Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Joey66]

I wish he'd use a couple more full stops. I was out of breath after the first 2 lines.lol

At least your lungs are healthy and have had a free corno test -Its just arrived in place thank goodness? a fridge with a temperature dial - hurrah...

 

[Barnfred 55]

....it’s a very good point, you won’t be alone in finding that.

Whilst me and the missus both miss our parents terribly, at times like these it is one less thing we have to worry about.

However seeing what other people are going through still makes is think about them. As I said, this thing effects people in so many different ways.

 

[aazak]

I believe it is the right strategy, but it is too early to tell.

Sadly deaths are probably the more reliable indicator in the early stages, as testing has so many variables. Infections, whether detected or not, should slow after 7-14 days, but the figures for deaths won't show any slowing for I don't know how long after. Of course, if/when hospitals are overwhelmed this figure will be skewed again.

Oh, and of course they will still increase.

Incredibly, we will see it as a huge "win" to see things (only) doubling every week.

 

[Groucho]

....daughter is a Consultant, if she’s not in work she’s on call. Just been chatting; because of her area of expertise she feels she’ll be on duty in Intensive Care from Monday.

I’m asking her to make sure she has a face mask, she says they’re not ideal unless they pass a ‘fit test’. She’s worried about us, we’re worried about her.

Yeah I have to get fitted on Wednesday. Provided I haven’t shown symptoms before then of course.

 

[Barnfred 55]

At least your lungs are healthy and have had a free corno test -Its just arrived in place thank goodness? a fridge with a temperature dial - hurrah...

You must have misread my post Joe. I was out of breath after 2 lines. Some people managed to read the whole thing without breathinglol

 

[liamefc91]

Anyone having to work to keep the country going should be given ‘danger money’ on top of their wages.. from supermarket worker to nurses.. as long as you earn under £40k p/y imo

 

[Barnfred 55]

Am I the only one who is wondering why he has 50 houses, and also, where are the existing residents going to go?

edit. Oh, actually read the article.

I was thinking the same, but haven' read the article as you need to subscribe. So I'm still in the dark.

 

[Barnfred 55]

people are complaining the shelves are bare , but the till girl told the wife midweek deliveries are not exactly full deliveries are short or non existent.....

But we're being told there's no issue in the supply chain

 

[Death]

We’ve got a bum off people. Get your tickets.

 

[roydo]

I was thinking the same, but haven' read the article as you need to subscribe. So I'm still in the dark.

He rents them out mainly to companys who have staff down in London for a period of time.

Cheaper and more homely than a hotel I guess.

 

[Sentinel]

We just got an immediate 10% pay rise today for a few weeks.
Backdated a few days as well.

Great, tell them to double it or you won't be in. Mate you're in an essential, high risk job right now.

This is when capitalism bites capitalists in the arse. Supply and demand.

During the plague, there was so few people left that, if you were left standing you could name your price.

Don't be a villain, don't be greedy. But insist you get paid what you deserve.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Double their pay. I mean that. Workers should be payed according to the risk involved. This isn't a time for the 1% to sit back and garner profits.

Which they will.

Walmart want to hire 150,000 extra employees. Awesome. Are you going to pay them minimum wage? Good luck.

The least they can do is rotate them regularly to lower the risk.

 

[Barnfred 55]

He rents them out mainly to companys who have staff down in London for a period of time.

Cheaper and more homely than a hotel I guess.

Bit like airbnb.

Good on him then.

I want to see a lot more of these professional sports people come to the fore. The country is on it's knees and they are still getting paid tens or, in some cases, hundreds of thousands of pounds a week for literally doing nothing.

 

[Charro]

Anyone else wake up each morning now very acutely conscious of whether they’re breathing the same as normal? It’s a daily routine now.

Mine is different everyday having asthma.

Some good days, some bad days. At the moment it’s still recovering from the last game of footy I had the other day.

I’ve never took having asthma that seriously until all this.

 

[Barnfred 55]

At least your lungs are healthy and have had a free corno test -Its just arrived in place thank goodness? a fridge with a temperature dial - hurrah...

make sure you set the temperatures right Joe. the freezer needs to be on about -3 and the fridge on about 17