I've seen people trying to open train doors with their knees and wonder how many people are falling over on the tube because they won't hold on to anything?!
My workplace have replaced the usual soap in the dispensers with an antibacterial variey, I can smell the alcohol-based difference. The hand dryers are still as paltry and athsmatic as they've been for decades, though.
Given I've virtually no feeling in one hand now, but have to use a stick because otherwise I fall over (and one day will suffer more than bruising and hurt pride) perhaps I'll try the knee thing. I'd be holding on to those tube poles/rails even if they bore the legend 'get your Coronavirus here!'. In life, you have to weigh things up, sometimes as a basic survival tactic.I've seen people trying to open train doors with their knees and wonder how many people are falling over on the tube because they won't hold on to anything?!
There's no evidence to suggest that we are all likely to get it, more likely that we may come into contact with some people that have. But as you say common sense should prevail, a simple hygiene routine, and no rushing to A&E at the first sign of flu-like symptoms will go a long way to keep this in check. However a vaccine isn't going to be ready for mass distribution this year, so I wouldn't be holding out for that.
Meanwhile oop'North, I've seen one face mask all week, nobody trying to open doors with anything other than their fingers, although to be fair the Yorkshire state of alert has been raised to "Put t'kettle on"...
There is no evidence to suggest we are not all likely to get it either.
My work has purchased a 1L tub of hospital grade anti-bacterial stuff. It is some alcohol based stuff.My workplace have replaced the usual soap in the dispensers with an antibacterial variey, I can smell the alcohol-based difference. The hand dryers are still as paltry and athsmatic as they've been for decades, though.
Ah, good point; I wrote "antibacterial" automatically, without thinking about the whole virus/bacteria thing. There's a pretty sticker they've put on the dispenser, I'll check what's on it.From my understanding, that’s the wrong thing to do. It’s a virus not bacteria and soap is actually very effective at breaking down the membrane around the virus which kills it.
I assume the stockpiling of Yorkshire Tea (is there any other brand?) has started in force?
I assume the stockpiling of Yorkshire Tea (is there any other brand?) has started in force?
I'm off panic buying it today!
i don't know where you get your news but BBC have been very good.
So, as always, I listened to the Radio 4 Today programme reporting 'asian markets' were sharply lower on coronavirus fears
I heard it too. Sharply down -on the day-. Which is accurate, and what is also being reported by the likes of CNBC, Business Times, South China Morning Post, Marketwatch, City AM, CNN..
... but to bludgeon the point home, they weren't being reported as being 'sharply up on the day' on Thursday. These things matter ; markets are driven by sentiment - monkey see, monkey do.
Oh, ok.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cgdzpg5yvdvt/stock-markets
"Posted at 6:41 5 Mar
Asian shares follow Wall Street higher"
... but to bludgeon the point home again, it wasn't treated as a headline news item.
Well the day before, it was definitely the urgent news about candidate selection for a future election in a country a couple of hundred miles away, which the vast majority of its listeners have no say in whatsoever.I listened to yesterday's Today programme as well. Unless I missed it - and that's possible - I don't recall hearing any market news. It's almost as though there was a bigger financial story dominating the headlines.
I've seen many Tweets from passengers complaining that train toilets are lacking soap and/or water during these troubled times
So, as always, I listened to the Radio 4 Today programme reporting 'asian markets' were sharply lower on coronavirus fears ... a familiar story to last week (although no mention of partial recovery in the interim had merited a mention).
So I thought I'd research the nature of this item since the facts are readily available to all and sundry and can be quickly checked.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng down 2.25 % on the day to 26166 ... it gave up the gains it made on Thursday which it started at 26222. So down a massive 0.2% over 2 days !
China's Shanghai Composite down 1.21% on the day to 3034 ... although it did start Thursday at 3011 - so up over 2 days.
Perhaps Japan's Nikkei 225 ... well, admittedly, that was down a bit more serious at 20666 it was 2.72% down on the day. But it started the week at 20890, so down only 1% over the week.
Hardly 'man bites dog' stuff . So no, I don't believe that BBC reporting, or editorial decision to run this 'story', has been 'very good'. This kind of nonsense just serves to stoke hysteria of a coming apocalypse.
But what if you have a dump?They're lacking generally.
TBH I think we should probably move to providing sanitiser gel in the toilets, it's easier to keep stocked and less complex to go wrong. Not as good against coronavirus, but effective generally.
But what if you have a dump?
... but to bludgeon the point home, they weren't being reported as being 'sharply up on the day' on Thursday. These things matter ; markets are driven by sentiment - monkey see, monkey do.
But what if you have a dump?
Private investors make up a tiny proportion of the shareholders/trades which are dominated by the City workers. Mrs Miggins selling her 100 BT shares because she saw something on the Beeb is unlikely to have much impact, whereas Tarquin sat in Canary Wharf will be moving his billions of pounds of shares around based on market data rather than BBC Breakfast's Steph McGovern!
I was thinking any "residue" if there is any would need to be washed off with soap and water rather than hand sanitizer.Is there a difference between how you should clean your hands between the two, er, functions? I wasn't aware of one.
(Bog roll is not mentioned, other than presumably when the guard comes round flogging tickets )
But only the casual investor will rely on the mainstream media. The brokers/market makers who will be dealing the 99% + of the market will be using other news resources - they certainly won't be watching the BBC and making decisions on that. Private investors make up a tiny proportion of the shareholders/trades which are dominated by the City workers. Mrs Miggins selling her 100 BT shares because she saw something on the Beeb is unlikely to have much impact, whereas Tarquin sat in Canary Wharf will be moving his billions of pounds of shares around based on market data rather than BBC Breakfast's Steph McGovern!