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WE ARE ON LOCKDOWN...

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in lockdown, but not properly, they are not policing the streets, so if you caught a bus to the shops for essential food etc, then came back, and then decided to go for a half hour walk in the early afternoon.....now I use jelly babies to sort out a hypo....what happens if we come back from our exercise, realise that when we did our essential shop, we forgot the jelly babies (I have a mind like a sieve), how would they know if I popped out again to get the essential jelly babies, as they wouldnt have known I had done shopping earlier without some sort of checkpoint
 
Supermarkets and other food shops, health shops, pharmacies including non-dispensing pharmacies, petrol stations, bicycle shops, home and hardware shops, laundrettes and dry cleaners, bicycle shops, garages, car rentals, pet shops, corner shops, newsagents, post offices, and banks.

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So not all shops are closing. You will be able to get someone to get your jelly babies, Mikeyb.
 
As an introvert I'm one of the fortunate personality types in this sort of situation - probably the only thing that I am restricted by is the lack of bread and milk in the shops, plus travel for the occasional day out. I do realise though that most people are more gregarious and outgoing, and all this must be a significant disruption, so I hope the time spent in these extreme measures is short, and - most importantly - it does the trick of flattening the curve and prevents the NHS from being overwhelmed 🙂
 
Jane50 said:
in lockdown, but not properly, they are not policing the streets, so if you caught a bus to the shops for essential food etc, then came back, and then decided to go for a half hour walk in the early afternoon.....now I use jelly babies to sort out a hypo....what happens if we come back from our exercise, realise that when we did our essential shop, we forgot the jelly babies (I have a mind like a sieve), how would they know if I popped out again to get the essential jelly babies, as they wouldnt have known I had done shopping earlier without some sort of checkpoint
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Likelihood is nobody would know, impossible to police.

Look the government had to take action because idiots were ignoring last weeks advice about social distancing, weekends news coverage showing folk congregating in parks was prove of that.

This virus is wiping out lives, young & old and we don't have infrastructure to cope, to get back to normality we have duty to follow latest advice & not act foolishly, coronovirus will end but only with cooperation of all citizens.
 
I really hope so much that people will listen and stay at home - but it doesn't look good here this morning. The road outside still has a lot of traffic, and quite a few people walking down to the rail station. Also just heard on the news that the London tube is still packed out.
I know that some people have to work for economic reasons, but we urgently need a clearer definition of 'essential' work groups, and may be a bit more help for those that are still in the position of no income unless they can get to work.

But hey-ho the sun is shining, so on the 'take it one day at a time basis' we should all may be try our best to enjoy the day.
 
@bakebeans - You can still go get meds/shopping for you vulnerable parents. We are missing our little grand kids (one has autism and doesnt understand why we cant visi)t. But we Face-time, send /recieve vids and chat on phone (as best as shes able, vocab very limited!) xx

Benny G said:
The vast majority of our population if they get the virus will at worst have a bit of a cough for a few days.
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@Benny G - UK gone nuts????? I DONT THINK SO ..Its not just about the majority " getting a bit of a cough".....over 20 Doctors have died!!! Too many people are lying on the floors, in corridors in hospitals, like dogs!....Im not ok with that. Too many people have ignored the advice and added to this situation. Shame on them.

- I sincerely hope they bring out the army on this one this needs to be halted. Our NHS cant cope with the influx of patients - are we to put them in tents in the car parks next!!!!!
 
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It's amazing how quiet the main road is this morning, so people are obviously heading the warnings.
My GP practice has closed it's doors due to one of the nurses being in ICU with organ failure due to the virus :( The pharmacy at the medical centre is serving people through a window to keep everyone safe.
 
Benny G said:
The vast majority of our population if they get the virus will at worst have a bit of a cough for a few days.
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A small proportion need hospital treatment, though, and when the numbers are large enough that small proportion is way too many to handle. And that would mean (and may turn out to mean, if we're too late) lots of people are going to die of non-virus things (that would normally be easy to handle) because the healthcare system is overwhelmed and can't handle them.
 
Round here it’s noticeable that there are less people out and about, and the ones that are are mostly making an effort to distance themselves.

