COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[jonmcity]

Two members of my family will be wearing it with pride.

Should have been with a £10k bonus as well.

 

[Don Karleone]

Two members of my family will be wearing it with pride.

I have nothing but respect for our social care workers. They should wear it with pride.

Proper PPE and a payrise would be better.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

sorry this may seem like as rant, and long winded.

Part of my job when we have finished the food bank runs is to check that the allotment holders are obeying the new government guidelines of only ONE tenant per plot NO couples and NO children along with the club houses is closed and no washing of hands in the water butts !!

Today on one site there were 6 couples and two had a child with them, I approached all of them and 5 were fine but of course played the we didn't know card, even though all plot holders have been sent emails with the new government guidelines and notices around the site.

Of course ONE couple decide to kick off. I remained polite and just said its government policy so sorry the kiddie shouldnt be here and only one of you should be working the plot. As we were leaving the site at the gate were this couple with the little kiddie and their daughter/mother to the kiddie. The Daughter than starts kicking of saying that her mother has to come up with her father as she doesn't drive !. I said '' couldn't your father come up when you or your husband our at home to be with your mother ?''...…..''NO we don't live with them''. ''Well your daughter shouldnt be with her grand parents if you don't share the same house , you aren't allowed to visit family as we are in lockdown''. Plus her parents looked well into their 70's and aren't that age group meant to be staying in for the 8 or so weeks ?

that didn't go down well !!! ''what are you some sort of jobs worth you little twat !'' the daughter said. ''If it means trying to stop the virus yes I am a jobs worth, you shouldn't be visiting or leaving you kiddie with your parents''. She was going on about schools reopening in 3 weeks yet her daughter cant come to the allotments with her grand parents !. I said ''I have nothing to do with schools only allotments''. I know I shouldn't have mention the fact that they shouldnt be sending their kiddie to the grand parents, but I am getting fed up with people ignoring the lockdown.

As the daughter was getting more confrontational I said '' If you aren't happy with the government's guidelines please phone the council and speak to ******* ****** '', and we walked away as there was no point in talking to her as she thought she was right and I was just a jobs worth twat !!

We got into our van to leave all the family ( 3 generations ) all got into the same car and than blocked our way out. We waited and in the end they moved. The council have said it will close the allotments to all if the guidelines arent followed its a shame that some people really don't give a shit about other people.

going by what I see on a daily basis I don't see this virus or lockdown ending any time soon

sorry for the rant bluemooners ;)

Sorry for your bad experience mate, you were absolutely right to stand your ground.

Thick as mince these people, don't give a shit unless something directly impacts them.

They don't send their kids to school to learn, it is just a convenient law that allows them to let someone else babysit them for eight hours or more.

 

[oddfellows]

Tom Moore has raised £8m now.
Astonishing. "Sir" Tom Moore perhaps?

Unbelievable isn't it.

I believe Piers Morgan tweeted that Tom should be knighted this morning.

 

[blueparrot]

Tom Moore has raised £8m now.
Astonishing. "Sir" Tom Moore perhaps?

I once did a 60 mile bike ride and raised £200, if only I’d known wandering about my garden would’ve raised millions :)

 

[give it to gordon]

Tom Moore has raised £8m now.
Astonishing. "Sir" Tom Moore perhaps?

What a gent I find what he is doing so humbling he has already done his bit for his country and now he is doing this.

 

[Saddleworth2]

sorry this may seem like as rant, and long winded.

Part of my job when we have finished the food bank runs is to check that the allotment holders are obeying the new government guidelines of only ONE tenant per plot NO couples and NO children along with the club houses is closed and no washing of hands in the water butts !!

Today on one site there were 6 couples and two had a child with them, I approached all of them and 5 were fine but of course played the we didn't know card, even though all plot holders have been sent emails with the new government guidelines and notices around the site.

