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Good to hear from you toxophilite. Horrifying situation in SA. We sre lucky here in the UK, though everything was so slow starting. Stay safe xx
Onwards and flatwards (don't do hills) and keep walking if you can!
Good to hear from you . Sorry you seem to have been abandoned by the system, very upsetting. Well done on your safe journey to snd from hospital. Take care xx
Onwards and flatwards (don't do hills) and keep walking if you can!
Hello seaspirit44
Well today, I registered again on the Government ex vulnerable www and guess what this evening I had the priority emails from Asda and Sainsbury’s!
I put that down to co incidence.
I knew it would be a matter of time ( 3 weeks) yes Northerner think you’re right, maybe doing areas bit by bit. Judith xx
Morning Fruit Loops. I hope you are all staying Safe and Well.
My sister sent me this this morning and I had to share as I think it explains the Do's and Don'ts of lockdown so well. Hope it makes things clearer for you
As we enter the next 3 weeks of lockdown here is a summary of the advice:
1. You MUST NOT leave the house for any reason, but if you have a reason, you can leave the house
2. Masks are useless at protecting you against the virus, but you may have to wear one because it can save lives, but they may not work, but they may be mandatory, but maybe not
3. Shops are closed, except those shops that are open
4. You must not go to work but you can get another job and go to work
5. You should not go to the Drs or to the hospital unless you have to go there, unless you are too poorly to go there
6. This virus can kill people, but don’t be scared of it. It can only kill those people who are vulnerable or those people who are not vulnerable people. It’s possible to contain and control it, sometimes, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster
7. Gloves won't help, but they can still help so wear them sometimes or not
8. STAY HOME, but it's important to go out
9. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarkets, but there are many things missing. Sometimes you won’t need loo rolls but you should buy some just in case you need some
10. The virus has no effect on children except those children it effects
11. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…
12. Stay 2 metres away from tigers (see point 11)
13. You will have many symptoms if you get the virus, but you can also get symptoms without getting the virus, get the virus without having any symptoms or be contagious without having symptoms, or be non contagious with symptoms...
14. To help protect yourself you should eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand as it's better not to go out shopping
15. It's important to get fresh air but don't go to parks but go for a walk. But don’t sit down, except if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant or if you’re not old or pregnant but need to sit down. If you do sit down don’t eat your picnic
16. Don’t visit old people but you have to take care of the old people and bring them food and medication
17. If you are sick, you can go out when you are better but anyone else in your household can’t go out when you are better unless they need to go out
18. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house. These deliveries are safe. But groceries you bring back to your house have to be decontaminated outside for 3 hours including Pizza...
19. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but they can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver
20. You are safe if you maintain the safe social distance when out but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours ... or four hours... six hours... I mean days, not hours... But it needs a damp environment. Or a cold environment that is warm and dry... in the air, as long as the air is not plastic
22. Schools are closed so you need to home educate your children, unless you can send them to school because you’re not at home. If you are at home you can home educate your children using various portals and virtual class rooms, unless you have poor internet, or more than one child and only one computer, or you are working from home. Baking cakes can be considered maths, science or art. If you are home educating you can include household chores to be education. If you are home educating you can start drinking at 10am
23. If you are not home educating children you can also start drinking at 10am
24. The number of corona related deaths will be announced daily but we don't know how many people are infected as they are only testing those who are almost dead to find out if that's what they will die of… the people who die of corona who aren’t counted won’t be counted
25. You should stay in lock down until the virus stops infecting people but it will only stop infecting people if we all get infected so it’s important we get infected and some don’t get infected
26. You can join your neighbours for a street party and turn your music up for an outside disco and your neighbours won’t call the police. People in another street are allowed to call the police about your music.
27. No business will go under due to Coronavirus except those businesses that will have already gone under.
#staysafe2020
WHATS THAT EXPRESSION: AS CLEAR AS MUD!!
But it did give me a much needed giggle first thing this morning!! Use your own common sense my friends, yes I know you are all Loopy but I also know you have common sense.....well I hope so
Stay Safe my friends, We WILL get through this xxxx
Oh Sal (londonlass), I read this, laughing, and in my minds eye I could see Sir Humphrey (from the totally brilliant YES MINISTER/PRIME MINISTER) saying every word. Thank your lovely sister for explaining it so that us idiotic fruit loops could understand it
LP will be with you tomorrow! He shall be alll kitted out with his little face mask and gloves so don't worry he'll be nice and safe!! Xx
seaspirit44 he'll then pop along to sit with you on Monday! As for being quiet....hmm I will tell him but can't guarantee!! You can always use his face mask as a gag?? Xx
LondonLass
I will try the gag, and love the loopy instructions! xx
Onwards and flatwards (don't do hills) and keep walking if you can!
LondonLass, I saw that on another media, it still made me giggle when reading it here, and like seaspirit44 I too could hear Sir Humphrey Appleby saying much of it!
Morning, all fruit loops! It’s Shakespeares birthday as well as St George’s day! Stratford on Avon used to have a big parade, I’ve been to one..... but I guess that’s fallen by the wayside over the years, and couldn’t happen today anyway!
Hope that anyone who has any reason to visit hospitals today stays safe and has a decent -and positive appointment....
hugs xxx
Moomy
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