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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

AmandaJR said:
I think people need to consider their actions could indeed mean life and death. My nephew works in London as a 5g rigger. His girlfriend works as a nurse in palliative care. He said they'd need to not see each other until this was all over and it was safe. She bitched and he caved. I went nuts at him as he was saying how great Captain Tom was and I suggested one careless move by him and her could see the demise of someone just like Captain Tom. He was like "I'm allright - ok so I smoke but should be ok if I got it" my reply "NO, NO, NO, NO...it's not about YOU"...the penny seemed to drop but who knows.
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My reply to him would have been 'sort your daft girlfriend out, as a nurse she should know better than to bitch about not seeing you'
 
AmandaJR said:
I think people need to consider their actions could indeed mean life and death. My nephew works in London as a 5g rigger. His girlfriend works as a nurse in palliative care. He said they'd need to not see each other until this was all over and it was safe. She bitched and he caved. I went nuts at him as he was saying how great Captain Tom was and I suggested one careless move by him and her could see the demise of someone just like Captain Tom. He was like "I'm allright - ok so I smoke but should be ok if I got it" my reply "NO, NO, NO, NO...it's not about YOU"...the penny seemed to drop but who knows.
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Should have had and old fashioned word with a clip round the girlfriends ear as well as she should know a lot better.

My oldest daughter works in Wilkos and as college is shut she been doing extra shifts covering high risk colleagues who rightly aren't coming into work. As a result of her doing that she hasn't seen her boyfriend since lockdown began because she knows working with the public puts her at risk and doesn't want to unintentionally pass that onto her boyfriend or anyone in his family.

Yes it's a bit crap for her and for him, but they know at their young age this isn't just about them.
 
Lazkir said:
My reply to him would have been 'sort your daft girlfriend out, as a nurse she should know better than to bitch about not seeing you'
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It was that and more. I was so disappointed as he'd been very firm and unselfish, only to change his mind. She should know better and unimpressed doesn't come close.
 
AmandaJR said:
I think people need to consider their actions could indeed mean life and death. My nephew works in London as a 5g rigger. His girlfriend works as a nurse in palliative care. He said they'd need to not see each other until this was all over and it was safe. She bitched and he caved. I went nuts at him as he was saying how great Captain Tom was and I suggested one careless move by him and her could see the demise of someone just like Captain Tom. He was like "I'm allright - ok so I smoke but should be ok if I got it" my reply "NO, NO, NO, NO...it's not about YOU"...the penny seemed to drop but who knows.
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Also as Amanda Holden and Eamonn Holmes have told me, he is facilitating the spread of coronavirus by putting up 5g masts, so his girlfriend must know he is more than likely a super carrier. Very silly behaviour.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
I’m happy to suggest that you are massively wide of the mark there and there is nothing in anything I have posted that suggests I don’t acknowledge their are idiots out there - do you understand that there is middle ground ?

An area where people can understand why some are acting like idiots and why some think they can ignore any guidelines or advice . ?
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Suggest what you like,
I'm not sure , in this crisis, that there should be " a middle ground"
Either ones actions are going to possibly cause a problem or they are not.
In this case the problem could be someone dying who shouldn't have to die if some discipline and forethought and care for others had been in the mind.
So, make all the excuses you want to, but please stop this righteous indignation at someone who says it like it is.
Slab said nothing wrong.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Suggest what you like,
I'm not sure , in this crisis, that there should be " a middle ground"
Either ones actions are going to possibly cause a problem or they are not.
In this case the problem could be someone dying who shouldn't have to die if some discipline and forethought and care for others had been in the mind.
So, make all the excuses you want to, but please stop this righteous indignation at someone who says it like it is.
Slab said nothing wrong.
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What exactly do you think I’m making excuses for ?!

Are you just blurting in looking to have a pop or something

Is there are minority of people who are breaking guidelines and restrictions- yes

Are they doing it with the thought they may catch the virus - yes

Are they doing with the thought that they maybe passing the virus around - yes

Are the happy knowing that they could be passing the virus around - No

Do people think they have a reason to break guidelines- some will yes

Are people going out on purpose to break guidelines- suspect some

But I firmly believe that the majority of those going out are doing it because they feel they will be fine , they are still doing within social distancing

I’m not in the belief that everyone breaking the guidelines is doing it with any intent to cause harm as was suggested by Slab with his comment. You can disagree- all fine with that but that doesn’t make you right.

The country is full of different people in regards the way they act - people have reacted differently to the restrictions put in place - everyone I know is following them but then even myself I have popped to the shop to grab some rolls for our burgers , it could be classed as breaking restrictions but is it done with any intent to harm or “happy to bring death ( which was the statement ) “ - Nope not at all.
 
DRW said:
I am certainly not commenting over the deaths, as it is terrible like really bad. But would be however interested if you have thought about supply chains breaking down with prolonged lockdowns and the knock on effects of no food or essentials etc.

Reports are already coming in on supply chains failing and social unrest in the world and we are a world economy, and these are likely to get worse if this goes on for another 3 months say(poorer countries will see big problems very quickly) and if supply chains fail to any extent, then you will have a far far worse situation then the virus to contend with. The ramifications are truly mind blowing o_O

I'm not a tin hat kind of person, but with the start of these reports coming in, even I am starting to think oh poo, I need a new hat and a gun to hand........

Governments around the world are really between a hard place and a rock over the lockdowns. With poorer countries much nearer the edge, than people in the UK generally.
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What are these supply chains that are failing here? I've seen no reports of that or civil unrest. I've seen the rednecks in tne USA kicking off but that's just normal. Food manufacturing has not been locked down or the supply chains..
 
Hacker Khan said:
Also as Amanda Holden and Eamonn Holmes have told me, he is facilitating the spread of coronavirus by putting up 5g masts, so his girlfriend must know he is more than likely a super carrier. Very silly behaviour.
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He did say they've had problems with some idiots protesting!
 
AmandaJR said:
He did say they've had problems with some idiots protesting!
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Some of the masts we are using have been vandalised , one set on fire but thankfully not too much damage but one mast was damaged that bad knocking a quite a lot of carriers offline for a couple of days. A lot of the masts always have “flat earthers” etc there hanging around - same with wind farms
 
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