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Then went on BBC and said the opposite again!

Surely it’s quite clear by now this ISNT advisory, its government orders. You play with your own health by all means but if someone at risk doesn’t care about catching it but then ends up in hospital is taking a bed from someone else. Why take the risk ffs I’m fairly sure she knew it wasn’t real I’m grateful for this, still not sure I should be travelling across the country next Wednesday for a funeral, but I missed my last chance to see my Nan due to this virus, not sure I could miss the funeral. That’s not what Michael Gove has just said, this isn’t clear from the government. Where are the Sun getting this? They’ve made this up as far as I can see. Promising news but can’t find that original tweet now, only one I found says a proposal.

Close. Considering the ill father in law, partner decided to go for a drink Friday with a friend before picking up the takeaway. Completely unnecessary and irresponsible Just told me I better be careful who I come into contact with at my Nans funeral next week and shouldn't stay too long. Fair point on it's own, but didnt like the double standards being pointed out *i did get sent home to work today though, so this is day 1 of who knows how many at home together... ?

I'm STILL here today ? albeit we have a staff meeting at 9 with an "update" from the MD. There's absolutely no reason I should be in an office (especially as I have a high at-risk father in law living with us at the moment so we can provide the assistance he needs without travelling back and forth). I work for a company in distribution so we have a factory full of agency staff with no distancing measures in place yet and honestly, little idea who is coming in and out and what they are carrying. If we aren't told to work from home today I'm going to either have to make a case to HR/Directors (with the potential to single myself out whilst I'm still on probation) OR my partner is going to have to move out for 12 weeks and live with her Dad. update as I type this - people have moved desks so their a little bit further away... forgetting we all use the same toilets, canteen, doors in and out etc. A token gesture really edit again: someone just walked in (i sit by HR so hear things I probably shouldnt) and someone's just come back from being off ill with some symptoms on Thursday and Friday. Why are people not taking a safe approach and enforcing the 7/14 days??

You could get an MRI pretty quick with private health cover - which is effectively what Americans have?

It might be ok if you have insurance, I can’t get my head around having a complete accident and leaving hospital with a 6 figure bill. Health care based on financial standing is awful. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/563519/

Ah didn’t realise that and hadn’t read the other replies. should have known actually as someone brought a McDonald’s into work yesterday! Pneumococcal Vaccine apparently, for bacterial pneumonia. Quite common for over 60s in Germany (read this on reddit)

How come they weren’t covered under restaurants on Friday? also just seen Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine / self isolation as a doctor who gave her a vaccine has tested positive

Don’t you remember? If we went into lockdown too early we’d all get fed up after a few weeks and start going out too soon... we couldn’t manage a couple of days!

Budweiser (or their parent company) are using all left over alcohol from production to make hand sanitiser too

wow sorry to hear all that, that’s truly awful.

I think more needs to be done for businesses that aren’t complying. I see the concerns they have about going under, and I completely understand but we still haven’t sent people to work from home yet except any one who has a cough (and some came in before being sent home). i wouldn’t personally want an army enforced curfew, but I can’t see any other solution. People aren’t listening and they’re being selfish. its really sad because following brexit this was an ideal opportunity for the whole country to pull together for a common good and could have gone a long way to bridge divides.

Stay at home, if you possibly can thats really going to hammer the message home!

Perhaps not everyone posts on twitter when they’re ill? I know it was the last thing on my Mind when I had whatever it was at Xmas. I couldn’t even reach over to pick up my phone ? it would be surprising if no one caught or spread the virus at such a large gathering though. Many people voted for Brexit because of a bus slogan to spend more money on the NHS. The problem is since then no one has held the government to account for not actually giving the NHS any more money. There’s also the mismanagement that needs to be sorted before they throw money at it. I saw places doing this, I appreciate they have to survive but people queuing up at the pub to have their bottles filled up with beer etc is as bad as them going to the pub in the first place - defeats the point

Personally wouldn’t count it as social media, maybe it is... but also didn’t mean everyone obviously

The same people on social media moaning about panic buyers are now out for “1 last night out” based on the news tonight are we confident the government are pulling through now or is it talked the talk, wait and see if they walk the walk? It does sound a bit better effort from them, but a little too late in some situations.

Thanks again, yourself and everyone else for the kind words. Hope everyone is staying safe.

Just saw that, at least it's not a cancellation announcement ?

We're usually in the top 6 at the half way stage, I'm game for it ?

Do you think that would be something you have to apply for or just given out somehow? I have savings, I'm ok I'd rather someone else got my share that needed it. Also as a side note thanks for all the kind messages. I dont blame myself as such, but maybe I should have been more careful even if it was just a seasonal flu. It would be good to test if I have had it so that I can continue to help look after my father in law without risk of infection (if he/we havent had it already)

This has all just got a bit too much for me. Following the info I posted above and my Nan being in hospital since that chest infection / pneumonia I sadly got a call this evening to say she’d passed away. I don’t know if I had CV, I don’t know if I passed it to her and I don’t know if she had it, but anyone who isn’t taking this isolation and social distancing seriously (especially if it’s because you think you’ll be fine) please re think your decisions and who it could impact. I was a bit dismissive of the panic at first and thought maybe some people were being over the top worrying but do what you’ve got to do people. I’ll be the last to compete about a lockdown now, and I certainly couldn’t care less what happens with football anymore. please stay safe everyone x

This! I’d love to know if I had it because then hopefully I could worry less about infecting my vulnerable relatives but also provide more help to them and others with less risk. i can also reassure my work that I’m fine to do the things I need to do to help keep the business running

For real? I have a similar issue in my groin / hip region that's been lingering since January. The pain is quite deep in that region, not like a surface pain and thought it was possibly psoas or something. i've got a physio appointment Friday That could be complete coincendance because I do a lot of weightlifting and running, so very possibly just a tight muscle...

I posted this in the politics thread. I had terrible flu just before xmas, completely bed/sofa ridden for 4-5 days. One day fine, next day even went to the gym in the morning then within an hour went from fine to couldn't move off the sofa, no energy at all. It started on a Sunday, finally felt better by about Thursday then Friday night it struck me down again for another 2 days. Most people I had prolonged contact with were ill too, partner came down ill a week or so later but not quite at the same level. Her dad who is an "at risk" person was hospitalised with suspected pneumonia / chest infection. My nan, in the same bracket and is house bound, also hospitalised with almost the exact same symptoms as him. Could be coincedance but it definitely makes sense if this thing was around longer than people think - but at the same time, its winter and these are also typical flu symptoms.

I think breifings and one-way updates work ok over VC, but always hated having meetings that require debate over VC, especially mutli-office or with some people in a room and some over the video link. There's always a delay and it's always hard to get a word in / get your point across. In my opinion anyway