COVID-19

That is really interesting. I know of several people, my wife included, who were completely flattened by similar symptoms around New Year time. As far as I'm aware none had contact with anyone from one of the early areas of infection, so could just be a bad case of flu, but it makes you wonder

 

Dropping.But nothing is expected to show until 7 - 10 days

 

Methinks this has been around a lot longer than the Chinese have been letting on.

 

You and a fair few others i know.

 

Timeline of key events in our Government’s handling of the pandemic. Of course this is selective and ignores the response from the Chancellor and the building of the Nightingale hospitals with alacrity. However it demonstrates how slow our Prime Minister was to show understanding and then responding to the outbreak.

I hope, while it is a difficult decision, all the recent effort is not undone by relaxing the lockdown now.

December 31st China alerts WHO to a new virus.
January 23rd Study reveals a third of China’s patients require intensive care.
January 24th Boris Johnson misses first COBR meeting.
January 29th Boris Johnson misses second COBR meeting.
January 31st The NHS declares first ever ‘Level 4 critical incident’. Meanwhile, the government declines to join European scheme to source PPE.
February 5th Boris Johnson misses third COBR meeting.
February 12th Boris Johnson misses the fourth COBR meeting. Exeter University publishes study warning Coronavirus could infect 45 million people in the UK if left unchallenged.
February 13th Boris Johnson misses conference call with European leaders.
February 14th Boris Johnson GOES AWAY on HOLIDAY. Aides are told to keep Johnson’s briefing notes short or he will not read them.
February 18th Johnson misses the fifth COBR meeting.
February 26th Boris Johnson announces ‘Herd Immunity’ strategy, announcing some people will lose loved ones. Government document is leaked, predicting half a million Brits could die in ‘worse case scenario’.
February 29th Boris Johnson retreats to his country manor. NHS warns of ‘PPE shortage nightmare’. Stockpiles have dwindled or expired after years of austerity cuts.
March 2nd Boris Johnson attends his first Cobra meeting, declining another opportunity to join the European PPE scheme. Government’s own scientists say over half a million Brits could die if the virus left unrestrained. Johnson tells the country “We are very, very well prepared.”
March 3rd Scientists urge Government to advise the public not to shake hands. Boris Johnson brags about shaking hands of Coronavirus patients.
March 4th Government stops providing daily updates on virus following a 70% spike in UK cases. They will later U-turn on this amid accusations they are withholding vital information.
March 5th Boris Johnson tells the public to ‘wash their hands and business as usual’.
March 7th Boris Johnson joins 82,000 people at Six Nations match.
March 9th After Ireland cancels St Patrick’s day parades, the government says there’s “No Rationale” for canceling sporting events.
March 10th - 13th Cheltenham takes place, more than a quarter of a million people attend.
March 11th 3,000 Atletico Madrid fans fly to Liverpool.
March 12th Boris Johnson states banning events such as Cheltenham will have little effect. The Imperial College study finds the government’s plan is projected to kill half a million people.
March 13th The FA suspends the Premier League, citing an absence of Government guidance. Britain is invited to join a European scheme for the joint purchase of ventilators and refuses. Boris Johnson lifts restrictions of those arriving from Coronavirus hot spots.
March 14th Government is still allowing mass gatherings, as Stereophonics play to 5,000 people in Cardiff.
March 16th Boris Johnson asks Britons not to go to pubs but allows them to stay open. During a conference call, Johnson jokes that push to build new ventilators should be called ‘Operation Last Gasp’.
March 19th Hospital patients with Coronavirus are returned to care homes in a bid to free up hospital space. What follows is a boom of virus cases in care homes.
March 20th The Government states that PPE shortage crisis is “Completely resolved”. Less than two weeks later, the British Medical Association reports an acute shortage in PPE.
March 23rd UK goes into lockdown.
March 26th Boris Johnson is accused of putting ‘Brexit over Breathing’ by not joining EU ventilator scheme. The government then states they had not joined the scheme because they had ‘missed the email’.
April 1st The Evening Standard publishes that just 0.17% of NHS staff have been tested for the virus.
April 3rd The UK death toll overtakes China.
April 5th 17.5 million Antibody tests, ordered by the government and described by Boris Johnson as a ‘game-changer’ are found to be a failure.
April 7th Boris Johnson is moved to intensive care with Coronavirus.
April 16th Flights bring 15,000 people a day into the UK - without virus testing.
April 17th Health Secretary Matt Hancock says “I would love to be able to wave a magic wand and have PPE fall from the sky.” The UK has now missed four opportunities to join the EU’s PPE scheme.
April 21st The Government fails to reach its target of face masks for the NHS, as it is revealed manufacturers' offers of help were met with silence. Instead, millions of pieces of PPE are being shipped from the UK to Europe.
April 23rd - 24th Government announces testing kits for 10 million key workers. Orders run out within minutes as only 5,000 are made available.
April 25th UK death toll from Coronavirus overtakes that of The Blitz.
April 30th Boris Johnson announces the UK has succeeded in avoiding a tragedy that had engulfed other parts of the world. At this point, The UK has the 3rd highest death toll in the world.
May 1st The Government announces it has reached its target of 100,000 tests. They haven’t conducted the tests but posted the testing kits.
May 5th The UK death toll becomes the highest in Europe.
May 6th Boris Johnson announces the UK could start to lift lockdown restrictions by next week.

 

Unlimited exercise and you can drive where you want, the next warm day places like Malham Cove and beaches will be chocker.

 

I'm confused from that speach. So you can exercise unlimited, go where you want, if you so desire.

I assume construction and manufacturing to reopen ASAP. Shops to open June 1st. Hospitality, pubs, restaurants from July

All subject to the R rate.

Am I right. Too many overlapping conditions /terms IMO

 

yep but only go with people you live with and socially distance with everyone else

 

This government just can't present. It's embarrassing!

I can get in my car and go to @Park bantam though. I can chill on the beach.

The way I got it was Furlough is coming to an end or will be reduce rapidly. So it's a case of get to work tomorrow.

You can exercise as much as you want outside. (Footballers will be able to train then)

You can travel to the beach etc.

June 1 shaps open and primary schools

 

So wonder if the city players are going back to work tomorrow or Wednesday?

 

I guess you're the only one thinking that.

 

They would still have to social distance if they do

 

Here in Scotland the message is still stay at home and yet from tomorrow we can take exercise as often as we like - Confused of Edinburgh !!!!

 

Couldn't give a flying monkeys tbh. Bollocks to football.

 

The way the government is handling the lockdown reminds of the difference between our airports and abroad when i go on holiday. Abroad its like going through checkpoint charlie, papers scrutinized over and again but on the way back i'm literally waved through with a pat on the back if there was actually some staff around.

 

Wonderfully put.