Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

I have done so many pending jobs around the house due to WFH its unreal .. once they end I can look at bikes again

I bet it was the bastard geese that gave it to me earlier. Pests of hell.

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Yeah the situation in the Helsinki region/south and the rest of Finland will probably be quite different. Easy to isolate yourself if there's no-one around. So we'll just do what the Swedish do.

Pasta, bread and soap was gone too, until tomorrow.

Have the ones on the right been used already?

no, the one in the middle that's why it's neck's gone funny.

A good friend of mine has decided to close their chain of beauty salons. 20-ish jobs going. There were struggling before but won't be able to survive more than a week or two of reduced custom.

If I'm honest she would probably have called it a day sometime this year anyway, but thought it was worth mentioning here as she won't be the only business owner already close to the wire.

Musk will be the interesting one to watch given that he has pretty serious health problems.

He pretty much announced that the coronavirus panic is dumb.

Darwinism. lel

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Holland and Barrett have loads of soap and handwash, plus some of it's in the penny sale

Assuming toilet paper will be overflowing in the shops next week when shoppers realise they now have sufficient toilet paper to fuel their Agas for 14 years?

That is class

Tesco express with no pasta and no tinned tomatoes. Local Italian shop had about 20 types of pasta and half a dozen types of tinned tomatoes.

Did you listen to the podcast linked earlier, with Piot and K... something. I think you’d probably like it.
It’s long tho!

. Local Italian shop

Indeed.
People seem to be so habituated to supermarkets they forget to shop local

So, a week's isolation finishes tomorrow (just as the sun comes out for a shred!!!)
Wife (32): Flu/head cold symptoms from 6th March which lasted for a week, tapering off after 5 days. She was pretty rough, too rough to work but not severe or bed-ridden.
3 yr old: had persistent 72 hr high temperature of 40° and cough. It came on very quickly and he woke up two days ago seemingly completely better (if a little tired/washed out after it)
2 yr old, currently on his 3rd day of a hacking cough (worse today) and today has a slight temperature and a bit of a runny nose to go with it.
Me (39): Constant but only slight feeling of roughness . Bit of a snotty nose, bit of a sore throat, mainly in the morning but nothing that would constitute equivalent of missing work (any other time) etc.
Haven't needed to call 111 as managed it fine at home. Almost wish this is it and we've had it rather than anxiety around self isolating (driving me mental) then finally stepping outside and then contracting it at some point!

they might just be scared of anything out of italy these days.

I went to the local asian shop two days ago. plenty of costumers and sold out of our favourite ramen flavour.

Sounds like you’ve been through the mill! Fingers crossed that’s it for this winter.

they also forget it can be made from flour and eggs

They're pretending it's not an issue.

They've dedicated 6 beds to the cause.

Peppermint Crisp...

Sounds like that was it ?

In all honesty, health wise has been easy to manage - and I think/feel we're pragmatic and sensitive over it. It's been being stuck inside that's been really difficult and seeing/hearing the complete dickishness that's been going on around me. Our 'estate' group chat has kept me entertained with "thank god no one in our village/area/estate has it" and seemingly every other child on the estate has an immuno-deficiency. Oh, and today "who's coming to soft play?"

Pretty much sums up my thoughts:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/15/epidemiologist-britain-herd-immunity-coronavirus-covid-19?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

We’ve been occasional bread makers for a few years. Raw ingredients all readily available and now in our cupboard.

And from the marvelous John Harris in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/15/experts-fashion-covid-19-reality-bites-trump-johnson

Had a look in my nearest Londis and found organic La Fiammante brand plum tomatoes which are usually found in Wholefood Market etc.