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It's leading to some weird headlines that would have been outlandish / into the realms of satire prior to the pandemic https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8162841/Moment-police-break-picnic-party-Peak-District-despite-coronavirus-lockdown.html...

https://www.facebook.com/notes/rupert-read/open-letter-to-uk-government-from-the-editor-of-the-lancet-chris-packham-george-/10163114716620301/ and there was another one here from scientists http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia/UK_scientists_statement_on_coronavirus_measures.pdf

Raab: PM is full of vigour Mr Raab - who is the 'designated survivor' if the prime minister is too ill to do his job - is asked about his own health. "I am feeling terrific," he says and adds that the PM is "full of vigour". Vigour Mortis? stiff upper lip what-oh

More grounds for a Public Inquiry on govts handling of crisis to date COVID-19 and the NHS—“a national scandal” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30727-3/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR3jsY0_37JA5dlHrnagSAHSz68IHwH2-nY_pjJ2akuGkZvgo-53bGQlXYw

Mmmm out and about after only 7 days - when virus can persist in lungs for approx 20 days... https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3/fulltext#seccestitle10

This doc is not a happy bunny - demanding a full Public Inquiry asking why the govt was reactive rather than proactive at the early onset of the pandemic.

Must surely be a better way of showing our appreciation than giving them STIs London's mayor reflects on 'clap for carers' Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said people should be "heartened by the best of us" after Thursday night's scenes of clapping across the nation to celebrate the efforts of...

Herd immunity in action - you can run but you can't hide...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-52084653 Not quite Siege of Leningrad...

Some sections of society will struggle to survive for 3+ months without serious debt UK lockdown 'could last until June' Tough measures to tackle the outbreak in the UK have been in force for nearly a week - but a leading government adviser has warned they may need to remain in place until...

Postmen also struggling to find protective equipment and having to improvise

Dutch have also been caught out with dodgy PPE kit in the rush to gear up... Dutch recall 600,000 defective masks from China Officials in the Netherlands have recalled hundreds of thousands of protective masks, which were imported from China and distributed to hospitals, because they don't...

Good to hear he recovered and has now been discharged, though spare a thought for the 1,228 who weren't so lucky... https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52067211 Wonder if Charlie is facing the same problem with peeved locals in Balmoral...

Has anyone here seen anyone to report that can be reported upon?

Problem with all these sudden relatively simple rules that we all have to abide by is that they've got to be written at a simple level to apply to the lowest common denominator i.e. the terminally daft (i.e the lemmings that all dashed to congregate at their destination). Hence why in hospital...

Boris Johnson whilst locked-in chaired the morning Covid-19 meeting via video-link - Downing St.

Ireland seem to have learnt in advance from the free-for-all that happened in the UK and restricted brief physical exercise to within 2km of your own home. No barrack-room lawyering with that...

Johnson 'leading response from the front' Prime Minister Boris Johnson is showing mild symptoms of the coronavirus but is "absolutely leading the response from the front", Business Secretary Alok Sharma says. "He continues to lead the government's effort in combating Covid-19. This morning he...