COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[117 M34]

Building sites to shut on Thursday.

They are going to have announce something for the self employed before then or someone will knock parliament building down like the travel lodge guy from last year

 

[i8rags]

My brother who lives in Sweden reckons that’s similar to why they’ve not got as strict a set of measures yet as other countries, the Swedish are generally very fit (not just the ladies looks of course..).

Ugly fuckers all blondes, brunette man myself, Russian for me

 

[abu13]

I’m hoping he announces that we might do what some other European countries (@BosnianBlue) have done and have curfews where nobody can go out between 22:00-06:00 or something similar. Anyone seen out and about other than key workers at that time are fined or even arrested if they’re doing something irresponsible.

I agree, that would be the common sense thing to do, unless you are working now that the pubs are shut there are very few reasons to be out between those hours.

 

[meltonblue]

Yes but I was just using one cashpoint as a simplistic example, if there was ever a study that would be undertaken about transmission points on surfaces I suspect that hand railings, seat bars and door handles on public transport would come out top. Look we will never know but the durability of this virus compared to other viruses surely must have added a significant amount of additional cases which would then have gone on to infect other people through the conventional face to face transmission mode and so and so on ( which wouldn’t have happened otherwise).

Hopefully, one of the longer term impacts of this will be improved hygiene in general, both in terms of just every day life and also those that are ill. The amount of people I see cough or sneeze without a tissue in general, no wonder even the common cold is so.....common!

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Laura whatsit on BBC says he may well shut retail down apart from food and essentials like pharmacies and petrol.

 

[goatersnipple]

Building sites to shut on Thursday.

They are going to have announce something for the self employed before then or someone will knock parliament building down like the travel lodge guy from last year

Where did you hear that about thursday

 

[BosnianBlue]

Netherlands bit more pessimistic than Liverpool's friends in media and PL. They banned all gatherings up to June 1st.

 

[i8rags]

Worked at home last week due to being ill/ have/ still have symptoms.

my boss is saying I have to come into the office this week. So that means getting on a train and going into a small office with lots of other people

I feel incredibly uncomfortable going in, but don’t feel like I have a choice.

Decisions gonna be made for you shortly mate

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Absolutely and half way there in a fortnight, by themselves!

That’s the Dunkirk spirit people bang on about. Ordinary people going above and beyond for the nation.

Yeah, that’s brilliant.

Know of a guy who’s got a chain of pubs in the midlands who was so glad at the government bail out that he offered his 66 staff, including himself, to the NHS, for free until this is over.

There are plenty of great stories among all the selfishness.

 

[abu13]

I wish my wife was not in the firing line. I’m proud that she is a specialist respiratory nurse, but I’m scared shitless that the pig ignorant masses who believe it’s only killing people who were going to die anyway, will put her life and that of my family at serious risk. People need to wake up quick before it’s too late... if it isn’t already for a lot of folk

You are right to be proud of her, what she is doing at the moment is making the difference between life and death. I am sure you reminder of that but please let her know there are plenty of people out here that who thank her for what she is doing.