Coronavirus (1 Viewer)

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Are you worried about contracting coronavirus?

  • Yes, I am absolutely terrified

    Votes: 12 15.6%

  • Yes, I am slightly concerned

    Votes: 35 45.5%

  • I am neither concerned or unconcerned

    Votes: 7 9.1%

  • No, I am slightly unconcerned

    Votes: 6 7.8%

  • No, I am totally unconcerned

    Votes: 6 7.8%

  • Bring back the old poll

    Votes: 3 3.9%

  • Charlotte Awbrey tits out doing the Macarena

    Votes: 2 2.6%

  • I believe VoR is evil

    Votes: 11 14.3%
  • Total voters
    77
I'd love to flee London but don't have anywhere to go, my parents are in the 'vulnerable' category so wouldn't want London anywhere near them.
 
My Mum and Dad have a really old dog that doesn’t need walking. It’s basically DEAD already. Wonder if I can swing pulling that about on a lead for a while.
 
Ag said:
Lots of little changes to BBC News. Ratings up @lolly

BBC News - BBC News to streamline output during coronavirus outbreak

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51931050
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Today the BBC is setting out how it will ensure it keeps the nation informed, educated, and entertained in unprecedented times.
Director-General Tony Hall says: "We all know these are challenging times for each and every one of us. As the national broadcaster, the BBC has a special role to play at this time of national need.

"We need to pull together to get through this. That’s why the BBC will be using all of its resources - channels, stations and output - to help keep the nation informed, educated and entertained. We are making a series of changes to our output to achieve that.

"We will continue to deliver all the essential news and information - with special programming and content.

"We also will do everything from using our airwaves for exercise classes for older people, religious services, recipes and advice on food for older people and low-income families, and should schools close, education programming for different age groups. We will also be launching a whole new iPlayer experience for children. And of course there will be entertainment - with the ambition of giving people some escapism and hopefully the odd smile.

"Clearly there will be disruption to our output along the way, but we will do our very best.

"It will take time to emerge from the challenges we all face, but the BBC will be there for the public all the way through this."

The BBC is announcing a wide-ranging package of measures today.

Our core role is to bring trusted news and information to audiences in the UK and around the world in a fast-moving situation, and counter confusion and misinformation.

In particular:

  • We will do everything we can to maintain Breakfast, the One, Six and Ten and ensure they continue to perform a vital role on BBC One
  • We will broadcast a weekly prime-time Coronavirus special on Wednesdays on BBC One, and move Question Time to 8pm on Thursdays, with call-in audiences and remote guests.
  • We will record a daily edition of the Coronavirus podcast, and film it where possible for News channel use in the UK and abroad.
  • We will bring listeners the most up-to-date information on Coronavirus through 5 Live. 5 Live will be answering listeners’ questions with regular phone-ins.
  • We will focus local radio breakfast and mid-morning output on news, open phone lines and expert advice for local communities between 6am and midday.
  • Under the umbrella Make A Difference, every local radio station will join up with local volunteer groups to help co-ordinate support for the elderly, housebound or at risk, making sure people know what help is available in their area.
  • We will keep Newsround bulletins on air throughout the day on CBBC.
  • We will delay the planned closure of the Red Button text news and information service.
We will help people in the UK deal with the impact of the crisis on their own lives, by providing advice, education and support.

Initiatives include:

  • Using The One Show as a consumer programme show for all aspects of the crisis. This will include health and well-being advice, keeping fit and healthy eating tips, as well as links to other BBC output that can help and support.
  • In BBC One daytime, Health Check UK Live will directly address the concerns of viewers who are in isolation, offering tips on how to keep healthy and happy at home.
  • Making BBC Homepage the BBC’s bulletin board supplying clear information - the answers to all the key questions, with public information, health advice and recipes.
  • Launching a virtual church service on Sunday mornings across local radio in England, led initially by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Subject to outside broadcast capacity and our partners, we will aim to broadcast a weekly Sunday morning church service on BBC One, and explore how to support other religions and denominations, including in the run-up to Ramadan.
  • We will work with partners to get older age group exercise routines and other fitness programming into people's homes on TV or radio.
  • We will retarget the BBC Food website around collections of recipes and advice on what can be made with essentials, especially for older people, and for low-income families.
In the event that schools are shut down, and subject to further work and discussions with the Department for Education, devolved administrations and schools, we are exploring:

