Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hobbit said:
Just thought I'd share my Control of Infection 'protocols' for my shopping trip on Thursday.

Thankfully it wasn't too warm a day.
1) Long sleeved shirt & long trousers.
2) Gloves and mask.
3) Parked with at least 3 spare spaces around, and in an area of the car park that wouldn't fill up.
4) Maintained social distancing in the queue to go into the shop, and with only 10 people at any one time, didn't pass anyone in any aisle.
5) When I'd left home I'd purposely left the gate open, no touching the gate. And I'd left instructions for HID to open the front door as I pulled up.
6) Unloaded direct into the kitchen cupboards.
7) Stripped off direct into the washer - washer door already open, which HID closed after I'd left the kitchen. She was in the dining area until I was in the shower.
8) Straight into the shower.
9) No going out for either of us for the next 10 days, till the next shopping trip, which will give time for any symptoms to manifest themselves.

OTT? Paranoid? I was surrounded by other paranoid people. Quite what they did when they got home...

And in the last 2 days the rate of growth in C19 numbers in the Almeria region has dropped. The curve might just be flattening.
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Thanks for that Brian - just read list to my wife and she congrats you both on taking such a responsible approach and we’ll start adopting ourselves. Take care.
 
Just announced... Spain extends lockdown by another week... another 15 days to go.... due to the Spanish Constitution, barring a change in the law, that's all he can do - just keep extending by a week. If Sanchez wants a full month it requires too much faff.

EDIT... date the lockdown will end, unless extended further, is the 12th April...
 
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Doon frae Troon said:
Oh great the city dwellers and their camper vans are all de-camping to the hills of Scotland and Wales and the beaches of Cornwall.
I sense their tyres might receive some surgery.:eek:
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The Hebridean island of my father and many of my relatives still there is demanding that CalMac stop bringing outsiders with camper vans and holiday home owners onto the island. It can’t cope - it has no facilities to cope and support.
 
My wife has gone mental... she wants to grow veggies ... this despite the fact that the plant mortality rate in our garden is more than Corona and Ebola combined. Not sure how we grow these with full time jobs
 
Dando said:
Our caravan is stored on a site near Leeds castle and it’s been great here this weekend.
Not sure I really want to go home as we’ve got plenty of food, wine and beer was replenished yesterday from the chapel down winery and I’ve got my laptop so can work remotely
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Sorry, but I don't think you have quite got this yet - you have travelled down to your holiday caravan for the weekend, and will be travelling back again.
What made this essential travel?

I understand that people will do what they wish unless prevented; but why would you post that you are doing this in a thread highlighting what people are continuing to do despite the government requests?
 
duncan mackie said:
Sorry, but I don't think you have quite got this yet - you have travelled down to your holiday caravan for the weekend, and will be travelling back again.
What made this essential travel?

I understand that people will do what they wish unless prevented; but why would you post that you are doing this in a thread highlighting what people are continuing to do despite the government requests?
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i agree 100%. these people are going to ruin it for the rest of us when they resort to total lock down
 
duncan mackie said:
Sorry, but I don't think you have quite got this yet - you have travelled down to your holiday caravan for the weekend, and will be travelling back again.
What made this essential travel?

I understand that people will do what they wish unless prevented; but why would you post that you are doing this in a thread highlighting what people are continuing to do despite the government requests?
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If he had no contact with other people, why shouldn't he spend the weekend in his caravan ?
 
bobmac said:
If he had no contact with other people, why shouldn't he spend the weekend in his caravan ?
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in theory yes but "I'm just popping to the shop, im just going to say hello to Bob i haven't seen him in years and so on"
maybe the odd person is responsible with this but imo the majority? just stay away
 
duncan mackie said:
Sorry, but I don't think you have quite got this yet - you have travelled down to your holiday caravan for the weekend, and will be travelling back again.
What made this essential travel?

I understand that people will do what they wish unless prevented; but why would you post that you are doing this in a thread highlighting what people are continuing to do despite the government requests?
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If hes driving hes not affecting others and if hes in his caravan hes no more socialising than when hes home. What's the problem?
 
bobmac said:
Brilliant
Slash their tyres so they cant leave :unsure:
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Aye, leave and then infect another place.
Slashing their tyres would at least stop them from travelling around [not that I am advocating that]

BiL saying that they are fighting to get an any IOW ferry.
Hampshire is a hot spot, IOW has 2 cases.

There is our Judy telling it like it is.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...o-the-countryside/ar-BB11xbfE?ocid=spartandhp

Nine campervans queued up at Drumore [Mull of Galloway] demanding entry to the closed site.
 
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bobmac said:
If he had no contact with other people, why shouldn't he spend the weekend in his caravan ?
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They spoke about this on the news. It's when people do it en masse it becomes a problem. The local shops cant handle the increased demand for supplies and also these places tend to be further from big hospitals putting a strain on local heath centres.

There is also the risk of spreading the disease. You could drive out feeling perfectly fine, infect a few people at the shop getting milk and the virus infects a new area.
 
hovis said:
in theory yes but "I'm just popping to the shop, im just going to say hello to Bob i haven't seen him in years and so on"
maybe the odd person is responsible with this but imo the majority? just stay away
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Agreed, what ifs are the issue, what if he breaks down, what if there’s an accident, surely all these un-necessary journeys could impact the emergency services if they are required.

However, the same could be said for those of us still playing Golf!
 
garyinderry said:
They spoke about this on the news. It's when people do it en masse it becomes a problem. The local shops cant handle the increased demand for supplies and also these places tend to be further from big hospitals putting a strain on local heath centres.

There is also the risk of spreading the disease. You could drive out feeling perfectly fine, infect a few people at the shop getting milk and the virus infects a new area.
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Equally, someone travels from an area that is free of infection to an area with infection, then takes it back home. Its just bloody stupid...
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
The Hebridean island of my father and many of my relatives still there is demanding that CalMac stop bringing outsiders with camper vans and holiday home owners onto the island. It can’t cope - it has no facilities to cope and support.
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Have you seen the Isle of Barra coronavirus protection plans.
A small village hall with 6 basic camp beds.
I do not think the island even has a GP.
 
IanM said:
Just deleted Twitter from my phone. Too much horsepoo on there. Not worth giving it the time of day

And my car needs an Mot on Friday. I wonder whether that is a must do or can it wait?
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MOT(ITV) testing suspended in Spain till after the lockdown. All vehicles have been given a 30 day extension.
 
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