Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

GB72 said:
Pretty much the nail in the coffin for Queensgate in Peterborough as well, that whole shopping center was built around John Lewis. Sadly 2 many years of people taking the advice from the staff in John Lewis then buying the item cheap online.
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Lob into pot, to sit with the impact of coronavirus, such as councils not being able to afford to make parking free or very inexpensive; councils having to levy ever increasing business rates; little being done to rein in the avarice of the major on-line channels/portals/retailers and the clarion call of the market economy and market forces - and you get the recipe for grim doughnut cities for which only government policy and funding has any chance of addressing - further comment down that line I cannot make.

This news, on top of the damage done by the lockdowns to the small retailers in such as Sheffield and Peterborough, is just disastrous for the cities - and cities are the people and so when a city suffers terribly then so, eventually, will also the people. The thought of Sheffield City Centre without John Lewis was awful to contemplate - and yet it has come to pass. Very, very sad and worrying.
 
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AmandaJR said:
The scary element is it seems, in many cases without underlying health issues, to be a lottery as to whether you get very sick or not.
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Not sure if I posted up before. My cousin was taken into A&E, following a fall, on a Monday evening. As part of the standard protocol she was tested for Covid. She died 2 days later on the Wednesday evening. Her underlying health conditions were two relatively new hips and being obese.

The son of one of our friends, very fit 21 year old lad, was diagnosed with it last April. He has/had long Covid symptoms afterwards. And he was diagnosed with it again in January.
 
Hobbit said:
Not sure if I posted up before. My cousin was taken into A&E, following a fall, on a Monday evening. As part of the standard protocol she was tested for Covid. She died 2 days later on the Wednesday evening. Her underlying health conditions were two relatively new hips and being obese.

The son of one of our friends, very fit 21 year old lad, was diagnosed with it last April. He has/had long Covid symptoms afterwards. And he was diagnosed with it again in January.
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It really is playing with Russian Roulette. Even following all the guidelines we caught it and so relieved to have come through (I hope!) unscathed.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Lob into pot, to sit with the impact of coronavirus, such as councils not being able to afford to make parking free or very inexpensive; councils having to levy ever increasing business rates; little being done to rein in the avarice of the major on-line channels/portals/retailers and the clarion call of the market economy and market forces - and you get the recipe for grim doughnut cities for which only government policy and funding has any chance of addressing - further comment down that line I cannot make.
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They were just talking about JL on the radio and interestingly their sales in the stores hadn't actually fallen, it's was the rent and rates that has meant the cost of keeping the stores open is not feasible. By 2025 they expect 70% of their sales to be via JohnLewis.com
 
road2ruin said:
They were just talking about JL on the radio and interestingly their sales in the stores hadn't actually fallen, it's was the rent and rates that has meant the cost of keeping the stores open is not feasible. By 2025 they expect 70% of their sales to be via JohnLewis.com
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I should think Waitrose has done very well during the last year.
 
Hobbit said:
Not sure if I posted up before. My cousin was taken into A&E, following a fall, on a Monday evening. As part of the standard protocol she was tested for Covid. She died 2 days later on the Wednesday evening. Her underlying health conditions were two relatively new hips and being obese.

The son of one of our friends, very fit 21 year old lad, was diagnosed with it last April. He has/had long Covid symptoms afterwards. And he was diagnosed with it again in January.
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Jeez Brian, you've had more than your share of family health issues recently. Take care mate.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Lob into pot, to sit with the impact of coronavirus, such as councils not being able to afford to make parking free or very inexpensive; councils having to levy ever increasing business rates; little being done to rein in the avarice of the major on-line channels/portals/retailers and the clarion call of the market economy and market forces - and you get the recipe for grim doughnut cities for which only government policy and funding has any chance of addressing - further comment down that line I cannot make.

This news, on top of the damage done by the lockdowns to the small retailers in such as Sheffield and Peterborough, is just disastrous for the cities - and cities are the people and so when a city suffers terribly then so, eventually, will also the people. The thought of Sheffield City Centre without John Lewis was awful to contemplate - and yet it has come to pass. Very, very sad and worrying.
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The problem is right here on this forum along with the other millions of people who prefer to shop on line go to out of town centres. Making free parking in town centres isn’t going to stop what has slowly been happening over the years but it might help small local businesses.
 
chrisd said:
Phone call at 5.30 that they were doing 2nd Pfizer jabs in Folkestone and no appointments were necessary, Mrs D and I are back at 7.30 all suitably vaccinated - great lot the NHS, all smiles and happy although they clearly graft hard all day ???
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Nice one. Let us know what the queues are like at the airport!??
 
chrisd said:
Phone call at 5.30 that they were doing 2nd Pfizer jabs in Folkestone and no appointments were necessary, Mrs D and I are back at 7.30 all suitably vaccinated - great lot the NHS, all smiles and happy although they clearly graft hard all day ???
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? how many weeks was it between them?
 
chrisd said:
Phone call at 5.30 that they were doing 2nd Pfizer jabs in Folkestone and no appointments were necessary, Mrs D and I are back at 7.30 all suitably vaccinated - great lot the NHS, all smiles and happy although they clearly graft hard all day ???
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When did you get your 1st jab?

just seen the answer above.
I am 7 1/2 past 1st jab, at your pace I get one in a couple of weeks.
 
larmen said:
When did you get your 1st jab?

just seen the answer above.
I am 7 1/2 past 1st jab, at your pace I get one in a couple of weeks.
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In Folkestone but at a different site. It would seem they had more Pfizer than customers and were happy to do all comers who'd had their first jab (I think) before February
 
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