can't find the gov website with daily updates of numbers of cases anymore...
― plax (ico), Monday, 23 March 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
A consultant from an NHS hospital within the M25 (he did not want his hospital named) told the Guardian that his hospital was coping at present but he was anticipating a “proper crisis” by Saturday.While hospitals are increasing bed numbers and ventilators are on the way, he said staffing was key and so personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff and testing was vital.
While hospitals are increasing bed numbers and ventilators are on the way, he said staffing was key and so personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff and testing was vital.
My older sister is a GP and had a big meeting about the situation this morning. Apparently most people in there were on the verge of tears - she subsequently warned all our family that some serious shit is headed down the pipe, and she's begging us to just stay inside and avoid standing in any queues at all costs
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 23 March 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
sounds v ominous : /
― FR E SH A VOCA DO (||||||||), Monday, 23 March 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link
my sister works in a library and they are still open for some fucking reason, she called in sick today because my niece has a cough, but she may get docked wages for doing so
people have posted on the library's Facebook page saying they are being socially irresponsible for remaining open but the official response is just to say they are following government guidelines.
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 23 March 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
my son's entirely unvital council job has still been making him go in, the thick fucking cunts
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
sometimes it only takes one line manager with a martyr complex eh?
the fuck
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 March 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
Croydon Council was basically making everyone go in well into last week.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 March 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
weary lols at the chief executive of my company "positioning us as an essential business". feel way worse for the high streeters tbh as i kinda doubt they'll be any customers at the airport when i'm due back in on monday( kinda doubt the airport will be open tbh)
xp our local library has been closed since last tuesday
― oscar bravo, Monday, 23 March 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
In cheerier news, there was nothing to worry about with Alex Salmond after all.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 23 March 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
i am finding myself getting instinctively cross at totally innocuous and safe behaviour (kid learning to ride his bike with a parent, in the empty road most recently) until I catch myself. Scowling at people simply going outside isn't helpful to anyone.
― stet, Monday, 23 March 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
Wow. Now Tory MP Steve Double says "many people that we consider to be low skilled are actually pretty crucial to the smooth running of our country". Calls on Priti Patel to review the new points-based immigration system "to reflect the things we've learnt during this time".— Benjamin Kentish LBC (@BenKentish) March 23, 2020
― stet, Monday, 23 March 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
"We've"
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 March 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
i just can’t with this
I know there is growing anxiety about the spread of the coronavirus, the severe pressures on our National Health Service and the risk to people’s lives.Labour has supported the social distancing measures that have been introduced.— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) March 23, 2020
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 March 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
I think the Keirbot is malfunctioning.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Monday, 23 March 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
https://images.rapgenius.com/0f0b60ef21a9aa00ac89139f114fc405.320x320x1.jpg
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
Watch Kier Starmer Softly Ripple The Hair Of The Conservative Party In This Vague Tweet
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
less of a tweetstorm, more of a tweetmist
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
like a fool i read some of the replies, now i'm sad
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
best thing about this style of insipid opposition from Starmer is I won't even give a shit when US style voter suppression is employed by the tories.
― calzino, Monday, 23 March 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
cunt starmer morelike
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
i'm thinking of dobbing the grown-ups in to social services
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
opposition diluted to homeopathic concentrations, supposed to increase the potency don't you know
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
it works if you just believe hard enough
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
The trick is to spend as much money on it as you can. Pure, unalloyed belief will follow.
― coco vide (pomenitul), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
Lol at that Starmer tweet
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
imagine living through the last couple of weeks and thinking what we need more of is more middle-of-the-road milquetoast say-nothing 'politics'
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
it's almost as if nah you know what never mind that let's just build bigger gulags
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
There are more replies dunking on him than supporting him fwiw.
I know I've ranted about the preposterous length of this leadership contest but I didn't expect capitalism to end in the middle of it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
For all our sakes I am appealing to Boris Johnson personally to just get on with it now and introduce measures to enforce social distancing. In London especially we can’t wait any longer. Lives are at risk. https://t.co/wwEHfiHghf— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) March 23, 2020
― stet, Monday, 23 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
The Labour membership that voted for Starmer still trying their best to conceal their buyers remorse and talk up this wet lettuce while inwardly despairing.
― calzino, Monday, 23 March 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
can't wait for COVIDs 20 through 100 (over the next few years) to put paid to any prospect of another UK general election
― FR E SH A VOCA DO (||||||||), Monday, 23 March 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
serious questions are being predicted guys
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 March 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
"measures to enforce social distancing" is martial law talk again innit? not sure I'm happy with that John McD tweet.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 23 March 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
French-style lockdown maybe? Only one person per household out at a time?
― santa clause four (suzy), Monday, 23 March 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
friend of mine (who has an auto-immune disorder) just got one of these today
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETzuKovXgAMfu3k?format=jpg&name=large
― Number None, Monday, 23 March 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
PM to address nation at 8:30pm. lockdown? their comms have been chaotic and they still haven’t done anything for the self-employed. would be pretty bad imv. people today in the park were being v considerate about each others’ space presumably because this weekend was the first time when serious comms about social distancing were available (tho that still wasn’t thru government of course). see jim waterson’s piece here.
― Fizzles, Monday, 23 March 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
boris is gonna announce his resignation
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 23 March 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
NEW: The government hasn't run a single ad about coronavirus from its official Facebook or Instagram accountsOr the PM's official accountOr Boris Johnson's personal accountDespite being offered millions in free ad credits by Facebookhttps://t.co/psC1wXT2rF— Rowland Manthorpe (@rowlsmanthorpe) March 23, 2020
the Conservative Party piss away millions on FB advertising during election campaigns but can't even be arsed using free ad credits to help save lives during the worst public health crisis in a century.
― calzino, Monday, 23 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
"i'm resigned to watching a bunch of you die"
― Two Gentlemen with the Rona (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
or i’m resigned to bringing in authoritarian measures because you didn’t respond properly to our confused economic and social messages. no i don’t care it’s been half cocked you will have to pay for our uselessness.
― Fizzles, Monday, 23 March 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
authoritarian measures for at least 2 years, maybe. you love to see it.
― Two Gentlemen with the Rona (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
too bad Theresa sold the water cannon
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
here we fuckin’ go
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
Would he not brush his hair for this
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
Fuck that shit University Challenge is on then there's a brand new Family Guy
― Two Gentlemen with the Rona (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
Should have done a bingo cardHe’ll say OUR NHS by the time I’ve finished writing this
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
a brand new Family Guy
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
“If your friends ask you to meet, you should say no”lol“The police will have the power”oh noGerman rules!
― some of you are enjoying this (gyac), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link