Awol Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 ExCel Centre in London to be converted in days into a field hospital with initial 500 beds. NHS led, military in support. Other sites to follow across the UK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted March 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Yes I would, given a choice between being house bound for the rest of my life or dying -I’m sorry, but for me personally that would be some food for thought. I have the luxury of not having kids, not really having anyone who depends on me, if I died whilst it would upset a few people I’d be no loss whatsoever to the world. I think a lot of people probably have similar thoughts. Don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m not massively bothered about you dying. More concerned about you killing my mum or my kids. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 And the clear messaging was going so well. They nearly managed a whole day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 87 dead in last 24hrs up to 422 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 UK deaths up 87 to 422 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, bickster said: I was right to be fearful but not as bad as I thought. The good news is I'm working from home from now The bad news is I've had my hours cut in half Thats for the next 28 days sod knows after that Could have been worse, 18 lower waged staff let go today, all under 2 years service, there will be more in the not too distant future I'm pretty sure Not really something to ‘like’, but I did anyway. We let the four newest go end of last week. Some went in a blaze of glory others were quieter. The two that were quieter were re-employed Friday evening. Sometimes its best not to burn bridges. It’s pay day for us next Monday, I think that’ll be a big day here, £50,000 of earned and invoiced fees That were due haven’t been paid to us by large construction firms. That’s well over half of what we need to do payroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 If there is anyone still saying this is like the common flu. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 422 have now died in UK up from 335 yesterday with 8077 confirmed cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 24, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, chrisp65 said: Not really something to ‘like’, but I did anyway. We let the four newest go end of last week. Some went in a blaze of glory others were quieter. The two that were quieter were re-employed Friday evening. Sometimes its best not to burn bridges. It’s pay day for us next Monday, I think that’ll be a big day here, £50,000 of earned and invoiced fees That were due haven’t been paid to us by large construction firms. That’s well over half of what we need to do payroll. No point in burning bridges, I understand the dilema of the company. Revenue has fallen by 75%, the owners were already taking no wages (and they all earn them). For me, today showed that they do want to keep me coming out the other side I can make savings and tbh the money I normally pay each week (to someone else) to rent a car won't be coming out as I've come to an arrangement, or in fact he told me not to pay anything as I'm useful to him for inside trade info (not in an illegal way - all above board, full knowledge of my employers), so when I take that into consideration and the lack of travelling, the next four weeks should be ok I was called in with one other manager, on the way up he asked me what I thought, I told him I was glad we were beiing seen together, I don't think he clicked on at the time but he did by the time we came out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 38 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I mean, firstly, nobody is saying 'be housebound for the rest of your life'. This is day 1 in the UK. What Trump is suggesting, now, whilst we aren't even at peak, will kill hundreds of thousands, needlessly. Secondly, it isn't just about you. You might not care but many others do. You could be spreading it, without knowing to people who are vulnerable. It's an incredibly selfish mindset to be honest. This is bigger than me or you. I'm not disputing that we shouldn't be doing everything possible right now - as I am doing, I've barely left the house in over a week now. But if in 3 months we get another directive saying that we need to spend another 3 months self isolating, well then I think that's the point at which I'd start weighing up what's actually worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, bannedfromHandV said: But if in 3 months we get another directive saying that we need to spend another 3 months self isolating, well then I think that's the point at which I'd start weighing up what's actually worse. The point is, it isn't a choice between 'stay locked inside or get it' It's 'stay locked inside or risk spreading it to vulnerable people and kill 100000s' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 35 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m not massively bothered about you dying. More concerned about you killing my mum or my kids. It's okay, I have no plans to visit Barry so they're safe from big bad me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, StefanAVFC said: The point is, it isn't a choice between 'stay locked inside or get it' It's 'stay locked inside or risk spreading it to vulnerable people and kill 100000s' Well if this carries on at the rate it's going there won't be many vulnerable people left to worry about will there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Well if this carries on at the rate it's going there won't be many vulnerable people left to worry about will there? Well hopefully isolating will do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted March 24, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: It's okay, I have no plans to visit Barry so they're safe from big bad me. That just shows a complete lack of understanding of how this travels 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: It's okay, I have no plans to visit Barry so they're safe from big bad me. I understand the sentiment, and I reckon if you trawl back through the thread far enough you’d see similar from me back at the start. But it does have the feel of saying we will have a price point at which the sick and the elderly, our parents and our vulnerable will be expendable. Would we wage a defensive war against Russia, up to a certain budget? What happens when we allow 300,000 of the least productive die and then the bloody thing mutates and come after middle aged blokes with a BMI of 30? That’s me get the hero’s send off as I’ve hit the price point? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villarocker Posted March 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2020 I've been told today that I've got it. I'm really ill and weak. It all started around 7pm last night when I suddenly became colder than I've ever felt in my life. I was shivering and shaking uncontrollably and no matter how many layers I put on, together with the duvet and blankets, I simply couldn't get warm. From 7pm until just after 11pm last night I was like this and lost all my energy. I went to bed last night and just couldn't sleep because of the aching and pains all over me. I took paracetamol but they did nothing. Then, halfway through the night, it flipped from feeling cold to sweating profusely. I couldn't cool down no matter how I tried. I was awake all night and talking jibberish according to my girlfriend who could hear from the next room. I've had a really nasty headache since around 4am and despite taking paracetamol it will not go. I've also lost my taste and appetite. I also feel nauseous. I've been told to stay in one room alone for 7 days and my son and girlfriend have to isolate for 14 days. I called 111 but simy couldn't get through and it kept cutting off. I went online to do the symptom checker and it simply says to call 111 - waste of time. I called my GP and got a consultancy and he diagnosed me as Covid-19. He pretty much said to take paracetamol and drink lots of fluids and do not mix with anyone until after 7 days. After 7 days, I can hug my son and girlfriend again. He also said that with my pre existing lung condition - lifelong Asthma sufferer plus weakened lung from a previous blood clot - I need to hope and pray that I don't get the pneumonia part of the virus as it would be tough for me to fight it. He said that's the part that is killing people. I was advised not to go to hospital unless I'm fighting for breath and cannot speak a sentence as they won't do anything for me because they are concentrating on those that are life-threatened. Just got to hope I stay snot free now. 1 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Get well @Villarocker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Take care @Villarocker, you’ll get through it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, ml1dch said: And the clear messaging was going so well. They nearly managed a whole day. They never learn do they. This whole last 2 weeks has seen a constant flow of indecisiveness and mixed messages. It perhaps wouldn't usually matter too much but now it is genuinely costing lives and potentially thousands of them. It makes you wonder if their heart isn't really in the course of action they claim to be following. Edited March 24, 2020 by markavfc40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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