Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

@Octane Mylan. It's a pharmaceutical company. I'd heard some other company was trying to make a generic version that's not overpriced, but I don't know if that went anywhere.

This is what happens when health and the public welfare are a for-profit venture with little in the way of substantive regulation. Corporations are designed to maximize profits. It's the job of the government to reign that tendency in for the public welfare. Or, at least, it should be. But our government is completely in the pocket of corporate interests, and that comes at the expense of the American people.

@Ralizah I checked the cost of my medication in USA, according to the below it's $1,406.71 per week. I imagine you can get it cheaper buying in bulk, but it's nuts.

https://www.pharmacychecker.com/enbrel/?zipcode=10605#!

@KratosMD it's too infectious to contain. We can either be in lock down until a vaccine arrives. Leaving liberty at the door.

Everyone will lose their jobs and be scrimping on hardly any resources.

Or we can go with herd immumity.

This is getting out of hand. At this point I am surprised the countries of the world haven't declared war on China for starting this sh*t. If you look at it it can be considered a biological attack. Countries are on lockdown Economies are going to be ruined for years to come this was an attack. This is similar what happened after 9/11 and we declared war on the Taliban and Osama. The fact that no one has declared war on China just surprises me.

This evening my workplace finally cancelled all shows for the foreseeable future. This day has been coming for a while. I'm not sure yet how my hours will be impacted but I'm in super early tomorrow and I'm expecting an interesting morning!

@Genrou Don't give Trump ideas

@Genrou ....what? It wasn’t because of some international plot, it’s incredible how much anti-Chinese sentiment has been bubbling under the surface just waiting to get out. Comparing China to the Taliban is nonsense, considering that China weren’t trained and funded by the US. Also, declaring war against China would require the work of a madman, which would make sense given who currently sits in the White House. You don’t just declare war against a country of that size, or any in this day and age. World War III is not exactly a solution to this problem.

@nessisonett Did I say it was a solution no I said I am surprised no one has. You need to get misreading my statements and jumping down my throat.

This sounds about right.

Keep washing those hands

@RogerRoger I bath almost daily in lavender oil 😂 it’s basically an addiction at this point. An expensive one at that, but boy do I come out soft.

@RogerRoger it’s glorious!

@RogerRoger Dude, you're at the point where I think you're taking it too far. The skin is breaking and bleeding?! You need more than lotion, you need medicine! Be careful!

@Heavyarms55 @RogerRoger My hands don’t have blood run down them, but they do crack and bleed if it’s colder and I don’t use lotion enough. Consistent lotion works well for me to recover though.

@Jaz007 Mine too and it gets much worse in the cold weather.

You be amazed at how many people don't wash there hands after going to the toilet where I work. I'm in the next cubicle and at least once a day I hear the person next to me just walk out the toilet without washing their hands. And people wonder why I don't participate in stuff like buffets!

Stay calm.

TIME TO STAY HOME AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES PEOPLE!

What do you think about the statistics that this site provides https://studylib.net/coronavirus?

If its all feeded in or imported from who.int then its right. If thats what you meant otherwise amazing SK doing so well. Gives hope for those of us outside of the other hotspots.

It's sounding like we'll be working from home by the end of the week, can't see us getting through this without some redundancies unfortunately.

@LN78 Yep, if my mum ends up being put on sick pay due to the virus, it’s not enough to pay rent, never mind utility bills. We don’t have any savings either so it’s not looking good. It would be nice for the government to make any actual statements about things instead of making dodgy dealings with the insurance firms.

@LN78 We work for the landlords, and a lot of landlords can be great (which means the tenant gets a great experience working with the agent) but a lot of landlords can be terrible (which means the tenant gets a poor experience with the agent, which is unfortunate as it's out of our hands but we still take all the flak). If landlords are that bad or refuse to uphold minimum standards, and are actively damaging our reputation we'll dis-instruct ourselves as we won't operate outside of the law. And then many landlords are simply not as well off as tenants think, after costs they are regularly operating at a loss and are just holding out until they can offload the property.

That said, you can't evict a tenant until a certain level of arrears are built up (generally 2 months, but it's dependant on the frequency of your rent payments). If a landlord wants us to take action to evict once they pass that threshold, we have a contractual obligation to follow that instruction. I've had a few tenants in hospitality already telling me they can't pay the rent this month. It's simply down to the landlord to decide if they can live with this or not, and instruct us accordingly if the arrears get to the point where they are legally able to take action. But the reality is many landlords are relying on the rent month to month to pay the mortgage and other costs.

I had an eviction last month, everything was done at the earliest opportunity in terms of notices served etc. and the tenant still ended up leaving owing the landlord over £11k, with no hope of recovering that money. That's incredibly unfair in my opinion.

In my experience, tenants already have significant rights and a lot more security than some might suggest. I totally agree with regulation of the industry, but too regularly these policies are ill thought out people pleasers.

Went shopping today for some basic larder stuff, Jam, Ryvita, Marmite, Beetroot etc and there are tons of old people mooching around.

I have seen various articles and reports about younger people being the main source of Coronavirus but it's clearly not. Old people are stupid af.

Anyway there's a ton of hoarding going on which is to be expected, everyone's expecting a lock down of sorts. I'm hoping work places stay open until Saturday the 28th ((likely of we keep a low key approach, very unlikely if screamers get their own way). Which means everyone gets paid in full for a months work. Making the lock down easier to manage.