Corona Virus Thread

by **Hired_Merc** Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:58 am

I couldn't think of an appropriate title for the thread, so I didn't bother.

Anyone being affected by this? I work in Specsavers, we've had to cancell ALL routine sight tests. Only booking emergency appointments at the moment, we've been told to stay open by the NHS. But, I don't see how they can pay us our wages on what we'll be doing in next few months. I fully expect pay cut, hours cut or even worse redundancy. Find out today what's going on.

Please everyone stay safe, keep social distancing, wash your hands and sneeze/cough in elbows or shoulders.

by **Kickass32** Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:58 am

Well my place of employment is closing for 6 business days as of Friday, not for our safety but because of projected low sales in the near future. They are paying us for these 6 days but rumor has it they are going to close longer at which time no pay, or vacation time will have to be used to secure income. My daughter is a kinisiologist and the clinic she works in has closed until April 1 with no pay. My wife's job has closed the doors to the public but she still has to go in, she works in the welfare department so she will likely get busier as the rest of the province slows down

by **Hired_Merc** Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:14 pm

My hours got cut by half. Only going to be working 3 days a week now. I can just about afford rent and bills. Going to be like this for the next 3 months.

by jax Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:25 pm

Yep, shit's getting real fast, I'm fortunate my job allows me to work on for now. Shit is changing fast as the disease has been taken it's toll everywhere

by **Kickass32** Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:51 am

The entire auto industry is shutting down here for a minimum 6 working days. Toyota is going 2 weeks......but again, it's not out of the goodness of their hearts with their employees health a priority, its because of sales forecasts

by jax Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:50 pm

It's amazing how fast this is spreading around the world, Europe is getting it bad now and the US is getting it bad also....Global recession if not depression when this is all said and done.

by **Kickass32** Fri Mar 20, 2020 11:34 pm

The only good thing is, and this is just my opinion, once things start getting back to normal I see the economy bouncing back rather quickly

by jax Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:46 am

Could be but with case numbers still getting up its hard to say when. Our man-boy P.M. put us in massive debt during a good economy and now with all the job losses and money put out for stimulus we are going to be so far in the hole in will be impossible to get out of....and it was to far gone as it was.

by **Kickass32** Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:25 am

jax wrote:Could be but with case numbers still getting up its hard to say when. Our man-boy P.M. put us in massive debt during a good economy and now with all the job losses and money put out for stimulus we are going to be so far in the hole in will be impossible to get out of....and it was to far gone as it was.

Oh yeah, as Canadians and as a country we're in big trouble because of Turdeau, but I believe the U.S economy bounces back rather quickly

by **Kickass32** Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:43 pm

400 deaths in Italy in one day

by **Hired_Merc** Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:20 am

Partner been told her job is done for next 3 months. Being paid this week, then don't know when she'll be paid again. Government have been pretty good in UK, they'll pay 80% of wages of places forced to close. By the employer needs to apply for it, there's very little details on that right now. My hours cut by half, brother has lost his job from it. We can JUST about pay rent and bills, food.. eh food will be another issue will cross that bridge when get to it. Partner probably can't pay for her car. I've made a Universal Credit claim, put my partner on that also for a joint claim. Universal Credit, is benefits in the UK. Absolute nightmare, but everyone in same boat right now, some far worse.

by **Kickass32** Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:37 pm

Our province has just declared all nonessential businesses closed as of WED. I believe. This just announced about 30 minutes ago

by jax Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:11 pm

Yep, I will prob be out of work tomorrow because of this.

by **Kickass32** Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:08 pm

jax wrote:Yep, I will prob be out of work tomorrow because of this.

Will you get paid?

by jax Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:27 pm

Just EI which I havnt been on in along time , I'm construction so there is some grey areas I'll find out tomorrow.

by **Kickass32** Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:22 pm

Hope it all works out Jax. U.K sounds like they are shutting down the same as Ontario....it's only a matter of time till the rest of Canada shuts down as well.

by **Kickass32** Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:52 am

jax wrote:Just EI which I havnt been on in along time , I'm construction so there is some grey areas I'll find out tomorrow.

It appears some construction is deemed essential. I had a look at Doug Ford's list of what essential services will stay open........gawd damn basically everything is staying open. Ford dropped the ball on this one

by **Hired_Merc** Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:08 pm

Officially been made furlough'd. Gonna have 80% of my wages being paid, and I can't work. UK in full lockdown in next 3 weeks. But the furlough is a 3 month plan, so my plan is to essentially work out and see what happens. Try keep myself mentally healthy.

by **Kickass32** Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:34 pm

The Ontario "shutdown" is a fricken joke. They said they were shutting down all non essential services, but the list of places allowed to stay open is HUGE....no shutdown at all really.

