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  Virus Sub Forum
  • Duluth  

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  FYI, I made a homeschooling thread in light of covid19 but put it in other stuff...
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  Coronavirus - New Zealand
  • Donsteppa  

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  Switching away from cheese for a bit, I thought this was fairly well put: https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2020/04/guest_post_should_lockdown_end_early.html
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  Lockdown Check In
  • taniwharugby  

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  @nzzp another of our local butchers has posted on FB they will be doing online ordering and delivery only from Monday. The OMAK butchers in Kamo have automatic doors, so are able to operate a contactless in storeorder, I know this one doesnt, so assume this is why they can only do online delivery? Hopefully if things keep going as they do, at the end of 4 weeks some will be able to return to some relative normality, although regional restrictions may still apply.
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  Coronavirus - Overall
  • Salacious Crumb  

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  I hope Boris pulls through. If he doesn't the effect on society in the UK (and globally) will be immense I'd have thought. A healthy-ish 55 year old succumbing to Coronavirus would put the fear of god into a great many people. UK Ferners - what's the mood like over there? Be a very unsettling thing I'd have thought.
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  Coronavirus - Australia
  • NTA  

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  @antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia: @booboo said in Coronavirus - Australia: @NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia: Growth yesterday was 107 cases. That is the lowest since 18th March, where we crossed 500 cases. 1.8% growth. Some thought c/o Norman Swan on ABC Breakfast this morning that the slow down is largely due to lack of new imported cases, and community transmission is bubbling under. Joy germ Why would anyone listen to him? He's got as much credibility on this topic as Dr Oz. Or any of us
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  Corona and Sports
  • mariner4life  

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  my life feels devoid of meaning...
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  Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!
  • shark  

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  @dogmeat if the speedo is 15m away you're doing it wrong
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  Coronavirus memes
  • Donsteppa  

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  Coronavirus - China
  • Baron Silas Greenback  

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  @Baron-Silas-Greenback I think that's the point. The China numbers are totally fucked but hardly anyone's can be trusted. Everyone has different testing regimes, the US had hardly done any testing (proportionately) before they had community transmission - some cases are still only testing hospitalised patients. That's what Bloomfield said today - the fact the we are now testing much more but the number of cases is stable is good news and suggests that while it is out in the community not to a massive extent.
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  Covid-19 and keeping fit
  • Crucial  

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  daily walking with the dog, plus did some weights this afternoon, thought I would do a bit more strength work than the circuit stuff I been doing...weighed in this morning at 94.9kg, which is the lowest I have been for almost 10 years! Looking at removing about a dozen or so large flaxes next weekend from the drain out front of our section, that'll kick my arse, my section goes down just past the road marker
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  Coronavirus - Media Discussion
  • MajorRage  

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  @NTA said in Coronavirus - Media Discussion: I tried to italicise those paras above but didn't work? I edited it.. you have to do each paragraph. Yes that's crap. I look forward to nodebb updating their composer (a few months away at least)
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  Public Holidays
  • shark  

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  @Stargazer said in Public Holidays: When I discussed ANZAC Day with a mate of mine (via Skype) a few days ago, his youngest girl heard it and suggested that everyone should put a poppy on the bear they have in front of their window (she still counts them every day on their daily walk around the block). It was very cute to hear an 8-year-old actively think about it, this way. that story just broke me.
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  Potential Positives to Look forward to
  • Hooroo  

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  @Stockcar86 said in Potential Positives to Look forward to: Absolutely inline with an earlier post I made about NZ approach to Covid.
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  COVID Testing. Anyone?
  • Siam  

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  @Machpants said in COVID Testing. Anyone?: Stories of some staff moving to headbands with buttons sewn on, as the over-ear masks are starting to chafe. One of the oldies homes here in Sydney is going through 800 sets of PPE a day.
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  Coronavirus & Messaging Apps - Help wanted.
  • Victor Meldrew  

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  Hey, thanks for all the input on this. All set up and working reasonably well, which is great. For the geeks, decided to use Google Duo for simplicity and it runs on start-up. as does Teamviewer which I use to remotely control everything with a back-up comms link via 4G if they lose Wifi. (they have difficulty connecting anything like WiFi). Shipping them an Echo Show next week to keep an eye on them when they are in their lounge.
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  Home Schooling
  • R.L  

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  @nzzp I got an email from my sons school (high school) which gives me access to see what work they are giving him and what he has done...