Covid-19

Locked
Loralei
Posts: 34872
Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:59 pm

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Loralei »

We have three Chinese boarding students booked in for half term and we've already been asked to keep rooms free for them at Easter as the school have said they can't go home (or, more specifically, if they go home they can't come back until the outbreak is over). I feel so sorry for them; they only get to go home three times a year as it is so to miss one of those visits must be gutting. Although they're teenagers so maybe not :))
User avatar
Bat Macdui
Posts: 20266
Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:19 am

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Bat Macdui »

Poor K brother. I think I'd find that really claustrophobic and frustrating.
Topcat
Posts: 49276
Joined: Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:11 am

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Topcat »

I'd be more pissed at the dinners than I would the time off. For some reason I thought they would be living it right up.
User avatar
emma_p
Posts: 39028
Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:50 pm
Location: stateside

Re: Corona Virus

Post by emma_p »

I saw your brother's photos of the food on offer on his twitter account. Grim! I hope the end is in sight for him soon.

My cousin and her family live in Singapore and they are having to take their temperature three times a day and submit the results to a government agency. Eeek.
smalex
Posts: 52587
Joined: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:29 am

Re: Corona Virus

Post by smalex »

Really! My cousin and his wife live in Singapore too. I haven't heard they've had to do that (not that I'd be the first person they'd tell!).
User avatar
Froozy
Posts: 6347
Joined: Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:08 pm

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Froozy »

Oh no! I think my aunt and uncle are visiting my cousins in Singapore right now. (It's clearly a Turtle cousin enclave!)
User avatar
Marth
Posts: 46093
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:11 am
Location: London - but not by the sea. Nowhere near it in fact.

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Marth »

That poor Walsh bloke. Anyone would think from the media reporting he was roving around infecting old ill people for laughs.

I am antibacing more often at work as I pass through a very busy transport hub constantly throughout the day.

We all got our temperatures taken in Venice airport as we went through passport control.
Malan
User avatar
Kenickie
Kenneth Attenborough
Posts: 45743
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:43 pm

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Kenickie »

My brother's getting out tomorrow (with everyone else). They've finally tested them all and none of them have it.

I definitely feel sorry for that guy. It's the virus that's at fault, not him!
If your back's against the wall, turn around and write on it.
User avatar
nineseven
Posts: 41446
Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:31 pm
Location: London

Re: Corona Virus

Post by nineseven »

Did they have to wait for the incubation period to be over to test them? Have I just made up the phrase “incubation period”? I bet he’s happy to be escaping, Ken!
User avatar
Kenickie
Kenneth Attenborough
Posts: 45743
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:43 pm

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Kenickie »

No, other countries were testing on arrival.

He's definitely very happy to be getting out!
If your back's against the wall, turn around and write on it.
User avatar
Bat Macdui
Posts: 20266
Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:19 am

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Bat Macdui »

Yay for free brother!
User avatar
Lily
Picker-Lily
Posts: 52923
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:28 am
Location: The Wilds

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Lily »

Hoorah! I was going to release a single in the style of the Specials: "Freeeee- KenIckie's BROTher...." :sing:
"You first have to find out who you are. Then you have to be it like mad."

My blog, if you are bored
User avatar
Lily
Picker-Lily
Posts: 52923
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:28 am
Location: The Wilds

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Lily »

Marth wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 6:22 pm That poor Walsh bloke. Anyone would think from the media reporting he was roving around infecting old ill people for laughs.
I can't believe he was even named. How is that legal?
"You first have to find out who you are. Then you have to be it like mad."

My blog, if you are bored
Figaro
Posts: 14660
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:47 am

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Figaro »

I think he contacted the press himself, as far as I'm aware. It has been a bit odd that so many others have been named including one of the GPs and a child. I hope they have all consented.
User avatar
rosy
Posts: 47210
Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:26 pm

Re: Corona Virus

Post by rosy »

There's a programme on C4 just starting now (or on +1 at 8.30) which seems (from the first two minutes) to be stoking up fear and panic - NHS can't cope, people are dying on the streets in Wuhan... It doesn't seem to be particularly troubled by actual facts, just innuendo.
It’s like a normal midlife crisis only with more chandeliers and foreign languages.
User avatar
Lily
Picker-Lily
Posts: 52923
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:28 am
Location: The Wilds

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Lily »

Why would he contact the press himself, the halfwit?
"You first have to find out who you are. Then you have to be it like mad."

My blog, if you are bored
User avatar
Zoomer
Posts: 14876
Joined: Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:49 pm

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Zoomer »

My work jolly to Panama has been cancelled because of this mofo. :tantrum:
User avatar
Glint
Posts: 18008
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:00 pm
Location: Permanent Vacation

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Glint »

Zooms :(

Mr G is wondering if his will be called off too, but his is just to Ams next week. The Italians aren't going anymore.
User avatar
Lily
Picker-Lily
Posts: 52923
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:28 am
Location: The Wilds

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Lily »

Gutting! I'm sorry to hear this.
"You first have to find out who you are. Then you have to be it like mad."

My blog, if you are bored
User avatar
Texaco Shirley
Posts: 42126
Joined: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:21 pm
Contact:

Re: Corona Virus

Post by Texaco Shirley »

My friend has just got back from Milan with a cold and is declaring that the world has gone mad because she’s expected to self isolate :ella: I bet she would be singing a different tune if it was someone else she could then be in contact with.
Locked