Coronavirus Discussion So.... The Coronavirus / COVID-19

[hanna.obrien.79]

Looks like go outdoors about about to go into administration

Coronavirus: Go Outdoors set to call in administrators

The retailer is preparing to appoint advisers as the pandemic heaps more pressure on the High Street.

www.bbc.co.uk

Amazing how close to the edge so many of these national companies are run!

I would have thought companies like this would have been ok seeing as go outdoors is pretty much all we can do right now?!

 

[Jon]

I would have thought companies like this would have been ok seeing as go outdoors is pretty much all we can do right now?!

I didn't know JD Sports bought them a few years back, maybe they are selling them off to survive

 

[Jon]

Fifteen new deaths in the UK
The number of daily coronavirus deaths in the UK has dropped to its lowest level since mid-March, according to the latest government figures.
The Department for Health and Social Care said there had been 15 new deaths recorded in the past 24 hours.
In total, 42,647 have died with cornavirus in the UK, with 305,289 people testing positive.


15!!

 

[Jon]

How do we feel about all this then?

Johnson is set to announce the changes in Parliament at about 12:30 BST. Here's what to expect:

• From 4 July, cinemas, museums and galleries closed since the middle of March will be able to reopen in England with safety measures in place

• From the same date, England's 2m social distancing rule is set to be reduced to 1m to enable pubs, restaurants, hotels and B&BS to reopen
• Ministers have not ruled out customers having to register when entering pubs and bars so they can easily be tracked down if they come into contact with an infected person
• Some entertainment venues will be expected to minimise face-to-face contact by requiring customers to pre-book tickets, to stand in spaced queues and to enter and leave through different areas
• Screens could also be put in place to reduce the risk to staff and ventilation systems will be improved

 

[Jon]

Ooooh and hairdressers now it seems

 

[Topaz]

We've just had our official updated government shielding guidance letters. Four pages that don't say anything different than what was said on the news the other night really. What a waste of paper and postage lol.
We can sit outside with groups of up to six people, providing that we social distance from the 6th July. My daughter has a big garden, so we will be able to sit with her and her baby, which will be nice. We haven't seen them since early March.
Then on the 1st August we're allowed out out, as long as we adhere to strict social distancing. We will stick to 2 metres apart, but will the rest of humanity, that's the big question.

 

[Jon]

Two households in England will also be able to meet indoors and stay overnight - with social distancing.

I can't see this being policed. I can't see people coming around or you visiting your family and then everyone staying 2m apart!

 

[Topaz]

Two households in England will also be able to meet indoors and stay overnight - with social distancing.

I can't see this being policed. I can't see people coming around or you visiting your family and then everyone staying 2m apart!

People on the shielding programme have been social distancing from members of their own household for the last 3 months! And also using separate cutlery, crockery, towels, not sleeping in the same bed and using different bathrooms were possible (disinfecting all surfaces after every use if they can't) Don't see why people can't manage it just for one night, although I bet they won't, as you say.

 

[Jon]

I don't get the point in saying concert halls and theatres can reopen but not do any live performances

 

[EdibleDormouse]

I don't get the point in saying concert halls and theatres can reopen but not do any live performances

Really difficult to socially distance performers and crew. It's hard and upsetting (and potentially career-destroying), but I can totally understand opening cinemas and not theatres. Hopefully the numbers will continue to come down and we'll be back open soon.

 

[j4v3d]

 

[Jon]

wow that's a low number for positive tests

 

[Jon]

oh lord it's the super happy scientists today!

 

[EdibleDormouse]

They're positively chipper. Are they pumping something through the air conditioning?

 

[Jon]

They seem more keen on there being a vaccine in the near present, wonder if they know something (well they must do!)

 

[j4v3d]

So that's the end of the daily press conferences then, what is the plan now, one on the weekends from now on?

 

[Jon]

The plan seems to be no more until there is something to announce!

Charts will still be shared daily

 

[Jon]

BBC has some balanced content on today

Talk of a dreaded second wave will dominate the coming weeks and months. The UK will need to be prepared for one.

But as the health leaders acknowledge, it is not possible to predict for sure if one will actually happen.

What is certainly a given, is there will be local flare-ups where we see clusters of infections. This has already happened in some locations.

What is important to recognise, is that the UK is in a completely different position to where it was in March - when the first wave hit.

Testing capacity has gone from a few thousand a day to 200,000, and there is a network of contact tracers to find those that might be infected.

There are still weaknesses: some tests take too long to turn around, the tracing system is still bedding in, and the app is not ready.

But there is a realistic chance, if these continue to improve - and, importantly, the public keeps playing its part - that the virus will be largely kept at bay.


they are right that we are NEVER going to be in the situation we were in March / April where we had no bloody clue where the virus was, where it was coming from, who was spreading it or generally what to do

 

[Jon]

I actually thought we would have an uptick today as it's the middle of the week but we continue to head south!

 

[Sherliarty]

Really difficult to socially distance performers and crew. It's hard and upsetting (and potentially career-destroying), but I can totally understand opening cinemas and not theatres. Hopefully the numbers will continue to come down and we'll be back open soon.

I wonder with theatres if they are thinking more in terms of opening to allow actors etc in to rehearse and/or possibly live stream performances. I love watching plays but I can't see myself returning to a theatre for a while.