Coronavirus - UK
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@Siam said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow went crabbing with the family in West Mersea on Sunday. Fuckers down the pier had no idea what social distancing was.
Can crabs even get covid?🙂
Still waiting for the test results.
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@Siam said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow went crabbing with the family in West Mersea on Sunday. Fuckers down the pier had no idea what social distancing was.
Can crabs even get covid?🙂
Stick to the legs and claws 😉
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Put this here rather than in the meme thread as it seems more UK related....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman Read that a day or so ago. It's more about vaccine development IIRC.
Here's a mainstream UK media piece on the UK's vaccine efforts...
"I Teach At Oxford, But I Don’t Want It To Win The Coronavirus Vaccine Race
The story will be clear: China, once again, has unleashed a threat to civilisation. But the best brains of the UK have saved the world"Telegraph also picked up Bloomberg Opinion article. And Times commented there on.
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Aberdeen gone back in to 5-mile lockdown
All indoor and outdoor hospitality closed as of 5pm
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
Aberdeen gone back in to 5-mile lockdown
All indoor and outdoor hospitality closed as of 5pm
Better version of the announcement here
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
Aberdeen gone back in to 5-mile lockdown
All indoor and outdoor hospitality closed as of 5pm
Better version of the announcement here
She's brilliant. And spot on.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
Aberdeen gone back in to 5-mile lockdown
All indoor and outdoor hospitality closed as of 5pm
Better version of the announcement here
She's brilliant. And spot on.
I can't understand a word she's saying ....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew There’s a part of me that longs for pre internet days when I would never have been informed of such bollocks, but that would also mean no fern and therefore more work. It’s a trade off I guess.
Only on the Fern could a deeply thought out and discussed topic on the sociological impacts of Stop and Search on black people's perception of the UK justice system become elevated to an educational article on Mercedes A Class trim levels.
We understand what’s really important.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
Aberdeen gone back in to 5-mile lockdown
All indoor and outdoor hospitality closed as of 5pm
Better version of the announcement here
She's brilliant. And spot on.
I can't understand a word she's saying ....
Something about kilts
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So how is the UK TSF contingent getting on?
Things seems to be going along worryingly smoothly in Surrey. On weekdays roads are back to normal (they are still a bit more quiet on weekends), people are out and about in parks / playgrounds / canals etc and shopping areas are on the way back up. I popped into Guildford today (which is usually a bloody nightmare on Saturdays) and although parking was easy, the town was probably at 75-80%. A few shops have closed, although mainly those that I had no idea how they were open in the first place. We had to queue to get into a couple of stores, and everybody has masks on in shops.
So it kind of feels like it's passed us by now. I know that the post furlough redundancies are coming, and as the media gets back from holidays the fear is going to ramp up again so things will start to feel worse come September. But our kids will be going back to school (barring a government led shut down which seems exceedingly unlikely) and there are a few local job opportunities I see popping up. My neighbour who is a property developer can't get staff / trades again so that's back to normal.
The second wave is the big fear honestly, but I'm just not buying it. Yes, there has been an uptick in cases recently, but there has also been a large uptick in testing completed. Excess UK deaths have been negative now for 6 straight weeks & the hospital statistics (hospitalised / ICU / Ventilated patients) continue to drop to insignificant levels.
Cancer is again being pushed, and as it should. I had a really sad distant relative (by marriage) situation caused by Covid earlier this year. 8 weeks from diagnosis of stage 4 bowel cancer to death. 48 years old. Incredibly scary. To be fair to the NHS, she went from first seeking a doctor to diagnosis to first treatment in 72 hours, so they can't be at fault. IT was simply her ignoring the signs for too long. I truly worry how many others are out there with the same. Changes your perception on life when this happens. No need for sympathies either team TSF, not somebody I knew well at all, but a sister of somebody I would consider quite close. Just a reminder to keep a look out for yourselves and don't ignore the signs.
