Slow news day? The real deal? End of the world? 
 

They’re saying it probably came from an animal, has Somebody been shagging monkeys again? 

8 minutes ago, Mr Grey said:

It seems Monsieur Barnier has got the virus, some people will be happy about. 

We’re all going to get it; good, bad or indifferent citizens

Lancashire constabulary refusing to cancel next weeks speed awareness courses 

I either go to the course at a hotel or take the points (no time left to push back) 

Bizarre 

All that kissing the French and Italians do can't have helped and that's just the blokes😀

 

 

1 minute ago, birch-chorley said:

Lancashire constabulary refusing to cancel next weeks speed awareness courses 

I either go to the course at a hotel or take the points (no time left to push back) 

Bizarre 

Absolutely ridiculous. Morons. 

3 minutes ago, birch-chorley said:

Lancashire constabulary refusing to cancel next weeks speed awareness courses 

I either go to the course at a hotel or take the points (no time left to push back) 

Bizarre 

your own fault for showing off being a boy racer

4 minutes ago, birch-chorley said:

Lancashire constabulary refusing to cancel next weeks speed awareness courses 

I either go to the course at a hotel or take the points (no time left to push back) 

Bizarre 

Maybe you should wander in coughing continuously and sit near the front.

1 hour ago, peelyfeet said:

🙏  same here, 3 hours kip. I'm going to have some news and social media free days, for my own wellbeing. 

I normally have 5 to 5.5 hrs each night. 

Had a solid 9 last night.

This is going around:

Hi everyone

Just want to say – I’ve seen quite a few people with Covid 19 since Sunday. The vast majority are fine. They seem to have one week of fever, a few days of dry cough and then sometimes breathlessness on day 8 or 9. Most people are fine to stay at home and recover in about 10 days. If it is going to be bad it is around day 9 or 10 and the breathlessness gets rapidly worse at that point. We have had five patients who needed ITU but they all have heart or lung disease, and are quite elderly. Thankfully children seem to be invincible.

I’ve never known anything like this – but we’re planning for huge numbers of people needing intensive care and working out how to cope. We’ve managed to segregate our whole hospital into unknown (in single rooms), positive and negative areas. We’ve moved a whole intensive care unit and 4 other wards in 3 days flat – this sort of change usually takes at least 6 months to get agreed!

I think we need to worry about our elderly relatives but not our age group or our kids. It seems pretty clear that a large proportion of the UK will get this, hopefully spread out over months rather than all at once like Italy. Once enough people have had it then herd immunity will mean it dies out. So if the frail elderly can hibernate for a few months hopefully we can keep mortality down.

Anyway, if you have any Covid-19 questions, I know an awful lot more about it now than I did 2 weeks ago, so feel free to ask!

BW
Rachel

Dr Rachel Tennant
Consultant in Respiratory & Acute Medicine
Clinical Director for Acute Medicine.

 

 

27 minutes ago, Farrelli said:

All that kissing the French and Italians do can't have helped and that's just the blokes😀

 

 

Was thinking that myself on a serious note, though probably clutching at straws for any hope, but, the countries with the biggest number have a tradition of greeting each other with kisses , whereby we shake hands at the most and are more likely to just say “all reet dick head “ 

wonder if a lot of it transmitted this way 

I think it's time we rounded up Dad's Army and sent them on a 3 month holiday to some seaside resorts.

Everyone starts back after Easter as normal and we don't die.

8 minutes ago, Spider said:

I think it's time we rounded up Dad's Army and sent them on a 3 month holiday to some seaside resorts.

Everyone starts back after Easter as normal and we don't die.

Give them the choice. But if they choose to ignore it sadly comes with grave consequences 

seems the only way this is possibly going to go away as I can’t see how long we can operate under these conditions. Something has to give at some point. The country and economy will collapse at some point and some point very soon

1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

Give them the choice. But if they choose to ignore it sadly comes with grave consequences 

seems the only way this is possibly going to go away as I can’t see how long we can operate under these conditions. Something has to give at some point. The country and economy will collapse at some point and some point very soon

Exactly.

I'm sure it seems a bit much to most, but look at where we are now. Schools shut for months, every cunt confined to barracks. No money moving around a rapidly shrinking economy.

Sacrifices will need to be made at some point, the medical folk have already said that.

We KNOW the elderly are much more susceptible. It's a hugely inconvenient truth. But if we can get them all together as much as possible, look after them and send home survivors, I doubt the death tally will be any worse.

