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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Old Skier said:
I think that's about as accurate as your football perditions Homer but I admire your optimism.
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I'll remind you of my lofty position in the prediction league sir. Ready to make a end of season push to the top of the table

On a more sombre note - we lost one of our own yesterday https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ Had the pleasure of dealing with this doctor for many years, especially when I was in medical recruitment and a real expert in the neurorehab field
 
Old Skier said:
Got that and my comment was about world wide tests, and as I said, it was my understanding that a test had not yet been validated.
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they haven't. fox news done a test about 2 weeks ago with numerous test on a known covid patent (in recovery showing no covid) the tests where all over the place. manufacturers all had a chance to respond and they all said you have to wait between 3 to 6 weeks to produce enough antibodies to show up on the test. i for one wouldn't trust one
 
Fish said:
Are they choppered off or isolated on the rig, single bunk?
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We took the rig into the Cromarty Firth as the contract has been cancelled due to Coronavirus and the company have decided just to scrap the rig.
It is single cabins for the remainder onboard but we had a special helicopter for suspected cases at the time get helicoptered off, this was funded by all the big players.
Basically just essential personnel left until the rig leaves to go to turkey.
All changes now done using a Frog and boat.
 
Billysboots said:
Turns out a guy I work with has had the virus and was almost entirely asymptomatic, with the exception of a mild headache. Because of his wife’s work in private healthcare her employers managed to source some antigen tests from overseas and he has coronavirus antibodies.

At least two other guys in our office have displayed moderate symptoms and two others have self-isolated because family members have.

I do wonder now how many of our relatively small office have had this and displayed no symptoms. The sooner we have antigen testing the better.
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If he had an antigen test how did they see that he had antibodies?
 
hovis said:
i for one wouldn't trust one
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Oh, he certainly doesn’t entirely trust it! I’m merely relaying what the test showed.

I certainly don’t doubt there are thousands out there who have had it and either shown no symptoms or have thought it was something very minor.
 
Watching Hancock yesterday and listening to him today - the guy looks and sounds knackered. And he has every right to be - especially given he’s had the virus not that long ago...maybe the government needs to pull in Jeremy Hunt to take some of the load and perhaps even do some of the briefings.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Watching Hancock yesterday and listening to him today - the guy looks and sounds knackered. And he has every right to be - especially given he’s had the virus not that long ago...maybe the government needs to pull in Jeremy Hunt to take some of the load and perhaps even do some of the briefings.
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Agree Hancock looked tired... why aren’t more of them putting their hand up to do the briefing .. surely others are equally capable (other than Gove) .. the scientists seem to be pretty good at these briefing
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Watching Hancock yesterday and listening to him today - the guy looks and sounds knackered. And he has every right to be - especially given he’s had the virus not that long ago...maybe the government needs to pull in Jeremy Hunt to take some of the load and perhaps even do some of the briefings.
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Yes, I agree, the load should be shared.
 
Mudball said:
Agree Hancock looked tired... why aren’t more of them putting their hand up to do the briefing .. surely others are equally capable (other than Gove) .. the scientists seem to be pretty good at these briefing
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Just looked at the cabinet as a minder, perhaps because so many are new and a bit forgettable, so with Boris recovering you have Sunak, Patel and Raab taking turns as the top ministers with Hancock taking the brunt as his health role is arguably most pertinent. 4 of them covering the briefings with Gove popping up too as a 5th to support shouldn't be too onerous, between 1 and 2 briefings each a week.

What news of Boris? Seems to be little coming out on his health.
 
maxfli65 said:
Just looked at the cabinet as a minder, perhaps because so many are new and a bit forgettable, so with Boris recovering you have Sunak, Patel and Raab taking turns as the top ministers with Hancock taking the brunt as his health role is arguably most pertinent. 4 of them covering the briefings with Gove popping up too as a 5th to support shouldn't be too onerous, between 1 and 2 briefings each a week.

What news of Boris? Seems to be little coming out on his health.
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last I heard, he was playing Suduko and watching Lord of the Rings. Am guessing we will hear from him once he's finished the box set.
 
maxfli65 said:
Just looked at the cabinet as a minder, perhaps because so many are new and a bit forgettable, so with Boris recovering you have Sunak, Patel and Raab taking turns as the top ministers with Hancock taking the brunt as his health role is arguably most pertinent. 4 of them covering the briefings with Gove popping up too as a 5th to support shouldn't be too onerous, between 1 and 2 briefings each a week.

What news of Boris? Seems to be little coming out on his health.
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He was at Chequers.. I guess he needs to just switch off for a few days. He needs time for himself and family. Not worth the risk or trouble tbh. The rest of the cabinet should cover. Besides the above, did we not see Alok Sharma - Bus Secretary one day - he sounded ok, though i dont remember what he was talking about.
 
I didn’t know that flights are still coming in from New York and Italy up to 15,000 a day coming into UK from different parts of the world,seems irresponsible to me when the Government are telling us all not to travel.
 
Mudball said:
Agree Hancock looked tired... why aren’t more of them putting their hand up to do the briefing .. surely others are equally capable (other than Gove) .. the scientists seem to be pretty good at these briefing
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Listened to Shadow Health Secretary Ashworth on Sky earlier. Such a negative person who worse than most politicians
avoided every question.

Only had his own agenda, was unable to offer anything constructive and surely Starmer could have found a more capable person for such a prominent position
 
maxfli65 said:
Just looked at the cabinet as a minder, perhaps because so many are new and a bit forgettable, so with Boris recovering you have Sunak, Patel and Raab taking turns as the top ministers with Hancock taking the brunt as his health role is arguably most pertinent. 4 of them covering the briefings with Gove popping up too as a 5th to support shouldn't be too onerous, between 1 and 2 briefings each a week.

What news of Boris? Seems to be little coming out on his health.
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Or perhaps with one or two exceptions they would be well out of their depth in that situation. As a couple have already proved. Said it before and I'll say it again, the cabinet are mostly there for 'getting Brexit done', but when some proper leadership is needed in testing times where they need more than some pre-rehearsed bland statements about taking back control then quite a few seem to be lacking. Hence to need to bring in the experts in these conferences as much as possible to reassure the nation.
 
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