove away and saw two very, very vulnerable people.
Your doing the right thing pal. That will be my relationship with my mum and dad for the foreseeable future. My kids can't go see them either. Got to be done though.As a teacher I am very, very fortunate that any closure to schools will still mean I get paid in full. My brother works in the food sector and believed he'll be out of work by this Friday and with zero recourse to public funds to pay the rent etc. No government guidelines, no direction, what a mess we're in. On a lighter note, yesterday I travelled to see my mum (81) and dad (82). They stood in the kitchen doorway as I left some food and other items on my dad's car bonnet. We spoke across the car and blew kisses. My mum has quite severe underlying breathing difficulties so I guess I won't be hugging/kissing her for a few months (as I so wanted to yesterday) but it will be worth it when I do. My dad insisted on walking to the pavement and waving me off as I sat in my car. I drove away and saw two very, very vulnerable people.
It's almost as if there's some sort of crisis going on.Govt to start daily briefings after the Cobra meeting tomorrow.
Pff, amateurs.
You’re right, it is grim. But what is the alternative? Send them home? Tell them not to come into work at a time of national and global crisis?
I don’t know the answer. What do you think?
All I know is I have concerns too. I work in healthcare. I will be in contact with CV patients on a daily basis. Then I've got to go home to my kids.
The one single crumb of comfort I can offer you is that kids seem almost universally to survive this. Death rates amongst kids are miniscule.All I know is I have concerns too. I work in healthcare. I will be in contact with CV patients on a daily basis. Then I've got to go home to my kids.
Yeah its depressing. I'm front line and whats being discussed in work is pretty scary.
Going to be dealing with it everyday then returning home to my young family.
My kids got to shout "love you Granny, love you Granddad" down the phone. I text my mum every day anyway (not my dad - he still can't fathom why Whitworth screws have become redundant) so it's just a matter of keeping a physical distance 'til we know we have this thing relatively under control. It will pass. And, God willing, we'll have reconfigured our ideals. Watching the US press conference tonight, it was insightful to see how hard it was for Pence to say that, "All testing for Covid 19 would be free". Humanity hey?Your doing the right thing pal. That will be my relationship with my mum and dad for the foreseeable future. My kids can't go see them either. Got to be done though.
Pff, amateurs.