Facebook Annual Reminder of April 2020

I’m adding this to my status so every year it will pop up on my memories. This is so I will NEVER forget the way the world changed in 2020...

Queen Elizabeth II 👑 addressed the nation at 8pm on Sunday 5th April. Shortly after this the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital himself with Covid-19

The PM had previously implemented a lockdown across the country on the evening of Monday 23rd of March 2020 ⛔️

Excel in London is now known as the NHS Nightingale and will be a hospital for up to 4,000 patients, most of whom are on ventilators suffering from Coronavirus (Covid-19). Similar venues being are being used in cities across the country. Opened by Prince Charles at 11am Friday 3rd April.

Community support groups established, to support the vulnerable, elderly, immunocompromised and people in enforced isolation due to exposure, in their community 🧓🏻👴🏻

From Thursday 26th March at 8pm and every Thursday night thereafter, we all stood united on our doorsteps, balconies and open windows and applauded and cheered for all our amazingly brave NHS staff 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 who so courageously and selflessly battled on to try and save as many lives as possible ❤️

Petrol ⛽️ price close to home 🏡 was £1.03 per litre for unleaded.

Schools closed on Friday 20 March, potentially for the remainder of the school year. 👨🏻‍💻 Parents were home schooling and teachers were doing remote learning using apps like Zoom for a virtual lesson.

Social distancing measures required of a minimum of 2 metres ☹️

Tape on the floors at grocery stores 🏬 and others to help distance shoppers 🛒 from each other.

Limited number of people were allowed inside stores, therefore, queuing outside the store doors, still 2 meters apart 🏬

Non-essential stores and businesses mandated to closed 🚫 People who can are instructed to work 👩🏻‍💻👨🏻‍💻 from home 🏡

The Government Paid 80% of wages to all employees across the country who were furloughed due to Covid-19.

Every airline ✈️ grounded either all or at least 85% of its fleet. All crew were grounded and some used their skills to work for the NHS in Nightingale Hospital, the Ambiance Service, 111 telephone handlers or community support.

Air pollution improved. Rivers cleaned up. City & traffic emissions reduced. ♻️

Parks 🏕 trails, entire cities 🏢 closed or restricted to locals who can get there by foot. Not permitted to drive anywhere to exercise.

Entire sports ⚽️ 🏉 🎾 seasons cancelled. No Wimbledon, no end to the Premiership, no Boat Race, no London Marathon. A virtual Grand National was held on 4th April 2020.

Olympics postponed to 2021.

Concerts 🎫 tours 🚌 festivals 🤹🏻 entertainment events 🎭 all cancelled

Weddings 👰🏼🤵🏻 family celebrations 🥳 holiday gatherings 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 even funerals ⚰️ cancelled 🚫

Families got creative and found entertaining ways of passing time by doing Tik Tok videos or going Live on Facebook. 🎥

Singers and bands played live sets on their driveways or on their balconies for all to hear 👂🏽

Households that can’t see their friends and loved ones come together across the country by using Zoom or Houseparty to play games or host pub quiz nights.

No masses, churches ⛪️ are closed 🚫

No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, then 10 or more, then 3 or more. Now, Don't socialise with anyone outside of your home ⚗️

Children's outdoor play parks are closed 🎡

We are to distance from each other. Shortage of masks 😷 gowns 🥼 gloves 🧤 for our front-line workers.

Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill 🤒 in many parts of the world. Formula 1 racing teams and Virgin Galactic designed and produced ventilators in the space of a week.

Refrigerated trucks for the dead outside hospitals in the USA 🇺🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 Spain 🇪🇸 China 🇨🇳 and more.

Panic buying 🛒 sets in and we have limits on toilet paper 🧻 disinfecting supplies, paper towels, staple foods, hand sanitizer 🧴 Flour is hard to get because the packaging comes from China 🇨🇳 and borders are closed 🚧

Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses 🏢 switch their lines to help make visors, masks 😷 hand sanitizer 🧴 and PPE 🧤

Fines are established for breaking lockdown rules 🤑

Stadiums 🏟 and recreation facilities overseas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 🦠 patients.

Public Park 🏕 areas turned into caravan parks for stranded tourists to self isolate 🚐

Press conferences daily from the PM 👩🏻 and other government 🏛 officials. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths ⚰️

Government incentives to stay home. Barely anyone on the roads 🛣

People wearing masks 😷 and gloves outside 🧤

Essential service workers are terrified to go to work 👮🏻 👩🏻‍⚕️ 👲🏻

Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families 👨‍👧‍👦

64,727 deaths globally so far as at 4 April 2020. 4,313 in the UK.

This is the Novel Coronavirus 🦠 (Covid-19) Pandemic, WHO declared March 11th, 2020.

Why, you ask, do I write this status?

One day it will show up in my memory 💭 feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted 💕

We have so much we need to appreciate that we take for granted.
Be thankful. Be grateful 😌
Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone 🥰

We are all one! Stay home, stay safe. ❤️

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GP and Medical update

Got a phone call from someone from our GP practice just to try to bully me.

I was told to stop trying to have my meds delivered without informing the practice. I explained that I'd already had this conversation with one of their colleages the previous day when it was suggested I ring round to find a pharmacy that would deliver.

Stupid woman said that she didn't want to talk to me and Billy on the same call.Clearly she had never had a conference call...lol

Upshot is, that I still don't have my Levothyroxine which I have been trying to get for a fortnight. So I have now run out completely and have switched to T3 (Liothyronine) instead 

I have bought this book by Paul Robinson

New Coronavirus Alert

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent virus threat and
have therefore raised their threat level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon,
though, level may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.”

