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Marty said:

I can't see anything other then a full scale lockdown, no leaving the house under any circumstance. All people had to do was not be a bunch of cunts, and they can't even do that.

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Need to sort the supermarket delivery services out if they are going to do that.

I cannot get a slot for love no money. It's not even for me, it's for my 90 year old dad.

I think it will get to the stage before very long of issuing travel permits to "essential workers" and no-one else can use public transport (particularly the Tube), especially at rush hour.

My car MOT runs out on 30th March, was booked into a local garage this Friday, but received a call from them earlier to say they are now closing, have rung round a few but to no avail, I'm hoping they extend MOT's by three months, so I can go and get essentials when required.

Otis said:

I cannot get a slot for love no money. It's not even for me, it's for my 90 year old dad.

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Sainsburys sent me an email the other day with this info if it helps.

Many of you have also asked me about priority online delivery slots for elderly, disabled and vulnerable customers.

We have been able to identify a number of customers as elderly and vulnerable based on the information they have given us previously. These details would include date of birth and if you have ever used our vulnerable customer helpline. For all of these customers, we will email you today (Sunday) with information on when slots will become available.

If you do not receive an email and you consider yourself to be vulnerable, please visit our Groceries Online website on Monday for information on how to contact us. We are also working as quickly as possible on an option for people to register themselves as disabled and vulnerable on their online shopping accounts.

no_loyalty said:

My car MOT runs out on 30th March, was booked into a local garage this Friday, but received a call from them earlier to say they are now closing, have rung round a few but to no avail, I'm hoping they extend MOT's by three months, so I can go and get essentials when required.

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Mine's due in April - haven't booked it in yet. If I can't get it booked anywhere, I shall continue to drive it if I have to!

I'm off to the shop for some milk. First time I've left the house since Friday afternoon.

"Garages are allowed to remain open under the new restrictions. MOTs have been suspended for lorries, buses and trailers for up to three months, and MOT testing for cars, motorcycles and light vans is under review"

Sainsbury's seem the best for vulnerable people, I was trying them all to see if even click and collect was an option for the next three weeks (nope) but Sainsbury's didn't let me even have a look because I didn't qualify as vulnerable. Good on them, and the nicest thing anyone's said about me for ages

ajsccfc said:

Sainsbury's seem the best for vulnerable people, I was trying them all to see if even click and collect was an option for the next three weeks (nope) but Sainsbury's didn't let me even have a look because I didn't qualify as vulnerable. Good on them, and the nicest thing anyone's said about me for ages

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Wonder how you get registered as vulnerable? My parents would both come under that and used to have a weekly Sainsbury's shop before all this started but can't get anything booked in now.

Means tomorrow I'm going to have to try and do their shopping for them which I'm not looking forward to.

chiefdave said:

Wonder how you get registered as vulnerable? My parents would both come under that and used to have a weekly Sainsbury's shop before all this started but can't get anything booked in now.

Means tomorrow I'm going to have to try and do their shopping for them which I'm not looking forward to.

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Apparently you can call them, register your parents as vulnerable and then they give them priority but it seems from Twitter that it's impossible to get the through to them as they're so busy.

Job Opportunity:
WANTED - Person who can photoshop protective masks on to photos of people without them, to make the photos look more scary.
Excellent pay. Can work from home.
Apply to BBC.

fatso said:

Tbf, you can hardly blame the government, even when they did hit the panic button, hardly any fucker listened.

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Part of that is what happens when you elect someone who enjoys playing to the crowd and acting the clown/buffoon. When he has to be serious no-one takes him seriously as they see him as a joke figure, not an authority figure.

Although his rather flimsy 'please do this if that alright with you' manner certainly didn't help.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:

Part of that is what happens when you elect someone who enjoys playing to the crowd and acting the clown/buffoon. When he has to be serious no-one takes him seriously as they see him as a joke figure, not an authority figure.

Although his rather flimsy 'please do this if that alright with you' manner certainly didn't help.

