Coronavirus

[Flashheart]

I despise the tories, and I think they've done poorly overall, but they did the right thing in opening those hospitals. Regardless of whether or not they were all used. There's plenty of other sticks to hit them with so there's no reason to choose something so weak.

[Ardiles]

Boris Johnson asking European countries to pull together.

BBC: Boris Johnson to ask European countries to Pull Together for Vaccine

Honestly don't know where to start with that.  Wouldn't an all-British, red, white & blue vaccine be better?

[BambooToTheFuture]

Some fucking idiots still ignoring guidelines on social distancing

DOF

[pauld]

I despise the tories, and I think they've done poorly overall, but they did the right thing in opening those hospitals. Regardless of whether or not they were all used. There's plenty of other sticks to hit them with so there's no reason to choose something so weak.

Yes they did, I agree it's one of the few things they've got right. But why weren't they used to treat the sick from care homes? Instead it seems that people were just left to die in care homes and spread the virus to others. When they could have been isolated and treated in the Nightingale hospitals.

[Bathtime]

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/

I find this info really quite extraordinary  

[Ardiles]

It's a striking decline, that's for sure.  Sounds as if the main battle now is in the care homes.

[pauld]

It's a striking decline, that's for sure.  Sounds as if the main battle now is in the care homes.

Think it has been for a few weeks. Which makes it all the odder that they haven't used the Nightingale hospitals to relieve pressure on the care homes.

[horlock07]

Boris Johnson asking European countries to pull together.

BBC: Boris Johnson to ask European countries to Pull Together for Vaccine

Honestly don't know where to start with that.  Wouldn't an all-British, red, white & blue vaccine be better?

Up there with us being told a few years back that we could not control or shut our borders unless we left the EU, then somewhat peculiarly us ending up, under the same snake oil salesmen who told us this, being one of the very few countries not to shut our borders re the coronavirus!

Yes they did, I agree it's one of the few things they've got right. But why weren't they used to treat the sick from care homes? Instead it seems that people were just left to die in care homes and spread the virus to others. When they could have been isolated and treated in the Nightingale hospitals.

Because in the big scheme of things its pretty easy to build a temporary hospital, however, if you don't have the staff to work in them its all rather pointless. Yes they could have moved them to the Nightingale Hospitals but they would have had to care for themselves.

Looking at the online thingy, we have had 12 deaths in our little bit of rural Cumbria (about 3 sparsely populated parishes), loads of care home round here, I dread to think what's going on.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

First day of lockdown restrictions being lifted. Popped into town, few shops open, plenty of people though - some bemasked others (me) sans-mask.

Lopped a load of branches off a fig tree this afternoon - prolific growers them. Government here say they’ll bring forward the opening of bars/restaurants by a week. Dread to think how many won’t open because it may be uneconomic to do so if they have to abide by any social distancing rules.

Our neighbours run a lovely taverna right by the port, the most fantastic view - they’re not opening.

[StfcRusty]

I pretty much do the same walk every day at roughly the same time. You’d have thought it was the UK that’d come out of lockdown today. The most vehicles I’ve seen on Queens Drive so far. And just lots more people about including several groups (5+) of teenagers on bikes not giving a shit about riding on pavements straight at people.

Hope we’re not going to start to get complacent.

[4D]

Teenagers in ignorant twats shocker.

[Matchworn Shirts]

Not quite sure about the Isle of Wight experiment, but there must be method behind it (he says hopefully)
But don’t most of its’ inhabitants use Morse Code still?

[4D]

Just read that the government are now paying the wages of 23% of employed people in Britain,  some 6.3 million. Got me thinking, so only 27m out of 66m in the UK are employed. I believe there are roughly 5m self employed so 34m are either retired, too young to work or out of work. That's over 50% of the population, surely that's not correct?

[Valid Pint]

Percentages throw up surprising figures, especially when used on very large numbers like millions. Check out the E U referendum result.

Is any other country doing as much as the UK to maintain financial normality for the masses?

[LucienSanchez]

Teenagers in ignorant twats shocker.

In my experience, the rudest and most ignorant people in lockdown have been couples over 40. Won't make an effort to keep distance on walks, don't acknowledge when we walk in the road to make space, going to the supermarket in pairs... the kids I've encountered have been polite and all too keen to help stay 2m apart.