Yeah and our government is talking about people coming back to work and living as normal as early as Easter. That's just silly. If we have any sports/events/normal life by the end of this year I'd be shocked.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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Yeah and our government is talking about people coming back to work and living as normal as early as Easter. That's just silly. If we have any sports/events/normal life by the end of this year I'd be shocked.
I couldn't have said it better. A friend of mine told me to stop doing these home workouts because I would tire and hurt my immune system. Everyone thinks he's a scientist and a doctor these days. It's fecking doing my head in
An 80-year-old woman is the first person in the UK to die after contracting coronavirus in hospital, our colleague, Matthew Weaver, reports.
Marita Edwards, a retired cleaner and keen golfer, went to Newport’s Royal Gwent hospital for a routine gallbladder operation on 28 February.
The otherwise fit 80-year-old then caught an infection in hospital that she and her family were initially told was pneumonia. Last Thursday, almost three weeks after arriving at the hospital, she tested positive for Covid-19 and died the following day.
“If she had not been in hospital she would be still be alive,” said her son, Stuart Loud. “Clearly there was a coronavirus infection in the hospital which claimed my mum’s life.”
Marita Edwards, a retired cleaner and keen golfer, went to Newport’s Royal Gwent hospital for a routine gallbladder operation on 28 February.
The otherwise fit 80-year-old then caught an infection in hospital that she and her family were initially told was pneumonia. Last Thursday, almost three weeks after arriving at the hospital, she tested positive for Covid-19 and died the following day.
“If she had not been in hospital she would be still be alive,” said her son, Stuart Loud. “Clearly there was a coronavirus infection in the hospital which claimed my mum’s life.”
The aim isn't to recompense it's to give people a basic lifeline ffs.
What self employed people are 'making hay'? Most people are either in isolation, so aren't going to be employing anyone, or are worrying about money, so again aren't employing anyone.
All the self employed people I know, are bunkered down at home, wondering how they're going to keep paying the bills.
Cleaning companies, absolutely smashing it at the minute.
Just been told I’m back in the office on Friday, after finally being allowed to work from home today.
We apparently need a small number in to keep operations going, although there is absolutely zero that cannot be done remotely. Absolute madness. Can’t be in the same room as the workshop engineers who have to be in, but have to use the same kitchen and appliances. Expect you in to work but won’t even let you leave to grab a sandwich. Half way nonsense.
We apparently need a small number in to keep operations going, although there is absolutely zero that cannot be done remotely. Absolute madness. Can’t be in the same room as the workshop engineers who have to be in, but have to use the same kitchen and appliances. Expect you in to work but won’t even let you leave to grab a sandwich. Half way nonsense.
One run a day allowed remember
But you are right, I have seen some whose running masks certain issues.
But I suppose it's always a shock when someone who has done some athletic feat is brought down by a virus, as they've laboured the point it's those of old age, or underlying conditions that are the most vulnerable.
The government should have a website where you can submit the names of companies that fanny around their employees like this. The guideline explicitly says if you can work from home then that is what you will do.
An old cinema like a few of them are. I used to like the Waterhouse too when I was working in the city. Wetherspoons has some good locales in its ranks. A shame the owner is such a cnut.
A cleaning company isn't a self employed person. It's a company.
But assuming you mean a self employed cleaner, then possibly. Although most places are in lock down now. The only places employing cleaners will be offices and public spaces, neither of which will be using self employed folk.
But if a couple of cleaning ladies are doing OK out of this, is it really worth even considering, given the other 4.99m self employed people who will be struggling.
Please state your location with news like this, so as not to cause a panic amongst Americans.
I could almost understand it if we were busy. But work has dried up and it’s a total waste of time. We’re struggling with the oil price too, so I’m worried that speaking up or refusing to go in with result in my name being marked in case of any redundancies. Shit situation.
And people she calls friends.
Dreadful stuff.
My mum's had such an operation, so that scenario leaps out as being of horrible bad timing.
Plenty of IT support companies are doing well at the moment and a lot of delivery drivers are registered as self employed, freelance journalists will have a lot on covering the virus. Lots of lawyers are self employed and will have plenty of new work around rent, mortgages and wills. That's just off the top of my head. The fact is that there will be a small minority of self employed who have found a way to benefit from this scenario. That's the nature of business.
I'm not writing off the idea that the vast majority are struggling right now and I fully support their cause, I was just playing devils advocate to see if the situation is more complicated than it seems which I reckon it probably is, whether it's something close to the reasons I have suggested, I have no idea. Just trying to look for another point of view.
India declares full lockdown for 21 days. People ordered to stay in whichever city/village you are. All inter state, inter city air, rail and road transport services grounded.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52013888
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52013888
Further 6k tested
So 87 new deaths today. That's horrible.
