Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Eggs]

....2nd nurse at Aintree has died aged 54. Massive worry for NHS workers who are not being sufficiently protected.

 

[Toast]

....2nd nurse at Aintree has died aged 54.

Tragic.

And not that old either.

 

[Goat]

A sharp drop in accident-and-emergency admissions worries medics

More hand-washing could explain fewer stomach bugs. It is unlikely to explain fewer heart attacks

www.economist.com

Interesting that A&E numbers are massively down at the moment.

Was speaking to my brother who works in Arrowe Park, he said apart from the Corona cases the rest of the Wirral is avoiding the hospital like it contains the plague.

 

[Tea_drinker]

Having seen the queues outside supermarkets, the full supermarket car parks and the sort of significant amount of traffic on the roads today, I'm sure that a lot of people are just driving around from shop to shop for something to do.

 

[canuckblue]

Having seen the queues outside supermarkets, the full supermarket car parks and the sort of significant amount of traffic on the roads today, I'm sure that a lot of people are just driving around from shop to shop for something to do.

Any cyclists in that bunch?

 

[Harryflashman]

Was speaking to my brother who works in Arrowe Park, he said apart from the Corona cases the rest of the Wirral is avoiding the hospital like it contains the plague.

I can certainly believe it . I went to the walk in and then hospital in Liverpool about 4 weeks ago , just when this all started but before social distancing and pub closures etc and the place was pretty much deserted .

 

[Tea_drinker]

Any cyclists in that bunch?

Yeah, I've never noticed so many city bikes being used before.

 

[Kev The Rat]

I see teachers want to continue to have a holiday at taxpayers expense.

UK schools will not reopen straight after Easter, officials say

No 10 and national governments insist it will only happen when scientific advice says it is safe

www.theguardian.com

 

[PSB1]

Something like that would be ideal like (maybe starting 1-2 weeks later though).

Even opening restaurants/bars but only for food and drinks on the tables not just alcohol that alone would keep numbers down until a few weeks before everywhere opens back up fully as normal.

Yes, you and @peteblue are right, but one question: without a vaccine, what would those being "shielded" do" Should hey stay indoors without social contact for the next, maybe, eighteen months? And given that those they live with should also be off the streets, what action, if any, would be proportionate?

 

[roydo]

Having seen the queues outside supermarkets, the full supermarket car parks and the sort of significant amount of traffic on the roads today, I'm sure that a lot of people are just driving around from shop to shop for something to do.

Its just dead odd. I was out trying to get sommet Mrs R fancied for tea, and 2 big supermarkets looked mental to queue with no idea if they would have what she fancied. So swerved.

Another one, (large) was sound as.

 

[Toast]

Its just dead odd. I was out trying to get sommet Mrs R fancied for tea, and 2 big supermarkets looked mental to queue with no idea if they would have what she fancied. So swerved.

Another one, (large) was sound as.

The corner shop here now has an alcohol licence.
Fair play to the fella for spotting an earner in all of this.

 

[PSB1]

I see teachers want to continue to have a holiday at taxpayers expense.

UK schools will not reopen straight after Easter, officials say

No 10 and national governments insist it will only happen when scientific advice says it is safe

www.theguardian.com

My contacts in the profession tell me that the majority of teachers are in school at the moment and throughout the lockdown, putting themselves at increased risk.

 

[PhilM]

I see teachers want to continue to have a holiday at taxpayers expense.

UK schools will not reopen straight after Easter, officials say

No 10 and national governments insist it will only happen when scientific advice says it is safe

www.theguardian.com

For me, very simple maths and logic would indicate that even a small primary school (200 children) could be a place where the virus could spread easily.

All the staff, those children and their parents dropping them off would all be within close proximity on at least two occasions: that's not social distancing is it?

I know my wife, who works in school finance, has had her school open this week as a hub, like another fifty schools in the city, and staff on a rota with no PPE.

But yeah... a holiday.

 

[Kev The Rat]

My contacts in the profession tell me that the majority of teachers are in school at the moment and throughout the lockdown, putting themselves at increased risk.

Not the teachers I’ve seen. Most of them that live near me are sunning themselves in their gardens daily

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Yes, you and @peteblue are right, but one question: without a vaccine, what would those being "shielded" do" Should hey stay indoors without social contact for the next, maybe, eighteen months? And given that those they live with should also be off the streets, what action, if any, would be proportionate?

God knows mate - think it'll come to the stage where folk will need to either risk going out or decide to stay in based off their own free will as much as possible.

Difficult times ahead.