omg they've sold out on JL everyone else is panic buying switches

They’ve announced... nothing

 

Absolutely ridiculous.

 

Recommending what people and businesses do is pointless — they should be enforced right now. The government just aren't doing enough, and people are either going to go to work contagious or lose their jobs.

 

Businesses without support will just stay open and customers will continue to use them — what is the alternative?

Edited March 16, 20205 yr by blacksquare

So without definite ordered closure and no specific safety net, businesses and jobs aren't insulated from the fallout of closing for weeks... does the government want a collapsed economy?

Finally Portugal is closing borders.

 

Heard a really nasty rumor from an italian medical worker saying that in the hospital he works, they are starting to let people over the age of 75 die :o

I can’t believe they’ve said practically nothing. It’s sickening. Maybe it’s just because I’ve had the day from Hell but I can’t believe there are still no enforcements. Loads of kids were missing today because parents just wouldn’t send them in. I’ve started compiling work for classes on google classroom but the atmosphere at school is nuts. I could be off with stress before long.

I don't know from a medical perspective but the UK measures I swear are so dumb from an economic standpoint.

 

Like, if you only 'recommend' that people avoid pubs and shops then thousands and thousands of businesses - small and large - are gonna go bust and lots of people are gonna lose jobs as insurance will only payout if you're forced to close. Very low footfall ain't gonna mean anything for insurers.

 

Please just legally oblige places to close, if only so that we only need to bailout the insurance industry rather than dozens and dozens of sectors.

Edited March 16, 20205 yr by Harve

So the WHO press conference there stated that there should be continued tests on people and social distancing on all possible levels be put in place and yet Boris Johnson is putting the opposite plans in place so far although we are waiting for the dear leader to make his daily statement.

 

Yes there needs to be more testing but getting more ventilators are the #1 priority at the minute. My biggest fear is that we don't have enough of those and difficult and awful decisions will have to be made by doctors as Euphorique hints at above.

Edited March 16, 20205 yr by The S***e

 

omg they've sold out on JL everyone else is panic buying switches

 

!!!!

Idris Elba has posted on Twitter to say he’s been tested positive for it but has no symptoms yet!

Useful table there. In the US it will could be even higher though than these figures suggest compared to Italy at the same time in their outbreak because of a lack of testing kits.

 

Where is the UK in comparison to Italy and the US at their equivalent stage I wonder?

I don't know from a medical perspective but the UK measures I swear are so dumb from an economic standpoint.

 

Like, if you only 'recommend' that people avoid pubs and shops then thousands and thousands of businesses - small and large - are gonna go bust and lots of people are gonna lose jobs as insurance will only payout if you're forced to close. Very low footfall ain't gonna mean anything for insurers.

 

Please just legally oblige places to close, if only so that we only need to bailout the insurance industry rather than dozens and dozens of sectors.

 

Exactly.

 

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The hell does that latest bulletin even mean? What constitutes "essential" social contact??

Some bands etc. are starting to attract criticism for continuing with live dates. However, others have pointed out that, in the absence of any instructions from the government, the act could be liable for all losses sustained by a cancellation. It is, therefore, not surprising that there is a reluctance to cancel.

 

Similarly, businesses such as restaurants etc. aren't going to close voluntarily if they have no expectation of being compensated for loss of business. If restaurants are forced to close without any financial help, I suspect at least one chain will go out of business along with many small local restaurants :(

Like, if you only 'recommend' that people avoid pubs and shops then thousands and thousands of businesses - small and large - are gonna go bust and lots of people are gonna lose jobs as insurance will only payout if you're forced to close

 

A small but significant number of young people with no health conditions who aren't worried about the virus will flout the ban without closure too.

 

Maybe not just young people too, was quoted on BBC coronavirus live coverage feed yesterday that one elderly lady in Switzerland was interviewed and said she was taking a lot of precautions like handwashing but didn't want to avoid social contact (even though the government advised it). Don't know whether to admire her courage or be dismayed.

Edited March 16, 20205 yr by The S***e

Does a hair cut count as essential contact because I’ll have a mop on my head in 12 weeks time otherwise

Does a hair cut count as essential contact because I’ll have a mop on my head in 12 weeks time otherwise

 

I was thinking the same, but in the end I decided my hair can handle being a mess for 2 months, but I cant risk getting sick or passing it on to my parents.

Does a hair cut count as essential contact because I’ll have a mop on my head in 12 weeks time otherwise

 

Can you not get your hair cut at home if needs be? If not you will have joined the Buzzjack #longhairdon'tcare clan so its not all bad.

that's the Tory government your country voted for. the government that puts insurance companies' interests over the rest of the citizens.

 

there's no way IN HELL they didn't consider obliging businesses to close but it's not happening so yeah.

Does a hair cut count as essential contact because I’ll have a mop on my head in 12 weeks time otherwise

They’re one of the few business still allowed to open in Germany, so I’m guessing yes