You're both getting the message confused here. Training for a marathon is good for you. Actually running one is most definitely not.
Because it has to be paid back eventually. Just because someone earns £2500 a month usually, it doesn’t mean that a fair wage is just giving that same amount.
What about the people who work for Sports Direct, who won’t be receiving the 80%. Are they not entitled to a fair wage for a few months?
Yes, I can see that a few will be taking advantage, or indeed just managing to get on with their work. But, as you say, it's a very small monority. I don't think the numbers are enough to complicate matters. People are struggling, and seriously need the reassurances that people in standard employment have been given.
Hopefully it will still come this evening.
That's a significant daily jump
Regal Moon has a fantastic selection of beer and lovely, knowledgeable staff.
Up Steps is shite.
There’s a brilliant micro bar opened recently in the back corner of Tommyfield Market: Cob and Coal. I feel desperately sorry for them right now. I’ve taken a vow that when (if
) they reopen I’m going to help them by becoming a regular customer.Anyone else seen the amount of spam they receive drop off a cliff since the shit hit the fan? I'm lucky to get more than one spam a day whereas only a couple of weeks ago I was getting multiple per hour.
It absolutely is if you’re trained to do so.
I’ve been fit enough in the past to wake up in the morning and run 20-30 miles on both a Saturday and Sunday.
YOU’RE getting the message confused. You’re talking about racing marathons. Training, having strict periodisation training periods, maintaining a racing weight that sees you compete and chase PB’s maintaining a knife edge balance of health and fitness.
Less than 0.1% of Marathon runners meet that criteria.
Running marathon distances, when trained to do so is not a problem. Not at all.
UK Dates | UK Deaths | Italy Dates | Italy Deaths | Spain Dates | Spain Deaths | France Dates | France Deaths |
March 8th | 3 | Feb 23rd | 3 | March 5th | 3 | March 2nd | 3 |
March 9th | 5 | Feb 24th | 7 | March 6th | 8 | March 3rd | 4 |
March 10th | 6 | Feb 25th | 11 | March 7th | 10 | March 4th | 4 |
March 11th | 8 | Feb 26th | 12 | March 8th | 17 | March 5th | 7 |
March 12th | 10 | Feb 27th | 17 | March 9th | 30 | March 6th | 9 |
March 13th | 11 | Feb 28th | 21 | March 10th | 36 | March 7th | 16 |
March 14th | 21 | Feb 29th | 29 | March 11th | 55 | March 8th | 19 |
March 15th | 35 | March 1st | 41 | March 12th | 86 | March 9th | 30 |
March 16th | 55 | March 2nd | 52 | March 13th | 133 | March 10th | 33 |
March 17th | 71 | March 3rd | 79 | March 14th | 196 | March 11th | 48 |
March 18th | 104 | March 4th | 107 | March 15th | 294 | March 12th | 61 |
March 19th | 144 | March 5th | 148 | March 16th | 342 | March 13th | 79 |
March 20th | 177 | March 6th | 197 | March 17th | 533 | March 14th | 91 |
March 21st | 233 | March 7th | 233 | March 18th | 638 | March 15th | 127 |
March 22nd | 281 | March 8th | 366 | March 19th | 833 | March 16th | 148 |
March 23rd | 335 | March 9th | 463 | March 20th | 1,093 | March 17th | 175 |
March 24th | 422 | March 10th | 631 | March 21st | 1,381 | March 18th | 244 |
| | March 11th | 827 | March 22nd | 1,813 | March 19th | 372 |
| | March 12th | 1,016 | March 23rd | 2,207 | March 20th | 450 |
| | March 13th | 1,266 | March 24th | 2,696 | March 21st | 562 |
| | March 14th | 1,441 | | | March 22nd | 674 |
| | March 15th | 1,809 | | | March 23rd | 860 |
So running your first marathon wearing a banana costume doesn't count?
These 3 Irish clowns praising our healthcare service that they have shortchanged for so long.
Ireland are lead by cliches
Ireland are lead by cliches
Ffs.
He's not wrong. We are fooling ourselves about being so proactive over this.
I don't care about the active vs. sedentary lifestyle debate because that's dumb and was never initially spoken about or even implied, but what have you read about this? Genuinely curious if you have any good information because I'd be keen to see that. The article I posted earlier argues against levels of exercise that would invariably require anybody to run a certain amount of hours in a week, not just trained marathon runners. For example, one of the articles it cites says this:
Could easily be user error on this side and a study with serious limitations, but I've always believed the opposite to what you wrote and wouldn't mind knowing what information there is out there to support that.
Good message from the Irish Prime Minister
When it comes to accurately assessing the correct timing and implementation of emergency public health measures, I think I'll trust the NPHET rather than the MMA fighter with a coke habit.