Of course ONE couple decide to kick off. I remained polite and just said its government policy so sorry the kiddie shouldnt be here and only one of you should be working the plot. As we were leaving the site at the gate were this couple with the little kiddie and their daughter/mother to the kiddie. The Daughter than starts kicking of saying that her mother has to come up with her father as she doesn't drive !. I said '' couldn't your father come up when you or your husband our at home to be with your mother ?''...…..''NO we don't live with them''. ''Well your daughter shouldnt be with her grand parents if you don't share the same house , you aren't allowed to visit family as we are in lockdown''. Plus her parents looked well into their 70's and aren't that age group meant to be staying in for the 8 or so weeks ?

that didn't go down well !!! ''what are you some sort of jobs worth you little twat !'' the daughter said. ''If it means trying to stop the virus yes I am a jobs worth, you shouldn't be visiting or leaving you kiddie with your parents''. She was going on about schools reopening in 3 weeks yet her daughter cant come to the allotments with her grand parents !. I said ''I have nothing to do with schools only allotments''. I know I shouldn't have mention the fact that they shouldnt be sending their kiddie to the grand parents, but I am getting fed up with people ignoring the lockdown.

As the daughter was getting more confrontational I said '' If you aren't happy with the government's guidelines please phone the council and speak to ******* ****** '', and we walked away as there was no point in talking to her as she thought she was right and I was just a jobs worth twat !!

We got into our van to leave all the family ( 3 generations ) all got into the same car and than blocked our way out. We waited and in the end they moved. The council have said it will close the allotments to all if the guidelines arent followed its a shame that some people really don't give a shit about other people.

going by what I see on a daily basis I don't see this virus or lockdown ending any time soon

sorry for the rant bluemooners ;)

You just despair of these idiots. You did well to be calm. Can you get the police involved in these circumstances?

 

[kaz7]

Medical

Movement of public is still low

New cases in total levelling off

Hospital patients-down in london,levelling off everywhere

Global deaths comparison-still tracking italy's path and ours is still rising

Questions

Testing? more people being tested including staff in social care
Testing in social care was if 5 people had tested positive it was assumed anyone else with symptoms also had it,now all we be tested

Building capacity all the time,still saying 100,000 a day target is still on for the end of the month

How can people in social care be isolated? Details in the guidance to care social

What will happen with easing the lockdown? - right now people still need to continue the same,need to see what the numbers are properly past easter

The peak? High number of deaths will continue,we are levelling off but not past the peak

We need to determine transmission rate,that will go into decision on easing lockdown,also who has had it and recovered

Have young people been prioritised over elderly in social care? is that why you only doing this now ?Obviously not!

Sky journo,having spent a lot of time in care homes staff are finding some push back to sending patients into hospital and you seem to pushing older patients out hospital

Answer,dependant on medics sending them in,not a blanket policy but individual needs,is a policy to discharge as many patients back to their homes,only want patients in hospital for as short as possible

Testing for social care staff,we have the capacity in the thousands to test (i am confused about testing) criteria,those with symptoms or those having to isolate because a family member is ill

End of lockdown,will it be a national or regional rollout? Not really answered,Cobra meeting tomorrow to take some decisions

People need to exercise

Testing,nowhere near the 100,000 yet,still says they are on target

 

[give it to gordon]

Sorry for your bad experience mate, you were absolutely right to stand your ground.

Thick as mince these people, don't give a shit unless something directly impacts them.

They don't send their kids to school to learn, it is just a convenient law that allows them to let someone else babysit them for eight hours or more.

a footnote to my experience the daughter took the piss out of mask, saying' ''it wasn't the right type''. I said ''we cant get hold of the right type'', She said my husband has loads as he is a trader'', I said 'is he going to donate them to the front line NHS ?'', this was meet with more jobs worth abuse lol

 

[BlueAnorak]

I once did a 60 mile bike ride and raised £200, if only I’d known wandering about my garden would’ve raised millions :)

Ah but are you 99 and struggle to move 50 yards?