Proper Tidy
Arsed
Custard creams though. Bourbons are same price ffs
Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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Athos
Well-Known Member
Won't be long and you'll be able to go door-to-door with a wheelie bin, bellowing "bring out your dead".
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I am well provided for in every case except for the custard creams. Does that mean these are now essential, and I can tour all the supermarkets looking for some?
prunus
Tick tock.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Hard to get into it, that ol' game. Getting planning approval on a new mortuary / embalming basement is impossible.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Shit biscuits. Suppose could be plain digestives.
Treacle Toes
Time
There is a specific government page to refer others or yourself as vulnerable. I don't think they are just sending parcels out to everyone who is on the health vulnerability list.
www.gov.uk
COVID-19: guidance for people whose immune system means they are at higher risk
Guidance for people aged 12 and over whose immune system means they are at higher risk of serious illness if they become infected with COVID-19.
reckon it's suddenly got a whole lot easier
bimble
floofy
Quite a clever thing in switzerland starting today (where my parents are supposed to be not leaving their flat): Some of the local restaurants / hotels (all closed) are being paid by the government to cook and deliver daily meals to the over 65s. Might be nicer than just cans of soup but i dont know if they get any biscuits.
Treacle Toes
Time
Local councils are setting up their own stuff. Here is Lambeth's new helpline for example.
Lambeth coronavirus helpline
A helpline is available for people in Lambeth who are over 70 or have an existing medical condition which makes them more vulnerable to coronavirus. You or someone acting on your behalf can call the helpline to get advice on issues you are having, including access to medicines and food. The call handler will help you to connect with the right department in the council or to other organisations, such as Age UK, who can help you get support.
The helpline number is 020 7926 2999.
The helpline is open from 8am - 8pm everyday
www.lambeth.gov.uk
Lambeth coronavirus helpline
A helpline is available for people in Lambeth who are over 70 or have an existing medical condition which makes them more vulnerable to coronavirus. You or someone acting on your behalf can call the helpline to get advice on issues you are having, including access to medicines and food. The call handler will help you to connect with the right department in the council or to other organisations, such as Age UK, who can help you get support.
The helpline number is 020 7926 2999.
The helpline is open from 8am - 8pm everyday
Help for residents
Get help with things like food, medicine, benefits and financial support.
www.lambeth.gov.uk
Yossarian
⏭️
Cops in Derbyshire seem very proud of themselves for pouring dye into the water at swimming spots so people will be less tempted to congregate there. - if they want to prevent people getting infected, going to the shops for old people might be a more effective use of their time.
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mauvais
on reddit or something
Yeah, except this has little to do with CV19. Note the date.
Toxic Derbyshire 'Blue Lagoon' dyed black
A pool at a disused quarry in Derbyshire which has caustic water is changed from inviting blue to off-putting black.
www.bbc.co.uk
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Grim 
bendeus
Bellend Tagline Generator
This ^^^
Thanks, elbows for all the considered posts from what seems like a lifetime ago but only turns out to be a few months. As a result I felt so much better prepared and able to take an informed lead in terms of ensuring my family and friends were, too. Without meaning to sound hyperbolic you may well have helped to ensure that some of the Urban family manage to avoid being infected. Respect, dude.
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teqniq
DisMembered
What the actual fuck is going on?
www.worcesternews.co.uk
Gtech told not to produce much-needed ventilators by the government, chief executive says
CITY-BASED manufacture Gtech has been told by the government to not produce much-needed ventilators less than a week after getting the go-ahead, the…
the key sentence in that article is this:What the actual fuck is going on?
Gtech told not to produce much-needed ventilators by the government, chief executive says
CITY-BASED manufacture Gtech has been told by the government to not produce much-needed ventilators less than a week after getting the go-ahead, the…
“We will still complete and publish our design as there has been a lot of interest for it from around the world.
I'm not sure you can assume this chief exec is giving a full picture of what's gone on here tbh.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I can't make any sense of that page, it just seems to be a mass of irrelevant advertising.What the actual fuck is going on?
Gtech told not to produce much-needed ventilators by the government, chief executive says
CITY-BASED manufacture Gtech has been told by the government to not produce much-needed ventilators less than a week after getting the go-ahead, the…
Cid
Proper break this time
Yeah, I just had a look on their website - they do have a prototype ventilator, but it is very much a prototype going off first impressions. Rushing something like that into service would be pretty cavalier. It's a tricky balance of course, but I would be looking at other avenues.
teqniq
DisMembered
Yes, I read that. I thought it meant that they'll stil be getting overseas contracts. Lot of speculation on the Twitter thread I got the article from that the government wants to give the contract to Dyson. Also someone says that Dyson and Nick Grey of Gtech don't get on at all.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Still not convinced this wasn't some new probationer being welcomed onto a team with a traditional windup.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I look forward to seeing what use the tartan paint, the long weights and elbow grease get put to
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
And on small suppliers complaining they haven't been given any orders - I'm sure thousands of very simple identical ventilators that have been produced to a single certified design is preferable to random job-lots of things from numerous small companies ranging up to complicated anesthesia machines. Especially when you have loads of staff to train in a short period.
Cid
Proper break this time
Having a quick read up there are two major projects ongoing; Dyson and Airbus. Airbus is working as part of a consortium of engineering firms to increase production of existing designs. Dyson has developed a new design in collaboration The Technology Partnership, which already develops scientific and medical equipment.
The Gtech design has advantages - it's assembled from off-the-shelf components and relatively easy to CNC parts. But it is quite crude, at least on first impressions... It's the kind of thing where you really need someone there who understands the system, and can tweak it if a component fails, or an air line (an air line with pure oxygen mind) gets knocked loose. It may still be very useful for countries that desperately need a large number of ventilators at a relatively low cost... But it seems far from ideal. Again, this is just a surface impression, I have some knowledge/experience of engineering but yeah...
I'm a little dubious of the Dyson approach too tbh, but can't find many details on their design.
The Gtech design has advantages - it's assembled from off-the-shelf components and relatively easy to CNC parts. But it is quite crude, at least on first impressions... It's the kind of thing where you really need someone there who understands the system, and can tweak it if a component fails, or an air line (an air line with pure oxygen mind) gets knocked loose. It may still be very useful for countries that desperately need a large number of ventilators at a relatively low cost... But it seems far from ideal. Again, this is just a surface impression, I have some knowledge/experience of engineering but yeah...
I'm a little dubious of the Dyson approach too tbh, but can't find many details on their design.
Cid
Proper break this time
It's specifically a UK thing - called 'Ventilator Challenge UK', led by Airbus with various UK based engineering companies (including McLaren, so expect bits to fall off) effectively picking up slack on an existing design produced by Smiths medical. But yeah, it may be that Airbus is also able to extend that to Europe.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Do we have a timescale on how long it will be before there's a burgeoning black market trade in government-issue custard creams? Anyone offering an estimate on when the first breathless news stories about ridiculously high reserve prices on eBay will start appearing?
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