Coronavirus - will we survive?

Natasha Whittam wrote:

gloswhite wrote:Just for info, after I went to work after getting my NHS text, but was there only about 10 minutes as they had someone standing in for me. Thats me now confined to the house for 12 weeksToday I received the well-publicised follow-up letter, and I've just had a phone call from the surgery checking on my medication and diabetes. A really impressive service all round.

Can't fault the NHS, anyone who keeps you locked up for 12 weeks is ok with me

  Did make I larf  

Still going strong.

Bollotom2014 wrote:Can I clarify something some think isn't happening. Aircraft are arriving from China, Iran and Italy not as regularly as previous but still a significant number. They may be repatriation flights but nonetheless are the national carriers.
 Similarly the US have restrictions but overnight I was seeing 50 plus aircraft crossing the Atlantic as a continuous stream including BA, Virgin, TUI, AA and quite a few others. As to airport checks, I can't comment.

Bloody know-it-all

boltonbonce wrote:Still going strong.

She needs to speak her mind instead of sitting on the fence.

11,788  retired health workers applied to come back into service to tackle the Covid19 virus. 
Just thought I would mention it, Wander

Nevermind surviving coronavirus, this site will be lucky to survive unless Sluffy calms down.

gloswhite wrote:11,788  retired health workers applied to come back into service to tackle the Covid19 virus. 
Just thought I would mention it, Wander

It's good and a lot of them are ex doctors and nurses. I mentioned that it might get a better response when they limited the appeal to those who had left the service in the last 3 years, rather than dragging 80 year olds off their death beds as per the initial "Dad's Army" proposal and I'm really glad they are nearly half way to their target.

The thing that surprised me is the number of people who have left the NHS recently but perhaps that figure was boosted by Brexit and the the voluntary repatriation of European and other nationals? Even without counting them it's a shedload.

Announced today that they are seeking 250,000 additional volunteers so seeing as you're doing nowt....

Sports Direct hikes online prices by up to 50% while Britons exercise at home due to coronavirus lockdown - as boss Mike Ashley's factory staff claim they are forced to work despite him closing all UK stores in U-turn after backlash

Two people have now died from this in Bolton.

Natsaha your favourite star is at it!

karlypants wrote:Two people have now died from this in Bolton.

87 Brits in total yesterday - as we head towards the peak we're likely to pass 100 a day soon thanks to those d***heads who didn't take it seriously enough soon enough. Wondering what's going to happen in the US of A with their President talking about being "open for business" by Easter and full churches.

Long way to go yet Karly.

Covid is a bastid
Its running our life
The business's fucked
I can't go out
And make my girl my wife

I've got to stay at home
For at least the next 3 weeks
Playing ps4
Maybe I'll paint a door
Until this virus peaks

The news is all miserable
Its driving me to despair
The world is sick
The government's thick
Especially the one with the hair

Bojo's known about it for months
And sat back and done fuck all
Now hes panicking like mad
Talking at us like a dad
But on deaf ears it will fall

The sooner we all stay in
And stop spreading the virus throughout
The quicker it will pass
I'll bet my ass
Of that there is no doubt

Fo your bit for you and yours
Protect them and yourself
If we do it right
We'll get through this shite
And be free by elf on a shelf (time)

Now this is what we should be doing to keep the rebellers in doors!

170k of the 250k requested NHS "helpers" have registered already which I think is brilliant and is a sign that at least some people are considering others.

So here's the story. Have to say that this is a great opportunity for jobseekers to get something positive on their CVs for when a degree of normality is restored.

wanderlust wrote:170k of the 250k requested NHS "helpers" have registered already which I think is brilliant and is a sign that at least some people are considering others.

Absolutely. I just hope that they will be given the protective gear they need.

Prince Chrles has tested positive for the Corona virus

Donald Trump appears to have lost what passes for his mind, and expects the USA to be open for business by Easter, with churches packed out.
Praise the Lord.

boltonbonce wrote:Donald Trump appears to have lost what passes for his mind, and expects the USA to be open for business by Easter, with churches packed out.
Praise the Lord.

He needs to stop taking drugs.