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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639936
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Cancelled all this week's pupils, and an exam accompaniment (which I suspect the Ass Board will cancel anyway).
Uni has stopped all face-to-face tuition, probably impinging on practical examinations next month.

We now only meet our friends in the park frown

Even had to turn my grandkids away yesterday when their dad suggested popping over to show me his new car...they had colds and I'm also at risk.

My daughter came across from Holland this morning and at least I saw her for 10 minutes (at arms' length) before seeing her onto a train....


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639937
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I hear Chuck Norris tested positive for Coronavirus.

The virus is now in quarantine for a fortnight...


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: barnacle] #1639938
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Originally Posted by barnacle
I hear Chuck Norris tested positive for Coronavirus.

The virus is now in quarantine for a fortnight...


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639939
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I was chatting to my old school-friend in Estepona today. He is in total lockdown from today, Another friend has had to leave Spain today to get over the border to Portugal to fly home tomorrow or be stuck out there indefinitely

Everyone can only go out to buy food, for medical reasons or to go to work and they have the cops out enforcing it.

All the local police, who are the ones most folk see have been drafted into the National police to enforce it.

As an aside, I went into my local Morrisons at 10 am today to get our breakfast fresh croissants. The car park was full, though I do have a blue sticker so could park easily.

There were no trolleys at all, nor baskets and the place was absolutely heaving. No toilet rolls, bottled water, baby food, nappies or paracetamol. I have never seen the place so full, not even at Christmas.

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Re: Coronavirus [Re: PeteP] #1639942
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I went to get some toilet rolls today but they were completely gone. Strangely enough, so was the paracetamol. I don't get it. How exactly do you wipe your ass with paracetamol? confused

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639948
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Went to our local Sainsbury and Tesco's yesterday to do our shop, got most of the things we needed, paid a premium for eggs, but what did make me laugh was that the whole frozen section of Yorkshire puddings were all gone! rofl


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639950
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Well, we've installed our blackout curtains and I'm digging a shelter in the garden.

My cupboards are full of tinned Spam and condensed milk.

Joking aside, I'm not sure why on earth people are buying bottled water.

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639951
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Weirdly, in Stroud, Sainsburys shelves of cat biscuits had been stripped bare.
Given that nobody will admit to it, who are the people panic buying?!

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639953
16/03/2020 11:05
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Macron will address the nation again at 8pm tonight. I imagine that France will follow Spain into total lockdown.
From what I saw in news there were many folks in the cities congregating in areas for picnics etc. Not excactly a social conscience, but I'm not surprised.
It seems to me that they wanted to get the local elections out of the way yesterday,but it goes into a second weekend of voting normally,so I'm not sure if that will go ahead.



Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639957
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From what I have witnessed most people are stocking up on non perishable foodstuffs say buying an extra packet or tin or two and why shouldn't they; given the uncertainty who wouldn't; the cumulative affect is the supply chain cannot cope hence the empty shelves. There are obviously twats that are blindly bulk buying or trying to profit from the shortages

Re: Coronavirus [Re: magooagain] #1639958
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Originally Posted by magooagain
Macron will address the nation again at 8pm tonight. I imagine that France will follow Spain into total lockdown.
From what I saw in news there were many folks in the cities congregating in areas for picnics etc. Not excactly a social conscience, but I'm not surprised.
It seems to me that they wanted to get the local elections out of the way yesterday,but it goes into a second weekend of voting normally,so I'm not sure if that will go ahead.


Sounds like we chose the right date to leave with our ferry on Saturday evening - had a meal on the way to the boat not realising it would be the last time the restaurants were open, I don't think they were aware at the time.


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639990
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Well, I popped to Lidl again today and there was no toilet roll, flour, long life milk, bleach, any sort of wipes, like baby wipes, anti bacterial wipes, etc rolleyes

A patient has died from the virus at the hospital I work at. My Mum is 68, with health problems and am dreading possibly passing anything on to her.

Good luck out there everyone!

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639992
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Turns out 'corona virus' is an anagram for 'carnivorous'...

Of which - apparently this is what wiped out the dinosaurs: they couldn't wash their teeny tiny hands.


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1639994
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Re: Coronavirus [Re: PeteP] #1639998
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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Gripped] #1640007
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Originally Posted by Theresa
Well, I popped to Lidl again today and there was no toilet roll, flour, long life milk, bleach, any sort of wipes, like baby wipes, anti bacterial wipes, etc rolleyes


If the supermarkets are out of stock due to panic buying, try corner shops/food stores/grocers/convenience stores etc?

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640008
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I'm ok for stuff at the moment JKD, just observing how bare the shelves are and how unfair it is for people who just want to buy their usual stuff.

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640016
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The same thing is happening here, "Downunder", with people panic buying.

Today was the first day that a major supermarket chain opened its doors early allowing only the older members of our community to shop, so as not to fight crowds. A big problem though, the shelves were fairly empty so not much for the "oldies" to purchase.

On a positive note, the Australian stock market had a very large rally today, its best in 23 years, with supermarket shares gaining heaps.