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It wouldn't make any difference if he ordered action and pointed a shotgun at the camera, cunts would still of ignored him.

Neighbour of mine just been carted off with it (or something very similar).

The ambulance crew had very little protection other than old-fashioned surgical masks, gloves and aprons.

There's a study by Oxford University suggesting that it hit this country by January and has infected millions but only a tiny percentage suffer greatly with most either having very mild or no symptoms at all. Sounds a bit fanciful but if they could get the antibody testing done to see who has it I'd love to find out because that fits my household in February to a tee, all ill with various symptoms but none debilitating. Probably just had a regular bug but can't help wondering

ajsccfc said:

There's a study by Oxford University suggesting that it hit this country by January and has infected millions but only a tiny percentage suffer greatly with most either having very mild or no symptoms at all. Sounds a bit fanciful but if they could get the antibody testing done to see who has it I'd love to find out because that fits my household in February to a tee, all ill with various symptoms but none debilitating. Probably just had a regular bug but can't help wondering

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Walk in to Walsgrave and ask them to cough on you.

If nothing happens, you are immune!

skyblue1991 said:

The government were clear from the off to adhere to the 2m social distancing rule but unfortunately we have a large number of selfish twats that didn't take this seriously.

I don't think we were too late to react, I think we had to be tougher for the sake of the country.

Unfortunately there will still be wankers that won't keep their 2m distance so I hope the police issue large fines on them (£100 shall do)

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No they weren't

fatso said:

Tbf, you can hardly blame the government, even when they did hit the panic button, hardly any fucker listened.

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Nobody listened because they'd already been told that it wasn't that much to worry about, we'll take it on the chin. Only old people get ill and all that other shite.

fellatio_Martinez said:

I'm off to the shop for some milk. First time I've left the house since Friday afternoon.

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Tell you what, I went out just now for the first time since Saturday, there has been a 10c temperature change so it feels like I've been in lock down about 3 months

Trump clearly is intent on wiping out millions in the States.

That man is such a danger to everyone...

ajsccfc said:

There's a study by Oxford University suggesting that it hit this country by January and has infected millions but only a tiny percentage suffer greatly with most either having very mild or no symptoms at all. Sounds a bit fanciful but if they could get the antibody testing done to see who has it I'd love to find out because that fits my household in February to a tee, all ill with various symptoms but none debilitating. Probably just had a regular bug but can't help wondering

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Interesting. I’m in the same boat, my partner, baby and I were all ill with (what we thought were) generic virus type symptoms.

Although it was pre social distancing etc, so I’d have mixed with a lot of people before/after the virus and still been contagious if it was corona. And none of those people have/had any symptoms as far as I’m aware, so either they’re all just lucky or it was a ‘normal’ virus.

Retro testing would be a significant step if they can make it work.

fernandopartridge said:

Tell you what, I went out just now for the first time since Saturday, there has been a 10c temperature change so it feels like I've been in lock down about 3 months

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True. I went out in my usual winter coat and was sweating like mad.

Does anyone know whether this orderly queuing outside of supermarkets where customers are keeping away from each other is continuing inside and particularly at the check outs ? Go on , surprise me.

fernandopartridge said:

Nobody listened because they'd already been told that it wasn't that much to worry about, we'll take it on the chin. Only old people get ill and all that other shite.

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It’s still no where near as lethal as flu.
Or TB
Or malaria.

Not that that’s any support to those who die of it.

fatso said:

It’s still no where near as lethal as flu.
Or TB
Or malaria.

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Do you want me to go over this again for you?

How many people in the UK died of TB in the last recorded year? 264

How many died of malaria? 6

Flu? 195

In the last 3 (Three) weeks 422 people have died from COVID-19 in the UK, extrapolated crudely over the year that's 7314

fernandopartridge said:

Do you want me to go over this again for you?

