Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

3 cases at work today. First confirmed we have had.

2 non confirmed during first wave.


Local hospital is under pressure.


Not looking good in Derry on the whole.
 
Ethan said:
My SiL is a senior doctor at Altnagelvin and she says it is much worse than that. The hospital is at breaking point.
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I'd well believe it as I know 4 people today alone who have contracted the virus.


Very few got it first wave so its sweeping through the city like wildfire.
 
Played golf after a long time. Met 4 folks from work. We meet almost every day/week over video.
But it was brilliant to see them in person. All having mental issues of wfh and working around families. It has its plus side but there is also a limit to how long we can be away from social structures.

Indeed man is a social animal
 
Mudball said:
Played golf after a long time. Met 4 folks from work. We meet almost every day/week over video.
But it was brilliant to see them in person. All having mental issues of wfh and working around families. It has its plus side but there is also a limit to how long we can be away from social structures.

Indeed man is a social animal
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Agree with that, during lockdown people in my village put a table and chairs on the driveway then they could chat with people walking past on their hour exercise. Really helped having a little social contact. As mentioned before though, a lot of these things are just not attractive options outside of Summer. Going to be tough for those locked down.
 
GB72 said:
Agree with that, during lockdown people in my village put a table and chairs on the driveway then they could chat with people walking past on their hour exercise. Really helped having a little social contact. As mentioned before though, a lot of these things are just not attractive options outside of Summer. Going to be tough for those locked down.
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Spare a thought for the medicos and frontliners. Forced to fight without kit, too many regulations, too much pain, despair and death around them. Workplace for them is tough and equally bad situation at home. My GP and wife both have recovered from Covid. No break since then from work.

As one our friend says, he is ready for a beach holiday .. just get out of the city and find some sun
 
Mudball said:
Spare a thought for the medicos and frontliners. Forced to fight without kit, too many regulations, too much pain, despair and death around them. Workplace for them is tough and equally bad situation at home. My GP and wife both have recovered from Covid. No break since then from work.

As one our friend says, he is ready for a beach holiday .. just get out of the city and find some sun
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Not had a day off work since Xmas last year, as well as my own job been working with other departments writing wills for those with Covid or in high risk jobs (as well as those who have been alerted to the need to be prepared given current circumstances). Not sure why my concern for lockdown being a tougher prospect this time immediately brings about the assumption that I am not in favour of it (actually I think at least Tier 2 nationwide is needed) or that I have no consideration for those in frontline jobs.
 
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GB72 said:
Have to say that the idea of a lockdown now is far more concerning than it was before and my sympathies are with those who have had lockdowns confirmed.

Lockdown was bearable in the height of summer. Could spend time in the garden, going out for a walk for an hour in the sunshine was lovely, even queuing outside supermarkets etc, the staples of lockdown, were bearable during a nice summer. Transfer all that to cold and wet weather, no incentive to go outside, queuing outside shops in the wind and rain plus the added cost for some of having the heating on all day and lockdown just appears far more daunting now.
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I think that we will all be in lockdown soon, pretty much like we were in March. Agree that the prospect of it in winter is not great, and to be honest I'm as little impacted as most people really.

If you throw in the subject you must not speak of that doesn't seem to be going that swimmingly at the moment, I fear we could be in for a troublesome winter that will test the last remaining vestiges of any national unity we have left to the limit.
 
Mudball said:
I had missed this news back in March. Since there was a few posts on letting the old die.... apparently it was also the view of a few powerful people on that side of the Atlantic

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/dan-patrick-coronavirus-grandparents
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I'm probably going to regret saying this and he may be a psychopath, but it depends a bit on how you interpret his remarks. For example he said

'I just think there are lots of grandparents out there in this country, like me, I have six grandchildren, that what we all care about and what we love more than anything are those children. And I want to live smart and see through this, but I don’t want the whole country to be sacrificed'

and to be honest my parents have said something similar. Of course they want to survive, they will take all sensible precautions but they also are willing to manage the risk themselves. No one is asking them to sacrifice themselves and make them go out and expose themselves to it unnecessarily. But on the other hand they seem happy for my daughter to be able to go out and meet her friends if it means their bowls evening is stopped for the time being.

I'd be more worried about politicians that misrepresent the risks and downplay the importance of taking sensible precautions, rather than one that understands that but puts a point over about how to potentially manage the risk.
 
Hacker Khan said:
I think that we will all be in lockdown soon, pretty much like we were in March. Agree that the prospect of it in winter is not great, and to be honest I'm as little impacted as most people really.

If you throw in the subject you must not speak of that doesn't seem to be going that swimmingly at the moment, I fear we could be in for a troublesome winter that will test the last remaining vestiges of any national unity we have left to the limit.
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I fear and my personal feelings about and with all that is going on now with coronavirus, and with that which is to come, our country is heading for deep problems and it is unfortunate that I must keep my personal concerns and despairs over the causes of the chaos under wraps. So much for all the promises. Anyway I can shout at the TV until my wife tells me to shut up. But just personally - I feel very worried about the future of our younger people and of and for the country. That is just my opinion. Other will have a different view. I am not asking or looking for any debate.
 
In terms of trying to preserve mental health, and it has in some respects been a struggle, Tuesday evening is the most important evening of the week; it's quiz night. One of our office ladies has taken it upon herself to try & herd the team cats on Tuesdays for a "pub quiz" via Zoom. Most of us take it in turns to act as quiz mistress or master and devise the questions, but it's as much an opportunity to see the faces that we are missing and take the mickey out of each other. We've even had one of our senior managers come for one night and become a permanent fixture, and her sister has joined in which has led to an invitation to another competition with other team members.

If Covid has done nothing else it has certainly reminded us what is actually important in life, and it's not a new driver.
 
Well being of the staff has been given a high priority by the trust and that has been a very good thing. I think a lot of people both in and out of the NHS and their families are going to be living with the effects of this disease for years to come
 
Be nice to know the thoughts of some fellow Mancs on the situation re what’s happening in Manchester.
 
Tashyboy said:
Be nice to know the thoughts of some fellow Mancs on the situation re what’s happening in Manchester.
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Andy Burnham had, and still has my full support. In fact, of all the people I’ve spoken to regarding this, he has almost unanimous support in his fight to protect the lowest paid from the effects of this tier 3 lockdown.

The one thing that doesn’t have my support is some of the terrible national journalism reporting this situation. They’ve continuously misrepresented AB’s position and have attempted to smear him and the other GM Leaders.

I won’t go further as I would risk venturing into a Political discussion, and we all know that this forum as a whole is incapable of adult discussion in this area..........
 
bluewolf said:
Andy Burnham had, and still has my full support. In fact, of all the people I’ve spoken to regarding this, he has almost unanimous support in his fight to protect the lowest paid from the effects of this tier 3 lockdown.

The one thing that doesn’t have my support is some of the terrible national journalism reporting this situation. They’ve continuously misrepresented AB’s position and have attempted to smear him and the other GM Leaders.

I won’t go further as I would risk venturing into a Political discussion, and we all know that this forum as a whole is incapable of adult discussion in this area..........
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In all honesty your response endorses what I have thought re AB and his handling of this. The bit about the reporting of this does not suprise me one bit.
 
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