Coronavirus (Non-Politics)

[Napster]

Wish they’d put price controls on rent.

wish they'd build more houses.

 

[Blueronron]

wish they'd build more houses.

Wish build more council houses ,that are affordable to all, and not greedy owners who rent out and make money from others misery

 

[Ricky Otto]

All our UK offices had to work from home yesterday as a stress test on our IT infrastructure in case coronavirus stops everyone commuting. Seems like it went well and nobody had any issues accessing systems. Hopefully all this preparation is overkill but I guess it is better to have these preparations in place and not use them than be up **** creek without a paddle if the worst does come to fruition. Business impact directly affects our bonuses so wouldn't want a massive interruption!

 

[Member]

****ing nuts whipped up by the media. God forbid a real pandemic hits, the world will end.

This is a real pandemic. We're seeing exponential growth ex-China in cases and fatalities, with the number of deaths is doubling each 2-3 days.

People should be taking sensible steps to avoid the transmission of this, by frequent hand-washing and self isolation if you're symptomatic and believe you've come into contact with COVID-19. Downplaying the severity of the situation is actively harmful.

 

[RobM]

How many cases of "ordinary" (for want if a better term) have been diagnosed?

 

[Blueronron]

Also good time to dump bad news on the public,when papers are in "End of the world " mode

 

[Napster]

Also good time to dump bad news on the public,when papers are in "End of the world " mode

 

[kaymac]

How many cases of "ordinary" (for want if a better term) have been diagnosed?

Think its something over 100 confirmed cases now, was 40 cases two weeks ago. One death, the elderly person with underlying health conditions, and in 10 of the cases the origin has not yet been identified.

If you follow all the recommendations everyone needs to live like Howard Hughes in his final days in an isolated / sterile environment with no contact with the outside world.

 

[GBJ]

I have always fancied myself as an unpredictable warlord......If want to be part of the Southend militia, just PM me

Sure.

We can branch out into protection services & make a fortune.

Capitalism rules!

 

[Member]

Think its something over 100 confirmed cases now, was 40 cases two weeks ago. One death, the elderly person with underlying health conditions, and in 10 of the cases the origin has not yet been identified.

If you follow all the recommendations everyone needs to live like Howard Hughes in his final days in an isolated / sterile environment with no contact with the outside world.

No you don't, stop being daft

 

[GBJ]

Panic buying was bound to happen as soon as the alert levels went up and now the plan is moving to delaying the spread the panic will increase. Fact of life, a lot of the antibacterial gels contain no acohol and therefore are useless to kill the virus. My local surgery can no longer get supplies of gel and probably the hospital won't be far behind. Nevertheless, washing hands for the correct length of time will give us some protection. Why folk feel the need to stockpile some of the foodstuffs that are missing from the shelves is beyond me. We are not in a pandemic just yet and if people will just be sensible and calm it will be easier for all of us.

I’ve been too busy over the last few days to get to the supermarket after work, but I’ve got no other option than to go there tonight, to get my cans of listening juice.

If there’s a shortage on that, then god help us all.

I’ll keep you updated

 

[GBJ]

If you follow all the recommendations everyone needs to live like Howard Hughes in his final days in an isolated / sterile environment with no contact with the outside world.

A billionaire philanthropist? Yes please.

 

[kaymac]

No you don't, stop being daft

Doh.....it was sarcasm....

 

[Member]

A huge percentage of people who get this have recovered without any side affects.

true

You can't tell me the media have not been irresponsible in their continual 24hr reporting like it's the end of days

it's a massive story, it has the potential to kill a huge number of people, and I'd say is likely to cause a significant global economic impact. Is the media sometimes a bit eager to hype things up? yes, but the academic and scientific community are pretty unified on this being a big issue, and if it's not COVID-19, it could be it's worse brother a year or two away.

- as per usual they report on the negative rather than the positive

remind me what the positive stories are related to COVID-19?

and now we're seeing idiots buying up stocks of toilet paper

people are scared, and many people are inherently selfish. However, if I see empty shelves and no loo roll then for sure I'll pick up the next large quantity of it that I find, as I don't want a ****ty arse.

and Network Rail supplying totally pointless hand sanitiser.

We all know Network Rail are incompetent.

 

[Member]

Doh.....it was sarcasm....

sarcasm doesn't tend to land on here unless you make it really clear, especially on a (relatively) serious thread/topic

 

[Member]

This tracker is pretty clear and helpful

https://covid19info.live/

Remember that most countries are not going to be able to respond to the threat in the way that China could.

 

[tia]

Flew to Portugal from Heathrow for a short break and a small amount of people at airport were wearing masks.Not sure they are that effective anyway specially for the bloke who kept taking it on and off as he waited for his flight seemed bit pointless!

 

[kaymac]

sarcasm doesn't tend to land on here unless you make it really clear, especially on a (relatively) serious thread/topic

Does it not?? How uninteresting....

 

[Member]

Flew to Portugal from Heathrow for a short break and a small amount of people at airport were wearing masks.Not sure they are that effective anyway specially for the bloke who kept taking it on and off as he waited for his flight seemed bit pointless!

masks aren't good a stopping you from contracting an infection. They're better at stopping you passing it on (coughing/sneezing etc.)

 

[Blueronron]

masks aren't good a stopping you from contracting an infection. They're better at stopping you passing it on (coughing/sneezing etc.)

Reminds me of Thomas The Tank when my lad was young