Coronavirus disease outbreak - COVID-19 #9

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Danielle1 said:
Do people think we will actually go on proper lock down? Like italy & Spain?

Also i'm so scared I've read so many stories of young people being in hospital with it. I live alone and scared like what if my breathing gets bad and I'm on my own no one to call for help if I need it 😣
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I think we will, but I don't think as quickly as people would expect.
Also think that we (London) will be into shut down first, and then maybe a week or so later will be the rest of the country.
I think London will be a trial and error too.
 
Prodcon21 said:
The people in the German big brother house have no idea this is going on! They went in on the 6th of Feb! Imagine being told what’s happening in one hit! We’ve had weeks of gradual build up. They’re just going to get it all in one go!
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They were told today but pretty gently. Some cried a little but I expected a bit more drama from a TV show like this (first time I have watched it since first season in 2000).
 
Danielle1 said:
Do people think we will actually go on proper lock down? Like italy & Spain?

Also i'm so scared I've read so many stories of young people being in hospital with it. I live alone and scared like what if my breathing gets bad and I'm on my own no one to call for help if I need it 😣
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I think we will. From what I can see , many people not following the guidelines and some people won’t take it seriously until they are made to stay home.
 
Danielle1 said:
Do people think we will actually go on proper lock down? Like italy & Spain?

Also i'm so scared I've read so many stories of young people being in hospital with it. I live alone and scared like what if my breathing gets bad and I'm on my own no one to call for help if I need it 😣
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Does anyone have a spare key ? I have 2 friends who have a key to my place as I live alone. I always try to keep in touch (sometimes/mostly by WhatsApp) regularly even if it's boring chit chat. We all know we're all ok that way. Very worrying times though.
 
HideTheHunter said:
So forgive my complete and utter ignorance, (and I am appalled at myself but assuming I'm not just thinking properly right now) but I googled this thinking I was going to land on a Tao meditation site :rolleyes:
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Haha! I consider myself quite politically active and since brexit I wondered who this "tea shop" person was I was hearing about on the radio. Assumed it was the head of the tea shop party in the ROI. Only on the sconnejoly thread when an Irish person was outraged that people didn't know of leo I learnt that word 😆. I've since come to think of him as an EU stooge and whipping boy, but that's for another thread 😂
 
GossBoss said:
Does anyone have a spare key ? I have 2 friends who have a key to my place as I live alone. I always try to keep in touch (sometimes/mostly by WhatsApp) regularly even if it's boring chit chat. We all know we're all ok that way. Very worrying times though.
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No don't have a spare been meaning to get one cut for ages! :( my friend (also lives alone) suggested going to stay with her so if we are locked down we'll at least not be lonely and she also has asthma so is worried if she had an asthma attack in her house alone! No idea what to do xx
 
Marcos SP said:
My mother in law has gone on a rant about benefits scroungers and foreign aid are the cause of the NHS issues and why they are struggling with Corona.
However the woman has never worked, had four children on the NHS, all educated by the state and for nearly 20 years has been taking a state pension and has the rent for her 3 bed house all paid for by the state. And she thinks she's never had a penny in benefits!! I don't begrudge pensioners at all, but she's not thankful at how easy she's had it and instead acts as if she's been hard done by!! People who get JSA are not scroungers, they make it fooking difficult and misserable to claim even if you've been working for decades and need it for a coupla weeks
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That’s us. We are just about to receive our first UC payment ever. We have both worked hard ever since we were able, life threw us a curveball and our circumstances changed. Nobody realises the shame we feel about having to claim for benefits. That alone was enough incentive for us both to keep applying everywhere for jobs. I’m going back into work in the coming weeks and unfortunately because of the current situation with Covid-19, my OH’s new job fell through and he has to keep looking for something else. I imagine many more people will become reliant on UC in the coming weeks just to survive. People need to be less judgemental. “Until you’ve walked a mile in my shoes...” and all that.

The NHS isn’t struggling because of benefit scroungers. It’s failing because the government don’t invest enough into it and a lot of people take it for granted.
 
Yel said:
Anyway hope you've all had a great st Patrick's Day. Don't forget to play the Irish national anthem! ;) Remember when they came out and all lied they were teenagers when in fact they were in their 20s 😂

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Jesus, kick us when we’re down 😂😂
next you’re gonna drag bleeping bono out and remind us of him.

I might go on to regret this but.... Leo var...whatshisface did well 😬 clearly I haven’t drank enough 😐
no but seriously, he did well 😐
 
GossBoss said:
Does anyone have a spare key ? I have 2 friends who have a key to my place as I live alone. I always try to keep in touch (sometimes/mostly by WhatsApp) regularly even if it's boring chit chat. We all know we're all ok that way. Very worrying times though.
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Idea for you, and those on their own...
Nominate a couple of friends in a similar situation or someone close to you that you can just send an 'I'm alive' message to.
My partner works away A LOT so me and 4 friends just send an emoji every day as a check in.
No small talk, just something simple so we know everyone's safe ☺️
 
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