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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hacker Khan said:
We are all in this together and it doesn't discriminate. Unless you are an annoying middle class tosser like me who is able to mostly isolate themselves from society whilst still having a decent income, therefore statistically a lot less likely to get it than those in generally lower paid jobs who have to go to work and mix a lot more with potential carriers. Still, if I get it I am very resilient and a battler so I will be fine, ignoring the fact that once you get it your so called resilience and battling attributes count for sod all. But using terms like battle, war and fighter will make anyone how has lost anyone to this feel better as their loved ones were not resilient enough.... :mad:
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It does discriminate though. It overwhelmingly goes after the old and the ill.
If everyone was equal, I don't think we'd be seeing too many houseparties.
It's part of the problem, and I guess it will eventually be something that is reflected in the route back.
 
Some positive news. Of the 451 people that have been admitted and tested positive, 248 have now gone home. No ICU admissions overnight as well.

I still have no faith in the general public and can see hordes ignoring advice and going to beaches or parks in groups or having barbecues and inviting mates over to party this weekend while the weather is good. Give it 10-14 days for the incubation period and I reckon we'll have a big spike towards the end of the month.

That said at least in my area there has been progress to date
 
Lump said:
Looks like my brother, sister in law and niece have been infected.
Little one showed signs first and has bounced through it without any issues. Sister in law has a few health issues so it’s a little worrying. 2 elderly relatives on her side have passed away due to it. My brother is a calm head so hopefully he can keep her relaxed as much as he can.
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Feel for you, it's difficult when you cant be there for people. My Daughter has just been through it and it hit her quite hard. She lives on her own (other than her two dogs) in Chiswick 130 miles from us but it makes little difference how far. Shes had two visits from Paramedics who were brilliant but she was very low with it, being on her own made it tough. All we could do was keep talking on video conf , send red cross parcels and hope for the best. I am humbled by the way a number of local people helped her by taking in her dogs, shopping and making sure she was OK.
 
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HomerJSimpson said:
Some positive news. Of the 451 people that have been admitted and tested positive, 248 have now gone home. No ICU admissions overnight as well.

I still have no faith in the general public and can see hordes ignoring advice and going to beaches or parks in groups or having barbecues and inviting mates over to party this weekend while the weather is good. Give it 10-14 days for the incubation period and I reckon we'll have a big spike towards the end of the month.

That said at least in my area there has been progress to date
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Homer, it must be so frustrating to work in the NHS and, at the end of a shift, go home to news of some of the moronic behaviour of the great unwashed.

Our control room field over 300 calls every day reporting breaches of COVID guidance. And that’s only the reported breaches. There will be many times more which go unreported.

And we are just one of forty three police forces. It’s so depressing it defies belief.
 
Billysboots said:
Homer, it must be so frustrating to work in the NHS and, at the end of a shift, go home to news of some of the moronic behaviour of the great unwashed.

Our control room field over 300 calls every day reporting breaches of COVID guidance. And that’s only the reported breaches. There will be many times more which go unreported.

And we are just one of forty three police forces. It’s so depressing it defies belief.
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Agreed. There is a definite build up of frustration especially amongst the nurses and doctors who are working long hours in hot conditions in full PPE and as you say go home and see the muppets on the news. More so as all annual leave is cancelled so I am in tomorrow and Monday along with everyone else that had been rostered on. I would love to see idiots get nicked and all get community service so when this mess is over they can do some graft when everyone else is taking a breather
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Agreed. There is a definite build up of frustration especially amongst the nurses and doctors who are working long hours in hot conditions in full PPE and as you say go home and see the muppets on the news. More so as all annual leave is cancelled so I am in tomorrow and Monday along with everyone else that had been rostered on. I would love to see idiots get nicked and all get community service so when this mess is over they can do some graft when everyone else is taking a breather
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I try and give my kids the simplistic view, and I do accept it is very simplistic.

But I tell them, if every household stayed at home for a month, doing essential shopping and trips only, maximising social distancing when they do, the virus would die out as it simply has nowhere to go.

It’s not really a tricky concept to grasp, and it mystifies me why so many are struggling with it.
 
GB72 said:
OK, now starting to appreciate the issue with judging anything by the number of reported daily fatalities. Just seen this report for today:

NHS England has recorded 765 new deaths in hospital from coronavirus.
It said that 140 of them occurred yesterday, while 568 took place between 1 April and 7 April.
The remaining 57 deaths took place in March, including two on 19 March and one on 16 March.

I was not aware that there was so much lag in the figures and so actually we at looking at new reports that are a week to 2 weeks out of date.
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Local news, this evening, a funeral director was saying if you add the deaths away from hospital (not currently included in the published figures) it paints a truly concerning picture... Normally doing about 100 funerals a month currently doing 20 a day...
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Agreed. There is a definite build up of frustration especially amongst the nurses and doctors who are working long hours in hot conditions in full PPE and as you say go home and see the muppets on the news. More so as all annual leave is cancelled so I am in tomorrow and Monday along with everyone else that had been rostered on. I would love to see idiots get nicked and all get community service so when this mess is over they can do some graft when everyone else is taking a breather
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Think they should have stepped up the fines/ arrests etc in preparation for this Bank-holiday weekend...... too much of a nanny-state I'm afraid. :mad::mad:
 
2blue said:
Think they should have stepped up the fines/ arrests etc in preparation for this Bank-holiday weekend...... too much of a nanny-state I'm afraid. :mad::mad:
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I also wonder if its a political decision. Having just seen the tories make huge inroads into labour heartlands they don't want to do anything to draconian. Voters have long memories. Also, do they have the resources to police the parks and open spaces properly
 
HomerJSimpson said:
I also wonder if its a political decision. Having just seen the tories make huge inroads into labour heartlands they don't want to do anything to draconian. Voters have long memories. Also, do they have the resources to police the parks and open spaces properly
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It's like any form of civil punishment, you punish the ones you catch and hopefully it's a deterent to others. It will never be possible to catch everyone.
 
Wolf said:
How many self employed people do the same. Absolutely hundreds if not more, its not just MPs. If you want to jump on that band wagon the same needs be applied to any self employed person of business owner doing the same to dodge a bit of tax. I could name dozens i know of guilty of that.
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My uncle did this during his career. Worked until 1995 when he retired (he's mid 80s now) anyways he employed my aunt as his house keeper for years so she paid tax an national insurance to make sure she got her own pension at state pension age

Very wise man financially

Shame his mind has gone
 
Billysboots said:
Whilst I absolutely agree a Christmas tree is not a necessity in April, nowhere as far as I can see have we been told we can only order essential goods online. That’s a new one on me.
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Should people really have to be told this kind of very obvious non essential guff shopping will put other peoples health at more risk
You cannot work on the basis that if you haven't specially been told not to do xyz then it automatically means it's fair game
 
HowlingGale said:
Can't the MPs and their staff just do what everyone else does and use tables and chairs already in their houses?
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MPs already get an office allowance
Budgets
6.10 For London Area MPs, the annual office costs budget is £28,800.
6.11 For non-London Area MPs, the annual office costs budget is £25,910.

Budgets
7.12 For London Area MPs, the annual staffing costs budget is £188,860.
7.13 For non-London Area MPs, the annual staffing costs budget is £177,550.

Plus £6,000 for stationery
 
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