Fuck it, now it's getting real, and a bit annoying.

My other half went to see her mother at her assisted living gaff last night, as every night. She has alzheimers and has suffered strokes of varying severity, along with urinary invections, e-coli to name but a few. She was in a mess last night but we really wanted to avoid her having to spend 10 hours in a hospital doorway again. She was too ill to be brought to stay at ours so Annie bunkers down at hers.

Anyways, she's now hurtling down to Pinderfields having displayed more than one symptom of Corona, and Annie now has to self isolate. Which technically means I do also.

This is now where it gets complicated. Yesterday I went to catch up with the girls at the shop having just returned from holiday. We have 4 members of staff and three of them were in yesterday. The advice is that they will now need to isolate. The shop cannot open or function with the remaining one person, so we have to close up. Party's over, and that's without any change in customer footfall up to now. Also I spoke to two or three customers whilst there, no idea who they were or where they live. It's going to get very messy very very quickly.

It's just a f**king cold...

Posted By: tudders on March 17th 2020 at 14:39:50

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Fuck it, now it's getting real, and a bit annoying. (Coronavirus) - tudders, Mar 17, 14:39:50
- 💛💚👍😘 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Jumbo1, Mar 17, 19:43:34
- As the others have said, good luck (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Old Splat, Mar 17, 15:13:44
- Best of luck (n/m) (Coronavirus) - duke of york, Mar 17, 15:00:00
- Goodluck Tudds. 👍 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 17, 14:53:05
- Good luck (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 17, 14:47:16
  - my in-laws are carrying on as if nothing has happened (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Mar 17, 14:53:19
    - Have given up on mine (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 17, 15:00:15
      - they rebuffed the offer of me getting their shopping online (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Mar 17, 15:18:18
        
        my mum was still determined to meet other local Irish for St Patrick's Day lunch (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 17, 15:26:18
        
        What can you do? I know my dad will be the same so I just ask (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 17, 15:29:12
      - their outlook might end up being the most pragmatic if this drags on for months/years (Coronavirus) - Mecagoenti, Mar 17, 15:08:40
        
        pragmatic for them, but incredibly selfish (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 17, 15:37:04
        
        I think that is a bit disingenuous (Coronavirus) - Mecagoenti, Mar 17, 15:50:22
        
        Person A wishing to live freely and putting *other people at risk* is so obviously more (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 17, 16:19:08
        
        It may be a valid view from a philosophical p.o.v but it is an incredibly selfish one (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 17, 16:16:55
        
        but the whole thing is a philosophical issue (Coronavirus) - Mecagoenti, Mar 17, 16:35:22
        
        exactly this (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 17, 15:48:25
        
        I think people over 80 (like my parents) are probably less scared of death (Coronavirus) - mr carra, Mar 17, 15:18:58
        
        They are,yes. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 17, 15:26:51
        
        Also, of corse, even the vast majority of over-80s who get it survive (Coronavirus) - mr carra, Mar 17, 15:23:34
        
        absolutely, makes sense that everyone should decide how much risk they are (Coronavirus) - Mecagoenti, Mar 17, 15:30:37
        
        of the over 80s that do survive, how many of those are without visiting ICU? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 17, 15:28:06
        
        Equally, of course, how many are never even tested so not in the statistics (Coronavirus) - mr carra, Mar 17, 15:33:37

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