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If the proposed up to 4 months ‘self isolation’ of U.K. citizens over the age of 70 comes in, even if meetings go ahead there’s going to be a lot of very small historic grids......
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I think this has to be taken seriously, I live and work in Geneva, have a number of friends who work for WHO and other international organisation working on the virus and whom have very good and confirmed information.
What happened largely over Europe and is gonna spread to UK as well I presume is the fact that infected people were not isolated and spreaded the virus to others, a very volatile one which you can have with no symptoms at all but the elder people, the ones with medical conditions such as ashtma and so on are the ones at risk here first. Intensive care units are already saturated in a number of regions or countries and that is what also helped the virus spread, they forecast it for the end of next week in a number of Swiss counties, so that is the real concern and also why public gatherings should be limited, so that personnel can be used for what matters. We are home working from today here, as are most businesses that can do, social distancing prevails, but altogether people must be responsible and I can understand the economic impact but still, the more we will keep people away from each others the less the virus will be able to spread and the earlier we will be able to resume normal life. |
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The other issue is medical staff for race meetings. With the increasing strain the NHS is under I can't imagine that Doctors will want to spend the little free time they will get at race meetings.
The over 70's quarantine, if it comes in, is futile. I know many in that age group directly and via social media and the vast majority are saying there's no way they're staying in. So many people still seem to think it's just a bad cold. |
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That's not my experience. Older people here are already cancelling local events and gatherings and many are reducing contact with others. It may be minor for most but some become critically ill and emergency beds are limited. The isolation is aimed solely at taking pressure off the hospitals. If you keep going out you may end up in a bed urgently needed by somebody else. Ignoring the request to isolate will be a selfish act and I think most people will come to see it that way and respect it.
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I've been getting some news updates from a friend in Modena . . .it's no joke. The Governement are happy for swathes of pensioners to die, they don't give a f*** about the general population and it'll save them a load of money.
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Hmm - I'm six months off hitting 70, and I'm a toyboy (though she now says I'm now her carer) as my partner is 84, and for the last few months I've had a chest infection, but of course as a man only went to see the doctor after much nagging a month or so ago......now after two courses of antibiotics, I've been sent for a chest X-ray and then a follow-up CT scan - waiting the results from that.
So I guess I should be worried and hiding myself away, yet I still tend to look at the figures.....the latest published ones show something under 50K tests undertaken in UK, with around 1500 positives - there are only 6 positives in Lancashire where I live. That's a very small percentage of the population, nationally and locally who are infected, so I think panic is unjustified....and yes, pragmatically if we do get 100K deaths, primarily in the older age group, the economic damage to the country is likely to be less than that of a major recession caused by shutting the country down...... But I do expect that all our motorsport is likely to be suspended very shortly...... |
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We gonna have a moment here, they are about to announce a 45 days semi black out to start with. Instead of spinaches, toilet rolls or pasta I went for champagne, caviar and smoked salmon. If I have to go off quickly, I'll do it with style! Messieurs, buvez mais soyez saouls comme des Polonais! Alzo spacht Napoleon! Yippee!
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Mrs MG and I decided last Saturday to self isolate so I nipped up to the local Sainsbury to get a few essentials about an hour before it closed and the place was nearly empty - certainly more staff than customers. We live in a rural area and in the East Riding there have only been 3 cases reported in a population of 340,000 so we hope we are fairly safely protected from infection. It's getting the mail and parcels from posties and couriers we have to be careful about. We also have groceries delivered so there is a slight risk there too. It will be not seeing the grandkids that will be the hard part.
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There are 7 cases in West Sussex, out of a local population of 858,852 . . . .hardly alarming. YET
Lots of spongey brained selfish pricks hoarding stuff though. Our local large supermarket ( I popped in for beer) had virtually nothing left other than fresh fruit veg and meat. lunacy. not even any tomato ketchup or dog food FFS! shame some of these things don't operate via cranial capacity. |
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So, ‘Emergency workers will no longer support mass gatherings’.....
Not a ban on such gatherings, though. How is that going to affect the running of race meetings? Will it cause insurance / liability issues? |
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It probably means that they won't get doctors or paramedics who are NHS registered.
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Nous sommes en guerre en France…
C'est nouveau, ça vient de sortir il faut rentrer!
We're no more allowed to go out meet friends or even family. What if we dont obey? A fine to be discussed will be given. Amongst all our Prez' words only the ones specifying that its a new kind of war make sense to my hears. He said seven times "nous sommes en guerre". The army will help. Soon we can have masks but where they are made is a mystery… Many bills or past dues are suspended, water, gaz, electricity, rent, credits… |
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