COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Uffa]

Which is why everyone needs to stay at home!

 

[Cityfan]

vaccines don’t kill off anything...

Viruses aren't really alive so killing is a funny word but . Viruses can be erradicated by mass vaccination.

 

[kaz7]

There are lots of cafes,pubs that are doing a take away system to stay afloat,all food prepared and cook at home,if you can get out then use them and help small businesses stay afloat

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Summer GCSE and A-level examinations have been cancelled.

What that means has been left very unclear and open ended at the moment.

But what a time for those who were about to sit them. They’ll have to show some good resilience and hope that their future places at college/university are secured still.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Was told today that if they had ordered pubs/clubs/restaurants/cinemas etc to close the insurance claims couldve closed Lloyds of london down where as leaving the pubs high n dry would be less catastrophic.

Dunno if true but makes sense

 

[Ban-jani]

Was told today that if they had ordered pubs/clubs/restaurants/cinemas etc to close the insurance claims couldve closed Lloyds of london down where as leaving the pubs high n dry would be less catastrophic.

Dunno if true but makes sense

They’re going to have to do it anyway at some point aren’t they?

 

[goatersnipple]

Summer GCSE and A-level examinations have been cancelled.

What that means has been left very unclear and open ended at the moment.

But what a time for those who were about to sit them. They’ll have to show some good resilience and hope that their future places at college/university are secured still.

My daughter is doing her gcses in may.
Already been told they will have to use her mock results.
She got terrible results in her micks.
But since then her results at school have gone up massively...

Worrying time for her.
As it is for a lot of people

 

[SebastianBlue]

Summer GCSE and A-level examinations have been cancelled.

What that means has been left very unclear and open ended at the moment.

But what a time for those who were about to sit them. They’ll have to show some good resilience and hope that their future places at college/university are secured still.

I few will be relieved.

Joking aside, I do hope the government quickly clarifies their comments that they will be doing everything possible to ensure this cancellation does not hinder those students’ studies and progression, though. Many students will have positions of various kinds contingent on GCSEs and A-Levels.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I agree. The poster is right though. Too many in this country are not going to do a thing. I unfortunately have had to leave the house the last few days to search for essential baby products that did not arrive with my home delivery of shopping. I’m walking around and if someone coughs (into their hand 100% of the time, the stupid pricks) someone will then joke with them “don’t forget to wash your hands!” And the other goes “haha yeah must remember to do it!” and they laugh it off. The whole thing is a fucking joke to people. Then you have a former WHO director on TV saying London will be Wuhan in under 2 weeks. Several hundred dying every day because there’s no ventilator. This is coming. And the stupid cünts in this country think it’s hilarious and not worth listening to advice.

And what’s going to happen with secondary school kids whose parents are at work? Are they going to stay in or are they going to get together with their mates and doss about? We know the answer. So many in this country are not going to give a shit until someone they love is dying infront of them. Then they’ll realise what they should have done. Only it’s too late then.

It’s very worrying times. I heard the guy from the WHO saying last week on Radio 5 Live that the Chinese had taken was following WHO recommendations, who had analysed pandemics for more about 70 years. That seemed very logical to me. I am but less convvinced by what the WHO appear to have been saying this week that the UK had all the info from China to inform our Government’s strategy sooner, when may observers didn’t have confidence in the Chinese information until recent weeks.

There is a lot of coverage in the news about bad behaviour and hoarding but loads are people are helping out the elderly with shopping and self-isolating (as you know). I think that’s covered in another thread so I won’t Labour the point.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Which is why everyone needs to stay at home!

If I had to watch the football Man Utd play I would never leave the house (or nail bar) lol!