Anyway, back on topic, I guess with the heatwave over and cooler weather due the next couple of weeks (still can't believe I'm saying cooler weather when it's 23-26 degrees) it'll be interesting to see how things unravel. I can't see me being back in London until 2021 and even then, maybe only 1-2 days per week. I need to get to Europe though to see my colleagues there. I won't be surprised to look back at the end of 2021 to see I spent more days on the continent than I did in London! That is, if I can keep my job - I should be safe as we are a volume based business, and equity volumes are strong,and will remain strong as we go into US elections / phase 2 of Covid & Brexit. Fingers crossed.
So a shout out to the UK based ferners. Hope you are doing well, I'll be interested to hear. your guys thoughts on everything.
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I'm completely flummoxed by the Government
What's their end game?
More people testing positive for Covid (increase in R rate) but no corresponding increase in D (death) rate
Hospitals empty
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
I'm completely flummoxed by the Government
What's their end game?
More people testing positive for Covid (increase in R rate) but no corresponding increase in D (death) rate
Hospitals empty
What are they worried about?The media. Sad but clearly true.
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Good thanks.
Aside from no money coming in - freelance photography work when I'm not teaching skiing - not much has changed in my world.
Still haven't had my haircut. It's a mess.
Lockdown in Llandeilo (rural Carmarthenshire, Wales) has been easy to be honest and not showing off.
If we do go back to stricter measures based on cases not deaths I think most people will say fuck off.
We all know it exists but the threat, in hindsight, has been vastly exaggerated IMHO.
The sad truth is if you haven't looked after yourself / have a familial genetic malady / are over 70 / all or some of these then it's going to hit you.
And it could hit you hard.
The rest of us. A couple of days of feeling unwell. Move on.
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So yeah, still going bloody well for us really. Having moved a year ago out of a 1 bdrm flat in Twells with no outside space (via the in laws) into a 3 bdrm terraced in orps with a backyard straight off the living room patio doors we thank our lucky stars everyday. We narrowly escaped hell. Plus has been loads to do around this place to keep us busy - including setting up one of the bedrooms upstairs as an office for Bonesetta, as far away as possible from the one we already had in the "dining room".
My work usually takes me out and about the country most weeks (often at a few days or even less notice), so has been quite a big adjustment being home allll the fucken time, but we've settled in pretty well. I never realised how much it affected life, but it's been a massive positive change being able to plan things during the week, even little things like who's making morning coffee or what our meals are. I used to hate going out in weekends if I'd been away most of a week too, so it's nice to not get stressed about that. That was pretty much the reason I'd given up on rugby so it's cool to get back to that too.
With getting into routines we've got our fitness back too which has been great.
What's not been great has been being bugged for a chocolate dachshund a couple of times a week (I know! It's not a euphemism! I was surprised too!). Also I'm finding myself getting down about not seeing the olds too, it's something that's starting to really hit me anytime I see family moments on TV, etc.
Now trying to work out our plans for the fairly near future. If we can't get to Aus/NZ for a year of work next year, probably going to look to take a 4 month sabbatical at the end of 2021 to sift about NZ, so that's exciting...anyone looking to rent a house 20 odd mins from central London for a few months next year? 😬 However, that might not occur if we decide we're gonna splash all our money on bun in the oven treatment. Both healthy but just no luck there, so we have a tough decision to make as to whether we want to carry on our selfish lives or share. I'm a shit decision maker.
@MajorRage well, you asked.
Oh and being the most useless son of a hardware store owner ever, our gate is falling apart so I've set myself a project. If this works I'll be moving into internal cabinetry also.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
Now trying to work out our plans for the fairly near future. If we can't get to Aus/NZ for a year of work next year, probably going to look to take a 4 month sabbatical at the end of 2021 to sift about NZ,
Don't do it. I tried that in 2020 and look what happened to the fucking world.
Don't be selfish bro.
Just spend the cash on the bun (not the man bun,
the oven one) and get back into the rat race with the rest of us.Seriously though, all the best with that part. I know how stressful it is.