Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hobbit said:
Lockdown is very scary. Seeing the Police patrolling the streets, loudspeakers blaring in a language that is difficult to follow at the speed a Spaniard speaks is scary. Driving to the supermarket yesterday, not seeing more than 3 other vehicles is scary. Seeing the restrictions at the supermarket, and some empty shelves is scary.

It is imagination that creates a feeling of fear. Never thought it would bother me, or HID, but its damn scary. The enormity of it doesn't hit you till the lockdown, with all its restrictions, is in place.

We have enough in the fridge/freezer/cupboards to last just about the 15 days but what happens if one of us contracts it during that time? What will we experience in 15 days time when we go out? A simple stat.... 9.8% of over 60's will die - which 6 members of the bowling club will not be there in 4 weeks time? Which 6 friends will not be there?

That's how scary it is, fuelled by imagination. Add to that the horrible, wet cough HID has developed in the last couple of days and the niggly dry cough I've developed in the last couple of days... a touch anxious? Hell yes!!
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Wow, this drives it home how scary it is likely to get. My Dad is currently in Tenerife, where lockdown procedures began at 8am this morning. He said it suddenly made it feel very real and him very vulnerable.

Good luck with the cabining yourself and the Mrs away. On the brighter side, at least events have delayed Boro’s relegation.
 
Not much yet, but working in the gambling industry I can only prepare for lay-offs to come as no money is coming in currently with pretty much all sports suspended/cancelled.
 
Lilyhawk said:
Not much yet, but working in the gambling industry I can only prepare for lay-offs to come as no money is coming in currently with pretty much all sports suspended/cancelled.
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Out of curiousity, what gives in Sweden at the moment (you are Swedish aren't you?!! Apologies if not)
 
Scary?!

We don't have doorstep bin collections. HID and I just went down to the communal bins, about 400m away. Just lifting the lid when the Police turn up. Queue lots of Spanish and arm waving. I apologised in Spanish for my poor Spanish, at which point he resorted to English and said we can't walk to the bins, we have to put the rubbish in the car and drive to the bins.
 
Hobbit said:
Lockdown is very scary. Seeing the Police patrolling the streets, loudspeakers blaring in a language that is difficult to follow at the speed a Spaniard speaks is scary. Driving to the supermarket yesterday, not seeing more than 3 other vehicles is scary. Seeing the restrictions at the supermarket, and some empty shelves is scary.

It is imagination that creates a feeling of fear. Never thought it would bother me, or HID, but its damn scary. The enormity of it doesn't hit you till the lockdown, with all its restrictions, is in place.

We have enough in the fridge/freezer/cupboards to last just about the 15 days but what happens if one of us contracts it during that time? What will we experience in 15 days time when we go out? A simple stat.... 9.8% of over 60's will die - which 6 members of the bowling club will not be there in 4 weeks time? Which 6 friends will not be there?

That's how scary it is, fuelled by imagination. Add to that the horrible, wet cough HID has developed in the last couple of days and the niggly dry cough I've developed in the last couple of days... a touch anxious? Hell yes!!
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What’s Spanish for “Bring out your dead”? ? (only joking btw, hope you and your wife just have a typical winter virus)

This and your other posts remind me that Spain was a Dictatorship not too long ago!
 
So, in a cheerfully morbid mood, I wondered how many people in the UK die every day "normally".
It seems to be around 1400. I hope that's correct, the last few days have made me quite nervous about quoting internet source data as #facts.
I genuinely can't quite process how much this particular condition actually matters in the general scheme of things.
 
my wages have already taken a big hit ,I drive a taxi and the airport runs have all but dried up ,I have one tonight ,picking up from Gatwick but there isnt any take ups to the airport .summer will be tough if the airport runs arent there during the summer hols.
 
pendodave said:
So, in a cheerfully morbid mood, I wondered how many people in the UK die every day "normally".
It seems to be around 1400. I hope that's correct, the last few days have made me quite nervous about quoting internet source data as #facts.
I genuinely can't quite process how much this particular condition actually matters in the general scheme of things.
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Had similar chat with my mum. I am morbid

Sad as it is my grandparents for example could die at any time
.each year is a bonus

My grandad has had half a lung since 1998

If this virus kills them it will be terribly sad but they can't live forever

My dad said phenomena used to be called old man's friend.. as in it used to kill you before you could get dementia etc .. but we keep people alive a lot longer and people can suffer all sorts

But then it's not right to think like that. People aren't just numbers
 
pendodave said:
Out of curiousity, what gives in Sweden at the moment (you are Swedish aren't you?!! Apologies if not)
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That’s correct. Sweden seem to be taking the same approach as the UK, which, I’d say, is not to do very much.
As per usual, all of this has come as a shock to the governing bodies in Sweden as their assumption up until about a week ago or so was that this “just cannot happen in Sweden”. The rationale behind such a pompous and absolutely wicked thinking is beyond me, but it’s the Swedish way.

