Community help for coronavirus/ people at-risk

[Broomthebeast]

Hi there!

I thought I would share that there are a lot of great people organising online at the moment to try to help each other (with groceries, prescriptions pick-ups etc):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/573733533226988/ (you can search by region)
and
https://freedomnews.org.uk/covid-19-uk-mutual-aid-groups-a-list/
This one is for Edinburgh (where I live) but I'm sure there are sister groups:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/219149212615733/

Keep safe and healthy!
#viralkindness

 

[Jaylee]

Hi @Broomthebeast ,

Just when I was thinking this forum was turning into "COVID.CO.UK."

My faith has been restored with your topic..

This could be a tempary use for "food banks?" Some folk will be on statatury sick pay whilst housebound.? & that's just for starters.

I'll be frank, there's only so many roundabout ways anyone can ask "what about me & my D."
There are some clear statistics on who this virus is killing & there is some clear definition of the symptoms (which can be confused with seasonal onset of colds & flu.)

About time there was kind, instead of blinkered & blind.

 

[Broomthebeast]

@Jaylee It cheered me up too! And warmed my heart

 

[Jaylee]

@Jaylee It cheered me up too! And warmed my heart

Selfless & inspirational..

 

[sleepster]

It's so nice to know people are willing to help those who need it

 

[ianf0ster]

Perhaps off topic, but how about joining international volunteer group to stop the Covid-19 outbreak?
See this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/1237167530638282752
They have a group Slack workspace, which I have joined, for organising and sharing ideas.

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

. . . . . stop the Covid-19 outbreak

With the greatest of respect, it is here and very much with us already. Slowing down maybe preventing the spread is what we're all trying to do, I hope. I regularly take elderly people shopping and what I've noticed is that they are not taking any notice of the advise about panic buying. I'm not 100% sure why they think toilet rolls are in short supply when most of them have been buying several times the amount they need. One of the elderly ladies gave the rest of them a lesson. On my last trip there were no toilet rolls (or toothpaste . . . . toothpaste? or soap). This one lady had bought some kitchen roll and said she was cutting the roll in half with a bread knife. She said it was still better than the newspaper she had to use as a child. Inspirational!

 

[Juicyj]

Great post @Broomthebeast

I’ve posted on my local page asking if anyone self isolating needs anything - also asked neighbours to check on their elderly neighbours too and to drop a card through their door with contact details on.

We need to look after each other right now.

 

[Robinredbreast]

Nice thread, thank you for posting.

 

[Robinredbreast]

Great post @Broomthebeast

I’ve posted on my local page asking if anyone self isolating needs anything - also asked neighbours to check on their elderly neighbours too and to drop a card through their door with contact details on.

We need to look after each other right now.

A great post, and I prefer the 'Love thy neighbour' approach than the 'Everyone for himself or, I'm alright Jack' mentality.

 

[jjraak]

Hi @Broomthebeast ,

Just when I was thinking this forum was turning into "COVID.CO.UK."

My faith has been restored with your topic..

This could be a tempary use for "food banks?" Some folk will be on statatury sick pay whilst housebound.? & that's just for starters.

I'll be frank, there's only so many roundabout ways anyone can ask "what about me & my D."
There are some clear statistics on who this virus is killing & there is some clear definition of the symptoms (which can be confused with seasonal onset of colds & flu.)

About time there was kind, instead of blinkered & blind.

Sure your joking, and a nice thread,
but IF the topics do bother you,
they are not mandatory to read.

i would not wish to see the items of information disappear,
as, for many the idea of just trusting the "govt know best",
isn't really filling me with confidence , if i'm honest
not doing a great job so far.

threads a nice idea,
i'll step away now so as not to derail it.

But please lets not diminish the real fear and worries,
by turning on each other.

Daughters just called 111, has a mild cough, high temperature, and a sore throat,
been advised to self isolate for 7 days..
sure she's fine and it's just good sense,
but still that little worry is at the back of our minds.

Love &
peace.

 

[Jaylee]

Sure your joking, and a nice thread,
but IF the topics do bother you,
they are not mandatory to read.

i would not wish to see the items of information disappear,
as, for many the idea of just trusting the "govt know best",
isn't really filling me with confidence , if i'm honest
not doing a great job so far.

threads a nice idea,
i'll step away now so as not to derail it.

But please lets not diminish the real fear and worries,
by turning on each other.

Daughters just called 111, has a mild cough, high temperature, and a sore throat,
been advised to self isolate for 7 days..
sure she's fine and it's just good sense,
but still that little worry is at the back of our minds.

Love &
peace.

Hi,

Oddly, after getting a common cold & work not wanting me. I've been doing the same as your daughter.
Though, I didn't phone 111, & my dog has his own needs. Just changing the routine for off peak walks & going proper rural.

I quickly got over the bug, but it left me with a little cough by the 9th day.
I Was meant to do a gig last Friday & pulled out because of the unexpected cough. I very rarely allow something like this to stop me.

However... Here we are in unknown territory.

The topic does not bother me. What I have bothered to do, is read up on reliable sources on what we already know.

Was I joking? Only regarding my own circumstances..
But certaily not on behalf of the more vulnerable members of our comunity as a whole..
Some of which are neighbour's, friends & also members of my own family.

I feel I'm already ahead of you, in following your advice.

Namaste.

 

[jjraak]

Cheers @Jaylee

sorry to hear of the missed gig,
but probably, best all round.

nice to hear it all went so well,
and your almost recovered.

we all do whats best for us.
glad yours is working out for you.
Ours is working well for us to.
Long may it last for all of us..

Namaste to you to.

 

[michita]

Thank you for this post. It reminded me to ask my neighbour who is very old and sick if I can be of any help.

 

[urbanracer]

Anyone feeling adventurous?

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...phone-loneliness-self-isolation-a9402591.html

As I understand it, the app connects you to random people anywhere in the world who are also in isolation. Not plugging it, haven't tried it, just read the news.

 

[Mr_Pot]

As I understand it, the app connects you to random people anywhere in the world

A bit like this forum then?

 

[Broomthebeast]

A bit like this forum then?

I think it's different - writing is not the same as talking...

 

[Jaylee]

Cheers @Jaylee

sorry to hear of the missed gig,
but probably, best all round.

nice to hear it all went so well,
and your almost recovered.

we all do whats best for us.
glad yours is working out for you.
Ours is working well for us to.
Long may it last for all of us..

Namaste to you to.

Hey!
I cancelled christmas with the inlaws many years ago.. One had a long term heart condition the other was battling cancer.
I actually had flu, despite a jab two months earlier..
Once fine, a date was set for Easter..

The gigs? Hmmm, got an idea for that.. "Live streaming" maybe the way forward..?
Life still must go on.

 

[urbanracer]

Hey!
I cancelled christmas with the inlaws many years ago.. One had a long term heart condition the other was battling cancer.
I actually had flu, despite a jab two months earlier..
Once fine, a date was set for Easter..

The gigs? Hmmm, got an idea for that.. "Live streaming" maybe the way forward..?
Life still must go on.

Live streaming? Have you got the beer in already?

 

[Robinredbreast]

This one lady had bought some kitchen roll and said she was cutting the roll in half with a bread knife.

My daughter and her boyfriend did the shopping this week and I said to her, if there are no toilet rolls, there wasn't, then buy cheaper kitchen roll and I too cut it in halves.