Covid-XIX Part VI - 90 cases ROI (1 death) 29 in NI (as of 13 March) *Read OP*

Clayton hotel is not fake news. Sister works there. They got a txt the other day but still business as usual.

Steve F wrote: »

He's a psychology question
Does Panic buying CAUSE panic buying?
Vicious circle?

It does. I'm not afraid of the Coronavirus. But I'm terrified of people who are afraid of the Coronavirus. As a result I have had a couple of weeks worth of supplies in the house for the past 2-3 weeks. I've just replenished it as we went. So today when the **** hit the fan I don't have to go anywhere near a supermarket until common sense kicks in sometime late next week.

Steve F wrote: »

He's a psychology question
Does Panic buying CAUSE panic buying?
Vicious circle?

Absolutely.

I went into my local supermarket to buy lunch today and there were crazy queues - I then met a woman I know in there and asked her how she was getting on.

She told me that she had to rush down there as she heard the queues were out the gate- some perverse logic

Tordelback wrote: »

And your alternative suggestion to is for us to... do nothing and watch our loved ones die? I'm not saying you haven't thought this through, but you haven't.

well im usually pissed to see people sick and going into work, reality is theres many bastards who will crawl if they need to work, but in this case lock down and shut down on services that will affect many seems like pissing in the wind, as it might be 1-3 months, and will take one **** to spread it all over again, not smth thats possible to eradicate completely in modern age we live and with amount of people traveling.


all crap aside i would of imagined government pull whatever funds they need, if they have billions to pi$$ away on some projects that never see daylight never mind taxes they rake in from regular people daily, dropping a billion on acquiring few thousand isolation tents double pay for any medical workers and proper equipment to deal with extreme cases should be way to go, thus only dragging suspected cases and those in need, rest move on.

Social distance people!


Let's pull together by keeping apart.


Long queues in a packed shop isn't it.

ECDC expects rapid increase in cases. And calls for more measures to be taken

lawred2 wrote: »

uhuh

so we can expect all Tesco outlets to close from tomorrow then. Gotcha...

Panic buying is seemingly confined to the large chains. As someone previously said, there are lots of small local shops fully stocked.

We are into the second stage - moving from 'contain' to 'delay'

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the decision was taken following a Cobra meeting this afternoon.

GooglePlus wrote: »

No more stock is coming in but the floor manager in tesco today told someone that they will be shutting early today as they're out of stock. They said online orders were being refunded also.

so you believe that the supply chains have collapsed already?

lawred2 wrote: »

so you believe that the supply chains have collapsed already?

I think he/she meant "No. More stock is coming in"

UrbanFret wrote: »

Bit like a yawn!;)

Thought so;)

d51984 wrote: »

The 3rd floor of that Clayton hotel has been sealed off the last few days. An air hostess got it there.

Cork or Dublin?

Tom Hanks has it