It is the Mirror so treat with caution but this is worrying: 

Coronavirus: London hospital first to admit it is turning Covid-19 patients away

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust - which saw three deaths in Wednesday's surge - admitted to sending patients to neighbouring hospitals but says all who needed ventilation have got it

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-london-hospital-first-admit-21723498

 

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I went in a pub yesterday. I was the only person in there. I went in because it's the closest point to my house where I could use a POS terminal to validate a new bank card.

I walked through the town after that and the few places open were as if they had been picked clean by locusts - the baker, the butcher. I was advised by people returning from our local Tesco not to even bother going in there.

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He is an idiot IMHO. 

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No, even though I am certain nothing bad would happen if I did, I am being a good citizen by keeping away.

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Indeed.  No signs of it here at all.   Although most of my customers seem to be staying at home ....


Edit: if it breaks out in Evesham it'll probably start at Wetherspoons ....  (usual suspects in there every afternoon when I go past).  

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Cheers mate 

We have 21 outlets across the world , 500 million turnover but doesn't mean local companies wont be hit ,  I have put split shifts in the Operations so there is no contact , management staff rotate through the week . But if our customer base shrinks our workforce will have to follow .

Sounds an odd thing to say but if we make people redundant then they will have  real difficulty trying to find a job so when things turn the corner they might be available to re-employ …………….if that makes sense 

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He is a cretinous self serving idiot whose only concern is go keep the money rolling. Whoever at the bbc decided to get this idiot on should be sacked on the spot. Balance does not include stupity.

 

So beast you are doing well. At present you are serving the needs of Cummings and Martin at the moment. I suggest you may be in with the wrong crowd

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Perhaps, but you cant deny his entrepreneurial genius. 

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No. What he is doing it seems is actively encouraging his customer base to commit involuntary man slaughter.  

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Disagree with that MM , Oxford itself attracts a huge amount of visitors , we have had a lot of students at the UNI with the virus  , Blenheim Palace ,on the edge of the Cotswolds , its a tourist attraction …………….oh and D Beckham is 6 miles from my house lol 

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Very succinctly put. That IMO is exactly what the fool is doing.

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Yes - I guess tourist hotspots are prime magnets for the virus - that is one reason why Italy and Spain have been so badly affected. Plus, that factory shopping area at Bicester was a particular magnet for Chinese tourists before the virus hit.

You did not reveal what line of business the company you work for is in.

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Hello mate - we supply paint throughout the UK to the door / window and conservatory manufacturers  - Farrow and Ball colours / Ral / British Standard / Dulux colours ,  we are finding that our customers are now struggling to get timber .

I am lucky I can fluctuate from home and work , others cant - we employ 41 across England and Ireland 

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Although you can't be certain that you are not carrying it and would not spread it. I'm missing the pub like crazy but just won't risk other people's health.

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I don't know if this has been shared on here yet, but the following is a very informative (long!) piece about how various strategies work - the pros & cons of all of them - and what is recommended:

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56 

I found it a fascinating read.

 

And yes, it also proves, not that we all had any doubt anyway, that people like Tim Martin are greedy cretins effectvely advocating for mass slaughter so they can line their pockets with blood money.

 

Bicester Village was hit badly from day 1 it seemed , the Nike store closed quite quickly 

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The main reason we catch the common cold multiple times is that there are many variants; exposure to one doesn’t provide immunity to the others.

This needs someone with expertise in this field but I think it’s very complicated to answer and being a novel virus there’s insufficient data to reach an informed answer. 

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TBH, there are very varied reports about the severity of symptoms. Some people get hit very hard and others it seems, have very mild symptoms. I hypothesise that there are a number of factors which predispose people to severe symptoms, some of which may be genetic and most of which are currently unknown. The UK testing regime almost guarantees that we have little idea how far/fast this is spreading in the population at large but I'm sure that social distancing is having an effect. Round here, the streets are deserted and traffic is very thin. People are keeping their distance and not touching each other when they meet. Elbow bumps instead of handshakes and respectful distances kept.

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This.

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reading fine for a non D. I have a new meter which links into an iPad app and it actually lets you add blood if there wasn’t enough etc on the first sample. I think if AI had a sugar orgy my readings would be up in the 30s, that is if I were still conscious enough to do a test! Tip. Red wine lowers blood glucose very well. 🤣

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It's funny, I'm usually a regular pub-goer but stopped 10 days ago. I find I don't miss the beer but I do miss the social contact. In a small town, a lot of local information changes hands at the bar.

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Thanks. Difficult in the meantime, but your line of business will ramp up quickly again once this epidemic is under control. I would love to think 12 weeks would be sufficient, but I have my severe doubts on that one - even if it is contained, it is not possible to go back to business as usual until there is herd immunity (either by mass vaccination or most people having caught it) - that is the issue - how long before then? Will be more like 12 months than 12 weeks.

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This is very impressive if correct:

A scramble by the UK to produce thousands of ventilators to fight the coronavirus outbreak was achieving results as top companies have already produced a prototype and it should be ready for use in hospitals by the end of next week, according to Britain’s health secretary.

“More than half a dozen companies have already made one in prototype, to check with us that we are happy with the quality ,” Matt Hancock told BBC TV.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/20/coronavirus-live-updates-outbreak-deaths-italy-uk-us-australia-europe-vaccine-china-global-economy-toll-latest-update-news

 

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I agree with Richard. This is likely to be a 12-month ordeal before some semblance of normality starts to return. But who knows what the world will look like then?

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As I mentioned yesterday,now the list of keyworkers is out, you'll see the schools are not closed. Far from it.
They might as well carry on with the exams!
I wonder if this was factored in to the imperial model?
My view is the Government still haven't actually done anything tacit and that we're more on course for 250k deaths than 20k.

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