COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[squirtyflower]

its surprising how many people for some reason think they are exempt from this virus and those who do just say its flu, i was talking to a guy last night and his attitude was aghhhh there only old people and they have had their life, tried to explain that ok there old but its someones grandad or father, i just walked off in the end,,a lot of folk are selfish,rude and dirty

What they don’t understand is the virus doesn’t distinguish between age, sex, colour, creed etc. It will infect you regardless of your opinion of it or who it affects.
However the more vulnerable, and that might not depend on age, will have a harder time of it.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

It's a fucking joke. Similar story here - a guy at work didn't come in on Friday as he'd gone down with something, but is back in today as he feels better but not completely recovered. He returned from a skiing trip with his family in Austria 9 days ago and was worried he may have caught it so phoned 111 this morning and they fobbed him off. How can you get tested when you're being told not to show your face at the hospital/doctors, etc?

Seems like the government’s plan to ‘reduce’ the spread is to just not test anybody. “No new cases for 2 weeks, what a remarkable turnaround”. That way they can keep businesses operating and life as normal, which is all they want. In the background to all that, thousands will die but they won’t care.

 

[west didsblue]

Seems like the government’s plan to ‘reduce’ the spread is to just not test anybody. “No new cases for 2 weeks, what a remarkable turnaround”. That way they can keep businesses operating and life as normal, which is all they want. In the background to all that, thousands will die but they won’t care.

It's the US model.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

so it's going to spread widely, but we're not going to do anything.

The cull begins.

 

[route46]

Kept kids off school.....

Had Headteacher on the phone, she has informed me it will go down as unauthorised absence.

Conversation was pretty much her spouting... the current public health England guidelines are children should be attending school any absence will be unauthorised.

Asked me to support the school and reconsider sending my child back to school.

school was a safer place then mixing with the general public (I pointed out child would be in home isolation or house arrest as the teacher called it)

keeping child off school would cause unnecessary panic amongst children and parents.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

Times reporting that if football is ordered to play behind closed doors Sky will be told to stop broadcasting it in pubs.

does that mean I have to dig out my old radio and to pick up radio 5! I presume Staurt Hall is still covering our games and banging on about the ‘theatre of comedy’

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I didn’t realise that Dominic Cummings was 63.

No, he's going "shit, my voters!"

 

[omcfc]

Well I for one care about the grannies even if some in the media don't. I hear Rooney is very concerned.

Minimise social activity, wash hands with soap and don't touch your face while out and about. Beyond that there's not a great deal to be done. Good luck all.

PS - pinch of salt with those figures released by China, they have good economic reasons for downplaying the spread there.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

It's the US model.

Which is based on the Iran model, let’s be frank.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Well I for one care about the grannies even if some in the media don't. I hear Rooney is very concerned.

Minimise social activity, wash hands with soap and don't touch your face while out and about. Beyond that there's not a great deal to be done. Good luck all.

PS - pinch of salt with those figures released by China, they have good economic reasons for downplaying the spread there.

The WHO seem to believe those numbers