Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[marnie]

Those scenes from the hospital in Italy is horrendous

I had to swerve watching mate.

 

[Lelouch]

Supermarkets need to introduce some kind of policy it's getting absolutely ridiculous that these absolute thickos are panic buying for no reason when the retailers have said there is no shortage at all, I go to my Asda after the vulnerable hour is finished and nearly everything is cleaned out.

 

[marnie]

Mate ive just had to have a long discussion explaining why I dont think we should go out for a meal tomorrow for the missus birthday.

Fell on deaf ears, morons mate, I aint going.

But im very selfish, im a smoker, on blood pressure meds and hardly in my prime, I doubt it ends well if I get it, also had a pretty nasty chest infection for the last 3 months which defo wont help.

IS RIGHT MATE.Why risk all the future Birthdays together and your upcoming Wedding for one night at this time.

 

[COYBL25]

How is London coping without the dinner party scene?

That's what we all want to know.

They’re too busy having to look after their own children, fighting in Waitrose over the shopping, cooking and cleaning, since all the “ help “ has been laid off or died.

 

[Nymzee]

Oh I'm not advocating it as a way to do it mate. I need to make that clear. I think it's far too risky. There'd be about 400,000 deaths.

I'm just stating the fact that, so far, the only way to know that you're 'safe' from this illness is if you get it and recover.

So my point really was, where does that leave us?

In my mind, the only way a 'herd immunity' plan would have worked would have been if we'd have had a load of beds available and ventilators and stuff. Cancelled all large gatherings for a set time (continuously reviewed etc). So there could then be a more calculated approach to it. You could mitigate for a certain amount of people getting it, and then know you had the systems in place to handle those who needed the care.

The worrying thing was it was the plan this time last week, but they hadn't done enough of the prep work which would have needed to go into it. That's why they've had to change their approach so much.

Herd immunity only works with a vaccine, nothing else.

 

[COYBL25]

Supermarkets need to introduce some kind of policy it's getting absolutely ridiculous that these absolute thickos are panic buying for no reason when the retailers have said there is no shortage at all, I go to my Asda after the vulnerable hour is finished and nearly everything is cleaned out.

It’ll quieten down from Monday ( hopefully) with all the schools shut.

 

[Harryflashman]

It’ll quieten down from Monday ( hopefully) with all the schools shut.

Or there will be millions of snotty kids running down the aisles and pawing at the fresh veg

 

[marnie]

They’re too busy having to look after their own children, fighting in Waitrose over the shopping, cooking and cleaning, since all the “ help “ has been laid off or died.

Yeah.All the Dads are in bits as they tearfully wave Goodbye to their Swedish Au pair.lol

 

[Twinkletoes123]

Be careful out there

 

[tsubaki]

There’s a big issue with the guidelines on essential workers.

I mentioned earlier in the thread that at the moment I am classed as an essential worker as I work in food production.

But we only make snacks (biscuits/cakes that sort of thing) which in my opinion makes it a little bit ludicrous to class us as ‘essential’

There’s probably similar issues across the board.

You, and everyone else in food production (even if its just sweets) are essential.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Yes mate there will be loads and loads and loads of deaths.

But without certain measures those deaths will be 10 fold.

We cant beat this, its unbeatable, its about slowing it down, its about giving the NHS as much time needed to prepare for when we reach peak Italy, which is about 2 weeks away.

Do you know that Italy has not peaked?

 

[tsubaki]

Herd immunity only works with a vaccine, nothing else.

it doesn't, but you are right that for a government to go for it as a policy choice has never worked (as its never been tried, because its stupid)

 

[Joey66]

I’ve just been for my morning run and there’s as many people out walking and with their dogs as you normally see at the weekend.

Everyone keeping a respectful,
but polite distance from each other.

Loads of fellas on the golf course playing golf and doing the same.

It seems to me that the message is getting through to at least some of the people.

The supermarkets are a different matter altogether though.

Urm self isolating tomorrow, as a risk case with my illness problems, but as for you puffing and panting on your run, and those golfers - I thought this record may remind you of what might be in the air -

 

[Nymzee]

it doesn't, but you are right that for a government to go for it as a policy choice has never worked (as its never been tried, because its stupid)

The science behind it works with a vaccine.

Trying to do it with COVID-19 would just be manslaughter by the government.

 

[Harryflashman]

uerm self isolating tomorrow as a risk case with my illness problems but as for you puffing and panting on your run and those golfers - I thopught this record may remind you of what might be in the air -

Look after yourself joey