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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

IainP said:
The worldometer figures don't really seem to be showing much of a rise, are you seeing more figures "from the inside"?
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I've not looked at the Worldometer figures, and can only go on those released by the individual regions. I guess that's what the Spanish govt are going by too. For example, one province saw an increase of 241 in one day earlier this week - there's 50 provinces. 4 provinces have been moved back 2 phases - only one person to go to the shops. No bars or restaurants open. Only allowed out as a couple for a 1km walk, with separate times for different age groups. And there's 2 full, Leicester-style lockdowns. 2 regions have gone for compulsory masks at all times in public.

Malaga, like Madrid and Barcelona, is seeing significant rises.
 
Wolf said:
Gyms reopening from 25th finally get to lift something heavy and properly de-stress.
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My wife is over the moon, nails booked for Tuesday, gym not long after. At least her trainer has been bringing round the heavy weights twice a week to work out in the drive
 
Wolf said:
Gyms reopening from 25th finally get to lift something heavy and properly de-stress.
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I think this is a really bad idea. Gyms are breeding grounds for germs, lots of hot sweaty people heavy breathing and touching lots of different surfaces. I wouldn't be visiting one for a very long time
 
SaintHacker said:
I think this is a really bad idea. Gyms are breeding grounds for germs, lots of hot sweaty people heavy breathing and touching lots of different surfaces. I wouldn't be visiting one for a very long time
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Won't be lots of hot sweaty people at all. Guidelines alone from UK Active that must be followed is a minimum of 100sqft per person in the gyms meaning massively reduced number of users at any one time. Booking only systems to allow for specific timed activity with scheduled breaks between bookings to allow for full clean downs, as well as users cleaning the kit. No use of changing facilities unless you have a disability or medical requirement. You'll be a lot closer to people in a supermarket than you will in a gym in the coming few months. It's also a requirement of my job to maintain a high level of strength & fitness, not to mention to mental benefits i personally get from it.

Plus being healthy physically and mentally will help a hell of a lot people in the coming months. I'd much rather be in a controlled gym environment than anywhere near a pub with drunken knobhead or on public transport where SD is pretty much impossible. But each to their own?
 
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GB72 said:
My wife is over the moon, nails booked for Tuesday, gym not long after. At least her trainer has been bringing round the heavy weights twice a week to work out in the drive
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That's good at least she kept her hand in so can maintain competition standard. I dread to think what my main compound lifts are going to be?
 
Wolf said:
That's good at least she kept her hand in so can maintain competition standard. I dread to think what my main compound lifts are going to be?
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Yeah, she has been lifting pretty well recently but the 2 comps she had in the diary have both been cancelled. British Masters is due in October. Not sure whether that will be cancelled due to lack of qualifying comps or whether they will invite those who qualified last year. Problem is, anything for a while will be very uneven as some people have full how set ups to train on whilst others have not been able to lift at all for 3 months.
 
Hobbit said:
Many friends, all retired, don't want to spend their twilight time stuck indoors. The feeling is they'd do the right things going out, social distancing etc and just accept the risk. The consensus being better to die having fun than live in a prison.
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My grandfather is 101, he was put into the shielding group and told that he'd be inside indefinitely. As soon as the general population were allowed out he was back outdoors and carrying on with his usual tasks as much as he were able with the appropriate distancing etc. He didn't do supermarkets before Covid however he likes to get his paper, 4 cans of Guinness and some biscuits which he can do so from the local convenience store. His rationale was that he wasn't going to spend the limited time he has left indoors and should Covid get him then it's his time and he'd rather that whilst doing his normal things than dying inside, alone in 6 months time having not seen the outside world again.
 
Wolf said:
Plus being healthy physically and mentally will help a hell of a lot people in the coming months. I'd much rather be in a controlled gym environment than anywhere near a pub with drunken knobhead or on public transport where SD is pretty much impossible. But each to their own?
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I've not been in a pub either and won't be doing so for quite some time I would imagine. I totally agree with you about the mental health benefits of excercising but is there really anything you can do in a gym you can't do outdoors in almost comlete safety? But as you say each to their own.
Stay safe.
 
