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Chuckle.
you are beavis and I collect my £5
kelvin, at this stage I would go out on a limb and say it is a necessity to appropriate venues like that for temporary use in the forthcoming weeks if not months
Huh, bars in Sweden still open. Kind of expected them to be locked down already.
Is it correct they’re going for herd immunity before having a vaccine?
Some Dr colleagues venting about Matt Hancock's promises of PPE
Today one hospital ran out of hand sanitizer , they got the WHO fact sheet on how to homebrew (kind of meant for developing countries) and have got a local school to make them up batches
Just been to Asda, was well stocked only a few gaps but notably eggs and flour. Very very quiet though, and mercifully stopped the shit loud music in favour of sombre messages from the CEO. Lots of people with gloves on and a few masks, with the older folks generally sporting more PPE.
Till lady said that it was quiet most of the time, it seems people stocked up when they started WFH and have now calmed down.
We are 1 roll into the 9 pack of TP we bought beginning of last week.
Thank you for the TP usage update, always informative.
Are these stats right for France?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102881/infections-coronavirus-age-france/
but notably eggs and flour.
When's Bake Off back on the telly?
We're on roll #3 - clearly a higher throughput with both offspring at home.
Italian flavoured news on panic buying suggested it calmed down there, once people had stuffed their houses with two weeks extra food (and bog roll).
Yeah, do keep us updated on that Molls
Anyway... are we having a sweep on when the lockdown is going to be then? Seeing as we can't bet on anything else at the moment
I'm going for Wednesday
We are also having a similar sweep on the newly instituted office WhatsApp group but day and hour are required for the announcement.
I too have gone for Wednesday at 15:00
binners
Yeah, well I’m sure they’ll still be expecting a bed, a respirator and a team of overstretched medical staff to look after them if they fall ill
Yeag cos it's Engeeerlaand the Covid-19 won't dare act the same here as anywhere else... lets ignore that Italy isn't even trying to save over 60's for quite a while.
Last week most of the respirators were 50-60, this week its more under 50's...
I’ve read this thread but refrained from commenting until now. I’m working from home and sat next to the dining room window. We live on the road that leads to Macc Forest. The number of people I’ve seen out and heading that way in droves is frankly unbelievable. The message just simply isn’t getting through to a lot of people.
Just been out to get a few essentials and Cardiff is behaving! Shops are quiet with no evidence of panic-buying and those that are out are doing their utmost to stay away from everyone else. I know it's probably mostly due to it being a Monday and everyone's either at work or at home with the kids but the roads are quiet and a complete contrast to yesterday. Be interesting to see if it continues.
Unconfirmed, so apologies if this turns out to be baseless rumour
It would be a derogation of duty if they were not.
We’re on roll #3 – clearly a higher throughput with both offspring at home.
I've given detailed lessons on how to use less. When my kids were little they used great handfuls of it, now they appear to be learning to be a bit more economical.
The intensive care numbers look odd to me, Piemonster. Not enough under 60s compared with what doctors on TV news are telling us. I'm not going to claim they are wrong as I haven't seen any national stats, just people talking on TV, and one of the BFM reports now seems to be absent.
Edit: I'm failing to find anything on the breakdown of the ages "en réanimation" (intensive care). Le Monde published a total of 1297 for 20/03/2020 but I can no longer find references to the "1500 of which 50%" under age 60" being bandied about on Saturday - the 1500 would have been about right but I'm beginning to think the 50% under 60 was wrong.
I too have gone for Wednesday at 15:00
too late to change to 17:24 ?
Would be 17:05 but Boris takes his time getting to the point. Arguably may actually be announced at 17:18 but English language experts will be studying the transcripts for years before an anoouncement can be made
Oh dear lord! It truly is the end of days
They're shutting all the Greggs!!
Am I too late to panic buy steak bakes?
too late to change to 17:24 ?
