RossyG
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[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread
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beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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which Professor?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Sikora
Definite signs this might be happening.......huge if so. Fingers crossed.
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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As this is the good news thread, can I ask a question about this week's relaxation of the lockdown rules.
Because we come into the vulnerable category our daughter does the weekly big shop for us. Up until now she has brought her family - our son in law and two grandsons - with her when delivering the food on Sunday afternoon. The two families stand either side of the 3m wide track outside our house and we have twenty minutes of friendly chat and news exchange. The grandsons kick a ball around.
In future, according to the government, this will not be allowed. We will have to have eight bilateral meetings instead. Am I reading this right?
Because we come into the vulnerable category our daughter does the weekly big shop for us. Up until now she has brought her family - our son in law and two grandsons - with her when delivering the food on Sunday afternoon. The two families stand either side of the 3m wide track outside our house and we have twenty minutes of friendly chat and news exchange. The grandsons kick a ball around.
In future, according to the government, this will not be allowed. We will have to have eight bilateral meetings instead. Am I reading this right?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
One can be over-righteous.
Why change your excellent and careful arrangement? You aren't actually 'meeting' except for drop-off.Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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One can be over-righteous.
Good advice and to be honest, we've decided not to change our previous arrangement. But looking back, Johnson was quite clear. Meetings with people outside your household should be done only on a one-to-one basis. No ifs and no buts. If you meet a couple you know when out for a walk then one of them should disappear into a hedge or something while you have a chat. And any such meetings have to be away from your household.
Even if it\s with only one person then it can't be in the garden. Not your garden anyway. Next door's [pssobly.
The only obvious way of having a properly-distanced chat in your house with, say, your daughter seems to be for her to agree to clean it every week, for money. Or to make an offer to buy it from you.
All this is accurate, but equally it is a nonsense. It is also a comment on a lazy, slapdash, dysfunctional government run by a one-trick pony of a man who doesn't like detail.
darkwolf666
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What you clearly aren’t taking into account is that Johnson and the government are talking shit... they are making it up as they go along!
It’s ok to have an estate agent come round and value your house, but not meet family members in the sensible conditions you describe...
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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I agree mostly, however I would add that I guess the idea of allowing people to visit whilst working is with the aim of slowly getting the economy moving again, rather than allowing social visits etc just yet. It hopefully won't be long before things progress further in terms of family members etc and meeting/traveling to meet.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Hmm this convo seems more relevant to the Covid thread as it’s getting a tad political imho
All the best to the OP
All the best to the OP
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Vitamin D might help.
https://www.nutraingredients.com/Ar...y-and-severity-of-coronavirus-say-researchers
And more good news is that there hasn't been a stampede on supplies yet.
https://www.nutraingredients.com/Ar...y-and-severity-of-coronavirus-say-researchers
And more good news is that there hasn't been a stampede on supplies yet.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Even better news is next weeks forecast then and that i work outdoors...but don’t forget to slap the factor 50 on
Spiros
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I’ll share a personal good news story if I may. Mother in law is in a nursing home. 2 weeks ago today we had an early evening phone call to suggest that it would be a good idea to have a video call with her straight away as it might be the last chance we ever get to speak to her. A few days earlier she had been diagnosed with a “chest infection “ and now the home thought it more likely to be Covid. We had the call and she really looked bad. When we went to bed that night my wife was convinced she had said a final goodbye to her mum and it was only a matter of time before we got “the call”.
For the next week it was twice daily updates about ups and downs in her condition but it did seem that the inevitable was just being postponed. However she turned the corner and today the home confirmed that she is now back to normal. So that’s a 75 year old obese woman with diabetes, high blood pressure and dementia, as well as other health problems who had gone from seriously ill to just about fine in 2 weeks exactly.
Whatever the situation this disease is not automatically a death sentence.
For the next week it was twice daily updates about ups and downs in her condition but it did seem that the inevitable was just being postponed. However she turned the corner and today the home confirmed that she is now back to normal. So that’s a 75 year old obese woman with diabetes, high blood pressure and dementia, as well as other health problems who had gone from seriously ill to just about fine in 2 weeks exactly.
Whatever the situation this disease is not automatically a death sentence.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Spanish daily death toll drops below 100 to 87 for the first time since March 12th, 2 days before lockdown. Only 470 new cases also, light at the end of the tunnel.
That would stop the vitamin D...
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Dam..back to supplements then....but then maybe not
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190509115443.htm
- Jul 10, 2003
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But supposing we bought the light inside the body, which you can do, either through the skin, or in some other way. Sounds interesting
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
But supposing we bought the light inside the body, which you can do, either through the skin, or in some other way. Sounds interesting
..”can we get Dr Fauci to look into that”....Sorry Sir you fired him last week”
nickbrighton
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- Feb 19, 2016
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Spain records 87 deaths in the past 24 hours - the first drop under 100 since the lockdown began
The light at the end of the tunnel is certainly getting much brighter in Spain.
The light at the end of the tunnel is certainly getting much brighter in Spain.