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Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

weltweit said:
ruffneck23 are you in one of the vulnerable groups, over 70 or with an existing health issue? If so I would advise you to stay put and instead have a look at your local facebook groups because many will be organising help for shopping and the like for people like you so that you don't have to leave your home.
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no mate , thanks for asking though :) , just after advice
 
elbows said:
Those calls would come anyway, I'd rather at least that some of those calls were at least based on a theory and model that we could actually test. As opposed to the vast amount that would have come anyway, regardless of their lack of any actual merit or scientific testability.
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smokedout said:
Isn't the Diamond Princess relevant here? Around 3000 people, 700 cases and 10 deaths so far I think. I'm guessing that they are generally older but I'm assuming they tested everyone they could find who'd been on it, that should give some data. Has there been any published analysis of how many cases were asymptomatic/mild?
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There's a (dropbox) link to the study in the twitter thread. Does seem to be saying what the FT are saying... Academics are far from immune to bias in any case, and these crossovers between policy and science are always going to be susceptible to that, at least until it's possible to carry out more rigorous studies. There's some criticism on twitter mentioning things like the Diamond Princess, or Bergamo. Also that they lack confidence bands, haven't published their code, and have developed the model relying on a few huge assumptions <I'm parroting this to an extent>.
 
bimble said:
low res pron incoming :(
(not for me my internets rubbish anyway and theres nobody for miles)
www.theguardian.com

UK telecoms firms unite on campaign to avoid network outage

Seven tips offered to reduce pressure on broadband, phone and mobile services during coronavirus lockdown
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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My BT internet has become intermittent yesterday pm and last week on Friday. I wonder if it is related.

I would have been doing as much browsing and making as many voip phone calls at work though so my network requirements have actually gone down - using mobile for calls now.
 
Did everyone get those alerts from the government? I got a new SIM card on Monday but only got a text from 3 yesterday telling me that their stores were closing. In the US they use an alert system on the phones a lot which could be quite useful during a lockdown. It seems that the UK government ones were texts rather than an alert but still wondering if I should have got one or not.
 
My last order of coffee beans is trapped on my desk at work, so I reordered (25 days' supply) from Hasbean - fingers crossed this vital mail gets to me - I'm close to using my emergency beans...
 
Chilli.s said:
I've not had any communication of any kind from anything other than my gp to say the surgery is closed.
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One consolation of all this is my surgery will hopefully never pester me again about my marginally high blood pressure and statins.
The risks attached to shopping have already killed my appetite somewhat - so hopefully by the time things settle down I will be 10KG lighter and with BP 10 points lower... I'll give it a couple of weeks before starting to sneak out for 20 milers on my new bike ...
 
bimble said:
This is encouraging.
Link to sign up:

GoodSAM

GoodSAM
www.goodsamapp.org www.goodsamapp.org

eta if you haven't got a car you can do phone support .
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I would love to be able to do this. I have a car which is just sat there doing nothing, I'm sat here doing nothing. Unfortunately I'm still technically working so have to be sat in front of my laptop with my phone on with nothing to do. Grrrr.


ETA: Fuck, this. I have bollocks all to do anyway. I'm going to tell my company I want to do this. Lets see how they react, lets see how much they actually give a shit about corporate responsibility. Watch this space...
 
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ruffneck23 said:
question for you all..?

I havent been out of the house since Thursday , Im doing fine , but my wages go in at 4pm tomorrow , and i need to get food and some beer if I'm honest. so ,can someone who has been out and about, would it be wise to go shopping then or wait til the morning? I want to go out as little as possible , but really am getting low on stuff

Ta in advance, ( I think i know the answer but you know... )
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First thing in the morning has been best in our area, Lewisham, if you want meat, eggs, flour and that elusive essential toilet roll. Shelves have been mostly empty in the afternoon so unless you are creative enough to make a meal out of saltfish and wasabi be prepared for an early start and some queues. Might have to accept that it will take more than 1 visit.

Local mutual aid groups are good for information. This morning ours has some reports on what local supermarkets have and how busy they are. Apparently Aldi are doing well on social distancing measures.
 
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