[jwi]

To exit: 1 Long sleeves. 2 Put up the hair, no earrings. 3. Mask on if you have. 4. Avoid public transport. 5. Avoid touching any surfaces. 6. Use paper towels when touching surfaces. 7. Throw them in a closed bin. 8. Cough in the elbow. 9. Pay by card. 10. Wash the hands or use hand sanitiser after touching anything. 11. Do not touch the face before washing. 12. Keep distance


To enter: 1. Do not touch anything. 2. Take of shoes. 3. Disinfect the paws of pets. 4. Take of the clothes and throw them in the washing machine. 5. Put keys and bags in a paper box by the door. 6. Wash the hands, or better, take a shower. 7. Disinfect glasses and smartphone. 8. Disinfect anything brought in. 9. Take of the gloves (wait a minute, shouldn't this be step 5?). 10. Impossible to disinfect everything, the goal is to minimise risks.

[petejh]

Where's this from jwi, is it official French government advice?

[mrjonathanr]

Mumbai police:
https://twitter.com/HiHyderabad/status/1242371665021095938

[jwi]

Sorry, should have said, but got interrupted. It is from one of the labour unions of Pharmacist workers (https://uspo.fr/). I do think everyone should take the same precautions.

[tomtom]

Sorry, should have said, but got interrupted. It is from one of the labour unions of Pharmacist workers (https://uspo.fr/). I do think everyone should take the same precautions.

My wife has been going straight to the shower and putting her work clothes in a plastic bag to keep separate when she gets in from work.

Told her off for coughing into her hand last night. Cue domestic... and excessive use of sanitiser (in low supply)

[205Chris]

From what I've seen today on my first day of enforced Daddydaycare it's only a matter of time before stricter measures are enforced. Went for my permitted walk through our local park which is fortunately just over the road from us and saw;

People driving to the park to walk their dogs
People using the skate park which was barrier taped off with signs up saying do not use
Multiple runners / walkers making no attempt to leave 2m social distancing

Clearly a lot of people are working on the principal of 'unless we're expressly forbidden from doing something we're going to keep calm and carry on'

 

[Will Hunt]

People driving to the park to walk their dogs

Is that really so bad? Sounds like minimising the amount of contact you might have with others until you get to the wide open space (pavements don't readily allow for passing at a 2m distance).

[205Chris]

People driving to the park to walk their dogs

Is that really so bad? Sounds like minimising the amount of contact you might have with others until you get to the wide open space (pavements don't readily allow for passing at a 2m distance).

Driving somewhere immediately increases the risk of an RTC and the need to fuel your car.

By extrapolating your argument you could well claim that a drive into the Peak was fine.

I'd argue if you can't walk your dogs from your house without ensuring a 2m distance from other people then you need to be staying indoors (or picking quiet times of day).

[Bradders]

From what I've seen today on my first day of enforced Daddydaycare it's only a matter of time before stricter measures are enforced. Went for my permitted walk through our local park which is fortunately just over the road from us and saw;

People driving to the park to walk their dogs
People using the skate park which was barrier taped off with signs up saying do not use
Multiple runners / walkers making no attempt to leave 2m social distancing

Clearly a lot of people are working on the principal of 'unless we're expressly forbidden from doing something we're going to keep calm and carry on'

 

Total opposite for me. Local walk with the dog; few people also out walking and running but everyone very clearly observing 2m distance, including an amusing exchange with a family with young children as to who should cross the road (we did in the end obvs.). Plenty of stepping into the road to maintain distance etc. I was reassured that people were taking it seriously. Interesting to see the differences in our own tiny little spheres.

[T_B]

Yeah I had a run around the hood this pm. Very reassuring. A few folk walking dogs etc but so few cars you could just run in the middle of the road and not go near anyone. Thanked by one family with child on bike for steering clear of them. Feel a lot better for it having spent way too much time today avoiding going out.

[TobyD]

 Yes Tom I noticed the same thing in what little I saw of Sheffield today. Few people out, mostly avoiding each other. Beautifully quiet, you can suddenly hear birdsong in places where you never normally would.
Small positives.

[mrjonathanr]

Covid symptoms tracker. For the healthy as well as unwell, to track progress of disease through population.
https://covid.joinzoe.com/

[andy popp]

Isle of Man has fully closed it’s birders to non residents. I have no idea when I’ll next see my kids. I hope can continue to see your daughter Duma.

That is utterly shit for you and I cannot imagine not being able to see my kids.

