@PINsykes I currently have symptoms and am certain I got it on what I considered a safe park walk. It is the most unwell I have ever been in my life. 🙈
Utterly depressed to be debating coronavirus via Twitter with people who a) compare this to flu (it’s 10 times more deadly) and b) don’t seem to gather that *yes you can catch coronavirus through surfaces like park benches*. It’s not my opinion - it’s fact. Ugh. Over & out.
@CarlyRowena@piamuehlenbeck The point of lockdown is to stop overwhelming hospitals - everyone getting it at once is the most dangerous. Flattening the curve is the aim until a vaccine (12-18m).
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@PINsykes And it’s so hard for us with buggies to be the ones giving the wide berth. People brush straight past, I’ve taken to faking a cough to scare them away!
Agree. There is such a discrepancy in understanding of what “social distancing” actually is. I’ve been bumped into on pavements and jostled in Sainsbury’s, despite desperate attempts to skitter away. Note to all city dwellers: GIVE EVERYONE A WIDE-AS-FUCK BERTH
I’m screaming that these brothers are literally having an argument on live telly about who’s their mum’s favourite son,amongst an international pandemic I-
@tijanserena Only those on lockdown. Was talking about UK where parks are still open - it’s also very easy to keep 6 feet away from one another on walks there so it’s ideal if you have two young kids and you’re going stir crazy, like many other mothers I know.
Staying home recently has made me nostalgic for one of my favourite books- "A Gentleman in Moscow" by @amortowles. In it, the protagonist is sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest at the Hotel Metropol in Moscow, in Revolutionary Russia. Excellent read, highly recommended!
the hanks family are a compelling case study for nominative determinism.
if you call your kid colin, you’re getting a colin. and if you call your kid chet, you’re getting a chet.