Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Walken]

Sadly it'll be another thing thats reported but you'll never hear of again.

Stuff like that should be mass produced and used - sod trials its hardly going to make someone's situation/health worse.

You can't just sod off trials on something with a below 10 percent mortality rate

 

[Walken]

Sadly it'll be another thing thats reported but you'll never hear of again.

Stuff like that should be mass produced and used - sod trials its hardly going to make someone's situation/health worse.

You can't just sod off trials on something with a below 10 percent mortality rate

 

[summerisle]

I'm ok thanks mate, chest feeling good and I subscribed to Disney+ and 10hrs a day of cartoons is happily staving off my mind breaking for now!

Hope you and your family and everyone on here is safe and well.

Just so surreal all this really.

There's 13 hours of Call the Midwife on the Drama Channel on Sunday to cheer you up.

 

[summerisle]

 

[summerisle]

It's huge.

 

[Sentinel]

It's beyond negligence, nickel and diming at a time like this. I'm not making any political point but what would really reassure our countries right now, is knowing that our healthcare professionals have the protection and equipment to deal with this tragedy.

Unfortunately it's becoming evident they don't. Questions will be asked in the future for sure. But today it doesn't mean a thing.

 

[Sentinel]

If you don't have the time. Skip to 28 mins.

 

[Sentinel]

So many parallels to our collective past.

 

[Bluerover]

Thinking of and sending best wishes to your Mam and whole family a Chara.

Go mbeannai Dia dhuit agus do chlann go léir a chara!

Go dtéimíd go léir slán as an am uafásach seo.

 

[Bluerover]

A slight diversion albeit relevant to the effects of this....

How many GOT dog owners notice that they are pucking up all the negativity and are more pettish, and more inclined to mope around looking up at us under sad looking eyes??

I have been chatting with other GSD owners in FB groups and it seems very real.

While looking after our human family let's try and keep the faithful mutts' spirits up as best we can.

Cats will just continue with their normal service!!

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

A slight diversion albeit relevant to the effects of this....

How many GOT dog owners notice that they are pucking up all the negativity and are more pettish, and more inclined to mope around looking up at us under sad looking eyes??

I have been chatting with other GSD owners in FB groups and it seems very real.

While looking after our human family let's try and keep the faithful mutts' spirits up as best we can.

Cats will just continue with their normal service!!

Pack animals so they should be happier and comfortable with having company all day...

 

[Kenshin]

I mean, if they work for the NHS in any capacity they are contributing aren't they? Whether that admin is sorting out patient numbers and allocating beds etc or it's a nurse on the wards.

Plus all the people who have volunteered.

The only 'weird' thing about the clap the NHS thing is that it'd have been much better if we'd just funded them properly for the last 10 years.

if you leave your house and go to work in a medical system, whether youre filling in spreadsheets, emptying rubbish, changing lightbulbs or running an A&E department, you're a hero.

Ok.

So the staff who's job is to arrange training exercises every single day for other staff for generic things, that won't be going ahead for the foreseeable are hero's? The coders who literally put numbers into the computer all day for a financial reason are heroes? Call centre workers who literally just transfer calls to other departments are heroes? What about the clerk's whos job is to sit on reception on clinics that aren't going ahead right now due to them moving to telephone appointments, are they hero's? Sat in an office with nothing much to do?

The term hero seems to be getting watered down it seems.

Btw I now work in the NHS in an admin role, moved over a couple years back for the job security. Am I a hero then? I and my department /staff have zero contribution to the actual treatment of patients, certainly have no connection to what is going on now. Should I class myself a hero simply for being an NHS staff member?

Because I don't. I don't personally devalue the term when there are people right now saving lives every single hour with everything going on.

 

[Sentinel]

Ok.

So the staff who's job is to arrange training exercises every single day for other staff for generic things, that won't be going ahead for the foreseeable are hero's? The coders who literally put numbers into the computer all day for a financial reason are heroes? Call centre workers who literally just transfer calls to other departments are heroes? What about the clerk's whos job is to sit on reception on clinics that aren't going ahead right now due to them moving to telephone appointments, are they hero's? Sat in an office with nothing much to do?

The term hero seems to be getting watered down it seems.

Btw I now work in the NHS in an admin role, moved over a couple years back for the job security. Am I a hero then? I and my department /staff have zero contribution to the actual treatment of patients, certainly have no connection to what is going on now. Should I class myself a hero simply for being an NHS staff member?

Because I don't. I don't personally devalue the term when there are people right now saving lives every single hour with everything going on.

Look the point you're making makes rational and logical sense. But people need heroes right now. Visually, one's they can root for. Are you going to deny them of that? Even folks staying home right now are heroes. Give people that. Everyone is just trying to get through this.

 

[Gary Sutton]

Long watch but worth it as he has some very interesting insights into what’s happened so far...

 

[Tipp blue]

I'm ok thanks mate, chest feeling good and I subscribed to Disney+ and 10hrs a day of cartoons is happily staving off my mind breaking for now!

Hope you and your family and everyone on here is safe and well.

Just so surreal all this really.

I got Disney+ too, if you like starwars check out the Mandalorian it's really good.