Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

If this is true, then it really shows the mark of the man....... as if we didn't already know. If there is any chance of a vaccine, the company/ companies manufacturing it should make the formulae open to all companies, with an agreement from all states to purchase at a reasonable rate. No point charging the earth if there's no earth to spend your money on.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...s-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine
 
need_my_wedge said:
If this is true, then it really shows the mark of the man....... as if we didn't already know. If there is any chance of a vaccine, the company/ companies manufacturing it should make the formulae open to all companies, with an agreement from all states to purchase at a reasonable rate. No point charging the earth if there's no earth to spend your money on.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...s-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine
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Been hearing tentative reporting this morning that a (possible?) vaccine may have been developed in Seattle...
 
I have read that Cummings is chairing the Cobra meetings. Now I am pleased that he is apparently working closely with the Chief Scientific Adviser - and that s great - but it is for me unfortunate that this individual is at the heart of government decision making given his history of manipulation of the truth and the news. If he were not there I would happily give my complete trust in the government - but with him there I lose some of that trust and he adds a little bit of uncertainty to my good faith that Johnson is making all decisions purely on a best for the country basis.
 
Just curious . Ye all think enough is been done in UK ..
I dont know .. just seems ye doing it different to rest of world. Could well be ye'r crowd doing it right . Trying to get the feeling on ground over there
 
bladeplayer said:
Just curious . Ye all think enough is been done in UK ..
I dont know .. just seems ye doing it different to rest of world. Could well be ye'r crowd doing it right . Trying to get the feeling on ground over there
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Personally yes I think we're taking a measured approach with all the scientific information available. Now is not the time to enforce draconian isolation or lockdown but there probably will be such a time - it's tough deciding what's right and when.
 
bladeplayer said:
Just curious . Ye all think enough is been done in UK ..
I dont know .. just seems ye doing it different to rest of world. Could well be ye'r crowd doing it right . Trying to get the feeling on ground over there
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Once we (and the rest of Europe) missed the chance to effectively contain, I think that all the different delay strategies will probably all send up in the same place.
All countries are at different stages of infection. They also have different demographics, different political structures, different types of social interaction (in the UK, we don't touch each other nearly was much as the Latin countries). All these things mean that just doing the same as others isn't necessarily the best thing.
And noone will know for a few months at least, so all we can do is take as much personal responsibility as possible.
 
Just off a Skype call with a colleague in Poland - he lives and works in the city of Bydgoszcz (yes - it is not that easy to say) - and he tells me that the city (city and surrounds pop 500,000) is essentially in lockdown. He called it a ghost city.
 
pendodave said:
Once we (and the rest of Europe) missed the chance to effectively contain, I think that all the different delay strategies will probably all send up in the same place.
All countries are at different stages of infection. They also have different demographics, different political structures, different types of social interaction (in the UK, we don't touch each other nearly was much as the Latin countries). All these things mean that just doing the same as others isn't necessarily the best thing.
And noone will know for a few months at least, so all we can do is take as much personal responsibility as possible.
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The problem with this is that people are stupid. We had a guy on our local community Facebook page, who had been told to self-isolate, complaining that because of panic buying he wasn't able to get his shopping when he went to Tesco this morning. When it was pointed out to him that if he is self-isolating he shouldn't be going to Tesco his response was, "Well I only popped in for a few essential bits and wasn't there long".
 
ColchesterFC said:
The problem with this is that people are stupid. We had a guy on our local community Facebook page, who had been told to self-isolate, complaining that because of panic buying he wasn't able to get his shopping when he went to Tesco this morning. When it was pointed out to him that if he is self-isolating he shouldn't be going to Tesco his response was, "Well I only popped in for a few essential bits and wasn't there long".
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Shame that we can't use examples like this as a form of natural selection for those who would be great for testing for virus vaccine
 
bladeplayer said:
Just curious . Ye all think enough is been done in UK ..
I dont know .. just seems ye doing it different to rest of world. Could well be ye'r crowd doing it right . Trying to get the feeling on ground over there
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I've watched/read some of what has been posted in here explaining our strategy on it, and it makes sense to me. Can't lock everything down too early or you have to do it for too long, and once it's over you have everyone infecting each other at once causing an overload. You have to do it at the right time, and that might be a month, or two months from now. I'm sure they have a figure in mind when they'll potentially flip the switch.
 
We sell an IPA/DI water tub wipe into the electronics industry. It is a nice add on for us, we sell it alongside other products to companies. Anyway, enquiries this morning, from across our distributors in Europe, have gone bananas. Sadly, once our current stock goes, I could probably sell it all within two days, the next delivery will be 12 weeks time as the mfr is stowed under with orders for the same product (it is used as a general purpose steriliser elsewhere). I am having to turn down business as we want to keep our regular customers, and their regular customer, going as long as we can before we run out. That hurts.
 
Just to add to the difficulties my son is experiencing is that his partner seems to be in denial over coronavirus, just doesn't want to know about it. And she is not happy with him that he has lost all of his income. The only consolation for him is that she doesn't go out the house very much in any case...

I've said that he can cut his outgoings by coming home and she can go stay with her mother.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
We sell an IPA/DI water tub wipe into the electronics industry. It is a nice add on for us, we sell it alongside other products to companies. Anyway, enquiries this morning, from across our distributors in Europe, have gone bananas. Sadly, once our current stock goes, I could probably sell it all within two days, the next delivery will be 12 weeks time as the mfr is stowed under with orders for the same product (it is used as a general purpose steriliser elsewhere). I am having to turn down business as we want to keep our regular customers, and their regular customer, going as long as we can before we run out. That hurts.
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My Japanese smart bidet toilet is supposed to be delivered today, so no more fighting for bog rolls :ROFLMAO:
 
williamalex1 said:
My Japanese smart bidet toilet is supposed to be delivered today, so no more fighting for bog rolls :ROFLMAO:
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My two Turkish toilets I had plumbed in during our revocation cut the need for as much toilet roll

People laughed at them

£300 a pop for 2 toilets but hey I ain't fighting for bog roll
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I did say this to her. They could certainly divert calls to one landline - but don't know if their telephone call handling system can divert calls to multiple different landlines that change on a day-by-day basis as different Helpline Support agents work each day. Of course they could fix the helpline agents. I'm sure she'll be finding out this week.
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Time to bring back Brenda or Dorris... can divert calls very quickly

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Gave my shift manager a dressing down this morning

We are on semi lock down in our control rooms and signal cabins to protect staff

Only cleaners and rostered staff required to run a service allowed

No upper management, drivers, station staff etc allowed for little chats

Today one of our road managers came in basically they go to incidents

When he left I lost it and said what's the point of this if you will let the road managers in? The point is to protect the room you have a duty of care to us. They have their offices on the railway they don't need to visit here for the normal friendly cup of tea

He apologised and said he thought oh their ok..

Lock down means what it is
 
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