Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[summerisle]

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Government reveals the businesses that can stay open during England's lockdown

Among other detailed guidance, a document published by the government today lays out which businesses can remain open during the four-week mockdown.

These businesses include:

• Supermarkets, convenience stores and corner shops
• Off licenses
• Pharmacies
• Car repair and MOT services
• Bike shops
• Banks
• Post offices
• Funeral directors
• Dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services
• Public toilets
• Garden centres
• Vets and pet shops
• Laundrettes and dry cleaners
• Hardware stores

oh yeah and schools... lol

 

[Jebus_lives]

That's one of the graphs that were released in recent weeks.

If cases were to double I think that was

Exponential growth?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Government reveals the businesses that can stay open during England's lockdown

Among other detailed guidance, a document published by the government today lays out which businesses can remain open during the four-week mockdown.

These businesses include:

• Supermarkets, convenience stores and corner shops
• Off licenses
• Pharmacies
• Car repair and MOT services
• Bike shops
• Banks
• Post offices
• Funeral directors
• Dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services
• Public toilets
• Garden centres
• Vets and pet shops
• Laundrettes and dry cleaners
• Hardware stores

oh yeah and schools... lol

Bike shops and pharmacies you say?

 

[Catfish Blues]

Don't think they have ever been considered forecasts. They were modelling different scenarios.

To be fair, that was a car crash of a presentation from Vallance and Whitty on Saturday. If you wanted a demonstration of how to provide information to the general public in a way guaranteed to confuse the majority of them, and provoke mistrust from anyone who was already dubious about what was being said, then that presentation is a great example.

Having seen a fair bit of the committee questioning today, they're not coming out of it smelling of roses ( particularly Vallance ).

 

[Nymzee]

Bike shops and pharmacies you say?

That's the whole of Liverpool's <30 population staying employed.

 

[Toast]

Be nice to drive on empty roads again though.

 

[Amw79]

@JEBUS_LIVES

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That is the other version of the graph that may or may not be accurate to now , I have no idea of current cases a day tbh.

But it doesn't have the dramatic vertical line or direct comparison to other countries who we have been compared to this whole time to show how ridiculous it was.

I did have a decent source for said graph but you would have to probably go back a good number of pages to find it !

well that graph was the prediction of what could happen if we did nothing and cases continued doubling at the rate of every 7 days, as it was in September at the time.

This is the graph of what actually happened after we brought in increased restrictions locally. So instead of increasing to 50,000 cases per day doing nothing, they only increased to c20,000 per day.

 

[Jebus_lives]

To be fair, that was a car crash of a presentation from Vallance and Whitty on Saturday. If you wanted a demonstration of how to provide information to the general public in a way guaranteed to confuse the majority of them, and provoke mistrust from anyone who was already dubious about what was being said, then that presentation is a great example.

Having seen a fair bit of the committee questioning today, they're not coming out of it smelling of roses ( particularly Vallance ).

Not seen either of them. Trying to apply some level of objectivity to the noise.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Bike shops and pharmacies you say?

Taking the piss that like - bike shops but lets shut Old John the Barber down

 

[kenada_blue]

Sorry to hear that mate, an absolute nightmare situation to be in for sure.

Thanks mate.

It's early days. Have to go through the scenarios.

Thing with the care home is that they won't even allow any of the residents outside to meet a family member. Had to argue the toss on her birthday just to get to see her through a window.

The position I'm in is...so we know she's got it, we know the risk and take full liability, so let her outside, her mum will have full PPE (she's also a nurse), so they can actually see each other at least one more time if it gets bad.

Can't see any issue apart from self imposed rules they can let go. Especially when they caused the outbreak as one of the carers had it.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Taking the piss that like - bike shops but lets shut Old John the Barber down

Cyclists can just use the razor from their legs on their heads.

 

[davek]

Government reveals the businesses that can stay open during England's lockdown

Among other detailed guidance, a document published by the government today lays out which businesses can remain open during the four-week mockdown.

These businesses include:

• Supermarkets, convenience stores and corner shops
• Off licenses
• Pharmacies
• Car repair and MOT services
• Bike shops
• Banks
• Post offices
• Funeral directors
• Dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services
• Public toilets
• Garden centres
• Vets and pet shops
• Laundrettes and dry cleaners
• Hardware stores

oh yeah and schools... lol

It's like living in a ghetto. How will we manage?

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Taking the piss that like - bike shops but lets shut Old John the Barber down

who cares about barber shops, are you on a wind up?

 

[Deckard2049]

Government reveals the businesses that can stay open during England's lockdown

Among other detailed guidance, a document published by the government today lays out which businesses can remain open during the four-week mockdown.

These businesses include:

• Supermarkets, convenience stores and corner shops
• Off licenses
• Pharmacies
• Car repair and MOT services
• Bike shops
• Banks
• Post offices
• Funeral directors
• Dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services
• Public toilets
• Garden centres
• Vets and pet shops
• Laundrettes and dry cleaners
• Hardware stores

oh yeah and schools... lol

Good job those public toilets are staying open. I did fear for the cottaging industry.