Cable Forum - Coronavirus (OLD)

Somewhere between 4 and 5 presumably. As test, trace, isolate has broken down under demand pressure there’s no way of knowing with any certainty if we are closer to 5 than 4.

Paul	21-09-2020 02:31

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54228649

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We need to slow down our thinking. But every time the government sees a rise in cases it seems to panic ...

jfman

21-09-2020 03:50

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Nice puff piece from the state broadcaster.

Pierre

21-09-2020 06:51

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36050933)

Somewhere between 4 and 5 presumably. As test, trace, isolate has broken down under demand pressure there’s no way of knowing with any certainty if we are closer to 5 than 4.

Ok, so either way not near a national lockdown then?

jfman

21-09-2020 09:44

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I’d say increased measures are appropriate given we have near exponential growth and test, trace, isolate has failed.

I’ve been banging on all summer about the inevitability of further restrictions if test, trace, isolate fails so this should really be a surprise to no-one who reads this thread. We need to know who has it, where they are and who is at risk from catching it from them. Without that information we are fire fighting in the dark.

heero_yuy

21-09-2020 09:45

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Quote from The Sun:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...8&d=1562846859

Supermarket bosses have urged Brits not to panic buy as they assured everyone there is plenty of stock and delivery slots.

Pictures over this weekend showed shelves already stripped bare as fears loom of another lockdown amid a coronavirus surge.

Big chains are desperate to avoid repeats of the scenes in March when customers bulk bought essentials like toilet roll, flour and pasta.

Stores bosses have insisted they have more enough to go around as they urged everyone to be sensible.

Here we go again. :rolleyes:

denphone

21-09-2020 09:57

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36050960)

Here we go again. :rolleyes:

Almost definitely as a huge supermarket in our city unamed had massive queues yesterday.....

jfman

21-09-2020 10:03

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No delivery slots for the major ones where I am. Under the “Sweden” approach these are the idiots we’d be asking to voluntarily be sensible. Never happening in a million years.

denphone

21-09-2020 10:12

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36050962)

No delivery slots for the major ones where I am. Under the “Sweden” approach these are the idiots we’d be asking to voluntarily be sensible. Never happening in a million years.

Yeah we have noticed the availability of delivery slots has become much rarer in the last few days.

papa smurf

21-09-2020 10:20

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36050962)

No delivery slots for the major ones where I am. Under the “Sweden” approach these are the idiots we’d be asking to voluntarily be sensible. Never happening in a million years.

If you're looking for slots then surely you're in no position to call others idiots.

Hugh	21-09-2020 10:21

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36050964)

If you're looking for slots then surely you're in no position to call others idiots.

Perhaps he normally shops online?

1andrew1

21-09-2020 10:23

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36050961)

Almost definitely as a huge supermarket in our city unamed had massive queues yesterday.....

We're reading too much into this. I think they were just queuing for the new Steps CD. :D

papa smurf

21-09-2020 10:26

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36050965)

Perhaps he normally shops online?

Or there's another explanation;)

jfman

21-09-2020 10:27

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36050964)

If you're looking for slots then surely you're in no position to call others idiots.

I’ve only heard anecdotally from someone who routinely shops online.

I shop in person but we don’t have a Waitrose though so it’s more downmarket than others on here.

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