The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea
supplies nearly ran out.

The virus has been re-categorised from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.”
The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in
1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

The Scots have raised their threat level from “****ed Off” to “Let's Get the
Bastard.” They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have
been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its alert level
from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate”
and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed
France's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country's military
capability.

Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to
“Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat
Operations” and “Change Sides.”

The Germans have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to
“Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher
levels: “Invade a Neighbour” and “Lose.”

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat
they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy.
These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy
can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its alert level from “No worries” to
“She'll be alright, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I
think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is
cancelled.” So far, no situation has ever warranted use of the final
escalation level.

Coronavirus Advice From Piglet

"Where are we going Piglet?" asked Pooh.

"We need to get supplies," said Piglet. "For the Coronavirus"

"Ahh," said Pooh, nodding in understanding. "Things like bread, milk, cough mixture, tissues and cat litter even though we don't have a cat?"

Piglet did a little laugh, and a sort of leap and bit of a cough. "No," said Piglet. "No, those aren't the sort of supplies we need at all! What we need are family sized bags of chocolate buttons, massive toblerone, jelly babies and crunchies and a freezer full of stuffed crust pizzas, and all of the Prosecco that we can possibly carry, so that when we get quarantined we won't mind it even slightly. THOSE are supplies."

All of a sudden, Pooh thought that the idea of coronavirus didn't seem quite so bad, and actually, getting quarantined with Piglet and their supplies really didn't sound such a terrible thing after all. "Oh Piglet," said Pooh. "I really do think you are a very wise animal."

Politics explained

Socialism: You have two cows. Give one cow to your neighbor.
Communism: You have two cows. Give both cows to the government, and they may give you some of the milk.
Fascism: You have two cows. You give all of the milk to the government, and the government sells it.
Nazism: You have two cows. The government shoots you and takes both cows.
Anarchism: You have two cows. Keep both of the cows, shoot the government agent and steal another cow.
Capitalism: You have two cows. Sell one cow and buy a bull.
Surrealism: You have two giraffes. The government makes you take harmonica lessons.

This top song produced a greater state of relaxation than any other music tested to date

By Melanie Curtin

Everyone knows they need to manage their stress. When things get difficult at work, school, or in your personal life, you can use as many tips, tricks, and techniques as you can get to calm your nerves.

So here’s a science-backed one: make a playlist of the 10 songs found to be the most relaxing on earth.

Sound therapies have long been popular as a way of relaxing and restoring one’s health. For centuries, indigenous cultures have used music to enhance well-being and improve health conditions.

Now, neuroscientists out of the UK have specified which tunes give you the most bang for your musical buck.

The study was conducted on participants who attempted to solve difficult puzzles as quickly as possible while connected to sensors. The puzzles induced a certain level of stress, and participants listened to different songs while researchers measured brain activity as well as physiological states that included heart rate, blood pressure, and rate of breathing.

According to Dr. David Lewis-Hodgson of Mindlab International, which conducted the research, the top song produced a greater state of relaxation than any other music tested to date.

In fact, listening to that one song — “Weightless” — resulted in a striking 65 percent reduction in participants’ overall anxiety, and a 35 percent reduction in their usual physiological resting rates.

Are You Feeling Comfortable?

Warming Up The Homeless

Close the door and lock it. Bring the key, pull up a chair by the fire.
Comfy?
Now let’s look at the key you used and think about all that it
represents to you.
Warm by the fire isn’t it?
You have just locked the door on the outside world. Safe in your own
home. You can do anything you want now, within the law of course.
Friends round for dinner, watch telly, a soaking hot bath, read a good
book. The choices are pretty endless.
Sure you may argue with family, have to wash the dishes, do a bit of
ironing, pay some bills but in general things are ok.
Now think hard. Close your eyes and concentrate. You know what a
panic you get in when you lose the key for a few minutes.
What would it feel like if for some reason that key, and all it represents,
was suddenly taken away from you? Permanently.
Suddenly, almost without warning, you no longer have a door to lock.
Redundancy, fleeing from violence, thrown out, partnership breakup,
mental breakdown, the wrong decision at the wrong time.
It’s starting to look dark isn’t it?
Where do you go? Who do you ring? Oh sorry you can’t ring, you no
longer have a phone anymore. You don’t have anything anymore. You
have no idea what to do. This sort of thing only happens to drunks,
druggies and tramps don’t it?
Starting to get cold yet?
You world is collapsing around you and you are helpless.
You wander aimlessly. Dazed. You’ve heard of hostels but there not for
you are they? You have more dignity, more pride.
The night is getting darker. Maybe just curl up in a hut on Eastbourne seafront knowing the night Angel's will be with you soon. Trudy and the Warming up the homeless team will be along soon.
Feeling so low and helpless giving up on life but the night Angel's won't let you after listening to all your troubles and strife.
Theses Angel's are normal people who fill you with positivity, trust me they really care about your life.
Food, clothes, and breakfast packs they give to all the homeless about, Oh, and let's not forget the big meaningful hugs Trudy always gives out.
Some days are better, some days are worse but after the Warming up the homeless team have been your singing and thinking happy thoughts and about what your lifes really worth.
I'm now nearly totally back on my feet but still have a way to go......but whenever I see a homeless person,I think of Trudy and her Angel's and thank my lucky stars. I genuinely believe thanks to her and the Angel's I'm still here today because of them. And now I get the chance to thank them all.
So Trudy and all the Warming up the homeless team I thank you from the bottom of my heart, you really did give me the love and inspiration to make this new start.

Sy Martin