part of me wants the figures to sky rocket to stick one to Varadkar and Donnelly.....not that I want a level 5, I just want them to see the consequences of their fuckery.
but then the sane part kicks in
yada yada yada
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part of me wants the figures to sky rocket to stick one to Varadkar and Donnelly.....not that I want a level 5, I just want them to see the consequences of their fuckery.
but then the sane part kicks in
yada yada yada
Hinkypunk
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SarahGard83
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Also says the site could be unresponsive between 10pm tonight and 6am tomorrow so we might not even get the numbers this eveningThe latest update says they awaiting data from England
Jesus, I thought It would be administered in your arm like the flu jab not sure I’d want to take it up the arse.
not sure I’d want to take it up the arse. 
They must be really bad.
I hate quote daily fail but seems hospital admissions nearly same as march.
So how do we stop nhs being overwhelmed.
Schools and unis of course reason for the rise.
How many nhs kids self isolating.
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Hinkypunk
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Up from yesterday than but not as bad as a few days ago.
monga
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I see they've added the excess death data on 234 this week so far
Big rise in hospital admissions
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gingerteacup
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Schools need to close and go online. If many US states can do it, why can’t we?
Star is born
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(Uk) Can anyone explain why this would happen?
Hinkypunk
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They are just combining 2 reports in to one. I guess it makes sense as we are heading into Flu season.
Sorry to post again I post on the last thread near the end. I’ve mentioned before that I’m really concerned about my daughter being in school because my husband has asthma and I have health conditions. She is 15 and her year group were sent home yesterday with a confirmed case. The girl had not been in school since last Friday.
Typically my daughter last night started to feel a bit unwell and she’s woken up today with a snotty nose, her ears feel very sensitive and a little bit painful and her throat feels really dry. She’s not got a cough and her taste and smell are fine. I do have an anxiety disorder but I haven’t suffered badly for a few years, since the pandemic my anxiety has been quite bad because my husband has asthma and I have health conditions. I don’t have any extended family to rely on if anything happened to one of us so it all worries me. Anxiety tonight is making me think she has coronavirus.
I’m just finding it really hard to reassure myself that it’s just a cold like I normally would if she was unwell it’s because children can get it milder so maybe she wouldn’t have a cough or a temperature and I’m worrying myself silly. She really doesn’t want to have a test because she said her taste is fine and she hasn’t got a cough, and she’s been told the test is really horrible. Of course I’d get a test if she had a fever or a loss of taste but for now she’s doesn’t.
Arghh, can anyone reassure me children do have those main symptoms and I’m worrying over nothing ? Our area is in lockdown in North Wales so that doesn’t help.
Typically my daughter last night started to feel a bit unwell and she’s woken up today with a snotty nose, her ears feel very sensitive and a little bit painful and her throat feels really dry. She’s not got a cough and her taste and smell are fine. I do have an anxiety disorder but I haven’t suffered badly for a few years, since the pandemic my anxiety has been quite bad because my husband has asthma and I have health conditions. I don’t have any extended family to rely on if anything happened to one of us so it all worries me. Anxiety tonight is making me think she has coronavirus.
I’m just finding it really hard to reassure myself that it’s just a cold like I normally would if she was unwell it’s because children can get it milder so maybe she wouldn’t have a cough or a temperature and I’m worrying myself silly. She really doesn’t want to have a test because she said her taste is fine and she hasn’t got a cough, and she’s been told the test is really horrible. Of course I’d get a test if she had a fever or a loss of taste but for now she’s doesn’t.
Arghh, can anyone reassure me children do have those main symptoms and I’m worrying over nothing ? Our area is in lockdown in North Wales so that doesn’t help.
Tublet83
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She doesn’t have the symptoms and you shouldn’t be wasting a test for someone else that might need it.
Good reply, thank you. I wouldn’t want to take a test off anyone who needed it.
TwooTwooTwitTwitTwoo
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Because people need to pay their bills.
It's a lovely ideal this let's shut schools but the knock on effect is pretty horrific to consider. For a huge amount of people it would mean a loss of income. This directly leads to poverty. You can't pay bills with thin air. You can't renew a mortgage on Universal Credit.
If I were to talk about my own personal circumstances - we were relatively lucky. My husband was instructed to work from home. I already worked from home. We didn't suffer a loss of income. The reality is though that I was unable to work during the day because I had to teach our children which meant I was filling evenings and weekends with work. My husband struggled to work without quiet. We were at the end of our tethers with stress. It was incredibly difficult. And we were lucky!! Imagine the stress for people in different circumstances.
My work situation has changed now so if schools close my husband will have to juggle home school with a wfh high pressure job. His mental health will nose dive. This will impact our marriage, our children's well being etc. We are just one family. Imagine this multiplied all over the country.
We have children with extra needs, who need the day to day routine of school to learn how to interact in society. There is so much at stake.
I don't know what the answer is but I do feel closing schools outright is not the answer.
So sorry you feel so anxious! I felt the same only a week ago! I had exactly the same symptoms as your daughter (and still have a very dry throat!) and eventually lost some of my taste. I had a test and turned out it was only a cold as it came back negative. I felt so awful. My ears were ringing, my throat was so dry and because of this, on the day of the test, I developed a cough. I only knew it was a cold after a while because I kept sneezing and felt bunged up rather than run down completely!
Prgirl_cesca
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I know it's hard not to be anxious, but if she doesn't have any of the main 3 symptoms AND isn't keen on a test I wouldn't force it.
Hinkypunk
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It’s your anxiety causing you to question what the best thing is to do. My daughter had a cold the other week and I was constantly wondering if I should get her a test and after discussing with the school, we decided not to as it really did seem like a cold (which she then passed to me
)The best thing to do is just to keep an eye on her symptoms and take action should anything change.
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