Covid-19 and the madness of crowds

lazland wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: PM Boris Johnson just announced lockdown in UK from tonight. Hmm in light of many peoples activities this weekend, not surprised at all! Nope. What times we live in, eh? It would have been better if he could have clarified precisely what constitutes essential work, though. The Tube, trains, and etc. have been rammed today with commuters.

 

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: PM Boris Johnson just announced lockdown in UK from tonight. Hmm in light of many peoples activities this weekend, not surprised at all!

PM Boris Johnson just announced lockdown in UK from tonight. Hmm in light of many peoples activities this weekend, not surprised at all!

lazland wrote: chopper wrote: So in the UK we're allowed to go out walking if we keep 2 metres apart, so about 10 million people decided it would be a good idea to do this up Snowdon yesterday and so the area was packed. A group of people drove up there from Surrey and had to be rescued by a mountain rescue team. The same thing happened at some seaside resorts. I mean, what the hell is wrong with these people? We're going to have to go into total lockdown to control it now. We didn’t have the same numbers in South Wales, but still packed in Llansteffan beach a little way from us, and Barry Island was like a madhouse. In the meantime, huge controversy over rich personages leaving the city to come to their second homes here. The welcome has not been entirely resounding. Incredible, really.

 

SteveG wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: rogerthat wrote: SteveG wrote: Back to reality. My cousin's son is believed to have it. He is 6 and has asthma too so it's tricky. Will know after the tests. Oh dear, hope he gets ok soon.     Poor lad, do hope he's ok. The asthma is a worry but kids seem to bounce back the quickest- my grandson who's nearly 7 had about 48 hours of high temperature and then seemed to recover pretty fast but does have an irritating dry cough. Thanks all! The doctor said that the kid just has a bad respiratory infection. There' s no fever so he thinks he'll be ok with antibiotics and rest. Whew! This sh** is just too much!

Day 6 of this flu

Schools here in Denmark are now closed up until after Easter.
Feels very weird from my point of view - mostly because it means an extended “vacation”...with the odd day of work here and there.
My guess is that the kids will react strongly to this change ie almost no people in school and often not the ones they’re used to.
Sure to the uninitiated that seems like a small price to pay in order to get everything back on track, and I happen to agree...but to autists where even the smallest change can end up in them trying to tear out their eyes...well these times quickly become something of ‘a hell-like’ ordeal they have to live through.
I will need to dig out the Kim Larsen albums that’s for damn sure. He is basically reassurance by way of sound..to all and every Dane out there

So in the UK we're allowed to go out walking if we keep 2 metres apart, so about 10 million people decided it would be a good idea to do this up Snowdon yesterday and so the area was packed. A group of people drove up there from Surrey and had to be rescued by a mountain rescue team.

SteveG wrote: Back to reality. My cousin's son is believed to have it. He is 6 and has asthma too so it's tricky. Will know after the tests.