Australia
Cases 60
Deaths 2
Recovered 22
Critical 1
U.K.
Cases 116
Deaths 1
Recovered 18
Critical
USA
Cases 226
Deaths 13
Recovered 9
Critical 8
Global Cases 98424
Global Deaths 3386
Mortality Rate 3.4%
(Flu Mortality Rate 0.1%)
Test results back in 24 hours? Not so in many places…a friend is currently waiting for her test results - since Saturday of last week!!
people who try to gain access into the UK illegally, want to avoid the authorities. And I guess thats regardless them feeling healthy or not
Annie your faith in baby wipes is admirable .Do you mean these are good things for people … thinking city gents here … 
to carry around with them ?
Indoors I use those surface wipes that kill 99.9% of bacteria but we’re talking a virus here ? I would use hot water and bleach but thin bleach seems to be unobtainable these days .
Maybe not for you OGF but I am over 90 and am scared to death of contacting this virus. Doctors, to me, don,t care so much about the elderly as they used to. Doctors here have little or no time for us old oldies. We are just a nuisance.
Toilet paper shortage?
Well, we use it like everyone else, of course, but a question arises. Is it really necessary?
Our cats go out for a poo, naturally, and when they come in their backsides look completely keen, not that I make a habit of looking, of course.
If cats can manage without toilet paper, why can’t we?
No Lindy.
I believe they were picked up last Thursday, 8 days ago.
Because we are not flexible enough to lick our bottoms clean?
You speak for yourself!
You obviously practice Yoga JBR?
Donkeyman
Point taken Ben, although I’ve suffered two heart attacks I’m still only 69 and hopefully have a decent resistance to infection.
The virus can only be passed on from person to person Ben, so my advice is to keep out of the crowds until they’ve brought it under control. I wish you the best of luck and remind you that there is a good reason that you have reached the age that you are…
How come cats can do that and it doesn’t have any ill effects Annie? Even if we could reach our bottoms I don’t think we would last too long having ingested poo…
No, not necessary. I’ve trained the cats to do it.
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Nope.
You have not considered Contact Time.
I don,t know how I have reached this age. I have had two heart attacks, Have only one lung, a quarter of my diaphragm is not working as it should. My age must be inherited from my parents. My Father was ninety and my Mother ninety nine when they passed away. I have a sister who is ninety and a brother who is eighty eight so we 'aint doing too bad but his corona thing (Not the drink) is worrying when your own GPs think you don,t matter. But we must plod on. After all there are many more far worse off than me so I must be thankful.
You all take great care and look after yourselves.
Just deviating from the subject for a moment…
We have seen how the media have caused widespread panic, and the shelves of supermarkets have been emptied in some cases…
Imagine what would happen if the government told us that we were fast running short of oil and oil based products, especially petrol and diesel…
Remember what happened when there was a fuel shortage a few years ago during the Gulf War (I think it was)…Queues at every garage, and limited amounts of fuel for each customer. There were even people stockpiling fuel at home in their garages. The irony is, that if people would have continued to by their fuel in the usual quantities, at the usual times, there would have been no shortage.
It is for this reason that I find man’s interference with the climate by burning fossil fuels dubious at least. How better to get people to use oil and fuels more sparingly by convincing them that they are ‘Saving the Planet’ and throw in ‘Saving it for our young people’ for good measure…Who would possibly not want the best for our offspring…
I know what you mean about the doctors Ben, I noticed this when my father in law was admitted to hospital in his nineties. (90) He had been a fit bloke all of his life and loved walking the fells and moors with me. Just three months before his hospital admission he was making the mile walk into town for his shopping, but had conceded the walk back recently, and took the bus. His only previous visit to hospital was as a boy when he had his tonsils out, but his deterioration was swift while in hospital and I always felt that he was overmedicated and neglected to the point of no return. I believe he still had a good few years left in him yet, and the decision to send him to hospital was not a good one…
Some good ideas here …
Good one Meg! 
Is that you and Chloe in the 4th picture? ;-)
This made me laugh out loud hehe