Up until it dawned that Sweden would face this, just as every other country, people that have been concerned and proposed social distancing and other measurements has been mocked and ridiculed mainly by the Swedish equivalent of The Guardian reading civilians and opinionated writers.

I could go on forever here, but my blood is boiling just thinking about it all.
 
ScienceBoy said:
I spent 4 hours of my Sunday reorganising our house and room arrangements so we are ready for any lock down.
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We've just done the same. Tidy out our food store under the stairs, and the kitchen cupboards, found loads of stuff to be used over the coming weeks. Will shop normally as long as possible, and use the stored stuff when normal is not available.
 
pauljames87 said:
Had similar chat with my mum. I am morbid

Sad as it is my grandparents for example could die at any time
.each year is a bonus

My grandad has had half a lung since 1998

If this virus kills them it will be terribly sad but they can't live forever

My dad said phenomena used to be called old man's friend.. as in it used to kill you before you could get dementia etc .. but we keep people alive a lot longer and people can suffer all sorts

But then it's not right to think like that. People aren't just numbers
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I agree, this whole thing brings many of our 'certainties' into question.
Of the 1400 who die every day, many are for causes which are wholly preventable, certainly with a good deal less effort than we are currently expending.
Air pollution is thought to contribute to 40000 deaths a year, many of which will be the same cohort at greatest threat from the current condition.
There is plenty of evidence that people in some parts of the country die many years earlier than others, and enjoy far worse health. Yet we have allowed this to persist and even increase.
Just ruminating. Rained here all afternoon...
 
bobmac said:
Do you know something we don't know?
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Depends what you don’t know. It is common knowledge that the pandemic is nowhere near its peak and that European countries are locking down and closing borders. It will be a miracle if Portugal hadn’t done the same soon. I know quite a few NHS doctors (I used to be one myself) and most are extremely worried about how bad it is going to get. The Govt said today they were asking carmakers to build ventilators instead of cars.
 
I,m no expert and stand to be shot down in flames , but all of this started in China , where did SARS start ? China i believe . A country that is vastly overpopulated , where people feel the need to walk around in masks amongst their own in normal life to stay safe . Many places i've been on holiday they are there in numbers . Restrict travel of Chinese and both of these pandemics would not be so bad . Fire away !
 
Hobbit said:
Lockdown is very scary. Seeing the Police patrolling the streets, loudspeakers blaring in a language that is difficult to follow at the speed a Spaniard speaks is scary. Driving to the supermarket yesterday, not seeing more than 3 other vehicles is scary. Seeing the restrictions at the supermarket, and some empty shelves is scary.

It is imagination that creates a feeling of fear. Never thought it would bother me, or HID, but its damn scary. The enormity of it doesn't hit you till the lockdown, with all its restrictions, is in place.

We have enough in the fridge/freezer/cupboards to last just about the 15 days but what happens if one of us contracts it during that time? What will we experience in 15 days time when we go out? A simple stat.... 9.8% of over 60's will die - which 6 members of the bowling club will not be there in 4 weeks time? Which 6 friends will not be there?

That's how scary it is, fuelled by imagination. Add to that the horrible, wet cough HID has developed in the last couple of days and the niggly dry cough I've developed in the last couple of days... a touch anxious? Hell yes!!
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Take care sir - and your good lady - and all your friends...
 
ColchesterFC said:
Your BiL could be coming back to the UK at a good time for him. As the virus spreads schools will come under pressure with teachers going off sick. If he can get his CV out there for supply teaching he could be in high demand if he can stay virus free himself.
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Possibly - good thinking. He'll be staying with my 90yr old MiL so able to support his mother if she has to isolate, trying to look for silver linings - even tarnished ones...
 
Army patrols supplementing Police patrols - its a bit uncomfortable seeing army vehicles patrolling.

Also, 2 people stopped on the paseo(promenade) this morning and told to go home. Stopped just after lunch for the same thing. Arrested when stopped for a 3rd time an hour back.
 
andycap said:
I,m no expert and stand to be shot down in flames , but all of this started in China , where did SARS start ? China i believe . A country that is vastly overpopulated , where people feel the need to walk around in masks amongst their own in normal life to stay safe . Many places i've been on holiday they are there in numbers . Restrict travel of Chinese and both of these pandemics would not be so bad . Fire away !
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We are all the same species.
China has 148 people per square kilometre, UK has 279, we are therefore way more densely populated than them.
 
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