I had booked an appointment for my daughter to have an eye test this afternoon, she is saying she can’t see properly and must be about due for a test. I thought we might get a day or two's warning before we went completely into lockdown and have been trying to get all errands which are not quite so urgent done quickly. They phoned me yesterday and asked to move the appointment to tomorrow, don’t know why but it didn’t make much difference to me. Of course they have now cancelled it because they have to shut down after today, but gave me an emergency number for their branch in the nearest city if she's having bad problems. So we'd have to travel 8 miles rather than 1 for an appointment, how does that help the situation?!
I guess I'll just have to hope that she can manage until all this is over and then book an appointment, I bet they'll disappear faster than Tesco’s food delivery slots do at the moment :(

Sorry, just letting off steam, I guess eye appointments aren’t as critical as other things and I should be thankful that my daughter is well controlled and basically in good health, and perhaps it was a bit daft of me to try and book a less than essential appointment when I could see what was coming 🙄
 
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Bruce Stephens said:
A small proportion need hospital treatment, though, and when the numbers are large enough that small proportion is way too many to handle. And that would mean (and may turn out to mean, if we're too late) lots of people are going to die of non-virus things (that would normally be easy to handle) because the healthcare system is overwhelmed and can't handle them.
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Yes I think I have been guilty of thinking that “it's only like flu, flu kills thousands of people each year that you never hear about, what's all the fuss about?”, and I’ve actually found a couple of nhs workers who agree with that. There are many that don't though, what if they turn out to be the correct ones and i am wrong? And regardless of that, there are many people out there who are terrified of this thing, and it would be completely inconsiderate for those of us who are less vulnerable and less scared to just carry on as normal. So we have to follow the rules, let's hope that if everyone complies now maybe we'll beat this thing and be able to go back to normal sooner rather than later.

I actually feel slightly better about it all now restrictions have started, I am still allowed to go to work because I can’t possibly do it from home (although we are on skeleton staff and doing a rota so I won’t be in much). Hubby and daughter are working from home and we won’t really be wanting to go out anywhere other than food shopping and occasional exercise anyway so it won’t affect us much now, hopefully we’ll manage and find things to do!
 
Well, at least Mr Patel is keeping going - my newspaper arrived as usual this morning. I’ll have to wash my hands after reading it, of course. At least it’s not a Daily Fail, so I don’t have to burn it. I read the other papers online, National, Herald and Washington Post.

It’s eerily quiet here. Hardly any traffic on the A59 (that’s the road they built to connect me and Northie). Just delivery trucks and the odd furtive car sneaking around. Looks like everyone is sticking to the rules.

I had a home haircut yesterday. Full of handwashing, and I had a hot shower afterwards to get rid of little cut hairs. Can’t be too careful.
 
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And regardless of that, there are many people out there who are terrified of this thing, and it would be completely inconsiderate for those of us who are less vulnerable and less scared to just carry on as normal.
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People terrified of it include the many health workers in Italy who've actually seen what it can do to a health system.

With any luck in terms of deaths this won't end up being that much worse than a bad seasonal flu, but it could easily be much higher than that.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
the pharmacy at the medical centre is serving people through a window to keep everyone safe.
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The one I near me (In the same building as my GP practice, along with others) was doing that last Tuesday. They got one design to actually do that, with one of those sliding tray things (big enough to take parcels). Like in money handling places. And I think there's a buzzer to press. It has Late night opening, so maybe they were thinking of someone being there at 10 at night.
 
seems many people in London just haven't got the message too with day 2 of over crowded trains, someone down there needs to get the situation sorted or they will just keep going round in circles.

been trying to ring my local hospital to find out what the situation is with appointments as i have one end of next week for mouth cancer check, so far i can't get through and no letters have turned up to say any difference about not attending.
 
mikeyB said:
At least it’s not a Daily Fail, so I don’t have to burn it. I read the other papers online, National, Herald and Washington Post.
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There are other uses for it if you run short!!
 
mikeydt1 said:
seems many people in London just haven't got the message too with day 2 of over crowded trains, someone down there needs to get the situation sorted or they will just keep going round in circles.

been trying to ring my local hospital to find out what the situation is with appointments as i have one end of next week for mouth cancer check, so far i can't get through and no letters have turned up to say any difference about not attending.
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A difficult time. I hope that you can get through soon.
 
sods law that the appointment has landed in lock down, will keep trying to get through, don't fancy going next week only to find the department is closed.

there will be loads like me left in limbo. ty for the message and thinking of everyone in these difficult times.
 
Feelings of disbelief hubby’s work has closed the store he works in but is sending all staff 20miles away to work in a warehouse with others from x amount of stores, this is not putting safe measures in for their staff and their families
 
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