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Post by Playground LEVINE on Mar 14, 2020 15:52:15 GMT
ha ha ha ha
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 17:20:40 GMT
I stopped at a 7-11 on the way home and picked up two 4-roll packs for her. Nothing says "I still care" as much as special delivery bog rolls. Sorry Sloop, it just struck me as funny
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Post by Sneelock on Mar 14, 2020 22:35:48 GMT
Sneelock marks himself “safe”. Whoever collects the most toilet paper and lives WINS.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 22:46:42 GMT
The government's advice is all over the place, so many mixed messages.
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Post by Playground LEVINE on Mar 14, 2020 22:59:05 GMT
The government's advice is all over the place, so many mixed messages. It's dreadful. And now of course we're seeing the first instance - on a major level - of the damaging effects of Brexit. But you know there's enough good advice around from experts. A lot of it's common sense. I just think people with families and on-site work they need to go to are going to have a really hard time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2020 4:08:10 GMT
All the experts I've read or heard from say the same thing. Self isolating for a period of time will reduce the amount of people getting this virus. It can exist on surfaces for over a week. It may take a week to get light symptoms and another week to get serious symptoms. This info (the right info, not necessarily what I said) needs to be communicated clearly everywhere. Anyhow yeah, just started Wolf Hall.
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Post by rayge on Mar 15, 2020 8:29:56 GMT
I'm blaming Ray's old curse on Liverpool for all of this if the Premier League season is declared void. I hereby revoke said curse. The dead goat is in the post.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2020 8:51:03 GMT
It can exist on surfaces for over a week. That seems to me to be a long time to be viable outside a body but then it is a virus. Anyway, it's always struck me whenever there's a medical scare like this, like SARS or MRSI, that people need to know how long it can pose a risk on surfaces. People would clean door handles and telephones and railings and things a lot more often. It should be writ large on the media every time it happens.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Mar 15, 2020 20:09:57 GMT
The good Reverend appears to be a Trumper, based on use of the word "sheeple" and comments about how we have a constitutional right to assemble. Most comments have been (rightfully) critical. The idea that it's an attack on rock and roll would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous a stance to be taking at this point. Fortunately, most of his gigs are being cancelled by promoters.
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Post by tory on Mar 15, 2020 20:33:22 GMT
Join or set up your local estate/block/street/village whatsapp group so that you are in touch with all your neighbours. Being in contact with people who are local to you is going to be very important. Make sure elderly and vulnerable people are kept an eye on. Shop in local places as opposed to supermarkets. I suspect that they'll be better stocked with the essentials.
The general sense is that there is not a systemic issue with the markets like there was in 2008. There is plenty of liquidity and stock markets will recover.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2020 22:08:17 GMT
Most old people wouldn't know what "WhatsApp" is.
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Post by Playground LEVINE on Mar 15, 2020 22:09:07 GMT
I can't remember another single event in my lifetime that's had such a far-reaching effect - on the whole world.
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Post by Playground LEVINE on Mar 15, 2020 22:10:27 GMT
Most old people wouldn't know what "WhatsApp" is. No, of course not. It's about knocking on doors. But I'm not sure people will bother that much, in this country. Partly because we're less sociable than Italians or Greeks or whoever, but more to do with the fact that we're scared of getting the virus. The long-term effects of this will be significant.
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Post by Cousin Lou on Mar 15, 2020 22:17:23 GMT
Join or set up your local estate/block/street/village whatsapp group so that you are in touch with all your neighbours. Being in contact with people who are local to you is going to be very important. Make sure elderly and vulnerable people are kept an eye on. Shop in local places as opposed to supermarkets. I suspect that they'll be better stocked with the essentials. The general sense is that there is not a systemic issue with the markets like there was in 2008. There is plenty of liquidity and stock markets will recover. Who’s general sense is that???
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 0:26:46 GMT
Most old people wouldn't know what "WhatsApp" is. Many won't even have mobiles. It's a nice idea but you'd probably do more to look out for food banks, charities, possibly even churches if they have good community links But really, for actual care for the elderly the onus is on social work and the local authority.
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