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xioni2
12 March 2020 21:41:28


 A number of the booked seats on the flight back from Helsinki today were empty. I suspect a number of people bailed out at the last minute partly because of Trump's announcement.  


Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 


Happy 50th BG and I hope you just have a cold.

Chunky Pea
12 March 2020 21:44:47


Another question is what should you do if you contract it?


Presumably drink lots of water. I also assume eating as well as possible is advisable. More uncertain are things like cough medicine, aspirin, nurofen, paracetamol, codeine, nytol etc. I've not seen official guidance on off the shelf medicines such as these.


Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 


Maybe pop a daily multi-vitamin as well beforehand. Not sure how it would help but it can't do any harm. 

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Bugglesgate
12 March 2020 21:46:53


Maybe pop a daily multi-vitamin as well beforehand. Not sure how it would help but it can't do any harm. 


Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 


 


I've started doing this - and I don't usually touch the things !


 


 

Chris (It,its)
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Gandalf The White
12 March 2020 21:46:55


Without being too melodramatic, we are facing a level of distress and loss not seen since WW2. Families will lose loved ones before their time, and the collective resolve of communities will be tested to the limit in the next few months. I suspect we will emerge from this episode with a whole new perspective on our lives and how we approach crises like this in the future.
I have an elderly mother whose respiratory state is to say the least compromised. She lives in a home with 34 equally elderly people in close proximity. Suffice to say we will do all we can to isolate her and minimise her chances of infection, but reading between the lines I fear the worst case scenario is inevitable.
I’m probably not the only one this evening re-evaluating what my priorities are at the moment and I will be spending quite a bit of time with her at the weekend - taking all possible precautions of course.


Originally Posted by: nsrobins 


I know how you feel; my father is 92 and in a care home - 3,500 miles away.  I'm really hoping Covid-19 doesn't get into the home.  We were making plans to visit him next month but now I don't know if that's possible or a good idea.


We have been very lucky in avoiding pandemics in recent decades; a number of novel viruses have been contained, at some cost.  This is a reality check, as you say.

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Gavin D
12 March 2020 21:49:23
Belgium have announced widespread shutdowns

@BNODesk

BREAKING: Belgium closes all schools, bars, and restaurants due to coronavirus and bans all recreational events regardless of size
Joe Bloggs
12 March 2020 21:49:39


 


I assume you are the manager?



Originally Posted by: xioni2 


Yes. “What’s the procedure?!? “ So funny and so true to life. 


Basically we’re trying to generate a contingency arrangement but it’s proving very difficult. I manage a customer service team of a training provider (within the charity sector) and everything like this is hard work.


As it stands we may have to go and buy 50 cheap laptops for the staff members using our procurement cards.


We’re thinking it’s likely that at some point soon we’ll need to close the office, but I’m not sure we’ll get an obvious nudge from the government after today’s announcement. 


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Gandalf The White
12 March 2020 21:50:01


Actual footage of my work place next week. I guarantee it. 


https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pbj0EANOb/?igshid=x2wgie9r1cx3


 


Originally Posted by: Joe Bloggs 


 


ROFL


 

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Polar Low
12 March 2020 21:53:43

Hello CP I think raw red onion and garlic is best also keeps people away bit embarrassing for my partner when out but always feel better after a raw onion especially 




 


Maybe pop a daily multi-vitamin as well beforehand. Not sure how it would help but it can't do any harm. 


Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 

Heavy Weather 2013
12 March 2020 21:59:50

Breaking | All premier league games to go ahead this weekend


Great to have thousands of fans moving around the country on public transports and in pubs. Great isolation there

Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
Chunky Pea
12 March 2020 22:05:29


 


 


I've started doing this - and I don't usually touch the things !


 


 


Originally Posted by: Bugglesgate 


Nor I tbh, but did start taking them back in December on an irregular basis (avg about 1 every 4 or 5 days) just to help keep the immune system relatively strong in what was a particularly gloomy month. 

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speckledjim
12 March 2020 22:07:57

Belgium have announced widespread shutdowns

@BNODesk

BREAKING: Belgium closes all schools, bars, and restaurants due to coronavirus and bans all recreational events regardless of size

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


can you imagine the uproar if they closed bars in this country 

Thorner, West Yorkshire


Journalism is organised gossip
speckledjim
12 March 2020 22:09:11


 


Nor I tbh, but did start taking them back in December on an irregular basis (avg about 1 every 4 or 5 days) just to help keep the immune system relatively strong in what was a particularly gloomy month. 


Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 


I swear by vitamin d. I take it daily throughout late autumn/winter and never even get a cold. 

Thorner, West Yorkshire


Journalism is organised gossip
Gandalf The White
12 March 2020 22:09:31


 


can you imagine the uproar if they closed bars in this country 


Originally Posted by: speckledjim 


It would mean another empty supermarket shelf.

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Arcus
12 March 2020 22:09:44


Breaking | All premier league games to go ahead this weekend


Great to have thousands of fans moving around the country on public transports and in pubs. Great isolation there


Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


Many millions more will be grappling for toilet tissue in Tescos, barging into bother in Boots, and getting asbos in Asda.


Christ, that was Boris-level alliteration.

Ben,
Nr. Easingwold, North Yorkshire
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The Beast from the East
12 March 2020 22:10:22
Perhaps Whitty and Valance are Malthusians. Dominic Cumshot is. The UK govt policy will lead to a cull of the sick, vulnerable and elderly poor. Perhaps we will emerge stronger as a race after the dust settles in a few years. Social engineering and eugenics on a scale Hitler could only dream of
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Polar Low
12 March 2020 22:11:56

Not sure where leak came from but a whisper maybe schools close next Friday have heard nothing from my school


Teachers have also been told to prepare 'home-learning packs' for students during an expected month-long coronavirus enforced Easter break.


https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-coronavirus-full-list-schools-3941672


 


 



Belgium have announced widespread shutdowns

@BNODesk

BREAKING: Belgium closes all schools, bars, and restaurants due to coronavirus and bans all recreational events regardless of size

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Heavy Weather 2013
12 March 2020 22:12:32

Breaking


All french football matches cancelled until further notice

Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
The Beast from the East
12 March 2020 22:13:16

Belgium have announced widespread shutdowns

@BNODesk

BREAKING: Belgium closes all schools, bars, and restaurants due to coronavirus and bans all recreational events regardless of size

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


Snowflakes. Thank god we left the EU. 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Gandalf The White
12 March 2020 22:17:30


 


Many millions more will be grappling for toilet tissue in Tescos, barging into bother in Boots, and getting asbos in Asda.


Christ, that was Boris-level alliteration.


Originally Posted by: Arcus 


Exactly. Surely far more people go shopping than go to watch sports events.


Everyone in a supermarket is touching surfaces (baskets, trolleys, shelves, checkout belts), touching fresh food and other produce.  There are also far more potential contact points than at a football match.


I think we're back to the same basic point: it's the timing of the measures. If the guidance is correct it would be counterproductive and suboptimal to try to shut things down now when there are so few cases. Surely, if it's time limited, it's better to do it when the benefit will be greatest?

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The Beast from the East
12 March 2020 22:18:14


 


Many millions more will be grappling for toilet tissue in Tescos, barging into bother in Boots, and getting asbos in Asda.


Christ, that was Boris-level alliteration.


Originally Posted by: Arcus 


this is all a game to Boris. His whole life has been a long social experiment to see how much a super rich toff can get away with. The permanent smirk on his face, even when he talked about people dying prematurely today shows what a repulsive narcissist he is. And yet the voters love him because he makes them laugh. 

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Chunky Pea
12 March 2020 22:19:55


 


I swear by vitamin d. I take it daily throughout late autumn/winter and never even get a cold. 


Originally Posted by: speckledjim 



Worth checking out!


I am beginning to wonder do colds and flu like infections find it easier to 'attack' when people have become more dejected and dispirited over time due the lack of quality sunlight? Could there be psychological influences at play? Questions questions! 

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John p
12 March 2020 22:20:22


Another question is what should you do if you contract it?


Presumably drink lots of water. I also assume eating as well as possible is advisable. More uncertain are things like cough medicine, aspirin, nurofen, paracetamol, codeine, nytol etc. I've not seen official guidance on off the shelf medicines such as these.


Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 


My advice would be to not take paracetamol to reduce the fever unless you are in real discomfort.


The body raises the temperature to fight the virus so is not necessarily a bad thing.

Camberley, Surrey
Heavy Weather 2013
12 March 2020 22:22:59

Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for Coronavirus.


That may force the leagues hand

Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
Chunky Pea
12 March 2020 22:24:58


Everyone in a supermarket is touching surfaces (baskets, trolleys, shelves, checkout belts), touching fresh food and other produce.  


Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


Was thinking the exact same thing earlier. 


 

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Gooner
12 March 2020 22:25:06


Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for Coronavirus.


That may force the leagues hand


Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


Oh dear , that might change things 

Remember anything after T120 is really Just For Fun



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