COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Shaelumstash]

Heartbroken.

Me and my ex have just made the unbelievably difficult decision for my 6 year old son not to stay with me until this blows over.

I normally have him for 3 days a week but he lives in Hulme and I live in Oldham. I don't drive(I use the tram) and we both feel it's just too risky. Just spent a couple of hours with him and I fear it could be a while before I see him again

Fuck me, that’s heartbreaking, sorry to hear that mate.

You’re doing what any responsible parent would do and putting your kid first and when he’s old enough to understand he’ll know it was a heroic thing you’re doing.

 

[Bazzmand Show]

I fail to see how this is confusing people?

 

[Get Pollock On]

If this is so called lockdown , then why don't they shut the friggin airports ? There's still thousands of people coming into Heathrow and the rest of the country every 5 minutes, God knows how many of them could have the Virus !!!

 

[Marvin]

Still using the language of mitigation but no matter the tactics are what almost everyone wanted.

Hope to hear next about these millions of tests he ended his speech with. I hope that's not a figure of speech but a literal truth. New York are testing 16,000 people a day. Germany are testing 160,000 people a day. This isn't an objective in its own right, it can be a way of breaking the chain of infection if it's followed up with tracing and it could be every bit as effective as a lockdown.

There's no doubt this action today will save lives and destroy the epidemic. We'll have infections that were incubating, and some infection in the home, but after that the epidemic will come to a halt. I think we should have got to this point a little quicker but I am sure a lot of people are relieved tonight. No moral choices about going to work tomorrow. Let's just get on with this and beat the virus.

Italy seems to be past the peak. Germany's claims that they were at the turning point too was a surprise. Hopefully it will be realised.

 

[M18CTID]

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/key...-jobs-school-closures-today-essential-2503242

Does this mean half of Trafford Park shuts down tomorrow or not?

 

[BlueHammer85]

Should fine the first scally wags that are out £500 each and make that headline news.

 

[urban genie]

Amazon is medication and essentials only in Spain now (so the wife said anyway).

Well that is how it should be their food and medical shops still available, but what's to stop them sending other stuff out.

B&Q have said they will be opening as a vital service (building and repair)

 

[hilts]

Don't believe that there are so many struggling to get it ( or is there political point scoring going on?) it's quite simple unless you are on the list stay in end of.

Unless your exercising obviously:-)

 

[wattle]

Yes.

We’ll all be fighting to get on the staff rota at my school

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

There is definitely some confusion in the speech ( as per usual)

did he mean travel to essential work is allowed ; or

does he mean if it’s essential that you have to travel to work and can’t do it from home , then that is ok.

 

[give it to gordon]

I can't see Halfords been open...Boris should of made it more clearer than just 'essential work. Very surprised if Halfords is in the 'essential work' bracket. Maybe I'm wrong.

Was thinking the same can see the store's closing I guess the motorist centres and garages might be class as essential so front line workers can get to work....still very confusing

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Same.

And our firm is dragging it's feet, as usual. We'll probably shut for the lockdown 6 months after the vaccine.

Exactly. For instance there is an office below mine. With about 60 people in. They aren’t essential workers, but have to use the computers they have in the office.

If the boss wants them to go in - do they have go in??

I might be coming across as thick here, but I bet lots of people are thinking the same

 

[Summerbuzz]

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/key...-jobs-school-closures-today-essential-2503242

Nope, that's the list for essential workers - the people entitled to use schools. It doesn't include construction or manufacturing, and the Financial Times are reporting that people in those industries are still free to make journeys to work.

It's a FUDGE. Forgive me if I am suspicious that he is being deliberately, obtusely vague. I hope the papers and so forth get on them about this.

The same problem seems to plague eligibility for a raft of the financial / economic support measures. It all sounds great but there are many loopholes and people not seemingly protected. (BTW Has anyone seen a summary of the stuff that passed to protect people renting? Genuinely interested)

He could close most of them with much clearer public declarations, but I suspect he's finding it hard to come to terms with the actual idea of taking control of so much.

 

[bavarian blue]

I welcome the measures. However it sounds like fines will be very much a last resort and Police want to work wherever possible on a consent basis. Although admirable in principle, I do wonder if that will be sufficient.

Police have nothing better to do.?

 

[SWPISHOME]

He is. And about fucking time the public started being responsible.

Yep. Time for people to cop the fuck on and stop treating it like a holiday. If everybody does what they are told then weve a great chance of over coming this. People acting like spoiled brats thinking they can do what they want carry on doing what they are doing then we dont stand a chance.

 

[PragueBlue]

Obviously in a speech you can't go into every possible criteria. More specific details will follow.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Not unless you are on your own there

I miss the match day thread

 

[kaz7]

If this is so called lockdown , then why don't they shut the friggin airports ? There's still thousands of people coming into Heathrow and the rest of the country every 5 minutes, God knows how many of them could have the Virus !!!

He told everyone earlier today for people who live here need to fly home whilst they can
The only way to weed people out is testing,they have home testing coming through but testing is one of the ways we have gone wrong from the start

 

[Ban-jani]

So I attend a weekly boot camp outside every Saturday.
Is that still allowed?

no

 

[BosnianBlue]

If this is so called lockdown , then why don't they shut the friggin airports ? There's still thousands of people coming into Heathrow and the rest of the country every 5 minutes, God knows how many of them could have the Virus !!!

We're closing the last standing airport tomorrow here. Way too late. The neighboring countries used it to move their citizens from abroad while they closed their airports week ago.