Savage Henry Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 It’s a political issue. The extent of how political will play out in the weeks and months to come.Currently the SNP are willingly making policy announcements on behalf of the national government. At this point, all the parties are singing from the same hymn sheet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Managed to get a 4 pack of toilet roll yesterday but no kitchen roll for love nor money. A niece of ours was been sent home from work (Thursday or Friday I think) with a fever and sore throat, If she's not better by tomorrow she'll probably be told to stay at home. She works in a hospital. I was in town on Thursday and went into our local supermarket for a few bits and pieces, it was worse than Christmas and the 12th of July rolled into one. The checkout girl said it had been worse on Wednesday. I noticed an ambulance outside but didn't pass any remarks, I wasn't even sure if it had been called to the store, but apparently there had been a shoving match/altercation/argument and a lady had been pushed/knocked over (accounts vary) and had hit her head and subsequently died. Have been unable to confirm this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Savage Henry said: Currently the SNP are willingly making policy announcements on behalf of the national government. At this point, all the parties are singing from the same hymn sheet. So what? To say this isn’t political is naive in the extreme; I will give two diverse examples. I asked in an earlier post why a rich country like the UK doesn’t have a blueprint for dealing with a pandemic. They obviously don’t and that is due to a lack of planning which is political. Given the projections why hasn’t the government(s) requisitioned every private hospital bed, in particular those still being used for elective procedures? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, jagfox99 said: Lockdown, imo. It is inevitable anyway. As i said my opinion. What's yours? Gradual measures. Nobody knows how this is going to pan out, medical opinion seems to vary. Lockdown is probably on the cards but not just yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Lockdown, imo. It is inevitable anyway. As i said my opinion. What's yours? I think there’s merit in the argument that imposing lockdown too early will have bring about other issues, from things like the impact on individuals mental health to the potential of widespread social disorder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: So what? To say this isn’t political is naive in the extreme; I will give two diverse examples. I asked in an earlier post why a rich country like the UK doesn’t have a blueprint for dealing with a pandemic. They obviously don’t and that is due to a lack of planning which is political. Given the projections why hasn’t the government(s) requisitioned every private hospital bed, in particular those still being used for elective procedures? Do the high heid yins in the NHS just sit there twiddling their thumbs waiting from the nod from the government before they do any contingency planning? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 44 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said: 53 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Hope you're spending tonight restocking, planning my raid tomorrow morning. Plenty irn bru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Work has set up isolated departments to stop the office being completely closed if someone becomes infected and it starts tomorrow. Someone was sent home for having a temperature and another was sent home for coughing on Friday. Can see us being told to work from home if possible by Wednesday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, Rugster said: Was at Tesco there. No pasta for a week. No toilet roll for a week. No dettol type wipes for a week. Kleenex nearly out. No non alcoholic beer for a week! fucking idiots. Open goal.... Anyone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I’m frankly sick reading about old yins’ being kept home for ages, the possibility of mass social unrest, mental health issues, panic buying, fighting, the collapse of the economy and people losing their livelihoods. I just want to know, have Celtic won nine-in-a-row or not. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Gradual measures. Nobody knows how this is going to pan out, medical opinion seems to vary. Lockdown is probably on the cards but not just yet. The Chinese government acted and have seemingly stopped the exponential growth of infected cases. They didn't try to balance economic measures with infection rates. Our governments are pussy footing around and Italy will probably end up with more deaths than China. God knows what happens in other European countries slower to react. I get the feeling China didn't blow it's economy for the sake of 3000 pensioners? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, anotherchance said: I think there’s merit in the argument that imposing lockdown too early will have bring about other issues, from things like the impact on individuals mental health to the potential of widespread social disorder. Quite possibly. Economic impact seems to be of more importance than the infection rate in some places though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 My boss got stopped by the police today while driving from his village to town (5 miles) to go to the big supermarket. The police sent him back, saying he had to use his local shop and that if he was caught again they'd issue him with a court summons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: My boss got stopped by the police today while driving from his village to town (5 miles) to go to the big supermarket. The police sent him back, saying he had to use his local shop and that if he was caught again they'd issue him with a court summons. Good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 My boss got stopped by the police today while driving from his village to town (5 miles) to go to the big supermarket. The police sent him back, saying he had to use his local shop and that if he was caught again they'd issue him with a court summons. Where was this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Quite possibly. Economic impact seems to be of more importance than the infection rate in some places though.This video made a lot of sense to me. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Larbert mate, I seen it happen.I'll take the booster seat out the big car. Police will think its driverless 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: 6 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: My boss got stopped by the police today while driving from his village to town (5 miles) to go to the big supermarket. The police sent him back, saying he had to use his local shop and that if he was caught again they'd issue him with a court summons. Where was this? Between his village and the town. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Diegodiego should adopt the Grimbo method of signing off every post, but put “I am in Northern Italy btw”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: This video made a lot of sense to me. The worry is how soon the NHS gets to saturation levels I guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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