The last 10-20 posts really bring out the different problems/issues faced by us all and how we reconcile or try to deal with this virus.

Some are quite insular, some are broad brush and sadly none of us have the answer.

As I’ve mentioned, and some are aware, we have been caring at home for the M-in-Law who is terminally ill for over 3 1/2 years, sadly the doctors have told us the treatment has run its course and we are now in the final stretch of weeks, possibly months.

We have chatted as a family and been quite honest and open about what lies ahead and asked her in particular if there’s anything she’d like to do or places she’d like to visit, daily health dependant.

Currently we have dolphins/porpoises swimming off the nearby coast and she has said many times how she’d love to watch them, we only live 400 metres from the coast and it’s no effort to take her in her wheelchair to go and (hopefully) see them.

However, she is scared witless of leaving the house and catching the virus, not because of what it may do to her, but the fact she may pass it on to us or to one of the Nurses that visit, we’ve told her of all the precautions we can take etc, but she is adamant she’d rather stay indoors than live for however long she has left with the thought she’s infected someone else!! Really is a difficult battle trying to convince her to be selfish.

Selfish may not be the right word, but it’s the word she’s using!
 
Wolf said:
Won't be lots of hot sweaty people at all. Guidelines alone from UK Active that must be followed is a minimum of 100sqft per person in the gyms meaning massively reduced number of users at any one time. Booking only systems to allow for specific timed activity with scheduled breaks between bookings to allow for full clean downs, as well as users cleaning the kit. No use of changing facilities unless you have a disability or medical requirement. You'll be a lot closer to people in a supermarket than you will in a gym in the coming few months. It's also a requirement of my job to maintain a high level of strength & fitness, not to mention to mental benefits i personally get from it.

Plus being healthy physically and mentally will help a hell of a lot people in the coming months. I'd much rather be in a controlled gym environment than anywhere near a pub with drunken knobhead or on public transport where SD is pretty much impossible. But each to their own?
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SaintHacker said:
I've not been in a pub either and won't be doing so for quite some time I would imagine. I totally agree with you about the mental health benefits of excercising but is there really anything you can do in a gym you can't do outdoors in almost comlete safety? But as you say each to their own.
Stay safe.
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I can see both sides of things, my wife does competitive power lifting and so cannot do much of what she needs to do at home as the equipment is expensive. Her trainer does bring some kit to the house but that cannot replace the normal sessions that she does.

Gyms, pubs, pretty much everything is down to individual places and people. My gym, small gym, well managed, going to be very limited numbers in and will be well spaced out. My local pub, just that, full of locals who rarely leave the area and most of whom I am meeting in various permitted groups of 6. I am not concerned about that so much. Change that to an large, inner city pub, or a poorly run gym that crams people in and my opinions would be similar to yours I reckon. As with everything now, do what you are comfortable with and keep yourself safe, pretty much all you can do now.
 
Re-opening of gyms will be a huge boost for my Mrs - as she was getting into a bit of a regime and in classes aimed at a bit of weight loss. The closure of her gym has made her feel really down about herself and neither outside exercise nor Zumba classes to a video just haven't cut the mustard for her.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Re-opening of gyms will be a huge boost for my Mrs - as she was getting into a bit of a regime and in classes aimed at a bit of weight loss. The closure of her gym has made her feel really down about herself and neither outside exercise nor Zumba classes to a video just haven't cut the mustard for her.
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I think that this is an important thing to remember, that we all have something different that we need for the good of our health, both mental and physical, and that we are urging to be allowed. Some people need the gym, some the pub, some a haircut, others a meal with friends. I suspect we all have that one thing that will make our daily life inexorably better when it is permitted and that is why I will be pleased for those who can do that one thing again, and for those who have a job again because their industry has opened. I may not agree with it, but then my choice is not to use that service, but I will also not rally around yelling what a disgrace is that people can do something again and how the world is clearly doomed as a result because, to some people, that one piece of news, that one relaxation, is what they have been waiting for for months and it may just get them through the next few months.
 