My daughter has been on exchange in NYC for the academic year. When lockdown was first announced there she and a couple of friends (they already lived together) decided to "shelter in place." At the time I wasn't sure that was necessarily worse than any other decision and they seemed to be taking self-isolation very seriously. However, I've become increasingly anxious about her being there in recent days. Yesterday her UK university ordered all students still overseas home immediately, promptly a mad scramble last night. I think we have a her on a flight out of JFK this (US) evening. Now she just has to face international travels, though I've also heard of reports of places with just tiny handfuls of people on them. Surprisingly, didn't get totally scalped for the ticket. I'll be very relieved when I hear she's made it to my brother's, where there's plenty of space for proper quarantining, at some point on Thursday. Worrying.

[tomtom]

Fingers crossed Andy.

[abarro81]

Covid symptoms tracker. For the healthy as well as unwell, to track progress of disease through population.
https://covid.joinzoe.com/

Downloaded this but doesn't seem to open on my phone. Looks like lots of debugging to do judging by the reviews

[Muenchener]

My heart goes out to all of you far away from your kids. Can't believe how fortunate I am to have my son firmly locked in with me.

A friend's daughter who I've known since she was four days old got shipped home from an exchange year in Dublin a couple of days ago - was very happy & relieved to wave at her out of the window as she went past on her daily bike ride yesterday.

[abarro81]

Take it back - got the ap to work by restarting my phone..

[SA Chris]

I went for a run yesterday, first a loop with my son, then without.

As I passed the park I noted from a distance 3 teenagers sitting on a bench chatting. If I wasn't with my son I would have had a word, but luckily on the way back I spotted a police van and waved them down and said (from a distance) what i had seen, they said they'd seen it too and were just on their way there. Otherwise people out walking dogs and families out together, everyone behaving and civilised. Had to stop and give a few "which way" suggestions when approaching junctions, otherwise fine.

[BrutusTheBear]

Feeling for folk with relatives trapped overseas..
In our case it’s the father-in-law that was in the Algarve mit caravan.  He, along with others were instructed to return home, issue being that Bilbao is closed.  Caravan club arranged crossing for them via channel tunnel.  Cue cross country mission through ‘closed’ borders.  In Rouen as of yesterday, will cross today, all being well. We have ordered fish n chips from his local to be delivered to his home this evening.  Will be great relief to know he is safe at home, hopefully he has avoided picking the virus up.  Under very strict instructions to stay at home once he’s there!

[dunnyg]

My sister's partner is involved with NHS clinical trials, and has been asked to spread this symptom tracker app around. It is helpful to fill it in whether you think you have the virus or are all fine and dandy. It doesn't matter if you have pre-exisiting conditions or not. Data only used for non-profit and can be as anonymous as you want. Organised by King's college London, so is legit.

Took about 2 minutes to install and fill in the survey, and the idea is you update it daily, which I assume will take much less than 2 minutes.


https://covid.joinzoe.com/?fbclid=IwAR2yMpQ7l8wicwamtoEyv7L1t-EJi7VsnC3Aiy-WNe-FAupb4uy0WhNTmq4

[seankenny]

On the “relatives stuck abroad” theme, please spare a thought for anyone you know who has family in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

My mother-in-law is in Sri Lanka, they are in total lockdown - only allowed out for a few hours to buy food. Of course the times are not announced in advance and there have already been food shortages. Luckily people take disease very seriously because it is pretty common and everyone seems to be calm and collected.

Over the longer term the impact on places like India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Jamaica, could be really severe and loads of Brits have family in those countries. Not to forget China too. Just another way this is going to hit us hard.

[Drew]

Wow. They're doing really well in providing a clear and consistent message to all  .

https://twitter.com/michaelgove/status/1242358443702390789?s=20

To add to this, this morning my missus showed me something from the absolute head honcho in family courts, going slightly against Gove's tweet. From my understanding, he's basically said that the normal rules are out, and anyone with a court order in place for parental visitation can't demand it's upheld. The parent who is currently looking after the child can call the shots. Especially if there's any extenuating circumstances like the child having a medical issue, or the distance being excessive.

As long as the parents are amicable and local to each other, then there should be no issue in the child being transported from one residence to the other.

[Oldmanmatt]

Worth a read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/nyregion/brooklyn-high-school-principal-36-dies-from-coronavirus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR2rPusuieybbaGhzoIskJdyhACYk6m-TKRDlYQL0Vt0zbnmopoOFi4TGrc&fbclid=IwAR14aSPt2vMzzRzpXqlurm4hs9WlH2_YO01AMQ4qjM-kSQV4u76Kfu2lEYw

[gme]

If this is true it could be a game changer. It was mentioned a few days ago by both Johnson and Hancock but i had no idea it could be up and running so quickly.

Prove you have had it, get on with life.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/uk-coronavirus-mass-home-testing-to-be-made-available-within-days?fbclid=IwAR3kUsfkZ5KAFvZBILfUXSCa0H-qOAVh3iqgl9izI0D7PVt6iVfBluxMf3k

[Duma]

This'll be huge if its as good as that makes it sound.