Coronavirus Disease Outbreak COVID-19 #31

[mummy2under2]

Just been woken by the news that my goddaughter, who's 8 years old, has tonight been rushed from Royal Free Hospital to Great Ormond St and is on a ventilator after testing positive for COVID on Friday.
She has no known medical issues and is fit and healthy.
She's been fairly stable over the weekend but has deteriorated tonight.
Her Mum (my best friend) is absolutely beside herself and is also in hospital after showing symptoms.

Kids CAN get it.
They're not immune.
Please please please think before flouting rules. Everyone misses their families, but you'll miss them more if they're 6ft under.

 

[Pixipoppy]

Does anyone else freak themselves out that life will NEVER go back to normal, or that it’s going to be years that we have to live like this? All the things id normally look forward to like holidays, festivals, nights out etc are going to be the very last things to come back. Even going to the gym and visiting family members seems like a lifetime away. There was so much more I wanted to do before I settled down and now I’m feeling like that option has been taken away from me

 

[Oohthedrama]

FFS YES WE ARE STILL ON LOCKDOWN BUT YOU CAN HAVE UNLIMITED OUTSIDE ACCESS WITH MEMBER OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD!!!!!!!

STOP SHOUTING FFS!!!

people are allowed to ask questions, don’t be a lil bitch..

 

[mummy2under2]

Ive got one Whitty naked on a wrecking ball.

As you asked so nicely

 

[mummy2under2]

He literally can't win.
People have been worried for days that 'lockdown will be lifted' tomorrow ... It hasn't been, and they're still complaining.

Stop reading and listening to the media knowing it's utter bullshit, as proven hundreds of times in the last 3 months alone.

I think his announcement was decent, plan seems to fall in line with what's expected.

 

[Northeast1988]

Saw this - so true

 

[MakeMineADouble]

One persons 3 weeks of lockdown safely at home is another persons 3 weeks of sheer panic wondering when their next wage will come in.

One persons hope that restrictions arent lifted tonight is another persons hope that they are.

One persons wish to self isolate for as long as possible is another persons wish to socialise ASAP in order for their mental heath to not be affected any longer.

One persons hope to not have to go to work any time soon is another person desperate to be able to work again.

We all have differing opinions and that’s ok, they are valid.

 

[Monkeybum]

Thought I'd give you a little giggle to start the week off. Last week I said my Dad has been in intensive care for a month and I was hoping to go and wave at him soon.

Well me and mum went yesterday, which was incredible But they'd moved the beds round since last week when mum went alone (to give the patients a slightly different view). So we initially stood waving, blowing kisses and making heart shapes with our hands to the wrong patient

 

[MakeMineADouble]

I’ve clearly got too much time on my hands thanks to you bunch of weirdos x

 

[mummy2under2]

So let me get this right. You can go to work if you can't work from home, but you can't meet up with people outside your household? How the fuckity fuck does that work?!

Because going to work saves the economy.
Meeting Janice for a cuppa doesn't.

 

[MakeMineADouble]

I understand everyone’s fears with lockdown being lifted (I’m one of them!). However, there are so many people that need some sort of lift. People who’s livelihoods are massively affected. People that are only getting universal credit, people on furlough (and if the media is to be believed, will be dropped to 60% soon). One persons fear is another persons relief. I am so on the fence with what is the right way to proceed. One part of me is scared about leaving the house and getting back to ‘normal’ but the other part refuses this fear to take over my life. Is there a happy medium?

 

[prinnygrace]

People are being very rude on this thread tonight. It’s ok for people to ask questions. It’s ok for people to be upset and confused. This is meant to be somewhere to come to share thoughts/feelings, not to be made to feel stupid for it.

that’s me done on here until people are being nicer to each other and less patronising.

 

[Definitelyme]

Goodness me, it’s all kicking off here. I dunno what’s so wrong with people feeling confused, or upset, or annoyed. Some people need to calm the heck down and take their unlimited exercise to get their energy out (if they live in England. Other regions need not listen!)

And to the lady who said she looks after her grandkids to help her daughter suffering from poor mental health without a doubt you are doing the right thing. I’ve heard many sad stories about this lockdown proving fatal for people with mental health issues. Coronavirus may kill, but so does mental health and I think some people forget that, when it doesn’t apply to them. It’s easy to say “stay away from family” but not so easy if someone is teetering on the edge.

 

[Yel]

Unpopular opinion but the only way to avoid a second wave is to shut everything down for the next 12-18 months until there is an effective treatment and that cure will kill far far more than the disease

 

[cushtybert]

Just broke the news to my teenager that he might have some school before the summer holidays, he’s just stormed upstairs in a foul mood

 

[SarahGard83]

Feeling a bit happier. My husbands boss called and told him that no matter what happens tonight he will be the last person they call back in to work as they're aware I'm shielding. They're keeping it skeleton staff at the moment as long as the furlough scheme keeps running as the majority of lifts they service are either in care homes where they're getting turned away or factories that are currently closed but it's good to know that he's not expected back anytime soon.

 

[KateESJ]

 

[Full19]

So I can sit in the park two metres from some strangers, but not two meters from my mum in her garden? Makes no sense

 

[Kermy5]

We're all fucked.

 

[RachyWoo]

The majority of people trying to work out Boris's address to the nation.