Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Florentine_Pogen]

 

[welshbairn]

2 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

Businesses are not going to voluntarily close down and neither should they.

If the government genuinely believe lives are at risk or that the NHS could become swamped it is THEIR job to force closures.

You're usually banging on about the feckless youth and wasters having no sense of personal responsibility, quite the turnaround.

[jamamafegan]

Rumour kicking about that the country is going on lockdown on Friday and that Prince Philip is dead [emoji102]

[cyderspaceman]

5 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

Businesses are not going to voluntarily close down and neither should they.

If the government genuinely believe lives are at risk or that the NHS could become swamped it is THEIR job to force closures.

Doesn't answer my question but never mind. 

[Rugster]

8 minutes ago, cyderspaceman said:

Canada should have acted first. 

I believe it's a mutually agreed lockdown, not enforced by America now I read more.

[jagfox]

[Guest bernardblack]

The schooools are clOoOooOosed 

I am fluuuuuuushh with toooooiiiilet rollsssss

[Miguel Sanchez]

13 minutes ago, Rugster said:

USA closing land border with Canada to non essential traffic

If anyone's concerned about the editorial tone of the BBC nowadays:

[jagfox]

14 minutes ago, jamamafegan said:

Rumour kicking about that the country is going on lockdown on Friday and that Prince Philip is dead

Big impact on the NHS with school closures happening.

Don't really worry about the royal family though.

Edited March 18, 2020 by jagfox99

[cyderspaceman]

23 minutes ago, jamamafegan said:

Rumour kicking about that the country is going on lockdown on Friday and that Prince Philip is dead

Swings and swings.

eta  'prince philip's dead' is tagged onto any old rumour. It'll come good soon.

Edited March 18, 2020 by cyderspaceman

[UsedToGoToCentralPark]

Big impact on the NHS with school closures happening.
Don't really worry about the royal family though.

Retailers might struggle as well, also police, fire service, ambulance, etc.

Cant just magic up childcare that doesn't exist. Getting grandparents to look after the children isn't a great idea so the frontline NHS services and supermarkets could have a big problem.

[jagfox]

 

[Guest bernardblack]

 

I wonder how many of those tests were necessary

[cyderspaceman]

1 minute ago, bernardblack said:

 

I wonder how many of those tests were necessary

 

2626 at least.

[pub car king]

With the schools shutting panic buying will get a lot worse as people panic about being home.

Plus kids go through no end of food in the school holidays as it is. 

[pozbaird]

Wee fcukers running around smearing their snottery fingers on McDonalds ordering screens from now until the end of the summer? Oh joy. Protecting our frontline services? Tell that to Scottish Fire & Rescue when the wee fcuks have set fire to 600 skips and 30 schools out of sheer b*****dness.

[DigOutYourSoul]

Schools shutting makes sense. Wife home at lunch upset because they’ve no idea what it means for the kids doing higher/advanced highers/who’ve applied to uni.

[19QOS19]

With the schools shutting panic buying will get a lot worse as people panic about being home.
Plus kids go through no end of food in the school holidays as it is. 

A bit of rationing wouldn't go a miss for this fat b*****d nation tbf.

[Clockwork]

20 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said:

Yassssss. f**k knows who are going to look after the bairns.
Might bring them into work see how that goes

How many unfortunate working parents will be forced to ask potentially vulnerable Grandparents to look after the Grandkids when the Schools close??   

[cyderspaceman]

Just now, Clockwork said:

How many unfortunate working parents will be forced to ask potentially vulnerable Grandparents to look after the Grandkids when the Schools close??   

It's a big fcking row of dominoes.