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As I would fall into ‘folks who’s immune systems are rubbish’ category I’ve been stocking up on a few things so that when it all kicks off (and it’s going to happen, things are relatively calm overall at the minute compared to other countries). I should add tho that I normally live by buying what I need on the day so stocking up means having two tins of chopped tomatoes in reserve – I haven’t filled my shed with toilet roll, dry pasta and 67,000 toilet rolls. Enough to get thru a few days until a food delivery would arrive.

Tho if I do get the bug then I presume I go into hospital as my being simply cannot be bothered fighting anything of note, it just shrugs and puts the kettle, fire and TV on for the visitors.

AppleScruffJunior said
I wish you all the best, mmm. Bloody China! 

 

College is still not closed, a few students have been tested for it, all negative. It’s probably here already but the person/people infected probably only have mild systems like a cough and are still going into college. We’ll only find out about it when a vulnerable relative of theirs gets sick. 

I have nurse friends that are working in the local hospital and they’ve said there’s about 5 people with it in their place but our government refuses to do any ‘3 people in Limerick, 2 people in Donegal and 1 person in Westmeath has it’ type shtick. It’s all very distant ‘a person in the west, in the south etc.’. Pretty bloody annoying and their argument is it’s to “protect patient confidentiality”. I don’t really know how naming the county a person is in would put their privacy at risk. I just want to know if I should be completely avoiding buses now.

 

We got emails today about us potentially having to sit our end of year exams online rather than the 500 people in a room thing that we normally do, would probably be a terrible idea as some people have awful internet at home and would have to go into the college buildings to use the WiFi. The next 2 weeks should be very interesting and probably terrifying.

  

How can they guarantee no one cheating if students are sitting at home for the exams? The temptation to get the book out for the exact name of that damn thing that cannot remember must be huge.

Some big experts (I think from the WHO) saying that China may have ballsed it up but they gave so many countries a chance which wasn’t taken. Truth be told I have no idea why the UK Government hasn’t passed it that we are to quit attending mass events. Yes, the economic side of it is f****d if they do but it’s going to happen now anyway (cases increasing daily) so surely it’s better to do it early and hope it works so it hopefully lasts for a shorter time. I had a ticket for the St Mirren game tonight but I didn’t go as I’m pretty much getting to the point of being more careful and avoiding large scale crowds instead of my normal “just get on with it” attitude. I have tickets booked for others and will see what happens. Missing an ice hockey game is worth not risking getting it. 

Maybe that seems like overkill but I don’t care. Give me 14 days isolated in the house and I’ll get thru (tho unless otherwise, I will continue to go to work). Sadly for many others, it’s not that simple as they will have to suffer far more implications (financially, socially etc) regardless of whatever measures the Government pass to help. Obviously, I could still contract it by walking outside for 3 minutes and the only real answer is to hide under the stairs until fours weeks after the all-clear is given.

Strange times since we’ve not been thru this kind of thing in decades and no one has any idea when it will be over and what toll it will take. Keep safe people.