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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

hovis said:
My friend is 34 and had a jab. He was in hospital and was offered one because they was going to throw it away due to no shows. Did he jump the queue?
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No, he didn't, he saved a valuable resource from being wasted. I know a guy whose wife was administering vaccs. They were due to finish at 6pm. At 10 to 6, she called him and said they had some spare vaccs, tried everybody on their reserve list, not enough takers, and the rest was going to be chucked out in 10. If he got his ass up there in 9, he would get one. He did, and was just right to do so.
 
PNWokingham said:
quite judgemental. Having pet shops open will ease pressure on supermarkets, leading to more social distancing. Maybe have a reflection when you are socially distancing in church next time
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Whatever the point of the dig or what it is supposed to achieve I don’t know, but you‘ll be fully aware that not one of us, whether having a faith or not, needs to be in a church nor socially distancing to engage in moments of reflection.
 
Reports that we may increase lockdown restrictions

Nurseries closed
Only allowed out once a week
No exercise with other households
No support bubbles

If your only allowed out once a week how you going to exercise with other households? Lol unless that's your one trip out

This would kill my wife's mental state off for sure so would worry about the countries mental health with the bottom 3. Top one well ? is what it is

I don't question it though. It's been a week. How long before we see the numbers from closing schools? Thought we were seeing new year's eve numbers atm
 
pauljames87 said:
Reports that we may increase lockdown restrictions

Nurseries closed
Only allowed out once a week
No exercise with other households
No support bubbles

If your only allowed out once a week how you going to exercise with other households? Lol unless that's your one trip out

This would kill my wife's mental state off for sure so would worry about the countries mental health with the bottom 3. Top one well ? is what it is

I don't question it though. It's been a week. How long before we see the numbers from closing schools? Thought we were seeing new year's eve numbers atm
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Not sure how my dog will cope with one walk a week!
 
rudebhoy said:
Not sure how my dog will cope with one walk a week!
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Think a lot of it is rumour and won't happen

Also if there is one thing this pandemic has proven it's that the British public are uncontrollable.

So much call for Oz style lockdowns that work etc and whilst I agree the Great British public (not all of them) would revolt. Your not taking away my rights

Just like that lady who wouldn't close her shop and claimed the magnacarta said she could open

Would be impossible to police for our already over run police force
 
hovis said:
My friend is 34 and had a jab. He was in hospital and was offered one because they was going to throw it away due to no shows. Did he jump the queue?
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Thank you for this post. I was saying just as much over Sunday lunch. My youngest son has been shielding for all the time and is waiting for his vaccine. I said that when he's done he should ask to be contacted when there is a no show, then rock up and get his second and most important dose.
 
Beezerk said:
And yet I and millions more still have to go out to work Mon-Fri, bonkers.
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Would be very short sighted if all of it closed then good luck getting the NHS through the winter with half the staff stuck at home with childcare issues

Nurseries would need massive support from gov to just open for key workers kids

Also everyone's a key worker now days
 
fundy said:
Do you expect them to do it in exact age order across the whole country? Different surgeries have taken longer to get ready to give the vaccinations so some are slightly ahead of others and its going to take a while to do all of the over 80s

As for those developing it after the jab, some are to be expected surely, it doesnt protect you until after a few weeks and the flu jab always used to give the odd case a mild dose of flu
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I don’t expect anything, my jabs are about 8th on the list So it don’t affect me. Ave come off the phone to someone who has isolated since March and unlike some Who just want to hit a golf ball, they cannot go out anywhere Until they have had the vaccine.
 
Beezerk said:
And yet I and millions more still have to go out to work Mon-Fri, bonkers.
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Of course it's not bonkers.
What is essential has to be done. Work etc. ( that was acknowledged when the guidelines/rules said work from home if possible)
So what is not essential has to be temporarily stopped .Because all contacts are potential spreading events.
Stopping as many contacts as possible is what is needed.
Ref the tightening rules suggested - there will be necessary exceptions,
Dogs toilet etc. of course there will.
But you know that this lockdown so far has not seen enough people staying put, as in the first one. Many on here have seen this and commented on it.
The figures are horrendous and more needs to be done.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Of course it's not bonkers.
What is essential has to be done. Work etc. ( that was acknowledged when the guidelines/rules said work from home if possible)
So what is not essential has to be temporarily stopped .Because all contacts are potential spreading events.
Stopping as many contacts as possible is what is needed.
Ref the tightening rules suggested - there will be necessary exceptions,
Dogs toilet etc. of course there will.
But you know that this lockdown so far has not seen enough people staying put, as in the first one. Many on here have seen this and commented on it.
The figures are horrendous and more needs to be done.
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Employers need addressing a lot more

So many open when they don't need to be and so many claiming key worker status when their not / refusing to let staff work from home
 
PNWokingham said:
as none of us need to be in a supermarket to buy dog food
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which is a view like mine - but i am not clear where my church going comes into it...or indeed the point of mentioning at all. If I choose to be judgmental as others on here then I will be judgemental on others, and I will reflect on my thoughts as I see fit in precisely the same way as all of us can reflect on our thoughts and comments.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
which is a view like mine - but i am not clear where my church going comes into it...or indeed the point of mentioning at all. If I choose to be judgmental as others on here then I will be judgemental on others, and I will reflect on my thoughts as I see fit in precisely the same way as all of us can reflect on our thoughts and comments.
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Churches have the luxury of deciding themselves if they can open
Their congregation will accept it and still support them
If law let's pet stores open and they decide not to the gov will provide no help to them

The guidelines are the problem in the main not the people

Yes in some cases the people are just stupid and useless but not all
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
which is a view like mine - but i am not clear where my church going comes into it...or indeed the point of mentioning at all. If I choose to be judgmental as others on here then I will be judgemental on others, and I will reflect on my thoughts as I see fit in precisely the same way as all of us can reflect on our thoughts and comments.
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The virus doesn't know if it is in a church or a supermarket. People sitting relatively static for an hour indoors is a recipe for transmission. It was reported yesterday on the BBC that mass worship adds 0.1 to the R-value. That means more cases transmitting unnecessarily to others. I am sure your God will forgive you if you worship him from home.
 
This lockdown is, largely, a slightly firmer Tier 4. Apart from the schools being shy there's little real difference
Many businesses are open when, if this was even bordering on a proper lockdown, they shouldn't be.
Far too many people are "playing" at lockdown.
Parts of the NHS are on the verge of being overrun with Covid patients
Somewhere, quite soon, a Doctor is going to have to play God - they'll have to decide who lives and who dies
And that scenario scares the crap out of me.
 
Imurg said:
This lockdown is, largely, a slightly firmer Tier 4. Apart from the schools being shy there's little real difference
Many businesses are open when, if this was even bordering on a proper lockdown, they shouldn't be.
Far too many people are "playing" at lockdown.
Parts of the NHS are on the verge of being overrun with Covid patients
Somewhere, quite soon, a Doctor is going to have to play God - they'll have to decide who lives and who dies
And that scenario scares the crap out of me.
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To be fair lockdown 2.0 had schools open .. so this is a stricker lockdown than 2.0

It's more strict than 1.5 which was when golf re opened but many restrictions stayed in place

Not as strict as 1.0 though but that was when even construction shut down

It's not far off though
 
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