wayward bob
i ate all your bees
go coventry \o/
General Coronavirus (COVID-19) chat
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elbows
Well-Known Member
I shall be watching Johnson closely to see if he is playing some kind of SAR-CoV-2 bingo in his press conferences. If he starts going on about covering the coveted covenant covertly then I shall have my answer.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Today was mostly journalists grilling them about the slow and crap uk response, and various questions about tests. Johnson said little of value even by his standards, some of the other answers were informative in regards tests. The Oxford model we spoke about here recently was brought up by Johnson, but Vallance pointed out that actual tests are needed to see if it has any merit. The false impression that millions of tests might be sitting around in the chemists next week, just waiting for people to randomly snap them up, was shot down.
To be honest I got so wrapped up in various journalists questions about the UK response, and all the detail about tests, that I probably didnt even notice if anything else was spoken about by Johnson & co.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I've also had some entertainment watching the police pull speeders over in front of my house today. Usually there's so much traffic that you couldn't speed if you tried. Today, people have been blazing past a good 20 mph over the limit. I thought one was going to be a police chase.
Don’t know if this has been posted on here already.
Tragic for someone so young to die of this virus.
Chloe Middleton: Woman, 21, died with 'no underlying health issues'
The family of Chloe Middleton say they are "shattered beyond belief".
www.bbc.co.uk
Tragic for someone so young to die of this virus.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
bozzer was sporting a very homemade haircut
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
tl whereabouts are you? is there anything i could do at a distance with a sainsbos pass (not vulnerable, but next in line for any available slots) if you wanna pm me your postcode i can do a regular check x
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
i'm not sure i appreciate any kind of ranking of value-of-life atm, appreciate that might not be your intent, tbf.
It’s not my intent, rather that many youngsters feel invincible to this virus - my 17yr old son being one of them. I’ve forwarded the article to him to highlight just how serious this pandemic is for everyone.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
i'd suggest for calling on them sooner rather than later. there's nothing like the anxiety of an empty fridge to amplify any other daily living challenges. there are people who are ready and willing to help it's just about getting hooked up. all the best x
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
What's going on with hospital appointments? I have two yearly check ups coming up, neither urgent as far as I am aware, but there has been no cancellation information.
I got this by text from my GP yesterday.
"We are getting lots of phone calls from patients asking us if they should attend their hospital appointment. Please call the phone number on your hospital letter to see if your appointment has been cancelled or not. Thank you Xxx Practice"
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I had a routine consultant appointment by phone - he rang me a week before the scheduled slot. I suppose it depends on what the appointment is for, do they need to do any tests, etc. Worth giving them a ring.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
One could probably be done by phone but the other involves blood tests and stuff. I tried finding out about the blood one a week ago and still have not got a response. Have not been able to get through to the other one.
hegley
never odd or even
My mum had a 6-monthly breast cancer check up appointment in the diary for mid-June at East Surrey - got a txt yesterday saying this will now be a telephone appointment only.
I'd be surprised if Police have the time and resources to be pulling drivers over just to check that their journey is necessary. Perhaps its more the van thing and the police are wary of dodgy fuckers using this as an opportunity to go rob as many empty commercial premises as they can.
Numbers
an ting!
One could print one of dem at home.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Well, that's where the money is, you see.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
They've been doing it in quite a few places round here (West Wales)
hegley
never odd or even
Same here (Scotland).
I’ve supposedly got an appointment with my oncologist regarding my ongoing chemotherapy next week. I was advised last week this would probably be by phone, though I am supposed to have blood tests to see if my immune system has restored enough for my next dose. I was advised that I would be expected to go for my treatment a couple of hours earlier to have tests and treatment on same day. But I’m now hearing of Chemotherapy treatments being suspended in areas of the country overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases. So will wait and see.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Just thanked the post person as she dropped off 25 days' supply of coffee beans (felt somewhat over-privileged 
)
In a day or two I hope to get a seal for my pressure cooker ordered via Amazon and I will feel similarly grateful.
My lovely boss phoned me up yesterday - mostly because she knows I live alone and am getting on a bit - this is not how I envisaged my last months of working life to go (been there almost exactly 38 years) ... I need to hand my notice in sooner rather than later and HR have gone home along with everyone else.
)In a day or two I hope to get a seal for my pressure cooker ordered via Amazon and I will feel similarly grateful.
My lovely boss phoned me up yesterday - mostly because she knows I live alone and am getting on a bit - this is not how I envisaged my last months of working life to go (been there almost exactly 38 years) ... I need to hand my notice in sooner rather than later and HR have gone home along with everyone else.
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Fucking hell.
One of the local homeless smackheads just shambled past my house, coughing his lungs out, shot up in next door's front yard, then spluttered off again. He looked like shit, but then he usually does.
What can even be done about people in that situation? The council could put him up in the penthouse suite of the Hilton for the next 2 weeks to self isolate, but if they didn't give him 2 weeks smack to go with it there's no way he'd stay put.
One of the local homeless smackheads just shambled past my house, coughing his lungs out, shot up in next door's front yard, then spluttered off again. He looked like shit, but then he usually does.
What can even be done about people in that situation? The council could put him up in the penthouse suite of the Hilton for the next 2 weeks to self isolate, but if they didn't give him 2 weeks smack to go with it there's no way he'd stay put.
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