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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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15/03/2020 22:01
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Cancelled all this week's pupils, and an exam accompaniment (which I suspect the Ass Board will cancel anyway). Uni has stopped all face-to-face tuition, probably impinging on practical examinations next month. We now only meet our friends in the park Even had to turn my grandkids away yesterday when their dad suggested popping over to show me his new car...they had colds and I'm also at risk. My daughter came across from Holland this morning and at least I saw her for 10 minutes (at arms' length) before seeing her onto a train....
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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15/03/2020 23:16
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I was chatting to my old school-friend in Estepona today. He is in total lockdown from today, Another friend has had to leave Spain today to get over the border to Portugal to fly home tomorrow or be stuck out there indefinitely
Everyone can only go out to buy food, for medical reasons or to go to work and they have the cops out enforcing it.
All the local police, who are the ones most folk see have been drafted into the National police to enforce it.
As an aside, I went into my local Morrisons at 10 am today to get our breakfast fresh croissants. The car park was full, though I do have a blue sticker so could park easily.
There were no trolleys at all, nor baskets and the place was absolutely heaving. No toilet rolls, bottled water, baby food, nappies or paracetamol. I have never seen the place so full, not even at Christmas.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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16/03/2020 12:05
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Macron will address the nation again at 8pm tonight. I imagine that France will follow Spain into total lockdown. From what I saw in news there were many folks in the cities congregating in areas for picnics etc. Not excactly a social conscience, but I'm not surprised. It seems to me that they wanted to get the local elections out of the way yesterday,but it goes into a second weekend of voting normally,so I'm not sure if that will go ahead.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: magooagain]
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16/03/2020 13:13
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Macron will address the nation again at 8pm tonight. I imagine that France will follow Spain into total lockdown. From what I saw in news there were many folks in the cities congregating in areas for picnics etc. Not excactly a social conscience, but I'm not surprised. It seems to me that they wanted to get the local elections out of the way yesterday,but it goes into a second weekend of voting normally,so I'm not sure if that will go ahead. Sounds like we chose the right date to leave with our ferry on Saturday evening - had a meal on the way to the boat not realising it would be the last time the restaurants were open, I don't think they were aware at the time.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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16/03/2020 19:24
16/03/2020 19:24
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Well, I popped to Lidl again today and there was no toilet roll, flour, long life milk, bleach, any sort of wipes, like baby wipes, anti bacterial wipes, etc A patient has died from the virus at the hospital I work at. My Mum is 68, with health problems and am dreading possibly passing anything on to her. Good luck out there everyone!
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Gripped]
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17/03/2020 09:03
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Well, I popped to Lidl again today and there was no toilet roll, flour, long life milk, bleach, any sort of wipes, like baby wipes, anti bacterial wipes, etc If the supermarkets are out of stock due to panic buying, try corner shops/food stores/grocers/convenience stores etc?
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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17/03/2020 12:20
17/03/2020 12:20
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The same thing is happening here, "Downunder", with people panic buying.
Today was the first day that a major supermarket chain opened its doors early allowing only the older members of our community to shop, so as not to fight crowds. A big problem though, the shelves were fairly empty so not much for the "oldies" to purchase.
On a positive note, the Australian stock market had a very large rally today, its best in 23 years, with supermarket shares gaining heaps.
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Re: Coronavirus
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18/03/2020 09:48
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The only worry I really do have is securing food for my cats. That's the only thing that I have bought more than usual, and even then we only have about 10 days worth. Let's hope the little buggers don't go off the stuff we have.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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18/03/2020 10:43
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At the moment we seem to be relatively OK here in my neck of the woods. Some small pockets of extra buying, but nothing extreme. Wife who is a lecturer has chosen to work from home, our son who is forty & special needs is at home with us as well, we decided not to put him to a daily centre. I'm still recovering from a hip operation & not looking to back to work any time soon. Mind you, trying to phone our surgery has drastically changed.
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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18/03/2020 10:53
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Our surgery has messaged me this morning that they are implementing phone consultations only, after which, the doctor will invite those they think need to be seen to the surgery,
They have also asked patients not to hand in requests for repeat prescriptions but to do it electronically. That can be a problem for some though.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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18/03/2020 14:57
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I hope we will not get as bad as Spain, France and Italy as we are generally not so touchy feely. Our cold British reserve will save us! Stiff upper lip. Pip pip.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Master_Mariner]
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18/03/2020 16:25
18/03/2020 16:25
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The UK government announced it would update figures- but NOT reveal where the cases were-to stop potential panic/targeting.
MM Yup - I don’t need to know where people are ill but the government does and, in the absence of mass testing, people reporting that they have specific symptoms and isolating could help paint the picture. That could inform the all-important decisions on school closures, isolating at-risk people, etc. Seems mad to me that, in this connected world that I know how long it will take me to get the B&Q and how many people to expect there when I arrive, we can’t use the same technology to help paint a picture of this problem.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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18/03/2020 17:07
18/03/2020 17:07
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It seems to me that the uk government is trying to keep official numbers down,all though it's a changing scene at the moment and there is an awfull lot of unseen paddling going on.
I also think,(and it's not unique to the uk) that they uk won't go for a total lockdown as they just won't be able to police it. There's not the respect for others ,particularly in the inner city problem areas. I imagine that parts of the U.K. are just a spark away from having riots if lockdown happens.
The lockdown seems to be working where I am in France all though there have been some fines handed out all ready.
Parisians that are lucky enough to have holiday homes are arriving into our area. Today on the Ille de Ré said Parisians with holiday homes there were having BBQs on the beaches! All have been told to leave and now the police have closed the beaches.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Theresa]
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18/03/2020 17:45
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To be fair the Continent of Europe has in it's history not been attuned to policing or governing by consent, Franco in Spain, Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy, Vichy France et al. If the UK can achieve what is needed without draconian use of lockdowns and limits of personal freedom then all the better.
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Re: Coronavirus
[Re: Submariner]
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18/03/2020 19:51
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To be fair the Continent of Europe has in it's history not been attuned to policing or governing by consent, Franco in Spain, Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy, Vichy France et al. If the UK can achieve what is needed without draconian use of lockdowns and limits of personal freedom then all the better. Draconian! Let's hope the uk gets off lightly as from what I'm seeing from the uk public they are acting like its Christmas. How about this. A good pal has the virus in Surrey. He has isolated himself for seven days. His wife works in a hospital and has carried on working and his son has carried on working. They all live together. He has in the last hour told me that it looks like he will looking after his grand children next week as the schools may shut! What do you think of that?
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