Worries about the Coronavirus 29

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Last thread about to finish.
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I did get a few bits in Feb to, and people laughed at me.
We are self isolating now as my 4 year old has symptoms.
We won't run out for a week (there is 8 of us in the house).
But can I get an online shop! Morrisons is April 4th! Tesco's and asda is 2 weeks.

One out, teen begged to go to see friends risky but one last time. Then we’re done doors shut.

The thing is though, if I could realise to stock up on everything from food to bigger shoes for growing feet back in the first week of February, why couldn't the government stock up on PPE and ventilators?!

Me too re being right. I said at the end of Jan that the best case scenario for me would be in later years the kids and grandkids all laughing and reminiscing "remember when mum said the virus was coming and stocking up on extra food and supplies, ha ha"

I'm very sad that I am now having to try and soothe their panic now the bubble has popped for them

Thanks to all the regular posters who have done so much on this thread and made me feel sane!

My 3yo has stopped coughing although the 6 yo and myself are still coughing. DH still feels a bit under the weather but none of us have been actually poorly - just a cough! And mildly raised temperatures, so who knows if we've had it or not?

DH & I both fit the ‘vulnerable elderly’ profile although up until now we would never have considered us to be either.

We’ve already stopped seeing our children and grandchildren which is heartbreaking but I know it’s the right thing to do.

We’re staying at home and trying to remain positive but the pp’s description of it being ‘like waiting for the tsunami to hit’ is spot on.

One social group I belong has an age range from 50-75. It’s the younger ones who have, even today, been vocal in their condemnation of my ‘ridiculous anxiety’ because I’ve withdrawn for the duration.

I’m feeling sad and a bit scared.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/school-shuts-immediately-over-coronavirus-17936063?utm_source=facebook.com
School shuts immediately over coronavirus pandemic as headteacher criticises 'unacceptable' government guidance
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This thread remains my first port of call as well, as, although you can understand the fear running through the others, there's still a fuck tonne of aggression and accusations flying around.
Tried to help on a teaching thread yesterday (they're worried about working online) and was told I was lying about the fact we're doing it here in Italy. Hey ho.

Just received a lengthy report from a doctor friend about the lockdown efficacy in one of the hotspots (Vo') I'll put the washer on and then come and summarise it for you.

Murray that’s dreadful and exactly why CV testing is needed. A confirmed case would go to hospital and if the test is negative the care staff could safely return to work. I don’t blame the care staff for refusing to work - they’re min wage and not trained to handle infectious disease, nor do they have the equipment to do so.

We've now been told to all WFH, even though the (massive) company I work for may well go bust or tell us to go on a long unpaid leave. Don't really have any work to do at the minute as we work on fairly long-term research-y projects, which have all been cancelled as a bit pointless rn.

Not sure what to do with myself!

I still don't trust the Imperial College report. By my calculations, there are enough cases already "cooked in" to overrun ICU beds by Easter, even if we impose the most stringent containment measures now. I hope I am wrong.

My models is far simpler. I look at the way things have been growing, and assume that they will continue to grow that way for another 3 weeks, because we haven't taken any particular steps to change anything.

I think it is certain that who ever has been advising the government has tried to be far too clever for their own good. I think my KISS (Keep It Simple and Stupid) may well provide better short term results. And for the longer term, my advice would be "look at the countries who are ahead of us, and act accordingly."

I honestly think the UK "experts" are making an absolute pigs ear of this, taking a route half way between contain and mitigate, with all the disadvantages of both and none of the advantages of either.

It's my grandad who worries me - he's a 78yo diabetic, hypertensive, bipolar smoker who lives alone. He won't stay in on his own for four months or he'd end up sectioned!

Bravo to that headteacher.

@MurrayTheMonk I just wanted to say that you are a total hero and I am in awe of you and people like you, doing these thankless jobs in this awful situation.

I've been on for a while. I kind of felt at the start of February that I had fell down a rabbit hole on the preppers board, but as I'm a single parent and look my mum who has COPD I'm glad i did. It means that we had things in place pretty early with making sure we had food/medication etc. Means we are able to stay in now and avoid having to go to shops. I had so many people take the piss out of me for being worried , but am thankful now to those threads as I would be having to try to get organised now amongst the panic

Yes I’ve done some prepping. I’ve also done an online order.
If you can plan ahead. The order won’t come till the 1st April but I know food will come.
Can you Murray ask a neighbour or family friend to help.

Sweden is finally shutting down/going to distance learning for further education/adult education schools, and preparing for closing primary and high schools soonish

Murray it's not much but for you. I hope you can get some help from somewhere asap

Coronavirus: Iran frees 85,000 prisoners to combat spread of COVID-19 t.co/izLwM6eQkf

Hopefully nazanin is one

To clarify: sweden still not closing schools for the under 16s, but preparing a plan if it needs to happen.

RedToothBrush We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself,” he said*

I'm not understanding your "WTAF" I'm in the US and here we have a decentralized government. The Governors are deciding what's best for their own states. I'm in the rural part Eastern Washington State. Our governor closed the schools, bars restaurants etc. The Washington State National Guard are helping unload and move ventilators and other medical equipment that our state has procured.

I've been reading these CV threads from the start and it sound very frightening in the UK.

Shit hasn't hit the fan where we are yet, for example; I had an accident last week in the late evening and had to go to the ER (A&E) at one of our rural hospitals. I was the only patient in there and was seen right away by a very competent nurse. The doctor was on-call and arrived within minutes. I had X-rays, images sent electronically and read by a big city radiologist. I was in and out in just over an hour. Now I read the staff at the hospital are informing people that all doors to the ER are locked except for one and they are requiring people to put a mask on before entering through the second set of doors. And they also want you to phone them first.

When my husband made an appointment late last week for his annual check-up with the local GP he was asked about his recent travel and symptoms before they gave him an appointment. He was seen that day. He wanted to make another appointment for tomorrow to discuss his lab results which I vetoed because we're both over 65 and keeping away from other people as much as we can. I canceled my follow up appointment with my GP.

People are really pulling together in our neck of the woods. There's a real sense of community here. On our local FB page women are offering to take in children in while their parents work. There are also offers of doing grocery shopping for people who can't. It's very heart warming.

We'll get through it one way or another.

Ds year 5 empty no one turned up

This thread helps me especially as I’m not sleeping anymore

One of our local schools has had to shut because of insufficient staffing. Others may follow, but they will have to count the ratios of kids turning up to available staff.

www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/coronavirus/

May be of use to people worried about benefits.

Morning all. My local waitrose must be half empty as they haven't even been able to substitute some items in my order. The final price is almost half of the order I put in for me and mum. She was feeling panicky earlier but reassured by me telling her this is exactly why we have our brexit stashes and that between us we will be ok although food might be boring after a while. She lives alone and we see her several times a week so this is going to hit her hard. We can FaceTime though.
Another family at school is self isolating. That's just one that I know of. I expect there's more. Nothing official from school yet which is poor considering guidance changed yesterday.