Who’s booked holidays & are concerned about going, I’ve booked to go costa del sol in mid June & Cyprus end of September, the June one is a bit of a worry & missus is concerned about going & being locked in, anyone else worried about hols? I have booked a 3 week holiday in London beginning Apr 8 - which is now being cancelled/postponed
I have booked a week in July to do some "tourist" stuff. Shakespeares Globe, a west end play, lots of walks in areas I want to investigate, find new pubs, resuarants ... Probably will stay at home because nothing will be open. 2021 - same again because I will never be tired of experiencing London.
We've booked and paid for a cruise in May to Venice and around the Adriatic.....cruise company has revised their cancellation policy so if need be we can cancel up to 48 hours before departure and get 100% credit against future cruises until March 2022 .........as we cruise regularly that is not a hardship.
Our airline will offer 100% yo be used on a future flight but the problem for us is that there were some activities in the first couple of days that we intended to attend - "Messiah" at Royal Albert Hall om Good Friday - Sheffield Wednesday at Loftus Rd on Easter Monday and a genealogy exhibition on the17 the and 18th. We need to rebook for April 2021 but the credit from the airline is only good for travel finishing on or before Dec 31 and that doesn't work too well for us. We are hoping that our travel insurance will refund the entire amount so we can try again next year
Received this from a mate who I used to work with in the fire brigade ... Northwick Park Hospital Hi everyone I just want to say – I’ve seen quite a few people with Covid 19 since Sunday. The vast majority are fine. They seem to have one week of fever, a few days of dry cough and then sometimes breathlessness on day 8 or 9. Most people are fine to stay at home and recover in about 10 days. If it is going to be bad it is around day 9 or 10 and the breathlessness gets rapidly worse at that point. We have had five patients who needed ITU but they all have heart or lung disease, and are quite elderly. Thankfully children seem to be invincible. I’ve never known anything like this – but we’re planning for huge numbers of people needing intensive care and working out how to cope. We’ve managed to segregate our whole hospital into unknown (in single rooms), positive and negative areas. We’ve moved a whole intensive care unit and 4 other wards in 3 days flat – this sort of change usually takes at least 6 months to get agreed! I think we need to worry about our elderly relatives but not our age group or our kids. It seems pretty clear that a large proportion of the UK will get this, hopefully spread out over months rather than all at once like Italy. Once enough people have had it then herd immunity will mean it dies out. So if the frail elderly can hibernate for a few months hopefully we can keep mortality down. Anyway, if you have any Covid-19 questions, I know an awful lot more about it now than I did 2 weeks ago, so feel free to ask! BW Rachel Dr Rachel Tennant Consultant in Respiratory & Acute Medicine Clinical Director for Acute Medicine. Sent from my iPhone
I've just 'googled' her and she seems legit. She put her name to the statement so must be happy to deal with the influx of possible questions. I don't know what the initial source of where she posted this to though.
This is headlining in a lot of news outlets, however, of the 229 'scientists' none are actually experts in the field of virology and many are PhD students. Under the paragraph 'Measures Insufficient' it lists their fields of expertise but states 'though no experts in the science of spread of diseases'. Do we believe them or the actual experts in virology? I know who I would trust, just let the mathematicians count the numbers... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51892402
Received this email from the CEO of Sainsbury's..... please log in to view this image You will have seen that, due to the ongoing uncertainty around the full impact of Coronavirus, supermarkets have been much busier than usual and customers are choosing to stock up. I wanted to personally reassure you that we have more food and other essential items coming to us from manufacturers and into our warehouses and distribution centres. If we all shop just for the food that we and our families need, there will be enough for everyone. I also wanted to let you know that at Sainsbury's, we are working really hard to ensure this remains the case. Over the past two weeks we have: - Ordered more stock of essential items from our suppliers - Put more capacity into our warehouses and - Set limits on a small number of items, including some cleaning products, soap and pain relief. This is a precautionary measure - if everyone shops normally, there will be enough for everyone. There are gaps on shelves because of increased demand, but we have new stock arriving regularly and we're doing our best to keep shelves stocked. Our store colleagues are working tirelessly and doing the best job they can. Which brings me onto a request. Please think before you buy and only buy what you and your family need. If we all do this then we can make sure we have enough for everyone. And please help elderly and vulnerable friends, family and neighbours with their shopping if you can. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and to thank our colleagues who are all working incredibly hard to ensure we can continue to serve our customers well. Best wishes Mike please log in to view this image
Government confirming that shortly, over 70's will be confined to their houses for up to 4 months Jezza will have to appear in the H of C by video! Who knows, may be the Labour leadership contest will be over by the end the period
I received that too but the problem is with the cretins who feel they need to buy a decade's worth of loo rolls and tinned tomatoes A lot of supposedly rational people have lost all sense of good sense Last night in my local Tesco there was a pallet of loo roll just inside the entrance and despite a large sign saying "1 pack per person" there still had to be a member of staff policing the policy
Panic breeds panic. I guess working from home and being sensible with what we have, the missus and I are good for a week. The dog is good for about a month, the spoilt little bastard. The only thing I’m a bit concerned about is painkillers as my ankle is ****ed but being extra-careful with it to not aggravate the injury and hopefully won’t need them after Tuesday or so. Bit of a long shot but I know I joke about how most of this board is old as **** but if anyone is around the Bracknell area as I think many on here are and needs anything for a parent or whatever, let me know. I’ve got more chance of winning the fight for the last tin of beans than most.
Selfish cretins too. But sadly they exist, and stores have a duty to enforce rationing of targeted products so the rest of us can shop normally
You’ve clearly never seen the zombies who frequent Bracknell Morrisons after decades of frozen pizzas and pot noodles.
Cristiano Ronaldo transforms hotels into hospitals to help fight Coronavirus Juventus star doing his part to help combat outbreak of COVID-19 12:09 March 15, 2020 please log in to view this image Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo runs on the pitch in an empty stadium due to the novel coronavirus outbreak Image Credit: AF Matthew Smith, Deputy Editor Sports Turin: Reports have emerged that Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo will transform the hotels he owns in Portugal into hospitals to help in the fight against the coronavirus. Both the Juventus website and Marca newspaper in Spain have reported that the Portugal striker will convert his hotels into medical centres to help those suffering from the outbreak of the virus. Spanish daily Marca said the former Real Madrid hero will use convert CR7 brand of hotels into makeshift ‘hospitals’ to help against the global pandemic. The facilities will be free of charge and Ronaldo will foot the bill for doctors and staff. Over the weekend, Ronaldo expressed concerns over the spread of coronavirus and urged people to follow the directives of the World Health Organisation (WHO). “The world is going through a very difficult moment which demands the utmost care and attention from all of us. I speak to you today not as a football player, but as a son, father, a human being concerned with the latest developments that is affecting the whole world,” Ronaldo tweeted
