I’m starting to think the 6-8 months estimations might be optimistic. This could easily last a few years. We will have to basically rebuild economy after it’s done. I can’t wrap my head around what is happening.
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I'm trying to find out similar. We have been absolutely fecked over here.
Is there any way of explaining the death rate in Germany? How can it be so drastically lower across the country??
Only the small shops have stuff thought, it seems. Even after restocking overnight and the supposed "pensioners and vulnerable only" my local Asda had feck all at 9:10 this morning. Went in with a trolley and came out with three Mother's Day cards.
Are the closing as of now? Or tonight at last orders time?
Shops not closing they are now clarifying. They fluffed it up.
ummm yeah...ok...sure! How quick is quick for you these days!
Highest ITU beds per capita of any (I think?) EU country. Many multiples more than UK.
Yup! People will die! Wash your hands! Business as usual!!
Live my life. It's only the flu. Not having some suit telling me what to do. I drink bleach in my spare time. And so forth.
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News out of Italy is horrific. Any sign of new cases slowing down after lockdown? Should be starting to have an effect by now, surely?
News out of Italy is horrific. Any sign of new cases slowing down after lockdown? Should be starting to have an effect by now, surely?
Surreal.
A lot of good measures in fairness to Sunak but SSP is still far too low.
Lots of morons on Twitter saying - without a hint of irony - that staying home is “letting the virus win”
But all businesses will have an income hit, so they just have to close the doors temporarily and send staff home then claim the help
What's your opinion on Sunak? The guy seems pretty on the ball, unlike Johnson.
Do we have any idea how much these measures are going to potentially cost?
Surely kids will all flock to the shopping centre’s next week?
He appears very smart and good at speaking.
Soon as they feasibly can, which I assume is when they can comfortably kick everyone out. Probably usual closing time.
Of course they will.
feck. Figures coming out of Italy are just heartbreaking...
Yeah looks like theres noting being done for the self employed.
These people need to accept that they have no control over the entirety of their lives anymore. Some stuff is out of their hands. This dumb attitude has just caused further issues - increased the spread, emptied shelves, etc.
Clothes shops and shit still allowed to open? Surely not?
Hang in there mate, great to hear your mindset has flipped to motivation, I guess that’s why you’re in the profession you are in.
I feel like I’m on the edge, I cant work out if my Uni work is adding more stress or providing a distraction. I feel like I’m holding back a bug of some sort (no corona symptoms fortunately) which always happens when I go through periods of high work load and high stress, as soon as its over and I relax it always comes to the surface so as much as Im looking forward to my hand in dates I’m dreading that happening and hoping it doesn’t coincide with me getting corona’d or I’m fecked.
Is that ever really true anyway?
It’s not, but this is really hammering away at the illusion.
Are we such immoral and selfish feckers that the only way we will obey is if we are forced to. If so the sooner they impose martial law on us and send the army in the better as it’s the logical outcome.
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Its good for employees, although I think many businesses will struggle to make up the lost 20% of wages long term if they have no income, especially smaller ones, so thats a 20% drop in income f or a huge number of households I would imagine.
Its terrible for anyone self employed, essentially you get a tax deferment plus £94 a week to live on. That's a ticking timebomb of problems and the government will have to provide more support, very soon.
Its even worse for the zero hours people, neither johnson or sunak had any answer at all about them, they've just been ignored.
Sunak had good delivery, calm and authoritative. Johnson is at this point just a waste of time.
Its good for employees, although I think many businesses will struggle to make up the lost 20% of wages long term if they have no income, especially smaller ones, so thats a 20% drop in income f or a huge number of households I would imagine.
Its terrible for anyone self employed, essentially you get a tax deferment plus £94 a week to live on. That's a ticking timebomb of problems and the government will have to provide more support, very soon.
Its even worse for the zero hours people, neither johnson or sunak had any answer at all about them, they've just been ignored.
Sunak had good delivery, calm and authoritative. Johnson is at this point just a waste of time.
Yup, they've costed for that I'm told. I think some employees will actually lose out from this but it's for the greater good I'm sure
I think it was Wednesday when I got to acceptance, I have literally been through the 5 stages of grief over this situation and (touch wood) haven't even been directly affected by it.
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This needs to not be forgotten.
Looks like supermarkets and Amazon are going to be the only companies left operating in the world and everyone will work for them eventually.
No, but there are thickos who need to be told. Not everybody watches the news and keeps up with all this. A 10 second soundbite from Boris that rams home the essential point is as good as they might get.
Ikea are closing their shops at 6pm today - I've just had the email, but apparently they announced it on twitter yesterday. They say they'll reopen when they can.
Feels like the pub, cafe etc. closure statement only happened because of what Tim Martin said on Sky News. Good that action has been taken but should have happened sooner. Feels like the government is being reactive rather than proactive. Was someone on Sky News earlier saying that the UK is days or so behind other countries in terms of infection rate etc so don't need to take action like lockdowns to try and forcibly reduce the spread but that attitude just means that we will get worse sooner rather than later, and by the time lockdowns are in place it'll be almost too late.
Been open all week mate.