What’s it like in your area ?C19

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Where I live there is talk of builders merchants closing very soon ,pubs and clubs this week apparently .My daughter works in a large restaurant / hotel and they are now down to a skeleton staffing level for essential work only .

Getting real now ,what’s it like with you folks ?

[Jonjon79 13,358]

It's great round here - the herd mentality has properly kicked in.

 .......... people are panicking buying, work have sanitised the door handles and locked the canteen, I saw a Chinese person on a bike wearing a face mask  and carrying loads of bottled water, shops are offering free deliveries (probably to keep the money coming in), those in self isolation have been advised to put ribbons or tea towels on their front door handles, my missus has been advised to use the panic buttons at work if people start looting, they're thinking of closing schools for a month

 

All this for something that isn't as deadly as flu and, over 80,000 people have already recovered from.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Personally I think it’s been here a lot longer than they will admit to .Both myself and my work partner had a bad bout of flu like virus with a banging headache just after Xmas .My son had same too .Was on the verge of going to the quack when it went overnight for me .4 cases in our village now and surgery closed to non essential cases .Not sure what that means or they are just resigned to fact most are going to get it .

Roads are very quiet .Not sure how they will enforce a stay at home period though .

[iworkwhippets 12,642]

well for starters, theres only me normal, im a stroke victim, im doin ok . but went down my doctors this morning, for my prescription, closed until further notice. 2 outside health companies who occasionaly come out to see how im doing, both of em phoned me up, sorry keith, cannot come to visit you until further notice, cos of the virus, should have gone to a meeting in next village meeting up with like minded people, bereaved and lonely folks, like me, phoned me Saturday, meeting banned, I walk the streets, empty. and wheres the community spirit, none here , coronaviurus wont get me, I will get me when im ready,

[Jonjon79 13,358]

18 minutes ago, iworkwhippets said:

well for starters, theres only me normal, im a stroke victim, im doin ok . but went down my doctors this morning, for my prescription, closed until further notice. 2 outside health companies who occasionaly come out to see how im doing, both of em phoned me up, sorry keith, cannot come to visit you until further notice, cos of the virus, should have gone to a meeting in next village meeting up with like minded people, bereaved and lonely folks, like me, phoned me Saturday, meeting banned, I walk the streets, empty. and wheres the community spirit, none here , coronaviurus wont get me, I will get me when im ready,

Won't the local pharmacy deliver repeat prescriptions mate?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Was a fight in our local Morrisons over the weekend about loo roll .Coppers called ,the works lol .

[king 11,980]

2 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Was a fight in our local Morrisons over the weekend about loo roll .Coppers called ,the works lol .

If the shops run out of food.

Will you open the borders on your perm mate.and let us in.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Yes mate but have to bring a loo roll ,that the rule .

No roll ,no run 

[kanny 20,667]

2 hours ago, Jonjon79 said:

It's great round here - the herd mentality has properly kicked in.

 .......... people are panicking buying, work have sanitised the door handles and locked the canteen, I saw a Chinese person on a bike wearing a face mask  and carrying loads of bottled water, shops are offering free deliveries (probably to keep the money coming in), those in self isolation have been advised to put ribbons or tea towels on their front door handles, my missus has been advised to use the panic buttons at work if people start looting, they're thinking of closing schools for a month

 

All this for something that isn't as deadly as flu and, over 80,000 people have already recovered from.

It's a fair bit deadlier than flu mate .... some stats   around 83 of 10,000 over 65s die from influenza  this corona  is around  1 in  to 100  or 1% ish, Italy has lost 350+ just today so far...personally I think we need to take this one serious.... at the moment your chances of getting it are still slim but that can change very quickly.

[Qbgrey 4,114]

Foxdropper your right,its been about for months,i never get ill,but got that cough in the night,headaches,then flem,lasted near on 4 week.felt shit.

[iworkwhippets 12,642]

14 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said:

Won't the local pharmacy deliver repeat prescriptions mate?

Hanging fire on that one pal, I shall be moving shortly, but thanks

[forest of dean redneck 11,685]

Just seen on news virgin airlines want staff to take 8 weeks leave unpaid to stave off redundancies, takes the piss when people will have rent and mortgages to pay and food to buy. 

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Be a lot of people asking for a break in the mortgage payments if that’s still available .Thankfully we are mortgage free but still got to live .

[brambles 3,269]

I'm hoping that jet2 cancel holidays the same as Tui so I can get my money refunded

[kanny 20,667]

1 hour ago, brambles said:

I'm hoping that jet2 cancel holidays the same as Tui so I can get my money refunded

A lot of people are saying the same .