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weltweit
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The others in the house are being quite careful, so much so that he hasn't really got to know them yet, they stay in their rooms and avoid the communal areas.
Apparently the Uni are dividing his intake into 3 groups, to allow distancing I presume. If he has to isolate he will probably immerse himself in computer games. I don't know what he would do for food, perhaps he would have to get a delivery though I bet everyone will be asking for that.
He isn't well suited to self isolation.
weltweit
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But what does "prepared" look like?
miss direct
misfungled
Amazon Prime, Netflix, accounts for online shopping, packing supplies of useful stuff...hobbies... for me, that would be art supplies, books etc. Looking up online events (there are loads of Facebook these days).
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
Hate to give useless unsolicited advice but things like explaining to him how to have boundaries with his new housemates, tell him to get to know them slowly and spend time away from them where possible and teach him some de-escalatuon techniques if you can. Temptation with freshers is to jump into really intense friendships with people hours into knowing them. Usually I'd lean towards "let them figure it out themselves, it's all life experience" but it's going to get nasty this year.
You don't currently even know what he'd do for food. In Glasgow they can't get delivery slots for 3 days - so at least make sure he's got food for a week, that sort of thing. Has he lived away from home before? Does he know how to shop for food? How will he do his laundry? You can leave them to work all this stuff out themselves in normal times, but right now there's a whole cohort of young adults who're frankly just children about to find all of that stuff that they could learn naturally totally fucking impossible.
miss direct
misfungled
Food that can be kept in your room - instant noodles, crisps, microwavable pouches, big packs of nuts, tins(just in case there's a lack of space in the kitchen or people who nick things).
weltweit
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Hi killer b, thanks for that, I was wondering what you meant by prepared. I am encouraging him to buy for a few days each time he shops. You are right though a week's worth would make sense. He lived away from home for part of last year - a bit of a disaster
I am hoping he will be more mature about it now. There is a wash machine in the house. His mum basically did everything for him at home so he hasn't much of a clue, hopefully he can get with the new program quickly!
Cid
Proper break this time
Yeah... I think at the best of times first year is a messy, mildly degenerate clusterfuck in which you work out the negative habits you’ve picked up along the way which are... tolerable... when in association with parents/at home. But become much more pronounced when the only people there to keep you in check are other teenagers, with their own issues.
And, still more worrying than that, the mental health issues that can develop outside of patterns that people have got used to and rely on. How those interact with people around you... particularly if you’re stuck with an out and out cunt or two. It’s always an issue, but throw in restricted social circles, probability of periods of complete isolation with those people. There were certainly abusive relationships (of all kinds) when I was at uni. Putting that on top of this situation... just genuinely disturbing.
And, still more worrying than that, the mental health issues that can develop outside of patterns that people have got used to and rely on. How those interact with people around you... particularly if you’re stuck with an out and out cunt or two. It’s always an issue, but throw in restricted social circles, probability of periods of complete isolation with those people. There were certainly abusive relationships (of all kinds) when I was at uni. Putting that on top of this situation... just genuinely disturbing.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Nobody is suited to it. But these poor students have basically got lucky dip on who they're gonna be locked in with.
I hope Weltweit Jr muddles through all this OK.
It needs to be two weeks worth of supplies - speaking from experience here.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Not sure he has room to store so much
Have just spoken to his mum about it and she is going to help him do a bigger shop this weekend for tinned and dried stuff which will last .. zahir what was your experience?
Not sure he has room to store so much
zahir what was your experience?
Just stocking up the fridge and freezer with what I thought was enough food in case I needed to self-isolate and when it came to it finding I’d run out by about day ten.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
In a reasonable world you'd be expecting a campaign by Student's Unions, UCU, Labour and parents to stop this nonsense. Admittedly Jo Grady has been pretty sound for UCU, but I'm too jaded to look for the rest. Ultimately this will hurt the Tories, but that's not much consolation for students here and now and their grandparents and others who are going to be infected down the line.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
A friend at birbeck's course hasnt started yet. Though birbeck may be more similar to local fe colleges in its set up and, therefore, risk anyway.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Here's the national Student's Union site and their lead page on the virus, all very sensible but not exactly calling for a D-Day flotilla to get students home:
www.nus.org.uk
And here's MMU Student's Union's front page, one of the Universities/Student's Unions with massive numbers in lockdown. Again, not exactly a call for action:
www.theunionmmu.org
I've only glanced at those pages and there may be better stuff elsewhere of course, but FFS.
Student life in the time of COVID: Advice: www.nus.org.uk
And here's MMU Student's Union's front page, one of the Universities/Student's Unions with massive numbers in lockdown. Again, not exactly a call for action:
Manchester Metropolitan University Students' Union
I've only glanced at those pages and there may be better stuff elsewhere of course, but FFS.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Many london universities start most UG teaching on monday 28th
Quite a few London universities draw a lot of local students who arent in halls or halls are very spread out. Only a few London unis are campus sites (Brunel, Royal Holloway any more?)
estimated that 17% Londoners have had it so maybe that's played a part in numbers of cases being lower during late August/early September across London boroughs
Quite a few London universities draw a lot of local students who arent in halls or halls are very spread out. Only a few London unis are campus sites (Brunel, Royal Holloway any more?)
estimated that 17% Londoners have had it so maybe that's played a part in numbers of cases being lower during late August/early September across London boroughs
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
KCL aren't really campus-based, but we've got a number of halls around London for "over 6,000" students, according to the website.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Just shy of 1/4 then.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
You can use the pointer, but it doesn't look complete. Northumbria and Newcastle are not there for example. They might just be lagging behind or using a different level of proof/confirmation.
This article by an academic i just read is very good - pulls it all together.
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elbows
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Estimates I've seen are more like 13% (eg Largest study on home coronavirus antibody testing publishes first findings or the weekly surveillance report https://assets.publishing.service.g...COVID19_Surveillance_Report_week_39_FINAL.pdf)
Which is about twice the national average.
I think there is something of a distorted impression about London in some peoples minds. At a minimum the testing figures for the last month for London should not be taken at face value, because of the following aspect (Its Khan who said this Sadiq Khan urges PM to ban household visits in London to tackle Covid ).
Its impossible to predict with certainly but I dont think London will be spared as a result of higher number of infections there the first time. The numbers from the first wave are still too low to have a really big impact on that stuff, although in theory there is still a small chance I could be wrong on that. It hasnt helped Madrid so far, put it that way.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I've just been trying to find a Labour Party response to the campus outbreaks and can't.
Main story that crops up when you search is Kate Green apologising for saying Labour should take advantage of the crisis in general and that it's a 'good crisis'.
uk.style.yahoo.com
Main story that crops up when you search is Kate Green apologising for saying Labour should take advantage of the crisis in general and that it's a 'good crisis'.
Labour Party apologises after shadow education secretary 'calls COVID-19 a good crisis'
Shadow education secretary Kate Green was speaking at a Labour event on Sunday.
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
I think you're five months behind the times if you expect the Labour party to launch a stringent attack on the government. .
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Our place is doing that. Literally no students are turning up for tests, presumably because they're smart enough to realise it risks them being locked inside for 14 days during freshers week.
