sadoldgit

Before another smarta5se has a dig, schools are being closed around the world. As far as I am aware, food shops are not.

Is it my call then?

I am not hysterical. I just find it puzzling why someone should get worked up about going to a supermarket yet is happy for schools to stay open. If food shops close, how are we supposed to eat?

Plenty.

You really are an angry person aren’t you. You get yourself worked up about a full supermarket but are happy that your kids are going to a full school? Can you see the inconsistency there? Let’s hope that before the schools close your kids don’t infect you or anybody else eh. By the way, where did I say that I am complaining about the supermarket? Yes, I would like to be able to buy loo rolls. Dont you use them or have you already stockpiled? Yes, I would like to buy hand sanitiser so that I am less likely to pass anything on to anybody else. No I am not the only person who thinks that panic buying is unnecessary and a nuisance. But knock yourself out and keep having a dig if it makes you feel better. It’s a shame that you haven’t got an email address for all of the other people in supermarkets today. You could have a field day.

You clearly don’t want schools closed down as it will inconvenience you. That’s the spirit. Tens of thousands of children pose a greater threat to the spread of the virus than one bloke. I am not sure how that backs up your point. Schools shutting in New York today. Perhaps you should explain to them that they are mistaken.

So how come schools in other countries are closing schools down? Just because your kids are fine today it doesn’t mean they will be fine tomorrow. I assume there are several hundred other children in the school. What about them?

What is your point? I don’t have any symptoms and I have not been advised to self isolate. I need to buy food. Schools are still open.

Despite the herd thing being debunked in many quarters. Happy days!

Despite the herd thing being debunked in many quarters. Happy days!

We have been advised against large gatherings of people. Aren’t schools large gatherings of people? Currently in Tescos. Rammed. Still no loo rolls dried pasta etc. Just as well the public heeded the plea against panic buying.

I don’t know what is right pal, but I do know who I don’t trust.

Didn’t he also say last week that it would just “disappear?”

In many people’s opinion, not just mine.

Exactly why they should have been closed down already.

Unlike you to make an inane comment. You carry on listening to Johnson and I am sure you will be just fine, especially when he has “squashed the sombrero.” Read The Guardian today. There is some good advice. Sadly it is from someone contradicting the Government, so you might ignore it.

Your last sentence is spot on. Children might not get sick but can still pass on the virus. So shut down schools. Older people are liable to pick it up now, not just next week. If it is imperative for them to self isolate, do it now. Everyday we prevaricate is another day when there could be potentially thousands more infected. This is not about point scoring, it about expecting the best possible advice from our leaders. At the moment it seems to make more sense to listen to leaders if other countries (apart from Trump of course). That article from The Guardian mentioned above struck the right tone for me. Hopefully the Government will pick up on it and stop their current nonsense.

I don’t know how many beds the NHS have currently before all of the new hospitals are going to be built, but would imagine that it is a lot less than 8m. Not sure where all of these people are going to end up although there had been a suggestion that hotels be used. Then there is the problem of staff and equipment. Then a again, this is the Daily Express.

Is that on Netflix?

I totally agree.

Instead of turning on the 70+ who don’t like the idea of shutting themselves away for months we should be asking why we aren’t adopting the advice of and working closely with the WHO in order to deal with this crisis.

As each day passes and more information comes to light, the plight of Liverpool, Leeds and WBA becomes less of an issue. Hopefully the Mail are talking their usual ********, but it isn’t looking good.

As you say SKD, at the moment. What happens when they can’t, as in Italy?

The thing is once you give people a choice some will chose not to. If it really is that crucial then the Government have to make it mandatory.

This is the thing though. They will prioritise hospital beds and respirators to those with the best chance of survival, which rules out many of us OAPs. Also if it was so vital that the over 70’s were to lock themselves away, why not do it now? What is to stop them getting infected in the next week or so?