COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[aguero93:20]

A letter?

Nope. Need to figure out how to get my hands on about 10 billion bricks.

 

[kaz7]

About 170,000 people sign up for the NHS volunteers scheme

The initiative to get people to help during the crisis was only announced on Monday evening.

In just over 12 hours tens of thousands of people have signed up, the NHS said.



No evictions for three months - likely to continue for longer

The government announced last week renters would not be allowed to be evicted for three months.

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky News' Kay Burley@Breakfast the government is passing emergency legislation at the moment which "brings a moritorium to evictions for the next three months".

He said renters will not be able to be taken to court or forced out of their home.

The government has arranged a £3m holiday for buy to let landlords so they have a mechanism to go to their own bank to ask for a mortgage holiday.

He added that the government is working with the judiciary and has asked all courts and judges to ensure public health comes first.

Addressing concerns those affected by coronavirus could be evicted after the three months, he added: "It's unlikely if you're going to be turfed out of your home after that three months.

"Landlords, please do the right thing, support everybody through this time - certainly those on the frontline in the NHS.

 

[Rammy Blue]

5 days is the average - it can be as low as 2 days.

Didn’t know that, although it would still mean he had it whilst with the 10 of us.

 

[nmc]

So Prince Charles has it - just working out how many of the Royal Family he needs to fatally infect until Prince Andrew is King!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I have

Thanks. Guess it’ll all be over by the weekend.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Looking at the situation in South Korea, they have about the same number of cases as us, and one third of the deaths. But whereas their situation is relatively under control, our infection rates are rising exponentially.

South Korea


UK


How on EARTH have we allowed this to happen? 1 month ago, we had 1 case in the UK whilst their infections were shooting up. A week later they had their under control, with their regime of testing, testing, testing, tracing and isolating. And we did fuck all other than saying "wash your hands". And now look at the fucking mess we are in. It makes me REALLY angry.

Because...
(A) We trusted China. Those who had experience of the SARS outbreak didn't and are much better off as a result. The country that trusted them the least, Taiwan, is best off of all.
(B) Global air travel. You shut it down on day 1 of epidemics to countries/regions with cases. Not wave through those who are not yet ill. You enforce personal isolation too.
(C) The stats for the viral spread in the west are MUCH worse than in China. A combination of the aging population and the fact that older people in the west tend to live together.
(D) The administration in the NHS and Civil Service moves at glacial velocities. Not only that, they are more incompetent than their private sector equivalents.
(E) Our population and that in the west is generally selfish. If you look at what was actually happening in Lombardy when it was supposedly in lockdown and you will see that it wasn't until 5 days later that they actually were.
(F) The decision to NOT enforce face masks on public transport is just total stupidity. Yes, they dont stop you getting it - that is indeed down to personal hygiene - but they do reduce your droplet aerosol export range from two yards to 6 inches. So they stop you spreading it!

EDIT: I forgot
(G) Lack of testing. The main thing but all the others count.

 

[kaz7]

A total of 3,434 coronavirus patients have now have died in Spain - more than the recorded number of deaths in China where the outbreak began.

Spain now has the world's second-highest tally of COVID-19 deaths after 738 more were reported on Wednesday, the country's deadliest toll in one day.

With 3,434 coronavirus patients dead, Spain surpassed China's toll of 3,285.

Italy still has the most deaths of any nation in the world with 6,820.

Infections in Spain rose 20% from a day earlier to 47,610

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Where do you stand on the comma/semi-colon debate?

It’s difficult trying to get a semi in a colon.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Nope. Need to figure out how to get my hands on about 10 billion bricks.

Great Wall of China?

You’d need a tidy amount of petrol too, mind.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

So Prince Charles has it - just working out how many of the Royal Family he needs to fatally infect until Prince Andrew is King!

meghan Markle is monitoring the situation keenly,