Would be 17:05 but Boris takes his time getting to the point. Arguably may actually be announced at 17:18 but English language experts will be studying the transcripts for years before an anoouncement can be made
It'll be 30 minutes after Nicola Sturgeon announces it.
scotroutes
It’ll be 30 minutes after Nicola Sturgeon announces it.
Aye, it's almost like they are working from the same plan eh....
#prayforbinners
They’re shutting all the Greggs!!
#prayforbinbins
No really, I actually mean it.
(Damn you, Funky)
Iceland do frozen Greggs right?
Here's a thing.
British MPs are due to go on their Easter break at the end of next week
This must be jolly inconvenient for some of them.
Cassa del kimbers is chaos today
wife is stressing about kids missing school & falling behind,
I have achieved barely any wfh, answered a few emails, helping docs steal stuff from work to keep the NHS running (which at least feels like im contributing)
homeschooling 7yr old, 9yr old & 2x 3yr olds all at once is feeakin crazy, spent all morning downloading stuff school had sent & printing it out (will need to order some more ink & A4!)
took kids out (in batches of 2) for early morning cycle then started schoolwork & keeping 3yr olds from distracting them
wife gets phonecall from her mum (73)- her ex- husband (78) (my father in law) was diagnosed with cancer 3 weeks ago, had radiotherapy for neck tumour, starting chemo for lung ones in a few weeks, he's living with brother in law- (2 young kids & wife- she is freaking out, refusing to leave with house at all, for fear of infecting my fil)
FIL going stir crazy between illnes & isolation, hes very independent normally, lives on a boat has a 'secret' girlfriend several years his junior.
anyway my mum-in-law now going to move in with them but has issues with her ex-husband (they stimultaneously love & hate each other) shes in tears pressuring my wife to come & visit (were in milton keynes, theyre liverpool) to help out with fil & depressed sister in law.
My wifes in tears, knows she shouldnt go up & visit, but worried she will never see her dad again, feeling guilty for not helping with his care & pressured by her mum (who is barely holding it together) , shes now considering going!
any tips?
Use tech to enable the social contact she and her family clearly so desperately need. Keep far away physically.
New deaths in Italy lower again today. Cross everything for them.
cheers kelvin, have suggested this too
Im sure theres families up & down the country in this & worse positions
Is the 153 new cases number for the UK a blip, an error, under reporting or just plain good news? Hope it's the latter.
That's brilliant news in many respects, showing another day that looks like the peak rates - of the current outbreak - may now be in the past.
Spanish numbers for today still looking rather hot, 24% increase in deaths today, although the new cases figure seems to be slowing a little, 15% extra. I guess it is a few days until they turn the corner.
looks low.
the UK deaths figure is tracking the new cases from around two weeks back quite closely
I realise that deaths lag which is why I'm so interested in new cases as they show how effective the measures taken in the various countries are or not. A week into the fairly rigorous confinement measures in France I'm hoping for some improvement in new cases numbers today when they come out for the news at 20h
Is the 153 new cases number for the UK a blip
Where did that figure come from?
Edit: I make it 967 new confirmed cases, going by figures on gov.uk
Sorry Kelvin, in the absence of a quoted source most people seem to be refering to:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
but notably eggs and flour.
Not an issue during Lent though?
Greggs though? It is surely the end of days.
+4789 for Italy today compared to +5560 new cases yesterday, hopefully their actions are starting to impact.
According to worldo meters. Info
From that page you linked to Ed:
March 23 (GMT)
alert 967 new cases and 54 new deaths in the United Kingdom
PM’s address is at 20:30 tonight.
Catch you then.
I'm going for Lockdown midnight tonight.
Bristol CC have followed Leeds CC and closed all parks and park facilities.
Midnight tonogjt is not enough time for people to pamic buy
Doesnt give any Manufacture based ed business time to shut down plant
Again not alot of warnings for health care to put new measures d in place to protect vulnerable, who should not be roaming the streets but are the worst offenders, like golfists. My money is on Wednesday 1800 so another 2 full day of freedom then no more fun