  1. A daily educational programme for different key stages or year groups - with a complementary self-learning programme for students to follow, broadcast on BBC Red Button and made available on demand on BBC iPlayer.
  2. Expanding BBC Bitesize content, with our social media running daily troubleshooting Q&As focusing on a different subject each day.
  3. Increasing our educational programming on BBC iPlayer, bringing together the best from BBC Bitesize, BBC Teach and the wider BBC portfolio where educationally appropriate.
  4. Creating two new daily educational podcasts for BBC Sounds, one for primary and one for secondary.
  5. BBC Four and BBC Red Button devoting a block of programming each weekday evening to show programmes that support the GCSE and A Level curriculum. In Scotland, the Scotland channel will support the Scottish NQs and Highers in daytime.
We will keep people entertained, providing laughter, escapism, companionship, shared experiences and a sense of connection to the outside world.

Initiatives include the following:

  • We will bring back many favourite shows, allowing people of all ages to escape into some top-quality entertainment both on our channels and on BBC iPlayer. New boxsets going up shortly include Spooks, The Missing, Waking The Dead, French And Saunders, Wallander and The Honourable Woman, as well as more from BBC Three.
  • We will be launching an exciting new iPlayer experience for children, offering a wide range of entertaining and educational series. It will be easy to use and easy for them to find what’s relevant to them.
  • Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 4 will provide the information, explanation and escape that millions rely on. On Radio 4, we will dig into our rich archive of drama with such well-loved titles as The Complete Smiley, all of the novels by the Bronte Sisters, film noir classics by Raymond Chandler, and reassuring favourites as Rumpole and Wodehouse. We will be sharing popular podcast dramas with a wider radio audience for the first time by broadcasting the award-winning Forest 404 and The Whisperer In Darkness. We will also hope to provide some joy and laughter by running classic editions of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and Just A Minute.
  • We will do the same in BBC Sounds, looking at bringing back classic sport, comedy and drama, as well as exploring using the BBC’s programme index to allow audiences to search thousands of online archive radio programmes.
  • We will aim to create live fund-raising events, to raise money for coronavirus good causes.
  • At a time when British culture is having to close its doors, the BBC, through iPlayer and Sounds, can give British culture an audience that can’t be there in person. We propose to run an essential arts and culture service - Culture in Quarantine - that will keep the Arts alive in people’s homes, focused most intensely across Radio 3, Radio 4, BBC Two, BBC Four, Sounds, iPlayer and our digital platforms, working closely with organisations like Arts Council England and other national funding and producing bodies. This will include guides to shuttered exhibitions, performances from world-class musicians and comedy clubs, new plays created especially for broadcast featuring exceptional talent, poetry and book readings.
 
I’m thankful I have a nice view and a balcony. I think being in a terraced house would kill me in isolation.
 
The US Senate has passed a $105bn coronavirus aid bill which looks much better than anything our shitshow have come up with. How embarrassing.
 
lolly said:
More on this

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Today the BBC is setting out how it will ensure it keeps the nation informed, educated, and entertained in unprecedented times.
Director-General Tony Hall says: "We all know these are challenging times for each and every one of us. As the national broadcaster, the BBC has a special role to play at this time of national need.

"We need to pull together to get through this. That’s why the BBC will be using all of its resources - channels, stations and output - to help keep the nation informed, educated and entertained. We are making a series of changes to our output to achieve that.

"We will continue to deliver all the essential news and information - with special programming and content.

"We also will do everything from using our airwaves for exercise classes for older people, religious services, recipes and advice on food for older people and low-income families, and should schools close, education programming for different age groups. We will also be launching a whole new iPlayer experience for children. And of course there will be entertainment - with the ambition of giving people some escapism and hopefully the odd smile.

"Clearly there will be disruption to our output along the way, but we will do our very best.

"It will take time to emerge from the challenges we all face, but the BBC will be there for the public all the way through this."

The BBC is announcing a wide-ranging package of measures today.

Our core role is to bring trusted news and information to audiences in the UK and around the world in a fast-moving situation, and counter confusion and misinformation.

