Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[peteblue]

Panic buying in Ireland has gone crazy
One big electrical shop has sold 691 chest freezers in a week
Normally sells 15-20

funny place to store bog rolls.....

 

[summerisle]

Well my local Sainsburys shows no sign of panic buying, other than the national pastime of buying bog roll.

Cabbages sold out in my local Sainsbury's ; what don't I know !

 

[roydo]

I cant figure the bog roll thing out
COVID 19 does not give you the trots
I could not spell diarrhoea

Nor me. Everything else seemed fine, deffo easily bought what we needed, (was told to get), but bog roll seems like a new currency or sommet.

Even found some Nesquick milkshake powder that Mrs R decided she fancied today. In 20 years, I cannot recall her ever having a milkshake ffs.

Oh, wine gums (in a box) were sold out, but they were on offer. So I got her 2 normal packets instead. She glared at me.

 

[Catfish Blues]

coconut milk

Haha, that's 'kin amazing.

We might have to stay in the house for a couple of weeks and all the fresh and UHT milk has been sold so they buy coconut milk instead
God bless their arteries !

 

[mahermi1]

I cant figure the bog roll thing out
COVID 19 does not give you the trots
I could not spell diarrhoea

The bog roll, ? It's simple really Brisan, one person outside, cough's or sneezes and the nearest 100 people to him follow through !

 

[Brisan123]

Cabbages sold out in my local Sainsbury's ; what don't I know !

It will now be known as green toilet paper
Both in colour and its environmental impact

 

[roydo]

Haha, that's 'kin amazing.

We might have to stay in the house for a couple of weeks and all the fresh and UHT milk has been sold so they buy coconut milk instead
God bless their arteries !

I wouldnt even know where to look for coconut milk, other than in a coconut obvs. They use it in curry dont they?

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Cabbages sold out in my local Sainsbury's ; what don't I know !

A good cabbage can be a similar weight to the human head.

Worrying.

 

[Brisan123]

Nor me. Everything else seemed fine, deffo easily bought what we needed, (was told to get), but bog roll seems like a new currency or sommet.

Even found some Nesquick milkshake powder that Mrs R decided she fancied today. In 20 years, I cannot recall her ever having a milkshake ffs.

Oh, wine gums (in a box) were sold out, but they were on offer. So I got her 2 normal packets instead. She glared at me.

Hope the young lady is recovering well
When she is able to go into full nag mode you know she is getting there lol

 

[Catfish Blues]

I wouldnt even know where to look for coconut milk, other than in a coconut obvs. They use it in curry dont they?

Yea, we've got a few tins in the pantry for when I'm making a curry, but I wouldn't be keen on making my porridge with it !

 

[roydo]

Hope the young lady is recovering well
When she is able to go into full nag mode you know she is getting there lol

Fine ta mate. The irony is that since she has been home, pre virus stuff, I have been an absolute obsessive re cleanliness anyrate! And we have both been pretty much in isolation, other than a quick sprint to the shop for me.

 

[RAFUH]

It's an amalgamation, but probably most come from the medium.com article on covid19 data. I will see if I can link you up to specific sources.

Here it is, American Hospital Association data/estimates. The hospitalization rate is 5%, so better, but still terrible.

Source:

And the US does not have the ICU beds or ventilators...unless we, as you say, flatten the peak. Then we "only" have to worry about hospital staffing fatigue and shortages.

 

[Brisan123]

Fine ta mate. The irony is that since she has been home, pre virus stuff, I have been an absolute obsessive re cleanliness anyrate! And we have both been pretty much in isolation, other than a quick sprint to the shop for me.

She will be telling all her friends and family what a godsend you are lol

 

[RAFUH]

It's not simply a matter of the NHS having only 168000 beds. It's more a case of the NHS having only 4000 ICU beds of which 80% are currently occupied.

1 week ago we had 40 confirmed cases in the, UK. This week it's over 400. Next week we are looking at between 4-5000, the week after 50000.

Our NHS will be swamped, there will not be enough ICU beds, not enough ventilators.

People who shouldn't die from this illness will, due to a complete lack of action and foresight from this government.

Numbers will be higher, but same here in US

 

[Methuselah]

Our local mini-supermarket has got everything we need, including bog rolls. No sign of panic buying.