Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

SaintHacker said:
Be interesting to see if theres a spike in Bristol after what went on last night. Utter morons, should have had the water cannon/rubber bullets turned on them:mad:
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Never understood why we never went down the lines of main line Europe when it comes to violent demos. A quick splash with a water cannon with permanent dye makes individuals easily identifiable and on a cold night usually send people home pretty sharpish but that's for another heated thread so best left alone.

Kid brother (thats the way I think of him) had his jab and immediately had to bed himself down. That's the brigade of guards for you :).
 
GuyInLyon said:
He's read the data (I asked him) and, more importantly, he understands the data.
Who to trust, you or my doctor...
I'll take my doctor, thanks.
Have a nice day!
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You have a lot of nerve thinking you understand my qualifications or experience, or impugning either with snarky asides. Easy to do on a keyboard, big man. How do you know he understands it? You weren't able to check, because you don't.

I am comfortable with my qualifications and relevant experience.
 
Really need to stop watching the news. increases in Europe, some reports of R number back above 1 since the schools went back etc. For my own sanity I so need those relaxations coming in both next Monday and on 12th April and it would feel pretty devastating for either of those to be delayed now.
 
GB72 said:
Really need to stop watching the news. increases in Europe, some reports of R number back above 1 since the schools went back etc. For my own sanity I so need those relaxations coming in both next Monday and on 12th April and it would feel pretty devastating for either of those to be delayed now.
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I'm almost disengaging from the news as - other than vaccination numbers - I find it getting me down, irritated or angry - and as there is nothing that I can do about any of it for some years I have asked myself why I put myself through it - and so I am not. I'll hear soon enough of any changes in respect of covid restrictions that will impact me - and so no point in me playing endless what-ifs and if-onlys...my iffy thinking on things I cannot influence has never done me any good in the past.

Meanwhile I'll just try and maintain reasonable peace-of-mind...more able to help and support those who need my help and support through these difficult times.
 
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GB72 said:
Really need to stop watching the news. increases in Europe, some reports of R number back above 1 since the schools went back etc. For my own sanity I so need those relaxations coming in both next Monday and on 12th April and it would feel pretty devastating for either of those to be delayed now.
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The 29th will happen so wouldn't worry about that. The other thing I would bear in mind is that the R number wasn't part of the unlocking and it was always expected to rise, it is cases and hospitalisations that are going to be key.
 
GB72 said:
Really need to stop watching the news. increases in Europe, some reports of R number back above 1 since the schools went back etc. For my own sanity I so need those relaxations coming in both next Monday and on 12th April and it would feel pretty devastating for either of those to be delayed now.
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I agree don't read to much of the press, they focus to much on the negative stuff. There is always a worst country or like.

Keep going, the weather is getting better, the days are lighter, things are getting better. I've never met you, but you come across as one of the good guys on here and a joy to read your posts. Keep posting and going.

Not long now, relaxations will happen.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I'm almost disengaging from the news as - other than vaccination numbers - I find it getting me down, irritated or angry - and as there is nothing that I can do about any of it for some years I have asked myself why I put myself through it - and so I am not. I'll hear soon enough of any changes in respect of covid restrictions that will impact me - and so no point in me playing endless what-ifs and if-onlys...my iffy thinking has never done me any good.

Meanwhile I'll just try and maintain reasonable peace-of-mind...more able to help and support those who need my help and support through these difficult times.
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I've been telling you to do this for years.
Worrying about stuff you have no control over can't do your health any good.
If anything important happens, we'll let you know
 
DRW said:
I agree don't read to much of the press, they focus to much on the negative stuff. There is always a worst country or like.

Keep going, the weather is getting better, the days are lighter, things are getting better. I've never met you, but you come across as one of the good guys on here and a joy to read your posts. Keep posting and going.

Not long now, relaxations will happen.
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And the clocks change next week :D
 
bobmac said:
And the clocks change next week :D
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I think that is something we cant talk about, as its political, we all know the EU issued the directive to ban that happening first and it stopped it being imported to the UK.:D
 
bobmac said:
You don't need to, especially at your age, let the young folk do it. ;)
Just learn to use ''whatever'' more often and a huge weight will be lifted from your shoulders.
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That's definitely how I approach life at the moment. Old enough to have been there, done it, got the T shirt etc. Approaching retirement and my only concern is about my grandchildren and what sort of life they will have in this crazy world.
 
arnieboy said:
That's definitely how I approach life at the moment. Old enough to have been there, done it, got the T shirt etc. Approaching retirement and my only concern is about my grandchildren and what sort of life they will have in this crazy world.
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Unfortunately as much as there is that I can do on that front there is also much that others do and decide that impact their future, and that we can - to an extent - influence. So on that, and in the context of this thread - when my lad says that he needs the country to come out of this lockdown slowly, cautiously with robust systems and resilience to the virus in place - because we cannot risk re-opening his life (his life is closed at the moment) for it to be closed down again by a resurgent virus - I listen to his wishes - not mine. And so on that basis I have no time at all for those proponents of going faster in relaxing constraints than the current plan.
 