It's no more a Draconian measure than any of the others we're faced with. It's not like we're sending them to Autchwitz. Unless they go to Morecambe.

I'm serious. Round up the oldies, get them to the seaside. There's more than enough hotel rooms etc..

23 minutes ago, fatolive said:

Was thinking that myself on a serious note, though probably clutching at straws for any hope, but, the countries with the biggest number have a tradition of greeting each other with kisses , whereby we shake hands at the most and are more likely to just say “all reet dick head “ 

wonder if a lot of it transmitted this way 

As my parents would say, in a slightly condescending manner; "Very tactile people. Always touching". Followed by a grimace.

8 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Give them the choice. But if they choose to ignore it sadly comes with grave consequences 

seems the only way this is possibly going to go away as I can’t see how long we can operate under these conditions. Something has to give at some point. The country and economy will collapse at some point and some point very soon

“Grave consequences”!!!

Had enough of listening to sky updates while working from home not a lot going on so networking and finding new conracts on LinkedIn all morning, the suns out so that’s it for the day getting the bike out going for a spin and might have a pint in some village pub somewhere out towards Croston. 

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

28 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

“Grave consequences”!!!

Freudian slip 

increase of 209 deaths in spain since yesterday

19 minutes ago, L/H White said:

increase of 209 deaths in spain since yesterday

Mediterranean family lifestyle not helping Italy and Spain loads of interaction between kids, parents, grandparents and extended families, must be a breeding ground for infection. We need a miracle vaccine and soon. 

I’ve just had a letter off the daughters primary school about the closure.

The reverend has also sent a letter. Now I’m not a particularly religious chap, but the letter itself has just absolutely floored me.

The rev. quite rightly mentions that this is an event unlike anything they or their parents have ever faced. And that they may be scared. 
 

Brings home the magnitude of what’s happening. I can handle it but the kids are going to get scared. 
 

Dusty in here now.

2 minutes ago, Spider said:

I’ve just had a letter off the daughters primary school about the closure.

The reverend has also sent a letter. Now I’m not a particularly religious chap, but the letter itself has just absolutely floored me.

The rev. quite rightly mentions that this is an event unlike anything they or their parents have ever faced. And that they may be scared. 
 

Brings home the magnitude of what’s happening. I can handle it but the kids are going to get scared. 
 

Dusty in here now.

Get them out in the garden growing seeds. Might sound trivial, but watching them day by day growing and becoming flowers, veg etc helps provide a distraction and something to focus on.

Do bug hunts etc and get away from the TV and phones.

3 hours ago, Escobarp said:

I’ve just been to tesco to fill the car up as was on reserve. Whilst there thought I would pop in to the store see what it was like. 
 

I had a look around for the posters advertising the see how much stuff you can ram in a trolley competition. I couldn’t see them. Just stood there looking at some of the cretins and shaking my head 

can somebody please answer me has there been a directive that supermarkets are closing at lunchtime today and there is no more food supply? Have I missed something?? Cos I really cannot compute this shit and the behavior and stupidity of folk 

BBC correspondent in Italy on Newsnight last night saying he hadn't seen ANY panic buying there. Truly ashamed of these utter utter cretins.

6 minutes ago, Spider said:

I’ve just had a letter off the daughters primary school about the closure.

The reverend has also sent a letter. Now I’m not a particularly religious chap, but the letter itself has just absolutely floored me.

The rev. quite rightly mentions that this is an event unlike anything they or their parents have ever faced. And that they may be scared. 
 

Brings home the magnitude of what’s happening. I can handle it but the kids are going to get scared. 
 

Dusty in here now.

My daughter is only three and she knows that something isn’t right, not daft even at that age 

5 hours ago, kent_white said:

Just to give you an idea of the task. Bolton Hospital has about 750 beds. And they aren't all going to be taken up by people with coronavirus. The other illnesses and accidents haven't gone away. 

Couple that with the fact that a large proportion of an already understaffed workforce are going to be put into forced isolation and it doesn't take a genius to work out where this is heading unless we all buckle up and heed the advice.

Clear your inbox Shipman 👍

Wife’s a TA at a primary school looks like they are staying open so she’s going to have to work over Easter, she’s not best pleased. 

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by Mounts Kipper

1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Wife’s a TA at a primary school looks like they are staying open so she’s going to have to work over Easter, she’s not best pleased. 

Could start coughing...