General Coronavirus (COVID-19) chat

[treelover]

Is it actually 'many' though, or is it one or two pricks being amplified by pitchfork social media?

Sky news just showed it in london, big crowds there, plenty under 40

 

[Cid]

is that what's happening? How much pasta is a year's supply?

Yeah, I mean you don’t have to do much to disrupt a supply line that is usually based on the tightest margins you can get away with.

 

[Cid]

Sky news just showed it in london, big crowds there, plenty under 40

Oh, well, if Sky news are showing it...

 

[editor]

is that what's happening? How much pasta is a year's supply?

There's plenty of reports of people going away with ridiculous amounts of essentials, way more than they could ever consume in a month or even two.

Brit shopper mugged for his toilet roll amid stockpiling panic over coronavirus

Dinendra, 56, said he was left 'shaking' after someone came up behind him and snatched one of the loo rolls he had just purchased from Savers in North London

www.mirror.co.uk

This is quite interesting

Coronavirus: The psychology of panic buying

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, people are flocking to supermarkets worldwide – but are they simply preparing, or irrationally panicking?

www.bbc.com

 

[Numbers]

Local CoOp and Morrison’s fast running out of most things, was in Morrison’s earlier and it was mad.

Even local shops full.

 

[Badgers]

Bins emptied on schedule

 

[lizzieloo]

Not a great idea if dogs can pass the infection between people bimble. Not sure if that is the case.

The other day Mr loo and myself both were supposed to be going to a meeting a 2 hour drive away, my in-laws love having our dog so that was the plan. I was going to bath her first because I was worried about them (late 70s).

The meeting was called off.

The dog (late 110s gets out of having a bath)

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Local CoOp and Morrison’s fast running out of most things, was in Morrison’s earlier and it was mad.

Even local shops full.

Popped to our local Sainsbury’s again to see if I could get what I couldn’t yesterday - even fuckin worse!! Though I did manage to bag 3 onions. Some auld fella in a right old state

 

[Numbers]

Popped to our local Sainsbury’s again to see if I could get what I couldn’t yesterday - even fuckin worse!! Though I did manage to bag 3 onions. Some auld fella in a right old state

As a complete aside. I already finished one of the macaroni cheese tins, couldn’t resist. None left there today so down to the 1.

 

[Serge Forward]

Comment from the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG) on the Coronavirus pandemic, 19 March 2020. Coronavirus and the ill health of capitalism

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

My husband took these photos today.
Supermarkets/ Public transport in Krakow

 

[Badgers]

My husband took these photos today.
Supermarkets/ Public transport in Krakow

I want to be at that meat counter

 

[Badgers]

Disgraced Prime Minister Johnson is late then

The Queen has helped by running away and making a paragraph statement saying something about hard times for us all.

 

[Badgers]

Italy deaths overtake China
Bank of England cuts rates to paper over cracks

Suddenly 16 minutes late here is our disgraced Prime Minister Johnson.

 

[Badgers]

I am disgusted at this

 

[Steel Icarus]

I am disgusted at this

What? I can't be arsed to watch it but I'm curious lol

 

[Teaboy]

I am disgusted at this

Is he drunk? His normal go to when going gets difficult is to hide in a bottle.

 

[bellaozzydog]

Boris says fuck all and is asked biff questions by his friends Laura, Beth and Peston

who is asking the proper fucking questions

 

[editor]

For fuck's sake. Fuck the airlines.

Budget airline EasyJet has asked pilots and cabin crew to agree to sweeping changes in their terms and conditions, as part of its response to coronavirus.

Among the proposed changes are a freeze on planned pay rises and a requirement to take three months of unpaid leave.

The airline would also no longer provide food for crew during their shifts, only water.

People close to the talks said the proposals went down very badly, particularly among pilots.

However, there remains a willingness to make concessions in order to avoid redundancies.

Further talks between EasyJet and unions representing pilots and cabin crew are expected today.

Meanwhile, EasyJet's chief executive Johan Lundgren has defended the payment of £170m in dividends to shareholders, at a time when the company is seeking financial help from the government.

Coronavirus: EasyJet staff may no longer be given food on shifts

The airline wants pilots and cabin crew to accept sweeping changes to their terms and conditions.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[magneze]

I am disgusted at this

Perhaps the government think they've done enough.

 

[Badgers]

Is he drunk? His normal go to when going gets difficult is to hide in a bottle.

He seems to be slurring a bit. Keeps switching between grinning/leering and trying to look concerned.

 

[Badgers]

Perhaps the government think they've done enough.

Social cleansing in action

 

[Numbers]

‘Shoppers... please be reasonable’

Ffs, bit late for that.

 

[Badgers]

What? I can't be arsed to watch it but I'm curious lol

Disgraced Prime Minister Johnson has said nothing. Just 'urged' people to do better and praised everyone for their efforts.

Nothing else

 

[wayward bob]

i liked him wittering about pregnancy tests and tailing off

 

[Badgers]

He w w w wants to errrr Get On With It

Sounds like another farce statement

 

[Badgers]

Come on snipers

 

[Teaboy]

He seems to be slurring a bit. Keeps switching between grinning/leering and trying to look concerned.

Not surprised. Would also explain why he was late.

 

[wayward bob]

he is deffo pissed

 

[Steel Icarus]

he is deffo pissed

Churchillian