Coronavirus Disease Outbreak COVID-19 #60

Questions

  • If I was to vote on the upcoming lockdown in parliament , I’d vote no

    Votes: 139 30.7%

  • If I was to vote on the upcoming lockdown, I’d vote yes

    Votes: 204 45.0%

  • I think the lockdown will continue past Dec 2nd

    Votes: 334 73.7%

  • I don’t think the lockdown will stretch past Dec 2nd

    Votes: 73 16.1%

  • If it does, I won’t comply

    Votes: 115 25.4%

  • If it does, I will be complying

    Votes: 196 43.3%

  • I’ve thought about taking my child out of school until this is over/I would if I was a parent

    Votes: 74 16.3%

  • I will keep my child in school as long as I can/I would if I was a parent

    Votes: 170 37.5%

  • I have no confidence in Boris

    Votes: 315 69.5%

  • I have confidence in Boris

    Votes: 36 7.9%
  • Total voters
    453
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I have a friend who is so moody and angry her employer (small business) won’t furlough her. She called in sick yesterday out of protest.
People just piss me off so much at the moment

Bobbleowl90 said:
I am feeling so cross at people who WANT to be furloughed. (Not aimed at anybody here). I have a friend who hates her job. She was off sick before lockdown because she didn’t like it and then furloughed. She is back next week but is asking to be furloughed until March again now. It makes me so cross. She hasn’t applied for one single other job. This is not what furlough is about and I wish I could tell her this. She works for a charity too.

I don’t think the extension means we will be in lockdown until March but I think tiers will be on and off until then so that’s why they’ve done it. I hope.
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Rlaw1978 said:
She has stage 5 kidney failure and muscle wasting disease. She is worried for her health which as someone who also has health problems I completely understand. But it’s got to the point where she is desperately unhappy and is crying daily on the phone to me. I don’t know how to best help her other than listen. She’s also very angry and aggressive, she makes me feel like the situation she’s in is my fault and somehow I can fix it, if that makes sense.
I have kids but they are all older teens, so present thing wouldn’t go down well with them. They would do a chat though so might try that. Thanks.
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oh that’s hard. Didn’t realise the situation was like that and that it’s affecting her mentality. That’s a tough one really. So sad that this year has pushed people so far. I hope you can work something out so you can all have some sort of nice Christmas. Very hard though I agree

do you live nearby? Just thought maybe you could leave a hamper on the doorstep Christmas Day, with lots of her favourite bits. So she knows you’re thinking of her. I understand it’s hard on you too don’t get me wrong but I think you just have to be a gentle as possible which I’m sure you are.
 
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SarahGard83 said:
Just recieved email from kids school saying that my daughter has to self isolate for 14 days as she's been identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive for the virus. I'm beside myself.
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Sorry to hear this :(

Bezolabub said:
Just had a text from my girl. She's tested positive and will have to SI for 10-14 days. She also warned me to expect the NHS to get in touch in case I have it.

Deep joy:(
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Sorry :(

I was speaking to someone on the phone yesterday and it seems there are more people we know getting it in this wave, compared to the last wave. In the last wave, I knew no one who had it in my social circle.
 
SarahGard83 said:
Just recieved email from kids school saying that my daughter has to self isolate for 14 days as she's been identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive for the virus. I'm beside myself.
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Really hope she hasn’t been exposed for too long or caught it, hopefully she can find out who it may be and can tell you what contact she has had to reassure you. In light of your health, I would distance from your daughter over the next few days if at all possible, thinking of you x
 
emmer_moans said:
Sorry to hear this :(


Sorry :(

I was speaking to someone on the phone yesterday and it seems there are more people we know getting it in this wave, compared to the last wave. In the last wave, I knew no one who had it in my social circle.
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My girl isn't sure how she's got it because she's been working from home for the last 3 weeks. And she lives alone. Unless of course she caught it from me a week or so ago, although I don't appear to have the symptoms unless I am asymptomatic.

Bit of a wake-up call since we're both in our 20s
 
Tots said:
Really hope she hasn’t been exposed for too long or caught it, hopefully she can find out who it may be and can tell you what contact she has had to reassure you. In light of your health, I would distance from your daughter over the next few days if at all possible, thinking of you x
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I'm wondering if I ring the school and ask how close of a contact she's been will they tell me? Obviously don't want a name but due to my situation I'm panicking massively
 
Bezolabub said:
My girl isn't sure how she's got it because she's been working from home for the last 3 weeks. And she lives alone. Unless of course she caught it from me a week or so ago, although I don't appear to have the symptoms unless I am asymptomatic.

Bit of a wake-up call since we're both in our 20s
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Strange isn’t it how it varies person to person, and even stranger how it can be caught despite distancing. Hopefully her symptoms are mild *fingers crossed*.

SarahGard83 said:
I'm wondering if I ring the school and ask how close of a contact she's been will they tell me? Obviously don't want a name but due to my situation I'm panicking massively
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I would have thought they should be able to say if it was a classmate, or if from another cohort. It’s worth asking, at least.
 
SarahGard83 said:
I'm wondering if I ring the school and ask how close of a contact she's been will they tell me? Obviously don't want a name but due to my situation I'm panicking massively
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They’ll probably quote some data protection stuff but I’m sure if you say you don’t want a name, you just want to know how close she was they might have some compassion?
 
SarahGard83 said:
I'm wondering if I ring the school and ask how close of a contact she's been will they tell me? Obviously don't want a name but due to my situation I'm panicking massively
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When it was my sons class they told them who it was (it was a teacher)
 
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