And yes, mental health is going to be a huge concern across the world over the next few months

by **Kickass32** Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:41 am

Well my layoff got extended until April 7. That's 11 working days. I'll get paid for 8 of them so that's not completely terrible

by **Kickass32** Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:56 am

Well, British P.M tested positive for Covid-19

by jax Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:21 pm

Kickass32 wrote:
jax wrote:Just EI which I havnt been on in along time , I'm construction so there is some grey areas I'll find out tomorrow.
It appears some construction is deemed essential. I had a look at Doug Ford's list of what essential services will stay open........gawd damn basically everything is staying open. Ford dropped the ball on this one

Some jobs in my town did get shut down while others didnt. The job I'm on is still on going as all the people in building have been sent home and we have a full time custodian keeping the place sanitised for us while renovations are taking place. It'a a big building with 4 floors and about 10-12 guys working so its actually quite safe considering we mostly can keep our 6ft distance for the most part.

by **Kickass32** Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:18 am

Well that's good then Jax.

I have to go out to the liquor store, I am going to feel a little douchy but I'm out of my bourbon and my wife is out of wine.....we CANNOT be self isolating for any length of time without the aid of alcohol

by jax Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:58 am

Haha true story, thats why they were smart enough to keep them open during this time....if they didnt that would create a real problem.

by **Kickass32** Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:06 pm

Covid 19 would have nothing on married couples locked together with no alcohol

by jax Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:04 pm

Canada had a bad day for new cases but prob due to more testing being done....The whole world is going to be in an economic mess for some time.

by **Kickass32** Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:43 pm

Yeah they are talking about extending the state of emergency in Ontario for another 2 weeks

by jax Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:06 pm

2 weeks wont be much the way things are going...2 months if we are lucky.

by **Kickass32** Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:06 am

The numbers haven't peaked yet, they are still climbing daily. Once they have plateaued and we see no new cases for 7 straight days we can SLOWLY get back to some sort of normalcy. The question obviously is, how long will it be before we get to the point of 7 straight days of no new numbers.

by **Kickass32** Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:23 am

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on April 2, 2020:

There are 9,729 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

_ Quebec: 4,611 confirmed (including 33 deaths, 155 resolved)

_ Ontario: 2,392 confirmed (including 37 deaths, 689 resolved)

_ British Columbia: 1,066 confirmed (including 25 deaths, 606 resolved)

_ Alberta: 871 confirmed (including 11 deaths, 142 resolved)

_ Saskatchewan: 193 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 21 resolved)

_ Newfoundland and Labrador: 175 confirmed (including 1 death, 10 resolved)

_ Nova Scotia: 173 confirmed (including 10 resolved)

_ Manitoba: 109 confirmed (including 1 death, 4 resolved), 18 presumptive

_ New Brunswick: 81 confirmed (including 9 resolved)

_ Prince Edward Island: 21 confirmed (including 3 resolved)

_ Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

_ Yukon: 5 confirmed

_ Northwest Territories: 1 confirmed

_ Nunavut: No confirmed cases

_ Total: 9,729 (18 presumptive, 9,711 confirmed including 111 deaths, 1,649 resolved)

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/the-latest-numbers-on-covid-19-in-canada/ar-BB123LJR?li=AAggNb9

by **Kickass32** Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:46 am

Apparently a few tigers at the Bronx zoo tested positive for corona

by **Kickass32** Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:39 pm

U.K Prime Minister moves to I.C.U as his corona symptoms worsen

by **Kickass32** Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:06 pm

Well, I'm off until May 4th now

by jax Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:58 pm

Some extra time with wife? lol Most of our jobs got shut down except 1 which is considered residential so I'm lucky to be working for now....Have you gotten (cerb) the government EI check yet?

by **Kickass32** Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:07 am

jax wrote:Some extra time with wife? lol Most of our jobs got shut down except 1 which is considered residential so I'm lucky to be working for now....Have you gotten (cerb) the government EI check yet?

Yes some "quality" time with the wife Mad

I'm very lucky because all except for 3 days they are paying us.

by jax Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:02 pm

Kickass32 wrote:Apparently a few tigers at the Bronx zoo tested positive for corona

That's crazy to think about...The thing about this disease is while it's not that deadly but it seems to be spread to easily which is the main prob with it....It has gone to almost every country in no time.

by **Kickass32** Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:15 pm

Yeah thank fuck it's not very deadly

by **Bigdawg_04** Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:44 am

the way this fucker spreads so easily is crazy!!!

by **Kickass32** Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:23 pm

Bigdawg_04 wrote:the way this fucker spreads so easily is crazy!!!

