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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Well what a mess. Worked this morning to help with the escalation to theatres and now looking to take over more space. Numbers rising alarmingly. So many people out in Reading, normal number of cars on the road and so little social distancing. I'm getting to the point of hoping some of these people get the virus and let them reflect then if garden centres etc was worth it. Staff on today are at rock bottom and having to deal with more patients every shift
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Me and Mrs out for a short walk around 1pm and couldn’t believe volume of traffic - it was a normal Saturday. Loads of cars going into local Homebase, Halfords, petsRUs and council ‘tip’ - all fully open it seemed. What’s essential about any of that lot. And where was all the traffic not going to these stores all going? 1st lockdown the roads were deserted. Just not getting it at all.

And this in a part of the country where the rate per thousand is over 1000 - and nearby it’s 1750 - and rising almost everywhere for miles around - I fear that we are doomed if nothing is changed and so i expect a PM statement on tightening things tomorrow evening or late afternoon.
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I think we have to accept that this is just another pointless exercise, supermarkets in Hornchurch were very busy today, Sainsbury’s only having 1 till in 4 working (for our safety apparently?) meant long queues down the aisles making social distancing a tad difficult. The High Street was busy, don’t think I saw a single shop closed.

Read this article.... apparently this Professor argues the NHS could vaccinate the entire population in 5 days if they dropped all their Bullshit bureaucracy.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -professor
 
Reemul said:
You mean you can't buy pet food for a month or 2 rather than weekly.

Again it's like an excuse but we have pets, next it will be but we have Covid...
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I count myself as very lucky. I can afford to buy my pets food 3 months at a time online storing in garage

I haven't been to a super market since march I have been clicking and collecting once a week making sure my freezer is full of meat and cooked meals incase I have to isolate

A lot of people cant do this. They shouldn't be judged for not being able to.
 
Reemul said:
You mean you can't buy pet food for a month or 2 rather than weekly.

Again it's like an excuse but we have pets, next it will be but we have Covid...
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You mean you can’t buy human food for a month? How many times do you go to the shop? Have you got a freezer? hope you aren’t buying fresh food and only freezer meals because fresh not essential is it really?
In fact shut the shops and forage in the woods if your that bothered.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Me and Mrs out for a short walk around 1pm and couldn’t believe volume of traffic - it was a normal Saturday. Loads of cars going into local Homebase, Halfords, petsRUs and council ‘tip’ - all fully open it seemed. What’s essential about any of that lot. And where was all the traffic not going to these stores all going? 1st lockdown the roads were deserted. Just not getting it at all.

And this in a part of the country where the rate per thousand is over 1000 - and nearby it’s 1750 - and rising almost everywhere for miles around - I fear that we are doomed if nothing is changed and so i expect a PM statement on tightening things tomorrow evening or late afternoon.
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Well I was going to post something on the same lines. It's utterly ridiculous the amount of people who were out in their cars yesterday. It was just like a normal Saturday. It's about time something is set up to keep a check on people driving about.
 
Jamesbrown said:
You mean you can’t buy human food for a month? How many times do you go to the shop? Have you got a freezer? hope you aren’t buying fresh food and only freezer meals because fresh not essential is it really?
In fact shut the shops and forage in the woods if your that bothered.
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Once a week, delivered to the home..been doing that since home deliveries started years ago, have a freezer too. It's not hard unless you don't really want to do it and surely you can buy pet food from your supermarket at the same time. The idea being to limit the number of shops you need to go to surely. Oh i know, poochie needs his super deluxe organic special seaweed biscuits in this pandemic so i need to travel 20 minutes to get it.

People just want to carry on as normal and any excuse to do it will do, common sense for many is as it was.
 
fundy said:
geez the Gruniad print some rubbish these days
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Did you take 5 minutes to read it? It was not an opinion piece by some sensationalist journo...it was the view of Sir John Bell, regius chair of medicine at the University of Oxford and Dr Richard Vautrey, GP committee chair of the British Medical Association.
Now I don’t know if they have some agenda against the NHS but to dismiss their views as “Rubbish” seems a bit ridiculous.
 
Reemul said:
Once a week, delivered to the home..been doing that since home deliveries started years ago, have a freezer too. It's not hard unless you don't really want to do it and surely you can buy pet food from your supermarket at the same time. The idea being to limit the number of shops you need to go to surely. Oh i know, poochie needs his super deluxe organic special seaweed biscuits in this pandemic so i need to travel 20 minutes to get it.

People just want to carry on as normal and any excuse to do it will do, common sense for many is as it was.
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It's not hard? Easy if you have the cash and the space

Lots of people don't.

But long as your alright .. just sit there and pass judgement
 
pauljames87 said:
Id say pet shops are very essienal. You need animals to still be cared for and fed surely
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Yes they do. supermarkets have pet food and make appointment with a vet at the pet store if the pet store has a vet and you need it. Only folks going to the pet store will be those with a pet needing attention and an appointment.
 
Fade and Die said:
I think we have to accept that this is just another pointless exercise, supermarkets in Hornchurch were very busy today, Sainsbury’s only having 1 till in 4 working (for our safety apparently?) meant long queues down the aisles making social distancing a tad difficult. The High Street was busy, don’t think I saw a single shop closed.

Read this article.... apparently this Professor argues the NHS could vaccinate the entire population in 5 days if they dropped all their Bullshit bureaucracy.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -professor
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Bring back strict management of numbers allowed into a supermarket at any time. I have to queue outside. Well so be it or I come back later. That queue can be managed by the supermarket and shopping will be much safer.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
My church is shut. Has been for weeks. We don’t think it is a COVID-safe environment for our congregation.
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Probably the correct response. My parents is still open. There in lies the problem with all of this. It comes down to a personal interpretation of what is essential. Maybe the interpretation should be taken away?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Yes they do. supermarkets have pet food and make appointment with a vet at the pet store if the pet store has a vet and you need it. Only folks going to the pet store will be those with a pet needing attention and an appointment.
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Do you know the people going in are not in this category or just passing judgement?
 
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