mariokempes
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Gorgeous GeorgeIndeed. My reaction was very much “Why are they asking me to get even closer to people?”
Marvellous Matty
A Phyllis Nelson tune playing in the background
Gorgeous GeorgeIndeed. My reaction was very much “Why are they asking me to get even closer to people?”
add pubs, cinemas and leisure centres to the shut/lock down list5pm daily bulletin
Cafes/restaurants , clubs, gyms & theatres to shut from tonight
government will pay (up to 80% of) peoples wages via grant- back dated to March 1st, HMRC will be handling 'claims'
Other measures introduced to provide aid for businesses, self employed, zero hours contract workers etc
Why all the fuss?
Thousands die from Flu, thousands die from knife & gun crime yet the world is slipping into overdrive for a bit of a snuffle*!
And its creating far too much work for me!! ?
*unless you have underlying health issues or are old.
Unfortunately I'd expect nothing else. And I expect there will be a run on alcohol at the supermarkets over the weekend.and as the PM is making the announcement the pubs are filling in some places and people going outside to call their mates telling them they better hurry and get there as the pubs are closing...You really couldn't make it up
Agree to an extent, but there is also a big wave of volunteering and neighbourhood organising to support vulnerable people going on.The last few weeks has shown up what a selfish blinkered society we have become.
I take on board that I might be completely wrong, there certainly are some scary figures coming out from Italy and the states. However there are some encouraging signs from south korea taiwan and japan. My other concern is that everybody is castigating people going to the pub for literally last orders and obviously one doesnt have to go, but one does have to go to the supermarkets and they feel to me more unsafe what with picking up a basket or a trolley and having no hand washing .At least in the pub I only have to pick up a glass thats just come out of a dishwasher and I dont have to touch any more surfaces and I can wash my hands endlessly ah well.........Let's assume for a moment that there's something in what you say, would you prefer that steps were taken to try and prevent this somewhat higher death rate that will be announced in the Autumn or just say it's ok it's just a statistic and nobody i know was affected?
I take on board that I might be completely wrong, there certainly are some scary figures coming out from Italy and the states. However there are some encouraging signs from south korea taiwan and japan. My other concern is that everybody is castigating people going to the pub for literally last orders and obviously one doesnt have to go, but one does have to go to the supermarkets and they feel to me more unsafe what with picking up a basket or a trolley and having no hand washing .At least in the pub I only have to pick up a glass thats just come out of a dishwasher and I dont have to touch any more surfaces and I can wash my hands endlessly ah well.........
Testing is the only answer I wish they could get on a bit quicker. Just tried to get online shopping no chance