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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640027
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Second time I typed this as phone is being annoying.
First time today the local shops started to show lack of stock, the good news is the butcher and bakery are well stocked.
I had hoped that being very rural we would lag behind the sillyness but I do understand supply chains are not used to this volume.

I think what will be crazy is the food waste we are going forward. I buy little and often as I can never make my mind up what I want to eat. It's effecting me as i don't do a weekly shop... All I can do is support local shops which is what I'll continue to do while sensible rather than the big nationals. I pay more but I'm ok with that for the most part.

I feel like I'm being punished for not panic buying, it's very strange. The only worry I really do have is securing food for my cats.

Let's hope it gets better than worse

Re: Coronavirus [Re: samsite999] #1640028
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Originally Posted by samsite999
The only worry I really do have is securing food for my cats.

That's the only thing that I have bought more than usual, and even then we only have about 10 days worth.
Let's hope the little buggers don't go off the stuff we have.


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640029
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The supermarkets and upward supply chain seem slow in taking up the employment slack from transport and hospitality and get more people moving stock and stacking shelves Xmas-style. There’s an excess of labour in some sectors and a shortage in another - QED.

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640030
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At the moment we seem to be relatively OK here in my neck of the woods. Some small pockets of extra buying, but nothing extreme. Wife who is a lecturer has chosen to work from home, our son who is forty & special needs is at home with us as well, we decided not to put him to a daily centre. I'm still recovering from a hip operation & not looking to back to work any time soon. Mind you, trying to phone our surgery has drastically changed.


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640033
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Our surgery has messaged me this morning that they are implementing phone consultations only, after which, the doctor will invite those they think need to be seen to the surgery,

They have also asked patients not to hand in requests for repeat prescriptions but to do it electronically. That can be a problem for some though.


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640035
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Anybody know why someone like Google isn’t using something like Maps to have people mark if they’re a suspected CV19 case..?

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640036
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The UK government announced it would update figures- but NOT reveal where the cases were-to stop potential panic/targeting.

So you can see numbers in areas like "Sussex" for instance. But not specifics. Bare in mind Gov suggests the real number of infections is over 50K in UK.... I donlt trust any Govt particuallry- but that sounds about right, And we are expecting rates like Italy in next two weeks- I suspect when the death tally rises it will sharpen peoples minds and the panic in the generally apathetic will start.

We just have to hold on to the positives - this is likely to be a good 3 month plus issue. But China are reporting numbers dropping. And USA and Japan are trialling human tests for new vaccines. We WILL come through this.

Another positive - with such little traffic on the roads-there are some cracking roads to try out!

Chin up all KBO!!

Regards

MM

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640038
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I hope we will not get as bad as Spain, France and Italy as we are generally not so touchy feely.

Our cold British reserve will save us! Stiff upper lip. Pip pip. laugh

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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Master_Mariner] #1640042
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Originally Posted by Master_Mariner
The UK government announced it would update figures- but NOT reveal where the cases were-to stop potential panic/targeting.

MM


Yup - I don’t need to know where people are ill but the government does and, in the absence of mass testing, people reporting that they have specific symptoms and isolating could help paint the picture. That could inform the all-important decisions on school closures, isolating at-risk people, etc. Seems mad to me that, in this connected world that I know how long it will take me to get the B&Q and how many people to expect there when I arrive, we can’t use the same technology to help paint a picture of this problem.

Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640044
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It seems to me that the uk government is trying to keep official numbers down,all though it's a changing scene at the moment and there is an awfull lot of unseen paddling going on.

I also think,(and it's not unique to the uk) that they uk won't go for a total lockdown as they just won't be able to police it. There's not the respect for others ,particularly in the inner city problem areas.
I imagine that parts of the U.K. are just a spark away from having riots if lockdown happens.

The lockdown seems to be working where I am in France all though there have been some fines handed out all ready.

Parisians that are lucky enough to have holiday homes are arriving into our area.
Today on the Ille de Ré said Parisians with holiday homes there were having BBQs on the beaches! All have been told to leave and now the police have closed the beaches.


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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Theresa] #1640045
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To be fair the Continent of Europe has in it's history not been attuned to policing or governing by consent, Franco in Spain, Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy, Vichy France et al. If the UK can achieve what is needed without draconian use of lockdowns and limits of personal freedom then all the better.

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Re: Coronavirus [Re: Submariner] #1640048
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Originally Posted by Submariner
To be fair the Continent of Europe has in it's history not been attuned to policing or governing by consent, Franco in Spain, Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy, Vichy France et al. If the UK can achieve what is needed without draconian use of lockdowns and limits of personal freedom then all the better.




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Let's hope the uk gets off lightly as from what I'm seeing from the uk public they are acting like its Christmas.

How about this. A good pal has the virus in Surrey. He has isolated himself for seven days. His wife works in a hospital and has carried on working and his son has carried on working. They all live together. He has in the last hour told me that it looks like he will looking after his grand children next week as the schools may shut!

What do you think of that?



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