Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

[Pickman's model]

Fucking hell
Yeah tube travel. Absolutely amazing. Such a romantic experience day in day out twice a day during rush hour crammed in with 6 million other people.
I love it. We all love it. I miss it soooo much.
It's just like that. Just how they describe it.

put a cooked kipper in each pocket before boarding the train and even on the most crowded morning service people will give you room to breathe

 

[souljacker]

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That's from the M40 isn't it?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Another one!
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Saying sorry? On the tube? The one in London?

 

[Orang Utan]

Saying sorry? On the tube? The one in London?

Yes, sometimes people say sorry

 

[Badgers]

Just out for a stroll and the train station car park is about 25% full.

Lots of pics on Twotter of deserted London. Be in interesting to see the data that Disgraced Prime Minister Johnson used earlier in the week.

 

[editor]

Virus? What virus?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Saying sorry? On the tube? The one in London?

You don't live in London do you?

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[Ground Elder]

see also

 

[Steel Icarus]

What happened to all the ventilators that were hurriedly made or at least hurriedly ordered? Did they get made?

 

[Badgers]

What happened to all the ventilators that were hurriedly made or at least hurriedly ordered? Did they get made?

They are buried under a pile of sub-standard PPE in a warehouse in the Cayman Islands

 

[LDC]

What happened to all the ventilators that were hurriedly made or at least hurriedly ordered? Did they get made?

Re-purposed to be the new model Dyson vacuum cleaners and sold off cheap in the Xmas sales. They'll come with suck and a blow setting though just in case we need to buy them back to be ventilators again in 2021.

 

[frogwoman]

Re-purposed to be the new model Dyson vacuum cleaners and sold off cheap in the Xmas sales. They'll come with suck and a blow setting though just in case we need to buy them back to be ventilators again in 2021.

Useful if you have a fatal dust allergy too I guess

 

[Badgers]

Re-purposed to be the new model Dyson vacuum cleaners and sold off cheap in the Xmas sales. They'll come with suck and a blow setting though just in case we need ti buy them back to be ventilators again in 2021.

Didn't the cunt Dyson get a substantial compensation payment when the contract (he could not fulfil) was taken away?

Hopefully it will cover his next donation to the party.

 

[LDC]

Didn't the cunt Dyson get a substantial compensation payment when the contract (he could not fulfil) was taken away?

Hopefully it will cover his next donation to the party.

Yeah think so, hence the quip.

 

[Roadkill]

Re-purposed to be the new model Dyson vacuum cleaners and sold off cheap in the Xmas sales. They'll come with suck and a blow setting though just in case we need to buy them back to be ventilators again in 2021.

I can see the advertising slogans now. 'Ventilators with new Dyson Whirlpool technology: powerful enough to explode your granny!'

 

[frogwoman]

'Recently contracted COVID-19? Or do you go into anaphylactic shock when you inhale dust particles? Shortness of breath at the thought of cleaning your house for the in-laws? The new Dyson Whirlpool comes with a Ventilator Mode so you never have to worry about life-threatening diseases while you switch on your vacuum cleaner!'

 

[elbows]

A local example that demonstrates the limitations to the testing system currently in place:

Coronavirus testing unit in Nuneaton has moved - and when it will be back

There had been concerns raised on social media that the Army-run site at the Harefield Road car park had closed

www.coventrytelegraph.net

"The Nuneaton testing unit is not closed, but it is a mobile testing unit which rotates around different sites in the county," the Shire Hall spokesperson said.

"We understand it should be back in Nuneaton for 4th to 8th September 2020 at its previous location. It is currently in Warwick.

 

[two sheds]

repurposed chip van?

 

[krink]

Is Manchester in lockdown? I'm really worried as my mam is 85 and some random cousin + family have just rocked up from Manchester for a visit! My mam lives in Sunderland and is in a bubble with me and my kids. If anyone knows about the situation in Manchester I'd appreciate some knowledge. Thanks.

 

[killer b]

Is Manchester in lockdown? I'm really worried as my mam is 85 and some random cousin + family have just rocked up from Manchester for a visit! My mam lives in Sunderland and is in a bubble with me and my kids. If anyone knows about the situation in Manchester I'd appreciate some knowledge. Thanks.

Yeah - details of affected areas here, along with what they can and can't do (if they're from an affected part of greater manchester, then visiting your mam is one of the banned activities): North of England: local restrictions

 

[Orang Utan]

Is Manchester in lockdown? I'm really worried as my mam is 85 and some random cousin + family have just rocked up from Manchester for a visit!

wow, unannounced?

 

[krink]

Thanks mate, she's in very early stages of dementia so she forgets the rules and everything. My sister found out by accident. We're really unhappy about it as you can imagine. We're trying to find out the name of the area but it's within walking distance of the city centre.

 

[krink]

wow, unannounced?

Yeah and she lives alone so she just let them in as she's not 100% mentally fit anymore

 

[killer b]

Thanks mate, she's in very early stages of dementia so she forgets the rules and everything. My sister found out by accident. We're really unhappy about it as you can imagine. We're trying to find out the name of the area but it's within walking distance of the city centre.

They're almost certainly within the City of Manchester in that case, and should definitely not be visiting

 

[killer b]

(in fact, they shouldn't be visiting her anyway, regardless of where they live - the guidelines are still for support bubbles / 2 fixed households only to meet indoors Meeting people from outside your household)

 

[krink]

Thanks killer b
We are absolutely gobsmacked. If I wasn't at work and didn't live so far away myself I'd be round there and throw the idiots out myself. My sister in law is hopefully going round but even she doesn't go in her house.

 

[MrSki]

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There seems to be a few of them

 

[Mrs Miggins]

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

(in fact, they shouldn't be visiting her anyway, regardless of where they live - the guidelines are still for support bubbles / 2 fixed households only to meet indoors Meeting people from outside your household)

It's any 2 households/bubbles, no? Not that you can only have one other you can meet. Although you are still meant to socially distance inside.