General Coronavirus (COVID-19) chat
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friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
I'm fed up of reading 'possible' 'maybe' forcasts. They are guesswork at best. Journalists should curb all speculation. Its all alarmist.Again another media source claiming to have 'seen reports or tip off' so hardly scientific facts. Still a concerning read and does not sound unnecessarily alarmist.
UK coronavirus crisis 'to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised'
Exclusive: Public Health England document seen by Guardian says four in five ‘expected’ to contract virusamp.theguardian.com
Fed up of big PLAGUE YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE type headlines, even when they are followed with don't panic text.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
on the plus side its wiped all Brexit chat off the headlines.
Small blessings but yes
SheilaNaGig
Break requested
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
I’m working abroad really well isolated so no real corona worries.
No one can guarantee any of my movements that’s at a National Gvt level so fuxking nothing I can control
so I’m just gonna log off the corona virus forum and social mediaTry and stay sane and healthy and when i get a chance to get back to the U.K. take it
3/4 of the family are stranded outside the country so we are all “in the same boat” at least we will all have good tans for the summer
stay frosty
No one can guarantee any of my movements that’s at a National Gvt level so fuxking nothing I can control
so I’m just gonna log off the corona virus forum and social mediaTry and stay sane and healthy and when i get a chance to get back to the U.K. take it
3/4 of the family are stranded outside the country so we are all “in the same boat” at least we will all have good tans for the summer
stay frosty
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. A tornado and a hurricane are the same thing, just one is over water and the other is over land. Really fills you with confidence in scientists' proclamations when they come out with idiotic faux-profundity like that.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
He was using the analogy as a means to illustrate the scale difference between the government's ineffective short-termist, knee-jerk responses and the long-term/huge impacts the virus will have.What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. A tornado and a hurricane are the same thing, just one is over water and the other is over land. Really fills you with confidence in scientists' proclamations when they come out with idiotic faux-profundity like that.
Tornadoes & Hurricanes are different weather phenomena with differing genesis, form, scale, life-cycle and impacts, but this is probably more readily appreciated by Americans.
prunus
Tick tock.
What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. A tornado and a hurricane are the same thing, just one is over water and the other is over land. Really fills you with confidence in scientists' proclamations when they come out with idiotic faux-profundity like that.
Um, no, hurricanes are the same as typhoons, and cyclones, but tornadoes are a different kettle of fish entirely. Not that it’s particularly important in the grand scheme of things, but I wouldn’t want people to be dismissing his words on the basis of a misunderstanding of the phenomena in his metaphor.
The pertinent comparison being (I believe) that tornados are intense, localised and short-lived, whereas hurricanes are immense, cover huge areas and go on for much longer.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. A tornado and a hurricane are the same thing, just one is over water and the other is over land. Really fills you with confidence in scientists' proclamations when they come out with idiotic faux-profundity like that.
I dunno if you're being wrong on purpose for comic effect or what but at tornado is not the same thing as a hurricane at all. Also you can get tornados over water. There was one in Wales the other week.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Seemed to be less kids coming into school today, think some are being kept away. Reckon this might snowball and predict we’ll be shut by the end of the week, though I’ll probably still go into work there when I’m not looking after my own kids, plenty of stuff I can do.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
I dont generally suffer from anxiety - but i have been losing sleep over this. The implications are massive on so many levels and most of them are very troubling. In two days Ive gone from stressing about leeds united being robbed of promotion to fearing a massive community/life wrecking recession combined with collapse of the NHS and public services. And not having any work for .... who knows? The BBC diet of "keep calm and carry on" followed by uplifting stories of how people are coping and smiling is not helping either.
BassJunkie
Clams on the half shell, and roller skates.
But, but, I was told, repeatedly, by the people now in Government, that we would have leave the EU to Take Back Control Of Our Borders. Now it turns out to have been wrong. Is it possible the government are nothing but perfidious cunts?Germany has just closed its borders to neighbouring countries.
