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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Lord Tyrion said:
That is why phone cameras or digital cameras are utter genius. Keep pressing, delete the rubbish, keep the golden ones. Soooooooo much better than film.
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My Samsung does motion images which has been useful

Get a 5 second clip each photo. So I oause when it looks good and save it lol
 
If the rumoured reports are that it’s 17-21 causing the spikes.

Why don’t the government ban them from gathering? The old were basically scared into staying inside for months. So punish the youngsters instead of everyone else......
 
From Monday no more than six together indoor or outdoor- with some exceptions. Does the limit of 2 households also still apply? Clearly it didn’t previously for outdoors groups of up to 30. So a group of six cannot be from three or more separate households. We are assuming that this is the case and so as far as my wife is concerned that puts the kibosh on her plans for her birthday weekend.

One of which was going to London with our daughter (no longer living in the family home so not in our household), and her bestie to have afternoon tea at Claridge’s - even though her bestie lives alone and will have effectively been self isolating for more than two weeks. My Mrs just isn’t willing to break the rule of two households...if that still holds for groups of less than six.
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
From Monday no more than six together indoor or outdoor- with some exceptions. Does the limit of 2 households also still apply? Clearly it didn’t previously for outdoors groups of up to 30. So a group of six cannot be from three or more separate households. We are assuming that this is the case and so as far as my wife is concerned that puts the kibosh on her plans for her birthday weekend.

One of which was going to London with our daughter (no longer living in the family home so not in our household), and her bestie to have afternoon tea at Claridge’s - even though her bestie lives alone and will have effectively been self isolating for more than two weeks. My Mrs just isn’t willing to break the rule of two households...if that still holds for groups of less than six.
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If your daughter and her best friend have formed a social bubble as one lives alone then you are fine as that counts as one household.
 
GB72 said:
If your daughter and her best friend have formed a social bubble as one lives alone then you are fine as that counts as one household.
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They don't. Daughter lives close to us, and it's my wife's bestie and she lives in Brighton. Would be OK in Scotland as 8 people from 3 households is allowed. But we are not in Scotland, and as much as Matt Hancock was very clear on Today this morning about the number being 6 - he didn't mention (and wasn't asked) about the number of households that can make up that 6.

So just need clarification if anyone can please - in the context of from next Monday when the 6 limit kicks in - as my wife will contact her bestie later today to cancel, and will also call Claridge's to cancel.

She has also decided to cancel our restaurant booking that same evening as we will be 6 from four households, and my wife doesn't want us split 3/3 sitting at 2m separated tables :(

So be it - as we do our best to do our bit - just hope and wish everyone is as willing...
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
They don't. Daughter lives close to us, and it's my wife's bestie and she lives in Brighton. Would be OK in Scotland as 8 people from 3 households is allowed. But we are not in Scotland, and as much as Matt Hancock was very clear on Today this morning about the number being 6 - he didn't mention (and wasn't asked) about the number of households that can make up that 6.

So just need clarification if anyone can please - in the context of from next Monday when the 6 limit kicks in - as my wife will contact her bestie later today to cancel, and will also call Claridge's to cancel.

She has also decided to cancel our restaurant booking that same evening as we will be 6 from four households, and my wife doesn't want us split 3/3 sitting at 2m separated tables :(

So be it - as we do our best to do our bit - just hope and wish everyone is as willing...
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It is 2 households in the 6. In theory it always has been but that is one of the more commonly ignored rules. By the fact that they are putting it in to law to make it easier for the police to enforce, I suggest that this time it will be less of the softly softly approach with fines issued for an breaches.
 
GB72 said:
It is 2 households in the 6. In theory it always has been but that is one of the more commonly ignored rules. By the fact that they are putting it in to law to make it easier for the police to enforce, I suggest that this time it will be less of the softly softly approach with fines issued for an breaches.
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We guessed the 2 households limit still applied - just that in making things 100% clear he didn’t mention it. Anyway what my wife will do is go into London with our daughter and we’ll go for a meal just with our son.

Not what we’d like on an important birthday but there you go. It really isn’t the end of the world or that important for us to contravene the rules. The time will come round when we can do what we’d liked to have done.

In terms of enforcement when out I’m thinking we are not too far from having to carry some document that can prove our home address. That way police could ask a group of 6 to prove they are from two households.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
We guessed the 2 households limit still applied - just that in making things 100% clear he didn’t mention it. Anyway what my wife will do is go into London with our daughter and we’ll go for a meal just with our son.

Not what we’d like on an important birthday but there you go. It really isn’t the end of the world or that important for us to contravene the rules. The time will come round when we can do what we’d liked to have done.

In terms of enforcement when out I’m thinking we are not too far from having to carry some document that can prove our home address. That way police could ask a group of 6 to prove they are from two households.
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When it was my parents anniversary (ruby) they had booked a hotel for a meal like 50 people or something

In end ended up being myself, wife, daughter . Mum dad, sister and brother in law

Tech 3 households

But they said in the email we could have more and they "wouldn't check addresses"

So even then (just after re opening) it was lax

Most expensive meal mum's ever paid for she said but hopefully next year can celebrate with her friends and rest of family
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
We guessed the 2 households limit still applied - just that in making things 100% clear he didn’t mention it. Anyway what my wife will do is go into London with our daughter and we’ll go for a meal just with our son.

Not what we’d like on an important birthday but there you go. It really isn’t the end of the world or that important for us to contravene the rules. The time will come round when we can do what we’d liked to have done.

In terms of enforcement when out I’m thinking we are not too far from having to carry some document that can prove our home address. That way police could ask a group of 6 to prove they are from two households.
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Just hope it is made crystal clear to the public for the benefit of the Police, after all it is them who will have the hardest job enforcing it.
 
Technically from Monday the grand parents can't come together to see us.. as we a family of 5

Suits me if I can ban my mum and my wife's dad I'm good ??

Serious note does seem a bit weird you could be a family of 2 have a family of 4 over who you all work or school etc so say those 6 people are in contact with 10 people each a day

The only person in my house going out ATM is my eldest to nursey from next week , the twins and my wife obvious reasons

Myself I go golf once a week and work im on leave for a bit . Smashed covid .and saved My leave for the twins

So our contact is much less

Once again different parts of UK different

But don't want to go into politics after the ban so will stop now

Frustrating
 
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Its our 50th Anniversary on the 19th. Wanted a party but thats not happening now so we will have a nice few days away in our favourite spot in the West country. Hopefully we can all get together in the future.
 
I can't find a UK source but a German newspaper reports that one person that got a vaccination in teh Oxford trial has been tested positive for Corona virus. Has that been reported in the UK as well?
And what would it mean? Is one enough to stop it all, or could that just be within a margin of error? Like contraception is 99% secure?
 
larmen said:
I can't find a UK source but a German newspaper reports that one person that got a vaccination in teh Oxford trial has been tested positive for Corona virus. Has that been reported in the UK as well?
And what would it mean? Is one enough to stop it all, or could that just be within a margin of error? Like contraception is 99% secure?
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Half the Oxford trial cohort got placebo. We'd better hope a lot more, predominantly in that group, get it too or it is a bust.

I don't think media reports of each case are helpful. The trial will have a statistical plan which precisely defines when enough cases have been seen to prove its effectiveness.
 
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