Another day, another thread = stay safe!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52221402 Money for charities will be welcome but I fear that given the amount of work that charities do in the care and medical field (think of the hospice movement) the £750m is going to leave many important causes still in major difficulties. That's not so much a criticism, more a worry that the Chancellor is running out of barrels to scrape.

5am run report: The dog walkers are beginning to appear a bit more. It would seem that darkness acts as a bit of a detterent. May have to aim for a bit earlier.

Where do you run that you can’t stay more than 2 metres from the dog walkers? I wouldn’t have thought it would be a problem. I haven’t even been out for my bike ride yet but even at 8am there is no problem keeping clear of people round here. 

Anyway a grim milestone coming up today for those who track such things with the daily death toll set to enter four figures for the first time. 

Isn't it easier to see and avoid in the daylight?

Why is Boris Johnson still in intensive care taking up a vital critical care bed when he doesn’t need any form of help with his breathing and he is well enough to sit up and chat with people?

I spent 48 hours in ICU three months before coronavirus had been invented. As soon as I was well enough to sit up, I was off to a general ward. They needed the bed ASAP.

Not being picky but do we know if that is still the case? I don't know if there has been an update yet today.

It was last nights No10 update. Said he was still in ICU. Came after Sunak said he was sitting up in bed chatting.

I expect the picture isn't as rosy as Govt says

Yes I don’t think we being giving the full picture.

The statement from No.10 was far less rosy than the 5pm statement.

But if we get a rosy statement this morning questions should be asked as to why he is in still in ICU taking up a bed of no longer needed.

I know it’s not the same thing. When I broke my femur 6 years ago, I was out of bed in three days with them pushing me on to crutches. Was out of hospital after a week. They needed the bed.

I never felt so frail trying to walk only after a few days

I prefer 8m and its a track I run round so can usually stay 50-100m away.

Its still annoying though!

Maybe a bit though they tend to have torches if its really dark. When the clocks went forward I had my own torch and only came across 1 dog walker then. Its amazing how fast its getting lighter. The sun actually rose today shortly after I'd finished. Its now about the same as pre clocks going forward.

Has it occurred to you they may find you annoying as they are out exercising and exercising their pet?

In fairness the government have nothing to lose. If he is still critical saying so would probably cause concern among the general public and on the markets.

Any slight improvement can be exaggerated to put the masses at ease.

He is unlikely to be on the general ward with all the plebs

He will have his own specially prepared private room and his own dedicated nurse and doctor

I think they want to be sure he is fine before he is let out

Statement imminent on his release according to social media 

 Hopefully he has lost some weight and learnt a bit of humility and appreciates public services a bit more

Beast we were discussing having an early morning stroll not troll.

You said the same thing yesterday morning.

Emily is a brilliant journalist and getting a lot of heat for saying the truth here

Emily Maitlis with powerful words that needed saying tonight. pic.twitter.com/yqNgxlHoJU

— Huw (@ed_son) April 8, 2020

The rumours yesterday were true. He has improved and temp is down and he can talk normally as Sunak said

Im sure he will be released today

Latest on BoJo is he “mentally able to make decisions” and is “accessible”.

Reading between the lines, they haven’t once said he can “speak”, unless I missed that. This says to me he can listen, understand and nod his head, but can’t talk due to a reliance on oxygen.

Thoughts on that theory?

Yesterday he was alleged to be "sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team". Using sign language?

Again, it’s all wordplay - ‘engaging’. That could be nodding to answer questions.  

I might be reading too much in to it though!

But seriously, if domestic cats are spreading it, we need to know and the govt needs to start testing them

Otherwise current lockdown measures are meaningless

Agree, traffic levels round here back to normal now and people out and about much more.

Tesco was packed yesterday, I had to queue even when I went back for my third visit at 9pm

Anecdotally, there is a lot of household mixing going on. People have had enough of lockdown