In particular:

  • We will do everything we can to maintain Breakfast, the One, Six and Ten and ensure they continue to perform a vital role on BBC One
  • We will broadcast a weekly prime-time Coronavirus special on Wednesdays on BBC One, and move Question Time to 8pm on Thursdays, with call-in audiences and remote guests.
  • We will record a daily edition of the Coronavirus podcast, and film it where possible for News channel use in the UK and abroad.
  • We will bring listeners the most up-to-date information on Coronavirus through 5 Live. 5 Live will be answering listeners’ questions with regular phone-ins.
  • We will focus local radio breakfast and mid-morning output on news, open phone lines and expert advice for local communities between 6am and midday.
  • Under the umbrella Make A Difference, every local radio station will join up with local volunteer groups to help co-ordinate support for the elderly, housebound or at risk, making sure people know what help is available in their area.
  • We will keep Newsround bulletins on air throughout the day on CBBC.
  • We will delay the planned closure of the Red Button text news and information service.
We will help people in the UK deal with the impact of the crisis on their own lives, by providing advice, education and support.

Initiatives include:

  • Using The One Show as a consumer programme show for all aspects of the crisis. This will include health and well-being advice, keeping fit and healthy eating tips, as well as links to other BBC output that can help and support.
  • In BBC One daytime, Health Check UK Live will directly address the concerns of viewers who are in isolation, offering tips on how to keep healthy and happy at home.
  • Making BBC Homepage the BBC’s bulletin board supplying clear information - the answers to all the key questions, with public information, health advice and recipes.
  • Launching a virtual church service on Sunday mornings across local radio in England, led initially by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Subject to outside broadcast capacity and our partners, we will aim to broadcast a weekly Sunday morning church service on BBC One, and explore how to support other religions and denominations, including in the run-up to Ramadan.
  • We will work with partners to get older age group exercise routines and other fitness programming into people's homes on TV or radio.
  • We will retarget the BBC Food website around collections of recipes and advice on what can be made with essentials, especially for older people, and for low-income families.
In the event that schools are shut down, and subject to further work and discussions with the Department for Education, devolved administrations and schools, we are exploring:

  1. A daily educational programme for different key stages or year groups - with a complementary self-learning programme for students to follow, broadcast on BBC Red Button and made available on demand on BBC iPlayer.
  2. Expanding BBC Bitesize content, with our social media running daily troubleshooting Q&As focusing on a different subject each day.
  3. Increasing our educational programming on BBC iPlayer, bringing together the best from BBC Bitesize, BBC Teach and the wider BBC portfolio where educationally appropriate.
  4. Creating two new daily educational podcasts for BBC Sounds, one for primary and one for secondary.
  5. BBC Four and BBC Red Button devoting a block of programming each weekday evening to show programmes that support the GCSE and A Level curriculum. In Scotland, the Scotland channel will support the Scottish NQs and Highers in daytime.
We will keep people entertained, providing laughter, escapism, companionship, shared experiences and a sense of connection to the outside world.

Initiatives include the following:

  • We will bring back many favourite shows, allowing people of all ages to escape into some top-quality entertainment both on our channels and on BBC iPlayer. New boxsets going up shortly include Spooks, The Missing, Waking The Dead, French And Saunders, Wallander and The Honourable Woman, as well as more from BBC Three.
  • We will be launching an exciting new iPlayer experience for children, offering a wide range of entertaining and educational series. It will be easy to use and easy for them to find what’s relevant to them.
  • Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 4 will provide the information, explanation and escape that millions rely on. On Radio 4, we will dig into our rich archive of drama with such well-loved titles as The Complete Smiley, all of the novels by the Bronte Sisters, film noir classics by Raymond Chandler, and reassuring favourites as Rumpole and Wodehouse. We will be sharing popular podcast dramas with a wider radio audience for the first time by broadcasting the award-winning Forest 404 and The Whisperer In Darkness. We will also hope to provide some joy and laughter by running classic editions of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and Just A Minute.
  • We will do the same in BBC Sounds, looking at bringing back classic sport, comedy and drama, as well as exploring using the BBC’s programme index to allow audiences to search thousands of online archive radio programmes.
  • We will aim to create live fund-raising events, to raise money for coronavirus good causes.
  • At a time when British culture is having to close its doors, the BBC, through iPlayer and Sounds, can give British culture an audience that can’t be there in person. We propose to run an essential arts and culture service - Culture in Quarantine - that will keep the Arts alive in people’s homes, focused most intensely across Radio 3, Radio 4, BBC Two, BBC Four, Sounds, iPlayer and our digital platforms, working closely with organisations like Arts Council England and other national funding and producing bodies. This will include guides to shuttered exhibitions, performances from world-class musicians and comedy clubs, new plays created especially for broadcast featuring exceptional talent, poetry and book readings.
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Ooh French and Saunders. What I really need though is This Life back because I hadn't finished before it disappeared :evil:
 
Sheena said:
I’m thankful I have a nice view and a balcony. I think being in a terraced house would kill me in isolation.
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I'm grateful that my mum has a great view across a lot of Bristol, and even across the Severn to Wales on a really clear day. May even take her up that pair of binoculars I got free years ago when I joined the National Trust.