GB72 said:
I may not agree with it, but then my choice is not to use that service, but I will also not rally around yelling what a disgrace is that people can do something again and how the world is clearly doomed as a result because, to some people, that one piece of news, that one relaxation, is what they have been waiting for for months and it may just get them through the next few months.
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Totally agree with this. Some of the local FB groups have turned toxic over the last 3 months (even surpassing the effect Brexit had previously) with the different 'factions' supporting their own particular choices whilst saying how disgraceful it is that people go to the pub/shopping/beach/gym/running etc etc.
 
road2ruin said:
Totally agree with this. Some of the local FB groups have turned toxic over the last 3 months (even surpassing the effect Brexit had previously) with the different 'factions' supporting their own particular choices whilst saying how disgraceful it is that people go to the pub/shopping/beach/gym/running etc etc.
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I totally agree. Normally based on the argument 'if so and so can do that, why can I not do this, it must be safer'. That one started with the argument that just about anything would be safer than queuing for a supermarket and just kept going (this forum a prime example, why can I stand in a queue for a garden center but not play golf with 2 mates). Be glad that the people who do gardening can enjoy their hobby and feel better, be happy that the garden center employees have jobs, don't be bitter just because it is not your turn yet to be allowed to do what you want to do.

What do I miss, sitting at the bar in my local chatting with the landlord, the staff and anyone who comes in. Even though pubs are open it will be a while before I can do that. Still happy for everything that other people can do that gives them that same pleasure.
 
GB72 said:
I totally agree. Normally based on the argument 'if so and so can do that, why can I not do this, it must be safer'. That one started with the argument that just about anything would be safer than queuing for a supermarket and just kept going (this forum a prime example, why can I stand in a queue for a garden center but not play golf with 2 mates). Be glad that the people who do gardening can enjoy their hobby and feel better, be happy that the garden center employees have jobs, don't be bitter just because it is not your turn yet to be allowed to do what you want to do.

What do I miss, sitting at the bar in my local chatting with the landlord, the staff and anyone who comes in. Even though pubs are open it will be a while before I can do that. Still happy for everything that other people can do that gives them that same pleasure.
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We've even had it with the family! I went to a pub and sat in the garden with a pint, I thoroughly enjoyed it and the pub had everything set up so felt very safe. Stuck a pic on Facebook and my aunt pipes up with the whole "rather you than me, you'll not see me in a pub again". This is the same aunt that rushed out to have her hair done (made a big deal of having one of the first appointments) and was clothes shopping as soon as the non essentials all opened. From the photos I saw of her shopping the pub garden appeared to be a far safer place to be!! :ROFLMAO:
 
road2ruin said:
We've even had it with the family! I went to a pub and sat in the garden with a pint, I thoroughly enjoyed it and the pub had everything set up so felt very safe. Stuck a pic on Facebook and my aunt pipes up with the whole "rather you than me, you'll not see me in a pub again". This is the same aunt that rushed out to have her hair done (made a big deal of having one of the first appointments) and was clothes shopping as soon as the non essentials all opened. From the photos I saw of her shopping the pub garden appeared to be a far safer place to be!! :ROFLMAO:
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I have totally stopped posting anything about what I am doing on Facebook as the self righteous brigade will be on it in 5 minutes even if what I am doing is totally permitted. Amazing how some people have come to the conclusion that everything they like to do it perfectly safe and should be allowed straight away but everything that they do not like doing is bound to be the cause of a second wave, Armageddon, the destruction of all morals etc. If a dedicated gym user says to me why he/she will not go and gives me reasons why then I will listen, if Aunt Beryl, who has never been inside a gym and has not walked further than the fridge is 1973 is going to lecture on how unsafe they are and how they should be closed, I may be less inclined to see the value of her opinion.
 
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