[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[LamieRobertson]

Ummm this is I think kind of retrospective good news for April...I know I’m stretching it a bit ..provisionally it was the sunniest April since records began...it might be said that it got too many people out on Brighton seafront ...but surely it helped thousands enjoy their walk/cycle/run ....their queue for shopping more than if we’d had the weather we experienced during Winter...and having the sun out does by itself sometimes lift our spirits

 

[Guinness Boy]

Finally managed to log on and book a delivery just now.

I've been trying many times over the last few weeks but every time 'computer said no'.

The "good news" here is that there are loads of delivery and click/collect slots around now. Just not necessarily with your preferred provider. I got a Saino's click and collect at very little notice on Friday last week and we have one delivery a week lined up for the next three weeks, although it goes Waitrose / Tescos / Asda. Just do a proper net search (according to Mrs GB)

 

[dazzer6666]

The "good news" here is that there are loads of delivery and click/collect slots around now. Just not necessarily with your preferred provider. I got a Saino's click and collect at very little notice on Friday last week and we have one delivery a week lined up for the next three weeks, although it goes Waitrose / Tescos / Asda. Just do a proper net search (according to Mrs GB)

We’ve managed to get a C&C or home delivery by Tesco in BH every 5-6 days without too many problems. Seems to be a release of times around 2pm most days for some reason. Planning meals a few days ahead (never been so organised! ) has meant that frequency basically does us for everything we need...........supplemented with the occasional takeaway and home delivery from Piglets of course (the Red Leicester sausage rolls are just fantastic)

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The "good news" here is that there are loads of delivery and click/collect slots around now. Just not necessarily with your preferred provider. I got a Saino's click and collect at very little notice on Friday last week and we have one delivery a week lined up for the next three weeks, although it goes Waitrose / Tescos / Asda. Just do a proper net search (according to Mrs GB)

Saw an article on the BBC t'other day about a website that flags up available slots across multiple supermarkets in your local area. Looks like a useful kind of thing to have at hand

https://shoppingslot.co.uk/

 

[Guinness Boy]

Saw an article on the BBC t'other day about a website that flags up available slots across multiple supermarkets in your local area. Looks like a useful kind of thing to have at hand

https://shoppingslot.co.uk/

I wouldn't be surprised if that's what she's using. There is a very specific deal in our house - she buys it, I cook it.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Ummm this is I think kind of retrospective good news for April...I know I’m stretching it a bit ..provisionally it was the sunniest April since records began...it might be said that it got too many people out on Brighton seafront ...but surely it helped thousands enjoy their walk/cycle/run ....their queue for shopping more than if we’d had the weather we experienced during Winter...and having the sun out does by itself sometimes lift our spirits

No matter how bad things are, spring always makes things far better

 

[Mellotron]

April was pretty shit, if we’re honest.

May is here now, and things should continue getting better.

 

[LamieRobertson]

April was pretty shit, if we’re honest.

May is here now, and things should continue getting better.

I was being honest in my post

 

[Badger Boy]

Saw an article on the BBC t'other day about a website that flags up available slots across multiple supermarkets in your local area. Looks like a useful kind of thing to have at hand

https://shoppingslot.co.uk/

Created by Apprentice cutie, Sabrina Stocker (and some guy with the funds to get it started).

 

[Mellotron]

I was being honest in my post

I wasn’t disputing (or even referencing) your post?

 

[Weststander]

From tomorrow, Spain’s lockdown is eased as follows:



(Hotels - only to Spanish residents).

 

[LamieRobertson]

Not sure where to post this ..but i thought on here (apols if fixtures) ...but its a bedtime story written by poet ‘’Probably Tomfoolery’’ ...had the video (on Youtube/facebook) sent to me last night ..there is ‘’good news’’ in there

https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/co...-renewed-future-post-coronavirus-15242238.php

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Love Island Cancelled

https://news.sky.com/story/love-island-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic-11982854

the good news keeps coming

 

[Notters]

Sorry if covered already but the lockdown has estimated to have led to:

• 11,000 fewer premature deaths;
• 1.3million fewer work absence days;
• 6,000 fewer children developing asthma;
• 1,900 fewer visits to A&E; and
• 600 fewer preterm births...

...due to reduced air pollution. And these figures are so far and for Europe only.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...e-during-lockdown-leads-to-11000-fewer-deaths

 

[A1X]

If true, this is potentially very big...

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[Notters]

If true, this is potentially very big...

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Yes, covered on the main Coronavirus thread but worth repeating - another indication that far more people could have had this already than we realise.

 

[The Wizard]

Not really good news but rather amusing that a Papaya has tested positive

https://t.co/brv2T4wsYP

 

[Postman Pat]

London’s Nightingale Hospital is effectively being wound down after taking no new patients in the past week.

Staff were told today that a decision on its future would be made within days.

The field hospital, built in just 10 days at the start of April, had only 19 patients on Friday, down from a peak of around 35 earlier in the month.

London hospitals are increasingly choosing to keep patients in their own intensive care units.

One source said London’s Nightingale was in effect being “wound down”, with staff from the Royal London Hospital, who were due to be seconded to work there, told they were no longer needed on Friday due to the small numbers of patients.

The situation has been replicated across the country: none of the other Nightingale hospitals in Birmingham, Manchester or Harrogate have patients

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...n-intensive-care-cases-covid-19-a9494861.html

 

[Bozza]

Not good news as such, but, well, you can hope...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw5KQMXDiM4

 

[The Wizard]

‘Groundbreaking’ antibody discovery apparently

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...of-antibody-which-prevents-infection-11982809