Corona Virus Concerns

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  • DavidKlyne
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    edited April 2020 #152

    It is always possible that a caravan on the road could be being delivered to an NHS facility by a dealer for staff to use during the emergency. This has happen in a number of places. In order to avoid any confusion its always best to include a link to a news organisation.

    David

  • EasyT
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    edited April 2020 #153

    You are jumping to conclusions because you don't have details. Pretty simple really. 

  • brue
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    edited April 2020 #154

    EasyT, I have to say once more we did have the news details in the SW and later that there had been three arrests and two stolen vehicles found in the group.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2020 #155

    See Brue's post. We SW folk possibly have more info than those of you in the rest of the country. Why not accept that?

  • EasyT
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    edited April 2020 #156

    And you folk had the info from the get go? No. Typical of some on here the original poster on the subject simply jumped to a conclusion. Doubtless thought it was a holiday maker or similar rather than thieves. My original comment with regards to jumping to conclusions stand. 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2020 #157

    I expected no other ☹️

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2020 #158

    To be honest, I think it's you who have jumped to conclusions, Alan. I can't see anything in what I assume you mean the original post suggesting it was a holiday maker?   The word "moron" isn't synonymous with that is it? 

    Your "doubtless thought" comment is either a bit of sublime mind reading or jumping to a conclusion itself surely?

  • DEBSC
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    edited April 2020 #159

    Yes we did have the info from the get go. On local BBC news, caravans travelling in convoy etc. So yes believed to be travellers. Thanks to Brue and TW who obviously also heard our local news. With all the details! I won't post on this again as not prepared to keep discussing this or be petty at such a bad time as this.

  • EasyT
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    edited April 2020 #160

    Smart comment, but it changes my view not at all. I said 'Doubtless thought it was a holiday maker or similar' to make it clear that such was purely my assumption. 'Doubtless' in this usage does not truly mean 'without doubt' as it is purely a turn of phrase as I suspect that you fully realise. All from me for now

  • EmilysDad
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    edited April 2020 #161

     but the phrase 'Stay home' was also used. DEBSC's post screamed holiday maker.

  • EasyT
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    edited April 2020 #162

    I won't post on this again as not prepared to keep discussing this or be petty at such a bad time as this.

    Good decision. 

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2020 #163

    I'm not sure why you've come under such unwarranted attack, Debs. 

    (I'm tempted to use that rather weary phrase "your turn in the barrel"! wink)

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2020 #164

    Really? Where do you think Debs got the news from in the first place? I'm afraid you and Alan are the ones jumping to conclusions and putting words in another poster's mouth, undecided

  • DEBSC
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    edited April 2020 #165

    ?!

  • allanandjean
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    edited April 2020 #167

    Out for a bike ride today stopped at beautiful Pont Creek only to see people sitting out ‘sunbathing’ in the garden of a holiday cottage.

    Whatever the details of the M5 incident people are still travelling to holiday areas.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited April 2020 #169

    So she has spent 12 hours today with those badly infected patients. They had masks and so did she. Let's hope masks work. She has another 12 hours tomorrow.

    Likewise my daughter who is an ICU nurse ....

  • cyberyacht
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    edited April 2020 #170

    I read on the BBC website, following on from a plan to get the Passport Offices back to work, that a Home Office minister opined that 80% will get Coronavirus. If correct that will be about 50 million and with a generally accepted mortality of around 2%, we could be looking at a million dead from this thing. Europe took many years to recover from the Black Death. The World as we know it isn't going to be the same for some considerable time.

  • peedee
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    edited April 2020 #171

    Was the 80 percent with or without lockdown. I would have thought it as being without.

    peedee

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2020 #172

    Mollysmummy Eurotraveller and everyone else on here that has family serving us at this awful time be they medics, shopworkers, delivery drivers, rubbish collectors etc and all who are keeping us 'ticking over' in these unprecendented weeks/months hopefully not years 😯.

    THANK YOU ALL it's very unlikely you will never have sufficient money reward but you'll always have the knowledge that you rose to the challenge to serve when the time came and you did your best. No one can ask for nor be given more than that. Thank you once again on behalf of me and my family. 👏👏👏👏

    Stay as safe as you can. 

  • EasyT
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    edited April 2020 #173

    Personally I would have thought that the way things are going a high percentage being affected looks likely and the main mitigation is to reduce the rate of spread rather than the overall numbers

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2020 #175

    +1, I think the amount of lost lives the UK has suffered would have been much more without lockdown👍🏻

  • marchie1053
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    edited April 2020 #176

    Phone call from GP Surgery this morning.'We need to do a blood test. We'll come to you to do it next week'.

    My arm's not 2 metres long, especially from the elbow down, and I don't fancy the Nurse doing a 'On the ocky, aiming for the bullseye' a la Sid Waddell manoeuvre ...

    Face masks to the fore sealed

    There's a 'good news, bad news' joke in there somewhere, but at least it won't be the one that ends 'we got £1.50 for your slippers'

    Steve

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2020 #177

    +1, same here👍🏻. They’ve made it darn nigh impossible to even drop off a prescription at the Docs but said they want me to get in for a blood test. I declined, I accept full responsibility & told them that.

  • DEBSC
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    edited April 2020 #178

    Just been on our local news. A Drs surgery is using an empty Costa drive through to give blood tests. Patient drives up, masked up nurse leans forward from window, to patients arm, which is presented through the car window. Appears to be working.

  • Fisherman
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    edited April 2020 #179

    Wales already extended the lock down. Dont come here to Wales.All unessential travel is illegal. Hopefully there will be patrols at the border this week end especially.

  • Wherenext
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    edited April 2020 #180

    Is that with or without the sprinkling of chocolate on the top?smile

  • Wherenext
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    edited April 2020 #181

    After reading about the idiots in Morecambe who licked their hands and then handled fruit, veg and door handles in Sainsburys isn't time to bring back the stocks? Pity the answer is going to be No though.

    All of that Fruit and Veg gone to waste when it could have used for a better end. I bag the Butternut Squash.