Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hobbit said:
Spain has followed Italy. All mortgage repayments are frozen. No interest to be added.

A government that puts people before big business?

Edit; several private landlords have just posted on FB, no rent payments required whilst they don't have to pay mortgages on their properties.
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All utility bills deferred till the lockdown is lifted. No one to be cut off for non-payment due to loss of employment.

A government that puts people before big business?
 
Starting to get a little more anxious about it all now. Government advice is for those with underlying health issues so self isolate. Looking at their list it states, amongst others, High Blood pressure and Kidney problems.
I have both high blood pressure and Beurgers disease (form of kidney disease) so i'm apparently in the "high" risk catagory.

Problem is my company is not paying if you have to self isolate, only if they have to close the business. Puts me in a bit of a predicamant.
 
Ryanir still not cancelling my flights. El via a Portugal........la la la la la How stupid is all this travel crao. I'm very disappointed with the Gov. They are ADVISING against foreign travel. Well that's no good. If Ryanair fly, so do we. As we will not get our money back. It's a bludy joke.
 
Santander bank(Spain) are offering up to €500,000 business loan at 1.49% for any registered business customer that struggles with cash flow during the lockdown. Deferred payment till an agreed date after the lockdown ends. 4 years to repay.
 
Loads of 70+ out on the course where I was this morning. You can rest assured most of these lads and lasses WILL be out on the course during all this
 
Hobbit said:
Hahahahahahahahaha…. you just wouldn't believe it..... hahahahahaha

A guy has just been stopped for walking a stuffed dog. It is permitted to go out to walk your dog. Wonder if he'll enjoy his €600 fine as much as his walk.
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Probably better to just have a lead and if challenged ask if anyone has seen a runaway cocker spaniel.
 
Crazyface said:
Ryanir still not cancelling my flights. El via a Portugal........la la la la la How stupid is all this travel crao. I'm very disappointed with the Gov. They are ADVISING against foreign travel. Well that's no good. If Ryanair fly, so do we. As we will not get our money back. It's a bludy joke.
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Martin Lewis posted on Twitter earlier that the government advising all but essential travel was the trigger for most insurance policies to pay out.
 
Crazyface said:
Ryanir still not cancelling my flights. El via a Portugal........la la la la la How stupid is all this travel crao. I'm very disappointed with the Gov. They are ADVISING against foreign travel. Well that's no good. If Ryanair fly, so do we. As we will not get our money back. It's a bludy joke.
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One of the worst companies ever. Anything to avoid having to refund customers.
 
If anyone is interested, this is an interesting read about bats and virus :-

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...wn-viruses-from-sars-to-the-new-coronavirus1/

EDIT :-

Given that the virus seems fairly stable and that many infected individuals appear to have mild symptoms, scientists suspect the pathogen might have been around for weeks or even months before the first severe cases raised alarm. “There might have been mini outbreaks, but the virus burned out” before causing havoc, Baric says. “The Wuhan outbreak is by no means incidental.” In other words, there was an element of inevitability to it.
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This is from the BBC News live updates (my bold).....

"The UK government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance is appearing at the House of Common's health committee.

He tells MPs that the UK should start to see rates of infection come down in two to three weeks.

He says it would be "a good outcome" if the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the UK can be kept to below 20,000."
 
Crazyface said:
Ryanir still not cancelling my flights. El via a Portugal........la la la la la How stupid is all this travel crao. I'm very disappointed with the Gov. They are ADVISING against foreign travel. Well that's no good. If Ryanair fly, so do we. As we will not get our money back. It's a bludy joke.
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You probably should be as disappointed, although not entirely surprised, with Ryanair.
 
Hobbit said:
Just seen a vid on FB. Young woman swimming in a hotel pool. Lockdown here means your hotel room and the dining room, at least 2m from the nearest diner. Police turn up and tell her to get out of the pool. She ignores them and swims around the centre of the pool. Ignoring the Police in Spain is just plain stupid, even on a good day.

One Policeman strips down to his jockies and goes in after her. Hauled out, face down and handcuffed. Then taken away. The fine for walking on the prom is €600, and zero tolerance came in yesterday. Wonder what she'll get?

There are 4 different levels of fines for ignoring the lockdown + a year in jail. The top fine, probably reserved for serious breaches at a corporate level is €600,000.
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Just seen the video too.

Surprise surprise the woman is British. You can always rely on a Brit to embarrass themselves on holiday.
 
ColchesterFC said:
This is from the BBC News live updates (my bold).....

"The UK government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance is appearing at the House of Common's health committee.

He tells MPs that the UK should start to see rates of infection come down in two to three weeks.

He says it would be "a good outcome" if the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the UK can be kept to below 20,000."
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Unfortunately its human nature to believe '..it won't happen to me...' Until the numbers rise and an acquaintance dies and it brings it home there will always be the stubborn gits who think they know better than the medics. It is the nature of virus infections that the situation will get significantly worse before it improves. Do what you can to keep yourself safe.
 
AmandaJR said:
The church group in our village set something similar up for the whole village at the weekend. It is heart-warming to see how many signed up to help and I think they were really surprised. Leaflets to all houses with those over 70 delivered yesterday and a similar delivery in the village newsletter next week. A nice tonic to counter the selfish me me me attitude of panic-buying etc.
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Our church is setting up same...though we might have to buy some members of the congregation a phone that can run WhatsApp (and they aren't all the most elderly :) )
 
Russ_D said:
Starting to get a little more anxious about it all now. Government advice is for those with underlying health issues so self isolate. Looking at their list it states, amongst others, High Blood pressure and Kidney problems.
I have both high blood pressure and Beurgers disease (form of kidney disease) so i'm apparently in the "high" risk catagory.

Problem is my company is not paying if you have to self isolate, only if they have to close the business. Puts me in a bit of a predicamant.
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They will have to pay SSP surely?
 
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