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Supposed to be moving house next week but the removal company have gone into lockdown, now awaiting word from my solicitor regarding delaying the move. Many many people will be due to move but this could be another sector completely on hold for a good while.
 
There is that but I was mainly refering to the mask and portable de contamination showers
The mask is nearly as bad I know. But better than nothing till proper medical kit can be got in.

To be fair to you NBC suits can be worn with normal medical gloves, they are warm though and the masks can be very claustrophobic and sweaty.
 
I know you have comprehension difficulties but you have to eat. You don’t generally have to marry.

There, that wasn’t too difficult, was it?

P.S. Wish I’d had a blow-out meal Instead, all those years ago.

I don't know the unhappy couple personally but no doubt they'd be grateful for your good wishes. You're talking comprehension. I'm talking statistical risk of a "gathering" that's less risky than Johnson's recent press conferences.

Heartless, mate.
 
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Supposed to be moving house next week but the removal company have gone into lockdown, now awaiting word from my solicitor regarding delaying the move. Many many people will be due to move but this could be another sector completely on hold for a good while.

Mother in law is and I’m supposed to be helping.

Think it’s being delayed.
 
Someone I know has it and has been in contact, before symptoms arose, with his 5 year old daughter and her mom. Called me earlier to say his daughter is sick ( not the virus) and the mom called the GP. GP said she need to get a blood test at the hospital. The mom and the daughter could be carrying this so were in isolation til now but were told to get a taxi to the hospital. How is this possible? Poor taxi driver could lose his livelihood or his life if he catches it. I thought an ambulance or the police might be sent. Crazy. Just hope they are not carrying it I guess.

FORGET IT: THEY WALKED. But still to not have resources or policies to get to homes is ridiculous imo. Delighted that the Mom took that decision- it is not close by any means and tougher still with a sick child.
Im sorry mate but I find the sentiment of this out of order. Ambulances are very busy with people who have it and this is not a police job, they have policing to do and dont need to be possibly exposed to this doing a job that isnt theirs to do, thereby making them unable to do the important functions they have and soon will be called on more to do once the emergency powers legislation passed. Also, are emergency service workers somehow more immune to this than taxi drivers?
 
Someone I know has it and has been in contact, before symptoms arose, with his 5 year old daughter and her mom. Called me earlier to say his daughter is sick ( not the virus) and the mom called the GP. GP said she need to get a blood test at the hospital. The mom and the daughter could be carrying this so were in isolation til now but were told to get a taxi to the hospital. How is this possible? Poor taxi driver could lose his livelihood or his life if he catches it. I thought an ambulance or the police might be sent. Crazy. Just hope they are not carrying it I guess.

FORGET IT: THEY WALKED. But still to not have resources or policies to get to homes is ridiculous imo. Delighted that the Mom took that decision- it is not close by any means and tougher still with a sick child.

sorry if they can walk to hospital they don’t seem that ill to me.
 
That's the main question - it's not really known. I've seen pictures of major stations deserted in the rushhour as well, but not seen anything about whether the network suddenly empties at about 9 am.
Employers need to take actions that are well within their control and well within the capabilities and willingness to comply, of their employees.
You could lower the number of people travelling to work in the mornings and evenings if employers exercised a staggered working schedule arrangement.
Reduce the number of staff in a building at any one time. You can still keep a place functioning. Reduce the tables and chairs from canteens and encourage staff to stagger breaks.
Not everyone can work from home, but there are sensible ways to reduce risks and enact social distancing.
The only real alternative, and what is probably coming for us all, is a total lock-down, that is properly overseen by law enforcement.
In the Western world this is difficult and costly, but I wonder if in the long run would it be the most economical?

On a different note, I noticed a big shift in the language being used on Irish News reports last night. Because of the fear for mental health, it was being stressed by experts that social distancing is a misnomer. You can and should still stay in contact with people, you can talk to people but should physically distance yourself from them (2 metres).
The manner of how the virus spreads was explained using terminology that has been repeatedly heard in the media.
Aerosol - is the vapour from people coughing and the reason you should maintain a two metre distance.
Droplet - is people sneezing into their tissues etc. Minute droplets of mucous can get on the hands and are then transferred to other surfaces and can be spread that way.
Airborne - is extremely unlikely as it only survives a couple of hours.
 
Just walked the dog it’s absolutely dead outside saw may be 4 people , get home and see the pictures of rail platforms and packed tubes in London. Again, what is the fucking point.

stay in twos and social distance it’s so important it saves lives , oh but it’s ok to cram 2000 people onto a tube platform and train.
 
Employers need to take actions that are well within their control and well within the capabilities and willingness to comply, of their employees.
You could lower the number of people travelling to work in the mornings and evenings if employers exercised a staggered working schedule arrangement.
Reduce the number of staff in a building at any one time. You can still keep a place functioning. Reduce the tables and chairs from canteens and encourage staff to stagger breaks.
Not everyone can work from home, but there are sensible ways to reduce risks and enact social distancing.
The only real alternative, and what is probably coming for us all, is a total lock-down, that is properly overseen by law enforcement.
In the Western world this is difficult and costly, but I wonder if in the long run would it be the most economical?

On a different note, I noticed a big shift in the language being used on Irish News reports last night. Because of the fear for mental health, it was being stressed by experts that social distancing is a misnomer. You can and should still stay in contact with people, you can talk to people but should physically distance yourself from them (2 metres).
The manner of how the virus spreads was explained using terminology that has been repeatedly heard in the media.
Aerosol - is the vapour from people coughing and the reason you should maintain a two metre distance.
Droplet - is people sneezing into their tissues etc. Minute droplets of mucous can get on the hands and are then transferred to other surfaces and can be spread that way.
Airborne - is extremely unlikely as it only survives a couple of hours.

Can probably even do it from 200 meters if you adopt this approach:
 


This is what the UK scientists said would happen. 2020 will be a total right off and this will go well into next year too.

Until there’s a vaccine we’ll go round in circles.
 
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