In these odd times, I think it’s worthwhile to have focus on the statistics for recovery from the virus as well. Even more positively it is highly likely there will be much more from those untested cases:

 

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Love to see how supportive MP's are in this time of need!

 

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I have a few friends who live in this constituency and I know one of them voted for her and that makes me feel sick.

rumor has it Covid is now a resident in my home street. coming to our house before long then. :drama:

Heard Carphone Warehouse is to close all its stores nationwide, focusing on online sales only. :(

Dominic Raab has advised brits not to leave the country. Some thinly veiled threats to not repatriate people because it’s “expensive”

 

Germany announced earlier this morning that it was going to spend 50m€ bringing it’s nationals home

 

Heard Carphone Warehouse is to close all its stores nationwide, focusing on online sales only. :(

Not corona related but a convenient time to sneak that one out.

All cinemas now closed as well which is understandable. Hope their employees are being looked after however.

Benefits assessments face to face now cancelled. However no word from the DWP whether this means they'll be auto-granted or auto-rejected. Going by the government's track record I'm not optimistic...

Interesting to see which countries will do best and which will do worst in this pandemic. Will sub-Saharan Africa continue to escape the worst of it? Will the Baltic states and also Mongolia escape the worst of it because of their complete foreign travel bans at a relatively early stage in case numbers/fatalities?

 

It'll likely come back during the 2020-2021 winter season, similar to seasonal flu.

 

I think we are sure from examples like Spain and Australia that sadly it is not seasonal or affected by weather like flu but yes the UK is set to calm down in terms of new cases by June/July if we follow the same case number graph as China and South Korea. There is a real danger that once restrictions are relaxed it has passed its peak in countries (like in China at the minute) the virus could come back again.

Edited March 17, 20205 yr by The S***e

Food banks are now shut :( The vulnerable and poor are really going to suffer.

rumor has it Covid is now a resident in my home street. coming to our house before long then. :drama:

If you just keep your distance from people and dont go around town for no reason, there's limited chance of being infected.

It's not like the virus is gonna knock on your door and walk in lmak

Stanley Johnson has said he would still go the pub – despite his own son’s warning not to do so as part of new social distancing guidance.

 

 

The prime minister told the country to “avoid pubs, clubs, theatres and other such social venues”.

 

 

Yet Stanley Johnson, 79, told ITV’s This Morning: “Of course I’ll go to a pub if I need to go to a pub.”

 

 

Shocked host Phillip Schofield said: “What do you think your son’s going to say to that – he’s just told you not to.”

 

 

Johnson Snr. Replied: “No he said we should avoid going to pubs, but if I had to go to a pub I’d go to a pub.” He also said landlords “need a little bit of people … they don’t want people to be not in the pub at all”.

 

 

 

f***ing hell :')

You don't HAVE to go to the pub!

Telling people they can't do something (or rather "not recommend" it) will incite some to do the exact opposite even if they weren't planning on in the first place. Another human trait, the inherent middle finger.

"If I need to!!"

 

 

oh my lord

 

The sad thing is I think there's gonna be a fair amount of people the same. I'm working a close shift tonight so I'm interested to see if Boris announcing this yday affects how much custom we get today! I heard people yesterday when it broke saying "if it was that bad they'd close it" so advising against something just isn't enough to stop everyone.

Oh, wow.

 

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The problem is you're never gonna go back to normal anytime soon, not until a vaccine is out. Take Macau as an example, they got it under control, people started to go out again, and the limitations and border restrictions were lifted, and the number of cases started to rise again - so now they're closing borders again. Not all countries are at the same stage of the disease, so lifting restrictions once you start to see a decline doesnt seem efficient.

Frankly at this point I say let people be stupid. The kind of people who voted for Brexit are the same kind about to risk themselves to go to the pub etc. and also in the at risk categories. Nature is sending a sign. The only way such people will learn if at all is by example.

 

E: by which I meant bullheaded people, not the exact same group of people who voted for Brexit (& are thus expendable). I don't believe that that's the case.

Edited March 17, 20205 yr by J00ps

Frankly at this point I say let people be stupid. The kind of people who voted for Brexit are the same kind about to risk themselves to go to the pub etc. and also in the at risk categories. Nature is sending a sign. The only way such people will learn if at all is by example.

 

Similar with the people who still went to northern Italy at the start of the outbreak even when it was advised not to and brought the virus back to the UK (although in this case the travel companies and government were also at fault for not compensating people who would lose their money if they would have cancelled). Advising doesn't work only banning does. I know the UK is not a dictatorship but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Edited March 17, 20205 yr by The S***e

Frankly at this point I say let people be stupid. The kind of people who voted for Brexit are the same kind about to risk themselves to go to the pub etc. and also in the at risk categories. Nature is sending a sign. The only way such people will learn if at all is by example.

 

I really hope you don't legitimately think this. If anyone is allowed to 'be stupid' it hurts everyone because it spreads the disease further, this post reads like 'I'm ok with the virus spreading if it means that people I disagree with politically suffer'. :unsure:

I’m now in isolation and I have no idea how I’m gonna cope being indoors for so long. My work are delivering work to my house, so that’s something to do at least :’)