They are saying likely airborne now as well.....fucking world is burning right now

by **Hired_Merc** Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:21 am

Kickass32 wrote:
Bigdawg_04 wrote:the way this fucker spreads so easily is crazy!!!
They are saying likely airborne now as well.....fucking world is burning right now

Oh shit, where'd you see that? No one in the UK is reporting airborne at the moment. UK still in lockdown. Idiots going out to beaches and all that still, the weather is beautiful but got to think of the bigger picture. My partner's sister is pregnant, she's going out to beaches having people over her flat etc. She's not a great person anyway, but risking all that? Not worth it. The best thing that has come out of the whole situation, is the planet has clearly had the chance to recover. Biggest shame is that it all goes back to normality once the whole thing blows over.

by **Kickass32** Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:07 am

I think I read it was in California where they were speculating it was likely spreading airborne as the cases increased so rapidly, maybe it was NY, either way.....but I don't think they provided any solid evidence, more just speculation but they seemed pretty sure of themselves.

I'm removed from any big to mid size city. I am 40 minutes from a city of 150K and 100 minutes away from Toronto so where I am there isn't a whole lot of cases, still single digit confirmed cases in our general radius. I go out to walk the dog twice a day along our waterfront paths in the town, very few people are out. in each 30 minute walk I might encounter 5 or 6 different people but in passing we spread apart and keep at least 10 feet apart. Grocery stores are limiting the number of people in the stores at any one time so there is a lineup outside waiting to get in. Once in it's a one way street system, one aisle you can only go down, next aisle you can only go up etc... but not everyone knows or follows these directions, and in my limited experience at the stores I notice it's mostly the elderly not following the rules, which is odd as they are the most susceptible

by **Kickass32** Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:46 am

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on April 11, 2020:

There are 22,148 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

_ Quebec: 11,677 confirmed (including 241 deaths, 1,341 resolved)

_ Ontario: 6,237 confirmed (including 222 deaths, 2,574 resolved)

_ Alberta: 1,500 confirmed (including 39 deaths, 713 resolved)

_ British Columbia: 1,410 confirmed (including 55 deaths, 879 resolved)

_ Nova Scotia: 407 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 93 resolved)

_ Saskatchewan: 284 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 136 resolved), 1 presumptive

_ Newfoundland and Labrador: 239 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 103 resolved)

_ Manitoba: 215 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 92 resolved), 15 presumptive

_ New Brunswick: 112 confirmed (including 60 resolved)

_ Prince Edward Island: 25 confirmed (including 17 resolved)

_ Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

_ Yukon: 8 confirmed (including 4 resolved)

_ Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 1 resolved)

_ Nunavut: No confirmed cases

_ Total: 22,148 (16 presumptive, 22,132 confirmed including 569 deaths, 6,013 resolved)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 11, 2020.

by **Hired_Merc** Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:21 am

UK death toll has reached 10, 000. There's 94 cases in my county, that have been confirmed and tested. Numbers are way higher I think.

by **Kickass32** Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:23 pm

Hard to say on the accuracy of any numbers we hear, both at home and across the world

by jax Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:47 pm

Especially with countries that really dont have that much testing available yet. South America is just getting warmed up with some big numbers and of course Africa, southern Asia and Eastern Europe are getting more cases.

I live in a small city 3 hrs from the next city, we only have had about 10 cases in a big radius of us and all cases have been from travel.

The other threat of this disease is the economic one especially if it continues, Many people live check to check as it is even with the government help that wont be enough should this carry on for too long.

by **Kickass32** Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:58 pm

Yes, the financial impact from this is going to be felt for months, likely years

by **Kickass32** Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:22 am

South Korea are now reporting people who have recovered are now testing positive again.....begs the question, did they truly recover and are testing positive again or were they never really 100% well in the first place

by jax Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:25 pm

Scary for sure, The U.S. is getting big time with many more cases and deaths. Ar least Italy and Spains cases and deaths are dropping.

by **Kickass32** Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:51 am

................and people in Michigan are out protesting

by jax Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:54 pm

And that's going to be a problem going forward as the economic toll will out weight the health risks for many people. To most its a severe flu but to a slim few its a death sentence and thats a risk it seems people will be willing to make should this go on longer which it seems is the case.

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