Coronavirus

[b3h]

Yes we have been warned not to wear our ID leaving work.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

First venture out into the Plague Zone in a week. Mostly went well.

Positives:

- Eerily quiet, even for Bilbrook. No groups of people, not that many cars, notably short on kids. It's normally teeming with them at this time of day.

- Everywhere bar the Co-Op, the garage and the offie (which shouldn't be open, but the Government says they can so they will) is shut.

- Co-Op still reasonably stocked. Unlikely you'll get everything you want but we're not in apocalypse territory.

- Also quiet. No throngs of people trying to grab whatever they can.

- Where people are passing/near each other, largely maintaining distance. This is good.

- It's a nice day.

Negatives:

- Still no washing up liquid. Not even small bottles. Are people showering with it? Not a disaster, it's not a critical situation but I think I'll need some before Monday. Will try other shops tomorrow.

- Packing up my shopping near the end. I always use the self-service tills and pay contactless (I don't like making small talk with people I don't care about, but that's by the by) but would do even more so at this time. Anyway, paid up, just putting the last couple of items in the bag...and some doddery old prick (late 60s/early 70s) starts sticking his basket down right next to me. Fucking hell. There wasn't even a queue, I think one of the other counters might even have been free. I just said "Mate, stand the fuck back a bit until I've finished, eh?". Looked at me like I'd called him Hitler's ghost. There is no legislating for fuckwits like that. If I get ill now then I'm hunting him down.

Overall 7 on 10, stay safe.

 

[Wombat del combate]

Re: Exercise - Are we actually limited to one hour per day? Everyone in the office thinks that's what has been advised but I can find no reference to an upper threshold, and it's not as if I spent time this morning planning routes which I can ride in 60 minutes or less either.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Nope. No limit mentioned.

Would be literally impossible to police anyway.

 

[lemonjelly]

I've only been out the house once since last monday, though I did spend all weekend in the garden.
I'm still trying to figure out if peeps are heeding the advice. My instinct is it is a lot quieter today than yesterday. Think a lot of people used yesterday to go out and get one last shop.

 

[Wombat del combate]

Excellent. Must have had a Boris-flavoured brainworm in that case.

 

[Dire Wolf]

It's outdoor exercise once per day. So you could run a marathon for 4 hours, cycle 100 miles in 5 hours or run a mile in 6 minutes. Whichever you do that's supposed to be your lot. I don't see how they could prevent me running 8k this morning, which I did, and cycling for a couple of hours in the country this afternoon if I wanted to. I don't want to and I'm not an irresponsible dick so I wouldn't anyway, but it is unenforceable, unless a nosey neighbour notices and decides to let the authorities know.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

One annoying thing today that didn't impact on me personally:

My auntie isn't very mobile these days and my uncle is self-isolating because of his asthma. So they tried to see if they could have their prescriptions (vital stuff) delivered. Nope, "we don't take card payments over the phone". FFS. My uncle had to drive there to get it.

I've told them next time to phone me and I'll go and get it.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

No-one needs to have a drink though do they (other than chronic alcoholics trying to wean themselves off and they have bigger problems to worry about).

It's not essential at all. So we're now at "stay at home, unless your boss tells you to come in to work, or you fancy a walk, or fancy picking a few cans up"

It depends how you define "needs". Alcohol is as essential as milk. Nobody really needs milk but almost everyone is accustomed to consuming it.

I know several doctors and nurses who would absolutely say that alcohol is an essential.

And if husband, wife, and kids are cooped up in the house, all day long, every day, then which of these is preferable - murder, divorce, or liquor?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Spot the offie owner



I'd love to go and meet my mates down the pub later for a nice drink in the sunshine but we can't do it. It's really, really, really not essential. Which doctors are these?!

 

[machin05]

 

[YoungWolf]

It really is a lovely day. I just went for a run and am still surprised by how many people I see hanging around in the park. I guess I’m in central London so there’s more people just in general? And more likely to be dickheads

 

[Langers]

It won't be long til the looting starts. Indeed, my friend just shared a video on Facebook - it's a dashcam on a tractor trying to catch a group of people who had stolen a sheep from a field and have driven off with it on the back seat.

Most random thing I've seen in ages. She ain't going to catch them in a tractor either.

 

[leedswolf]

Not round my way. Plenty of activity on my street, so will suggest the wider area is the same.

I have a feeling that the self employed payment issue will be sorted tomorrow or Friday and that will follow with a stricter lockdown.

Pretty quiet on the streets in South leeds some out walking, cycling running or walking the dog.

 

[leedswolf]

Bits I've heard up here...
81 year old man was attacked in Darlington yesterday afternoon and "relieved" of his pension money
Ambulance driving through a housing estate in Middlesbrough was pelted with bricks (it's their fault Coronavirus is spreading apparently) and
NHS staff have been warned to not walk around wearing their NHS ID's as some have been stolen to gain access to supermarkets.

absolute scum in this country, it's a shame Covid-19 cant be a little more selective with who it "attacks"

So a normal day in Darlington?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It won't be long til the looting starts.

Not round here bruv. It'd be the worst looting ever unless those old school tartan shopping trollies on wheels are actually a lethal weapon.

 

[leedswolf]

It won't be long til the looting starts. Indeed, my friend just shared a video on Facebook - it's a dashcam on a tractor trying to catch a group of people who had stolen a sheep from a field and have driven off with it on the back seat.

Most random thing I've seen in ages. She ain't going to catch them in a tractor either.

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampprojec...1&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %251%24s

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...covid-19-after-being-told-she-is-not-priority

Heartbreaking this. There'll be more of it too.

Not blaming the health services, they're under incredible pressure. But there will be a lot of people who die when they could have been saved.

 

[Tredman]

Thousands of 15-minute home tests for coronavirus will be delivered by Amazon to people self-isolating with symptoms or will go on sale on high street within days, according to Public Health England (PHE), in a move that could restore many people’s lives to a semblance of pre-lockdown normality.

Prof Sharon Peacock, the director of the national infection service at PHE, told MPs on the science and technology committee that mass testing in the UK would be possible by next week.

The UK government has bought 3.5m of the tests, which the health secretary, Matt Hancock, mentioned on Tuesday with no suggestion they would be available to the public so quickly, and is ordering millions more.

The test, which looks like a pregnancy test and involves pricking the finger to produce a drop of blood, which is then analysed by the device, will first be validated in Oxford to ensure it works as well as scientists hope. That will happen this week, Peacock said, and it will then be available to test healthcare workers and also the general public.

Good news

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

Spot the offie owner



I'd love to go and meet my mates down the pub later for a nice drink in the sunshine but we can't do it. It's really, really, really not essential. Which doctors are these?!

Doctors and nurses from both the hospitals less than a mile away. Yes, they are customers here. They argue that an occasional drink helps reduce stress.

Wife and I hardly drink at all, but if we were home together all day every day then a margarita would certainly help prevent fighting.

Always good to watch some Simpsons.