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cupid_stunt said:
What resources that are available?

The police are short staffed and struggling to cope, 20,000 troops are coming to help the NHS, police & with logistics. There's over 14,000 supermarkets & large food stores in the UK, where are the numbers of police & troops to guard them? :hmm:
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I don't accept that a country as wealthy as the UK does not have the means to protect its food supply chain so people get what they need without having to crowd together and spread the virus accordingly.

It really is no wonder many people aren't taking the warnings seriously regarding the virus when there seems to be total inaction from the government on vitally important aspects of daily life, such as having enough food.
 
Numbers said:
Doesn’t look like a London tube.
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You may be right about that. There is a vague image of a route map visible on the left. Given the blue this could only be a Victoria or Piccadilly line train and neither have an up spike in their route at either end.

Also having both blue and light blue colour scheme? That would be unusual on a London tube I think?
 
I saw a few people post pics of busy tubes early this morning, as 40 stations are closed so people crammed onto what’s left.
This is new though its still just ‘advice’:

 
Teaboy said:
You may be right about that. There is a vague image of a route map visible on the left. Given the blue this could only be a Victoria or Piccadilly line train and neither have an up spike in their route at either end.

Also having both blue and light blue colour scheme? That would be unusual on a London tube I think?
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It also has a destination notice thingy which tubes don’t have, could be a train into London.
 
Teaboy said:
I don't accept that a country as wealthy as the UK does not have the means to protect its food supply chain so people get what they need without having to crowd together and spread the virus accordingly.

It really is no wonder many people aren't taking the warnings seriously regarding the virus when there seems to be total inaction from the government on vitally important aspects of daily life, such as having enough food.
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The supply chain would be fine if it wasn't for fuckwits hoarding, and I am still waiting on how you think over 14,000 stores can be protected from these twats?

Say at a minimum you need an average of 8 cops/troops per store, over 2 shifts/7-days a week, where are these 112,000 enforcers coming from, when we only have around 120,000 cops in England & Wales?
 
weltweit said:
I believe it is permitted to walk a dog but not take unnecessary journeys.

I wouldn't mind some fresh air and I believe I know a dog that I could borrow ..

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It's ok to go out for walks as long as you stay away from people and avoid shops. I've been having an hour in the park of an evening. Borrowing a dog does always make walking better though :D
 
cupid_stunt said:
The supply chain would be fine if it wasn't for fuckwits hoarding, and I am still waiting on how you think over 14,000 stores can be protected from these twats?

Say at a minimum you need an average of 8 cops/troops per store, over 2 shifts/7-days a week, where are these 112,000 enforcers coming from, when we only have around 120,000 cops in England & Wales?
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Sorry, I'm not in the civil service in charge of policy planning so it may take me a while to get all the data on resources and possible actions and their implications. I've given several suggestions but I guess doing nothing and blaming people is something.

Anyway this is all a bit silly. If you think you can do any better etc

The supermarkets are fucked in many places and as a result the virus will spread through these places gleefully. I think that the government should try and do something to help in this regard.
 
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Teaboy said:
I've now moved from frustrated about the total lack of testing being done in this country to furious about it. Its like they've made the decision that testing everyone will be impossible so we won't really bother with anyone.

I don't want to go into it too much but I'm pretty sure I've got it now. I live in London and have recently come back from SE Asia. I have a tick box exercise in the symptoms and I'm not someone who gets ill much, indeed I have never had flu in my adult life and any cold I get is minor. I live with my g/f who is now showing symptoms.

Thing is in a week or so we will be through this. A time which would coincide with her father having a operation to remove a cancerous lump on his bladder. He has been told he will need to be housebound for 12 weeks after the operation. Her mother doesn't have the tool kit to deal with a situation like this and doesn't really understand the concept of isolation. If we knew that we had both had the virus we would go and help, but no. You can get tested as easily as buying a big mac in some countries but in this country we're effectively banned from them.

We'll now have to sit at home and twiddle our thumbs from afar and hope he survives. Fucking wankers for throwing their hands and just saying 'it can't be done' with something so important as testing.
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absolute madness that you aren't being tested in these circumstances
 
The Emirates cable car has has to stop operating - funny that the one mode of transport in London in which it was possible to social distance is the first to fall victim of the turndown in footfall - but wasn't it getting something like 4 customers a day before anyway?
 
Sasaferrato said:
One of my mates has just sent a message suggesting I should try and catch this now, whilst there are still beds and ventilators available. My response is not printable. :)
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I'm 59 but on the 'flu jab/vulnerable' list, so I'd certainly prefer to get it now rather than later. I've no plans to try and catch it though, given that I may never get it and also that I'd then risk passing it to others. Mates, eh?
 
Its already too late for the 'catch it early' thing to apply to the UK as far as I can tell. Regional variations apply to this logic, but given the lag involved, I'd still say its already too late.
 
elbows said:
Its already too late for the 'catch it early' thing to apply to the UK as far as I can tell. Regional variations apply to this logic, but given the lag involved, I'd still say its already too late.
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The chances of getting an acute bed/oxygen and an experienced doctor will surely be higher over the next 2 weeks or so than after that? Not really arguing, there's no point, things will happen, but there's still a feel like we are in a period of panicky normality at the moment.
 
Orang Utan said:
The Emirates cable car has has to stop operating - funny that the one mode of transport in London in which it was possible to social distance is the first to fall victim of the turndown in footfall - but wasn't it getting something like 4 customers a day before anyway?
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A few more but not many more and the vast majority were tourists anyway and I'm guessing our tourism industry is not flying (ha) at the moment.

I never did work out why they built the thing where it is. Still, its reassuring to know that the guy who commissioned that is sorting out this virus problem for us.
 
Sasaferrato said:
One of my mates has just sent a message suggesting I should try and catch this now, whilst there are still beds and ventilators available. My response is not printable. :)
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It's probably too late. In the week or so before you'd need hospitalisation they'll be over capacity, and rationing treatment to e.g. parents of young kids, or current NHS staff.
 
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