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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Just spent the last 30 minutes deleting all my golf comps at home & away along with some golf trips from my phones calendar as it was getting me down receiving alerts for them every morning :cry:
 
Going too far?

Police in Fuengirola have taken it to another level today. If you're caught outside today doing anything other than what is currently allowed; arrested and taken off to the cells. 14 detained from one road block alone. Quote from the Police today, "if you're out and about you won't be eating your Easter lunch at home."
 
Hobbit said:
Going too far?

Police in Fuengirola have taken it to another level today. If you're caught outside today doing anything other than what is currently allowed; arrested and taken off to the cells. 14 detained from one road block alone. Quote from the Police today, "if you're out and about you won't be eating your Easter lunch at home."
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Not if its for the greater good, it will net the selfish and inconsiderate, as long as they get that definition correct at the time.

It should be shown being exercised on our national news, with a clear message, if you don't adhere to our laws, in the process to help save lives and protect our NHS, then we'll bring this in....be warned!
 
JamesR said:
You could also ask who has been underfunding the NHS for years, and this meant they couldn’t afford to be adequately prepared?
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Apologies, I need to pick up on this point.
Are you suggesting the NHS should have had millions of PPE equipment locked away gathering dust, just in case there was a world wide epidemic?
Hindsight in a wonderful thing but surely it just isn't a sensible option?
 
Hobbit said:
Going too far?

Police in Fuengirola have taken it to another level today. If you're caught outside today doing anything other than what is currently allowed; arrested and taken off to the cells. 14 detained from one road block alone. Quote from the Police today, "if you're out and about you won't be eating your Easter lunch at home."
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Too far IMO. Some will disagree, however if they’ve caught 14....
What’s your opinion being in the mix?
 
Beezerk said:
Apologies, I need to pick up on this point.
Are you suggesting the NHS should have had millions of PPE equipment locked away gathering dust, just in case there was a world wide epidemic?
Hindsight in a wonderful thing but surely it just isn't a sensible option?
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No, just suggesting that generally every decision that every government makes should be questioned. No matter the time, situation or potential upset it may cause.
 
Beezerk said:
Apologies, I need to pick up on this point.
Are you suggesting the NHS should have had millions of PPE equipment locked away gathering dust, just in case there was a world wide epidemic?
Hindsight in a wonderful thing but surely it just isn't a sensible option?
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Wasn’t there a study a number of years ago 2016? That showed the NHS was unprepared for a pandemic of this type. South Korea weren’t caught cold
 
Beezerk said:
Apologies, I need to pick up on this point.
Are you suggesting the NHS should have had millions of PPE equipment locked away gathering dust, just in case there was a world wide epidemic?
Hindsight in a wonderful thing but surely it just isn't a sensible option?
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Plus its mainly the Trusts that control the budgets, stock supplies and spend the monies, they'd never hoard anything where monies are needed elsewhere, however, there are huge amounts of waste, so as for under-funding, I haven't looked into this, but I believe that the NHS has received increases of funds at every term, its just the demands are far outgrowing those increases, and hopefully after all of this, they'll be internal enquiries to address the waste and look at how trusts are spending the monies and preparing, the best they can, for any manner of epidemic that could immediately put a strain on available supplies and their ability to ramp those up quickly and effectively.
 
therod said:
Too far IMO. Some will disagree, however if they’ve caught 14....
What’s your opinion being in the mix?
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14 from one roadblock. They're also stopping people out walking. Not sure how they're coping with that many. Might be a bit cosy with your cellmate. We're 28 days into lockdown now. The first few days was all about warnings if caught out. Then it became a €300 fine, then €600 and now you're lucky if its €600. There's been over 50,000 fines issued, some all the way up to €60,000 - that buys a lot of masks.

I'm not comfortable with the thought of imprisonment, even overnight, but if fines aren't working... reluctantly, yes go for it.

Beezerk said:
He can't reply, he's just been whisked off to jail :ROFLMAO:
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Fwee Bwian
 
Hobbit said:
14 from one roadblock. They're also stopping people out walking. Not sure how they're coping with that many. Might be a bit cosy with your cellmate. We're 28 days into lockdown now. The first few days was all about warnings if caught out. Then it became a €300 fine, then €600 and now you're lucky if its €600. There's been over 50,000 fines issued, some all the way up to €60,000 - that buys a lot of masks.

I'm not comfortable with the thought of imprisonment, even overnight, but if fines aren't working... reluctantly, yes go for it.



Fwee Bwian
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Tell em you have flat feet :)
 
Fish said:
Plus its mainly the Trusts that control the budgets, stock supplies and spend the monies, they'd never hoard anything where monies are needed elsewhere, however, there are huge amounts of waste, so as for under-funding, I haven't looked into this, but I believe that the NHS has received increases of funds at every term, its just the demands are far outgrowing those increases, and hopefully after all of this, they'll be internal enquiries to address the waste and look at how trusts are spending the monies and preparing, the best they can, for any manner of epidemic that could immediately put a strain on available supplies and their ability to ramp those up quickly and effectively.
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Just to pick up on funding, which is another very large argument in its own right. The NHS has received increases either side of inflation for as many years as you can count, or so it has often been sold to the public. However, 2 things on that score. Every advancement in medicine is a new (increased) cost over and above inflation.

Secondly, for many years the NHS has been targeted with a 6% C.I.P. (Cost Improvement Programme). Bizarrely, started under Labour but continued thereafter. Imagine a budget of £100,000. You receive a 4% increase, announced to the public, which makes it look like you've had an above inflationary rise - everyone cheers. But behind that you lose 6% of it to the CIP. In effect you've had a cut.

As I said, it probably needs a thread all of its own to discuss the detail of funding but no govt of either party has looked after the NHS.
 
JustOne said:
Brian..... what's the wife up to whilst you are tapping away on forum posts? Does she give you an hour... is she busy posting on her 'lady forum', something else?
I ask as mine is mostly glaring at me and there's a lot of eyerolling :LOL:
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I'm the perfect man. I'm multi-tasking, satisfying her every need whilst I reply on here AND playing Richart's music play list through headphones. Thankfully, she doesn't have many needs, as age hath diminished me.

Actually, I'm the one left to my own devices. She has a black belt in Candy Crush.
 
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