We don't really have a view, other than our garden at the back and the sides of houses across the road. But beyond that there are woods, so there are at least a lot of trees.

But then I'll be working through this anyway, unless I get symptoms or get sick myself.
 
Kate said:
Oh hai @big ron does CBD cure coronavirus? I have a Medipen but then putting stuff in my lungs now seems a bit NO.
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Short answer no. Theres a lot of argument about if it helps what with its anti inflammatory properties and the whole ‘keeping the body in homeostasis’ stuff. The answer it probably helps but isnt going to save your life.
 
Kate said:
I don't, but this seems like a good time to get a free trial.
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Anyone who has Vodafone Rewards, they’re doing a month of Sky Cinema via NowTV if anyone is interested...
 
So some of the underground is being shut.

Also the army are being brought in to support public services.
 
David_5000 said:
Has anyone used Zoom as a videoconferencing way of staying in touch with people? I was going to set my parents up with Skype but all the cool kids seem to be on Zoom these days.
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We use zoom in work. It’s better quality than WhatsApp video calls.
 
We use Zoom at work as well it’s very smooth but I think the basic account only allows for 40 minute meetings (which is not a problem if it’s a friendly hangout).
 
Here in Seattle its a complete ghost town! They haven’t yet implemented a lockdown (or shelter in place!!) despite the state having the most deaths (mainly stemming from an aged care facility).

Its impossible to know who has it or not, they won’t test you unless you have breathing issues anyway .. but I know multiple people suffering from a loss of taste and smell but without any form of fever, cough, head or body aches, runny or blocked nose. And then I read this today.

https://worldisraelnews.com/loss-of...ymptom-of-coronavirus-says-german-virologist/

Why is it that Germany is the only country reporting infected with these additional symptoms?

Starting to hate the idea of being stuck in this country now when it all inevitably kicks off
 
Superstylin' said:
https://worldisraelnews.com/loss-of...ymptom-of-coronavirus-says-german-virologist/

Why is it that Germany is the only country reporting infected with these additional symptoms?
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i read that yesterday (along with a theory that people with blood type a seem to be more susceptible to the virus)... i think loss of appetite is a common reaction when you're sick and it has to do with the body going into repair mode. i guess there might be more to it in this case?
 
My work was terrifying yesterday. Because we have so many staff over 4 sites, we have to try and keep as many people healthy. So we are now fixing people to sites.

So the last 2 days has been spent basically rearranging everything I've ever known in the vet world and starting again.

I'm now at one site and working with 5 people only for the foreseeable future.

Our doors are locked. No one is allowed in the building unless we ok it.

Clients have to call us to check in then wait in the car. The vet then goes outside to get the owners per and brings it inside for its appt, without the owner. They phone the owner from inside to discuss issues.

Clients have to have a designated time to collect any food and medication.

We've had to prepare the branches with equipment in case the main hospital gets c19, then the branch staff become the hospital and recep will then be on 24 hour duty as well as vets and nurses.

All this...and clients are still phoning up to get flew treatment and check when their next appt is!
 
I was wondering how it was affecting you Rachey, considering your work environment is essentially the same as mine, just that mine is people and yours animals.

Most health centres here are operating very similarly to how you describe. The basic rule is everything is changed to telephone consultation with the GP deciding if you need to be seen. And they are using video calling where possible. Everyone who has to come to surgery is being screened before they are in the building, with some having nurses taking temperatures outside before letting anyone (staff included) in.
 
Ooh we haven't started taking temps but that's a good idea. Although currently the only thermometers we have have been up dogs arses :D

We are looking at doing video call consults as well. And delivering medication and food to clients.
 
i went for my morning walk and shop and it's a bit busier than it was the last couple of days, the queues at the grocery shops seemed a bit longer but still decent. there wasn't a line in front of the pharmacy so i went in to get some aspirin and other stuff and i forgot to get the aspirin.

i have literally no medication in my home but i have a lovely new conditioner :daf:
 
6 people on my bus this morning. Usually there would be about 40-50.
 
Cold, drizzly morning here and the sight of beggars and the homeless in the city centre seems even more stark against about 90% less people scurrying into offices.
 
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