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

It constantly amazes me what great people are on this forum with such diverse jobs and specialisms.

Especially as it always seems to be the same people.

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I suspect it will be limited to 2km from home.

Luckily Putney Heath and a chunk of Wimbledon Common is within 2km of me. No shortage of places to run. Cycling might get a bit samey (assuming it's not verboten).

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Man arrested on the Isle of Man for not self-isolating. Good.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-­isle-of-man-51974140

No man is an (Isle of man) island.

Looks like things are escalating quickly in London

https://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hospitals-critical-care-unit-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-patients/7027189.article

ApparentlyLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust also turning people away now, really hope Boris is a bit more serious today

Get better soon, D!

I see. Well it would've been useful to clarify that (it wasn't you).
Out of habit I'm going to jump on any mention of "cycling banned" so just assume I'm wrong and/or venting.

Academic call for food rationing:
https://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/523854/PM-Letter-TL-TJM-EPM-final-20-03-20.pdf

That being said, I do hope they won't reduce the density of service at the hours these people are usually commuting at, as that'll only increase the risk to all of them.

Exactly my thoughts when they announced reduced service. It's been nice having a carriage to myself (I'm not essential and no longer commuting in). Essential services don't just travel at peak hours though.

British Farming asking for 70,000 UK workers to help get the harvest in as their seasonal workers can't (or don't want to) come: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/coronavirus-urgent-appeal-for-brits-to-work-on-farms?fbclid=IwAR244PsEYcvFgRPNZgGrOOpIcTA8OhhafmLxfMCS9SR0gh2gP_U9SVHnSFw

I wonder if by choosing to take the exam your grade could go down?!

Essential services don't just travel at peak hours though.

Sure, but you will get peaks, like people e.g. working in retail in the early morning.

Take care

Tim Lang is great, the government should listen to him, he's usually right

There already is food rationing... since all the cunts that ransacked the supermarkets have made sure the rest of us are rationing.

"I’m now on calls with commissioners about getting more people out of hospital and into the community, and they’re saying ’yes that’ll be done in the next week’, and I’m on the verge of screaming at them.

Social care is a huge issue in this crisis, it's not just frontline medical staff and equipment. Having been compromised by funding cuts it's the hospitals have had to pick up the pieces.

This month is 'Hug a Brexit Voter' month!

LOLnotLOL :S

Now that would suck
I'd think, whatever grade given people would accept and move forward. Rather than choosing to take the exams at a undefined later date.

Historically you weren’t disadvantaged by such decisions guess who changed that.

Poor Freddy.

Ah, missed this. Rest up, bud!