That was my understanding and presumption as well.
The arts industry is completely screwed. Well, most industries will be screwed.
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That was my understanding and presumption as well.
The arts industry is completely screwed. Well, most industries will be screwed.
Same thoughts here as to the process until a vaccine is widely tested, proven and then distributed. That interim process will also be helped when the test for the virus is widely available, and when an accurate anti-body test is also widely available. The final item that would help smooth the cyclic process of opening and closing parts of society are one or more proven anti-virals to help treat live cases.
However until a vaccine arrives, I've got no idea what happens to those in the 1.5 million shielding group.
Agreed to do pharmacy runs for a few OAPs who live alone and have none / no nearby relatives, and I've noticed the age demographic flaunting the rules isn't kids, it's old people.
All week I've seen the elderly in 2s and 3s walking around like nothing's happening and chatting at normal distances. It's absolutely mental.
All week I've seen the elderly in 2s and 3s walking around like nothing's happening and chatting at normal distances. It's absolutely mental.
Had to do a bit of shopping this morning as I didn't get bread last night(stupidly) and saw an old guy giving a young girl at a shop grief about being asked to stand back behind a line. They literally don't care.
People are idiots, have the Contact centre managers had much to say or is all the info coming from the senior manager workplace videos?
Feel like there's a storm brewing in contact centres
CCM's are much like TL's in my experience, simply following the company line. At worst it's Blitz spirit, at best it's BAU. The drive is definitely coming from the top down on the daily calls.
Seen a lot of deferrals to our chief medical officers here. Here's one of the deputies being alarmingly wrong about everything
Yeah. The only thing that might make a difference now is either any demographic factors (which would be unlikely), the fact that Italy implemented a full lockdown slightly later than us, or any of the last-minute interventions we're now making (such as the construction of NHS Nightingale).
Can't see how huge new 'hospitals' are going to make a difference without ICU / ventilators - that is surely the key factor.
This is outrageous but not a surprise from the Mail on Sunday.
Nadine Dorries had it a few weeks ago!!This is outrageous but not a surprise from the Mail on Sunday.
Italy has one of the best healthcare systems in the world... that's why we should be fucking terrified.
Doing fine, plenty of options to keep myself busy.
This is a real emergency glass smash moment for all of us.
Almost anything and everything you ever wanted to do or experience in your own home or right near it, go for.
What we have is time and likely nothing but plenty of time. Make full use of it.
No, we should all be that guy/girl right now. The rules are fucking clear, even though the government messaging wasn't.
Its shit, but it is what it is. The chief doctor today live at the government daily briefing laid out the black and white consequences of flouting the rules. There is no grey area.
I mean, who the fuck WANTS to live in a brand new virus hotspot??
It's a matter of life and death for 100,000s of people in the country and tens of millions worldwide.
I don't think there's any evidence or advice regarding the virus entering your body through your ears.
The NHS advises people not to touch the eyes, nose, mouth. It's the exception that proves the rule. If they thought there was a plausible infection/transmission route through your eardrum, advice would be widespread.
COVID-19 advice and services
Get NHS advice about COVID-19 and COVID-19 services, including testing, vaccination and the NHS COVID Pass.www.nhs.uk
Right ok, I checked the ear transmission advice with 3 people, one medical student, one PhD microbiologist who will work with the disease and and an nhs consultant, all relatives. This was back in Feb.
I will ask them again, very likely the advice has changed.
Less transmission of the disease.
Have the hotspots in the big new units rather then hospitals around the area that can seep over to the general public and keep the rate of transmission lower.
Even a 0.5 less R0 would be massive in the big picture of things.
We've been tracking a roughly 25% daily increase now for the past week, which is a doubling every 3 days. So yea, this is expected.
Let's put it into perspective, the Wuhan Lockdown lasted 2 months and the economy restart will hopefully be ongoing but it seems like despire their measures they are going to see a stop-start and now it's starting to become a more political thing in terms of death reporting and things because the rest of the world is not in the best state.
May is the earliest we can see lockdown lifted given that late April is the peak in Europe; with a 3-4 week delay in the US. The economy restart is forecasted to be in late June now.
They will try to ease lockdown but with deaths increasing soon the first step would be to extend lockdown until the end of April (as is already happening in lots of European nations). More people will be dying and infected around then because of the peak that they'd increase it further till possibly week 3 of May if not later. You have to mentally prepare yourself now to stay in lockdown mode till early June else it's going to put you in a bad state.
