Coronavirus in the UK

[Cleoriff]

The BBC have announced that two patients in the UK have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

No further details have been given other than they are both members of the same family and are receiving specialist NHS care.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51325192

At present, 83 Britons and 27 foreign nationals are flying back to the UK from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak.

The flight is due to land at RAF Brize Norton at 13:30 GMT.

The UK passengers will then be taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral and quarantined for two weeks.

[Cleoriff]

These Search and Rescue people along with those who man lifeboats, all done voluntarily, deserve our everlasting gratitude. They are rarely recognised for their bravery xx 

[jonsie]

I would think half the country are suffering from depression or now have some form of mental health issue.

It's especially hard for those of us who were used to twice weekly visits from the therapist that now has to pick and choose the most serious cases where she is able to visit people in their homes

Last week she came with full PPE which in turn left me feeling a little uncomfortable

Many now have to suffice with telephone counselling

She did mention that it was difficult for the therapists to stay upbeat and positive

My daughter-in-law posted this today

Lockdown until next summer is on the cards and I have to wonder how some of us will cope.

[Cleoriff]

That 'plate' post is very poignant @jonsie and so true.

[pgn]

Agreed, @jonsie. It makes me cross, angry, to see how things are affecting us all. With no end-point to focus on, it becomes very difficult to keep things on an even keel. Tempers flare, people get hurt, and there's nowhere to go. Not sure if there's anything else to say.

[Mi-Amigo]

@jonsie 

your daughter-in-law`s "plate" is so true, accurate and to the point.

[ComaChameleon]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Also. I asked the question @pgn  mainly due to an 'incident' which happened close to me yesterday.

We have a long road called the A444 which links Nuneaton to Coventry and the M6.

It was brought to  standstill yesterday whilst paramedics and police talked down a young woman with 3 kids who was threatening to jump from an overhead bridge.

She had lost her Mum to a non related Covid condition and wasn't allowed in to see her before she died. She and her husband had both lost their jobs and she had reached a stage where she felt life was no longer worth living. She was beyond reason about her 3 children which shows the state of her mental health now. She had NO mental health issues prior to March 2020.

She was talked down eventually and people went on their merry way on the A444. There are 1000's more like this women and no-one can do anything about it.

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@Cleoriff 

I bet there are plenty more of those fortunes..

We had a girl of only 20 years old getting on an ECMO last week. Her mom already died (after ECMO) and her dad gets one too. All 3 COVID positive. (Like 9 out of 10 die anyway said the cardio-technician).

And on the other hand there are people protesting and comparing themselves to Anne Frank and Sophie Scholl. 

[Cleoriff]

I fear we will never know the true extent of how deteriorating mental health has affected people since March and beyond @ComaChameleon. So many people are extremely clever at hiding how they feel.

'Hide behind a mask' saying I'm fine. When they really aren't fine at all.

[Mi-Amigo]

England`s new tier system has a "sunset" expiry date of 3 February 2021.

Boris Johnson has written to his Tory MPs, in fear of rebellion from backbenchers,

outlining a timeline of when - and how - the tiered approach will end; saying: 

• Regulations have a "sunset" clause - or expiry date - of 3 February
• Tiers will be reviewed every two weeks, and areas can move down the tiers from 16 December
• At the end of January, MPs will have another vote on the tiered approach and decide whether measures stay in place until the end of March
• The government will publish the circumstances that need to change for an area to move down a tier.

source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55118467

[Cleoriff]

There is already rebellion from some backbenchers @Mi-Amigo ...and some senior MP's.

A great deal of Parliament isn't happy at all.

Particularly those who represent constituents who (like us) have moved from tier 1 to tier 3.

[pgn]

Truly, we are surrounded by numbskulls:

NI: Police called to three house parties in Belfast in past 24 hours https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/police-called-three-house-parties-19367251