How many people in the UK died of TB in the last recorded year? 264

How many died of malaria? 6

Flu? 195

In the last 3 (Three) weeks 422 people have died from COVID-19 in the UK, extrapolated crudely over the year that's 7314

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The flu thing is very confusing

What we don't know about coronavirus deaths

I think in addition the volume of people who have serious mental health issues which are going to be magnified by self isolation

Grendel said:

The flu thing is very confusing

What we don't know about coronavirus deaths

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The 'they would have died anyway' shite from the BBC is ridiculous

ajsccfc said:

There's a study by Oxford University suggesting that it hit this country by January and has infected millions but only a tiny percentage suffer greatly with most either having very mild or no symptoms at all. Sounds a bit fanciful but if they could get the antibody testing done to see who has it I'd love to find out because that fits my household in February to a tee, all ill with various symptoms but none debilitating. Probably just had a regular bug but can't help wondering

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Yep....same here...right at the end of January...
Me, wife & kids all had dry coughs....me & the wife had a fever & wife also developed a bit of a chest infection. Interestingly also recall having itchy eyes around the same period.....

I was reading stuff last night from research in northern Italy that stated nearly 60% of those tested positive had ZERO symptoms....and those with no symptoms were approximately 55% less contagious.

jimmyhillsfanclub said:

Yep....same here...right at the end of January...
Me, wife & kids all had dry coughs....me & the wife had a fever & wife also developed a bit of a chest infection. Interestingly also recall having itchy eyes around the same period.....

I was reading stuff last night from research in northern Italy that stated nearly 60% of those tested positive had ZERO symptoms....and those with no symptoms were approximately 55% less contagious.

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I can see this being right- it ties in with what they say about Italy, that there are 10x more infected than the official figures.

I had a headcold about 3 weeks ago and it wasn't that bad, but weirdly I had very sore eyes & being none the wiser just got some Optrex, and a strange pain in my right ear. Often get colds but never that kind of symptom. Wrote it off and just carried on and it all got better in about 3 days, but you do wonder (hope!!) that was it. It was no worse than a headcold, but a bit.. 'different'. I can very easily believe that the actual number of carriers is massively higher than the official numbers. I came into work every day, so it it was it then chances are everyone in this office also has it- and so it builds from there.

This “everyone was infected in January” thing doesn’t sit right with me. Surely if you have a bunch of people infected running about with no controls we’d have seen a massive outbreak?

Seems like grasping at straws to me. Obviously hope it’s true but just doesn’t pass the sniff test for me.

shmmeee said:

This “everyone was infected in January” thing doesn’t sit right with me. Surely if you have a bunch of people infected running about with no controls we’d have seen a massive outbreak?

Seems like grasping at straws to me. Obviously hope it’s true but just doesn’t pass the sniff test for me.

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I don't know- nobody does- but they are saying that they think way, way more people have it than the official numbers- excluding even the "haven't been tested" effect, thats pretty much unanimously agreed.

shmmeee said:

This “everyone was infected in January” thing doesn’t sit right with me. Surely if you have a bunch of people infected running about with no controls we’d have seen a massive outbreak?

Seems like grasping at straws to me. Obviously hope it’s true but just doesn’t pass the sniff test for me.

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I agree we have seen how quickly this has happened over a 3 week period, if this thing was knocking around since January there would have been more cases/deaths

Ring Of Steel said:

I don't know- nobody does- but they are saying that they think way, way more people have it than the official numbers- excluding even the "haven't been tested" effect, thats pretty much unanimously agreed.

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Oh yeah that’s obvious, but the idea that so many people have had mild symptoms for months and yet the first death only occurred recently just doesn’t add up.

shmmeee said:

Oh yeah that’s obvious, but the idea that so many people have had mild symptoms for months and yet the first death only occurred recently just doesn’t add up.

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Yes agree with that too- ultimately who knows.

What I don't get is what exactly is "mild" symptoms? I haven't read accounts by anyone yet that doesn't involve a very nasty fortnight of coughing, pain and breathlessness. But I suspect thats what is called 'mild', I don't know.