May is the earliest we can see lockdown lifted given that late April is the peak in Europe; with a 3-4 week delay in the US. The economy restart is forecasted to be in late June now.
They will try to ease lockdown but with deaths increasing soon the first step would be to extend lockdown until the end of April (as is already happening in lots of European nations). More people will be dying and infected around then because of the peak that they'd increase it further till possibly week 3 of May if not later. You have to mentally prepare yourself now to stay in lockdown mode till early June else it's going to put you in a bad state.
They just aren't taking it seriously. There is absolutely no reason for people to be in beyond skeleton staff to look after vulnerable customers. This is the company who has their sales team still open for fuck sake.
I'd be really careful about being so identifiable as to who you are and who you work for. Regardless of what people are doing being right or wrong in approach, the social media "brand damage" angle could be one that someone decides to score points over and you get into trouble. Not worth it.
On a separate note, I miss the following things: going for a drive on a quiet sunday morning :(
On a separate note, I miss the following things: going for a drive on a quiet sunday morning :(
I live quite literally next to both a motorway and a busy main road. It's never been so quiet before, it's.... eerie
All I can hear is some kids playing about half a mile away
The article is from an American perspective but it's valid and fits with the research I've been seeing developed. Major firms and governments are still operating on the 3-4 months assumption or rather hope.
www.theatlantic.com
The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal
The coronavirus outbreak may last for a year or two, but some elements of pre-pandemic life will likely be won back in the meantime.
www.theatlantic.com
When I drive in to do my shift (teacher) and I have the radio on, it feels like War of the Worlds. Few cars around one of the busiest roads in the country, building work on it suspended, and the radio giving reports about 'infection', 'pandemic', 'deaths' and 'quarantine'. It really feels like a movie or a game setting the scene for something awful that has happened.
Something that's genuinely worrying me is that because the sh1tshow of the UK government is so behind the curve on COVID-19, they'll start to make bad decisions in an effort to "catch up"
www.theguardian.com
There were already shortages in maternity wards. The NHS shouldn't be reallocating maternity ward nurses to ICUs. I get it that there are only "bad choices" here, if we don't reallocate NHS resources to COVID then more people will die, but starving other areas of the NHS isn't right either. The government's job is to take the hard decisions to protect its citizens, not do dumb stuff to try to manage the headlines. If we're at this stage already, then the answer is to be more aggressive in triage, not put maternity units at risk.
Midwife shortage doubles as NHS staff diverted to tend Covid-19 patients
A fifth of midwife-led maternity units are closed while a third stop offering home births
www.theguardian.com
There were already shortages in maternity wards. The NHS shouldn't be reallocating maternity ward nurses to ICUs. I get it that there are only "bad choices" here, if we don't reallocate NHS resources to COVID then more people will die, but starving other areas of the NHS isn't right either. The government's job is to take the hard decisions to protect its citizens, not do dumb stuff to try to manage the headlines. If we're at this stage already, then the answer is to be more aggressive in triage, not put maternity units at risk.
It's like the early bits of Sean of the Dead where the news in the background is reporting on people being eaten alive in the streets and he's too hungover to notice
I live in the middle of Manchester and Liverpool and thus I usually hear at least 1 plane pass every day to go to either one of those airports. TBH I hadn't even thought about it but you're totally right. I can't remember the last time I heard one and that's definitely a first.
Problem is the only way to avoid depriving other areas would be to not have spent the last decade deliberately slowly tearing the NHS apart. And admitting to that would mean people might expect the Tories to be held culpable for something, which they will never ever allow to happen
Let's hope we don't end up worse than Italy because lord knows we're not prepared for it.
Boris sending out a letter to all U.K. households.
Even stricter measures could be implemented if necessary.
www.gov.uk
Even stricter measures could be implemented if necessary.
PM letter to nation on coronavirus
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is writing to every UK household to urge them to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.
Whenever I've stayed in London the amount of planes was unreal, bet that absence of sound is huge
The family two doors down were the ones clapping and cheering more than anyone the other night for the NHS. They like to make a big show of how caring they are.
Yesterday they had a barbecue which included many people from outside their household.
But at least they did a clap.
Yesterday they had a barbecue which included many people from outside their household.
But at least they did a clap.
Believe it's more in line with unnecessary travel being restricted to within 2km of home and more shops/services shutting. There was a document around what measures could be implemented posted earlier in the thread.
It's like carbon offsetting. If you do a clap you can do a few murders with a clear conscience.
Whenever Boris says this the stricter measures are enacted a short time later lol, so I'm expecting them soon.