Worried About Coronavirus- thread 34

[RosieSunset]

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So with the timeline from Angryrant - I reckon we are looking at 1 million worldwide by this time next week.

when will today's figures be released, does anyone know?

Darren McCaffrey - 'NEW: Devastating... #coronavirus could lead to more than 80,000 deaths in the US and overwhelm hospital capacity nationally as soon as early April even if social distancing measures are respected, new research showed - reports AFP'

Lewis Goodall - 'I’ve spent a great deal of last 24hrs talking to people who work in call centres. Some really unpleasant stuff.
V common themes:
-employees told they’ll get no pay if they self isolate
-or have to take from annual leave
-no attempt to assist working from home/social distancing.'

That's good re. The reporting of numbers then. I did think it didn't make sense...

No Boris today

Self employed briefing today

Ah right I thought there was to be q and a's

I have a family member who works for a "key worker" (private business) call centre. They've been sent home on full pay til the company can figure out how they can WFH so as not to put their family at risk. So it's not all of them.

It shouldn't take a day for one piece of gov information what a load of tosh.

How will they ensure people won't tax dodge?!

FUCKING CHINA SHOULD HAVE CLOSED THEIR BOARDERS IN DECEMBER. NOW, THEY'RE DOING IT TO KEEP CORONAVIRUS OUT 😡😡😡

I'M SO ANGRY.

#BREAKING: Italy confirms 6153 new #coronavirus cases and 662 new deaths, raising the country's total to 80,539 with 8,165 confirmed deaths.

Big sigh.

ME TOO.
BUT EVERYONE THINKS A WAR WONT BE DEMANDED BY MOST PEOPLE WHO WILL WANT AN EYE FOR AN EYE. GOVERMENTS OPPOSED TO A WAR WILL SIMPLY SEE ANTI CHINESE POGROMS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY AS PEOPLE TAKE REVENGE PERSONALLY.

Well deaths are down on yesterday so one small comfort.

CAPS A NEW THING ?

What've I missed

IT IS WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOUT 😜

Poor Italy. Just awful.

ITALY
Flag of Italy
. Official figures of #COVIDー19 :

Diagnosed: 80,539 (+6,153)
ICU Bass: 3,612 (+123)

Deceased: 8,165 (+662)

Highs: 10,361 (+999)

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Yesterday the diagnosed had grown by 5,210 people and the deceased by 683.

Paul Waugh - 'V strong hint from Sunak there about getting self employed to pay National Insurance? ..."we must all pay in" he says.
Remember White Van Man/Woman outcry when Hammond went down that route? And was forced to ditch it'

Shout, shout, let it all out...

Sorry. Don't know what came over me there.

I have lurked on these threads since thread 1 and read this for the measured responses. It has even helped me to advise my directors in our business continuity plans.

Why are we now getting war mongering and scaremongering and capitals. Can we go back to providing sensible information and discussion please.

The most worrying data from Italy is the increase in infections, as it's now 16 days after total lockdown. This could of course be due to lots of testing.

Chris Choi - 'Sainsburys says “we would like customers to pay by card”. Those using cash asked to use self-service tills.'

Que lots of confused people trying and failing on the self service machines

Are uk figures out?

Yes, it is hard to gauge because their testing may have improved. But deaths falling is far more definitive. Let's hope it is a continuing trend.