Coronavirus: Germany to partially close some borders – DW – 03/15/2020
German authorities have decided to reimpose controls on the nation's borders with France, Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Commuters would still be allowed to travel. Follow DW for the latest.www.dw.com
Looks like we are in deep scary shit. \this morning, no pharmacist, clinic closed, facing complete methadone withdrawal after more than 3 decades. |Feeling very, very frightened as it is clear people like me are no sort of ptiority at all. Dunno how I am going to get through this, as I cannot even tell my kids about our addiction issues. Surely, there are goiing to be other people who need community pharmacies but I am afraid CGL and other privatised healthcare places are going to be seen for the shoddy rubbish they really are. Terrified.
bimble
floofy
campanula do you know why pharmacist is closed this morning?
Totally get why you are panicking but its got to be a priority, getting people the medicines they are dependant on, those places surely would not be closed for virus reasons whilst people are still swanning about going to restaurants etc. even in the European countries that are in full lock down, pharmacies are still open.
Totally get why you are panicking but its got to be a priority, getting people the medicines they are dependant on, those places surely would not be closed for virus reasons whilst people are still swanning about going to restaurants etc. even in the European countries that are in full lock down, pharmacies are still open.
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pinkychukkles
Feed Your Head
From within that article, it refers back to an article written by Steve Albini from 1993 about how bands got / get screwed over by 'the music industry' which was interesting too:Depressing stuff
Coronavirus Should Be a Turning Point for the Music Industry
It’s the nightmare scenario that calls the viability of the whole business structure into question.www.vulture.com
The Problem with Music | Steve Albini
How record labels use A&R flaks and impenetrable contracts to screw artists while raking in millions
thebaffler.com
pinkychukkles
Feed Your Head
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Illustrative but I think the scale is very misleading.
Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
Can't see my mother not going over the road to church today.Hopefully no-one else (except maybe God) will be there so she will be okay. Am in church now. Numbers about half the normal but mainly parents and their kids have stayed away. The older folk are here (including a 103-year old).
www.urban75.net
Plus Buddy Bradley's response a few posts later.
Plus I think this is relevant too:
Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
Can't see my mother not going over the road to church today.Hopefully no-one else (except maybe God) will be there so she will be okay. Am in church now. Numbers about half the normal but mainly parents and their kids have stayed away. The older folk are here (including a 103-year old).
www.urban75.net
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Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
There have been more technical responses to this notion before, but my general take is that government doesn't have enough control to operate a sophisticated 'turning the tap on and off' strategy. At the moment very little is being done to create social distancing, there's panic buying and the rest. But most of all we haven't got a clue about the extent of community transmission because we are not testing for it. Even more so, we are no longer even testing those people who seem to have the virus but don't get as far as a hospital. Similarly, telling the over 70s to self isolate is a blunt instrument, regardless of the impact it will actually have on the over 70s.
The pharmacist called in sick on Sunday night. There is about half of out script waiting until a pharmacist can be sent over (for an hour between 2-3pm. We are only allowed 3 days worth at a time and everything is 'just on time' ordering meds every week, no stocks... so even if we wait till then, get half what we need, this is going to be an issue. Whilst I was at the pharmacy, at least half a dozen people arrived, most needing urgent prescriptions. I think we are going to see the effects of 40 years of austerity/privatisation. There is no-one picking up the phone at the treatment clinic either. I feel we have been abandonned and am very, very scared.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
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Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Or this from Nesrine Malik:
The Great British deference is dangerous in this time of crisis | Nesrine Malik
The Great British deference is dangerous in this time of crisis | Nesrine Malik
Leafster
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I had to go to the surgery this morning for a routine blood test. I decided to walk as it's only 1 1/2 miles. There was hardly anybody about on foot. In all, I can't have seen more than half a dozen people. I can't ever remember seeing so few cars parked on the road outside the surgery. They'd disabled the touch screen log in and there was "hazard" tape on the floor by the receptionist which I'd been told not to cross in a text beforehand. I had to confirm, yet again, that I was showing no symptoms. The waiting room was empty! The phlebotomist came out and asked me, yet again, if I was showing any symptoms before she allowed me to follow her to the consulting room. She was wearing a mask and gloves. She took the sample and she said it was highly unlikely that I would be able to keep my face to face appointment with the doctor on Friday. Instead, she suggested I might be able to have a phone consultation instead. I appreciate they have to take every precaution but it hadn't hit me just what precautions they might be taking until this morning.
Supine
Newt Member
It's happening more and more. Phone consultation and only face to face if the issue warrants it.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
yeah - my local gp is saying the same thing.
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