I will mention politicians, but this not political!
Our PM said today the 3rd wave of infections affecting mainland Europe could reach us, makes sense, but hopefully it won’t.
Germany at the weekend were talking about another lockdown and the Oxford/AZ Vaccine is still not being trusted.
I have then read today about tens of thousands of German Tourists arriving in the Balearic Islands over the weekend! Even the Spanish aren’t happy as they themselves face travel restrictions.
Countries in mainland Europe really need to start getting a grip of their citizens, it’s an absolute joke what has/is going on.
We’ve got no chance of staying safe if their behaviour continues.

Thank god we are so far ahead on the vaccination programme as I pray that will give us a barrier to what’s happening over there and lessen any impact on us.
 
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pauldj42 said:
I will mention politicians, but this not political!
Our PM said today the 3rd wave of infections affecting mainland Europe could reach us, makes sense, but hopefully it won’t.
Germany at the weekend were talking about another lockdown and the Oxford/AZ Vaccine is still not being trusted.
I have then read today about tens of thousands of German Tourists arriving in the Balearic Islands over the weekend! Even the Spanish aren’t happy as they themselves face travel restrictions.
Countries in mainland Europe really need to start getting a grip of their citizens, it’s an absolute joke what has/is going on.
We’ve got no chance of staying safe if their behaviour continues.

Thank god we are so far ahead on the caccination programme as I pray that will give us a barrier to what’s happening over there and lessen any impact on us.
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Which might well explain why the PM wishes to have a 6month extension to October for the government's lockdown powers - way past the end of his current irreversible (he might wish he and Hancock never started talking of it in those terms) exit plan. But goodness I hope these powers are not required until October. Of course the usual suspects in the PM's own party are throwing a wobbly at that idea...but if it is required - I support the PM.
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Which might well explain why the PM wishes to have a 6month extension to October for the government's lockdown powers - way past the end of his current irreversible (he might wish he and Hancock never started talking of it in those terms) exit plan. But goodness I hope these powers are not required until October. Of course the usual suspects in the PM's own party are throwing a wobbly at that idea...but if it is required - I support the PM.
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Honestly, what is the matter with people and their English, these days.?
If someone says that it is hoped for a particular action to be irreversible, and that if "this "and "that "happens, it is believed it will be, etc, etc, how the hell is that then taken by some people that the someone promised it would be irreversible?
Anyone being fair knows that the PM said nothing in that respect which could be taken as a promise, only that it was an objective that was hoped to be achieved.
So, what is the bold above about? Is it your hearing or your English??
 
pauldj42 said:
I will mention politicians, but this not political!
Our PM said today the 3rd wave of infections affecting mainland Europe could reach us, makes sense, but hopefully it won’t.
Germany at the weekend were talking about another lockdown and the Oxford/AZ Vaccine is still not being trusted.
I have then read today about tens of thousands of German Tourists arriving in the Balearic Islands over the weekend! Even the Spanish aren’t happy as they themselves face travel restrictions.
Countries in mainland Europe really need to start getting a grip of their citizens, it’s an absolute joke what has/is going on.
We’ve got no chance of staying safe if their behaviour continues.

Thank god we are so far ahead on the vaccination programme as I pray that will give us a barrier to what’s happening over there and lessen any impact on us.
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The issue in the Balearics is a little more complex, but it shouldn't be. In the run up to the summer holidays last year a significant number of Germans used whatever leverage they could find to be allowed to travel there. They are the majority holiday home owners in the Balearics by a significant margin. Threats of selling up at knockdown prices and boycotts etc. The local govt, bear in mind each of the regions are semi-autonomous, caved in for fear of the damage to the local economy.

Each of the semi-autonomous regions have 'sealed their borders from last Saturday for 3+weeks to curtail holiday travelling.... apart from Madrid who has said their citizens are free to travel wherever they wish in Spain. In reality, Madrid can say they are free to leave but if the borders 'into' the other regions are sealed, who knows.

The Madridians haven't taken any notice of any travel ban since June last year, and there's been the odd fight down on the Playa because of it. Cars and motor homes have been arriving throughout the lockdown that has just ended. Not lots but enough to cause friction. I expect Easter will see a few more fights.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Honestly, what is the matter with people and their English, these days.?
If someone says that it is hoped for a particular action to be irreversible, and that if "this "and "that "happens, it is believed it will be, etc, etc, how the hell is that then taken by some people that the someone promised it would be irreversible?
Anyone being fair knows that the PM said nothing in that respect which could be taken as a promise, only that it was an objective that was hoped to be achieved.
So, what is the bold above about? Is it your hearing or your English??
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I'm not going to debate this - if you think that he and Hancock haven't from the word go described the plan as irreversible then that's what you've heard. Yes - they've subsequently created some wriggle room around the word...but we all know that this plan is not irreversible and that it makes no sense to describe something as hopefully being irreversible - public expectations and all that. Something is irreversible or it isn't. But you heard what you heard. I heard what I heard and this is what I heard.

"So we have got to be very prudent and what we want to see is progress that is cautious but irreversible. I think that is what the public, people up and down the country, want to see."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56068362

Anyway, hopefully we never have to engage reverse gear. And hopefully I haven't drifted into politics - though in context I should express my support for the PM in his lockdown extension contingency.
 
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