What is wrong with people?

[Big Insect]

But there are so many people out there with that attitude.

I was out yesterday delivering food to my daughter & son in law who have CV19 (& 7 month old grand-son - who doesnt) when I got cut up on a dual carriageway by a posse of 4 supercharged cars and a bunch of young lads & girls out joy-riding on the empty roads - clearly flouting just about every restriction going - as well as the speed limit and the lock-down.
Some people seem to think rules just dont apply to them

[Norm]

Boris Johnson has just been moved into Intensive Care!

[Ithoriel]

On indyref, we were told that unless we voted Yes we would leave the EU and our living standards would fall but not to worry because if anything major changed we would get another vote.

We're leaving the EU, living standards are falling and we're in the middle of a major health crisis in which the Scottish Parliament has been several days ahead of the Westminster one in taking necessary actions. We're due another vote.

On the Chief Medical Officer, people in her position  (like Ceasar's Wife) need to be above suspicion.

On a lighter, and hopefully less controversial, note BBC 24hr News channel's subtitles have just referred to Dominic Raab as the "defective deputy Prime minister." I trust that should have read de facto

[Orcs]

Personally I think that if any of the countries that make up the UK want independence, all of the countries in (or left in) the UK should be allowed to vote on whether that country is  given independence as it has an effect on all of them.

[mollinary]

Boris Johnson has just been moved into Intensive Care!

I have little respect for the man or his politics, but in  these difficult times, my heart goes out to him and those close to him. I pray he, and all others facing the same ordeal,
comes through this time of trial safely. 

[Steve J]

Fingers crossed for your daughter and son-in-law Mark. A friend of ours had to have the ambulance out to him yesterday as they're pretty sure he has Covid-19. They gave him antibiotics (his chest was infected) and he seems to be on the mend, which is good.

As for Boris, I wish him well and all the others in the same position. Whatever you think of the man, he's been doing the best he can in a situation the World has never had to deal with before.

[paulr]

...
I was out yesterday delivering food to my daughter & son in law who have CV19 (& 7 month old grand-son - who doesnt) ...

Fingers crossed for them

[paulr]

What is it with Health officials

The New Zealand Minister of Health has been demoted and stripped of his non-health roles after driving his family 20km (12miles) so they could have a walk on a beach

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/120859271/health-minister-stripped-of-portfolios-after-taking-beach-trip-amid-lockdown

The Prime Minister has made it very clear that he is an idiot and the only reason he hasn't been sacked is that the time required to bring someone else up to speed would impact our efforts against Covid-19

He has at least admitted that he felt "like a complete dick" when he realised his mistake. There is a good chance that he will not stand for Parliament at the next election

[toxicpixie]

He has at least admitted that he felt "like a complete dick" when he realised his mistake.

Is... that an actual quote? If so, remarkable honesty, we could do with more of that!

Yes, it's the "Ceaser's Wife" thing, isn't it? You can't say one thing and do another, certainly not for trivial reasons (lot of people just don't have the support to say keep food incoming by magic so HAVE to go to the shop).

But there's none so bad for ignoring health issues as doctors (don't smoke or drink, loose some weight, says the cigar chewing port swilling overweight doc...).

Perhaps the idiots should have a word with a mate of mine, who is a dental technician (he makes amazing false teeth etc). He's been repurposed into a support nurse for COVID-19 cases. Training technically good, but he had a very sh*t day yesterday as it didn't cover what to do when your patients die. As they did.

[Techno]

Fingers crossed for your daughter and son-in-law Mark.

Same from me, Mark !

Best wishes - Phil

[Big Insect]

Fingers crossed for your daughter and son-in-law Mark. A friend of ours had to have the ambulance out to him yesterday as they're pretty sure he has Covid-19. They gave him antibiotics (his chest was infected) and he seems to be on the mend, which is good..

Many thanks Steve - eldest daughter (in London) is now heading towards recovery - she said the weirdest thing was how it played havoc with her taste buds - at one point all she could taste was sweet things and then on a hyper-sensitised basis - she said she could put a tea spoon of honey in her mouth and it was a taste explosion - but she couldn't taste salt or chilli or sour.
Youngest & her hubby are in the grumpy, depressive stage of the virus - no taste - headache like a hang-over - and sneezing a lot - the sneezing appears to be a good sign as that was what happened when my eldest started to throw it off.

I have a pal, who's son-in-law had it badly - coughing up blood at one point - but then he is/was a very heavy smoker. He's made a full recovery thankfully.

Hope you & your lad are coping with the lock-down - as stated on Linked-In there are a whole host of people for whom a lock-down is a bigger challenge than for those of us more fortunate.

[toxicpixie]

Mostly excellent there Mark, I hope the best outcomes come out from where they are.

It's all getting a bit awkward.

[Big Insect]

Thanks - my 7 month old grandson seems to have come out of it best - threw it off in under 5 days - mostly coughing and fever and is now as right as rain.
So clearly his primary diet of stewed chard, coconut yogurt and falafels is to be recommended! 

[toxicpixie]

Yeah, kids seem to be (mostly) able to bounce through it better, which is good. At least for them!

Reminds me, I didn't get any lunch... to the highly nutritious crisp cupboard!

[jimduncanuk]

Can't believe it but my neighbours seems to have visitors including kids which we can hear/see from our back garden.

A few tennis balls have come over the fence but we are not throwing them back now as they may be a virus risk.

No strange cars in the street as everyone is home except the wifey two doors down who is an NHS employee.

[toxicpixie]

Good grief.

I can't say I'm surprised, it was a bit similar here - BUT people have taken it much more seriously this last week or so, I think...

[Steve J]

One of the not so local chavs has been roaring around on his motorbike which doesn't have a silencer, so obviously not following the government advice

[paulr]

He has at least admitted that he felt "like a complete dick" when he realised his mistake. There is a good chance that he will not stand for Parliament at the next election

Is... that an actual quote? If so, remarkable honesty, we could do with more of that!

...

Perhaps the idiots should have a word with a mate of mine, who is a dental technician (he makes amazing false teeth etc). He's been repurposed into a support nurse for COVID-19 cases. Training technically good, but he had a very sh*t day yesterday as it didn't cover what to do when your patients die. As they did.

Yes it is an actual quote, he said it on one of our national morning news programs
He has made it clear it was wrong and has not tried to offer any excuses

My thoughts are with your mate and all the health workers who are having to cope with a lot more death than most of us will ever be exposed to

My wife works as a support worker in the community and has attended way to many funerals of clients 

[flamingpig0]

I hope that  COVID-19 will mean in the future people  will not be so complacent and dismissive; I attended a wargames competition  a month back and one of the competitors who is very proud of his PHD was pontificating on  how COVID was no worse than the flu and it was all hysteria.

[toxicpixie]

We've seen that a lot, less so now the reality is obvious (and too late :/).