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Foot and Mouth in 2001, the year I opened my tourist based business. And the the Iceland volcano (not going to try to spell it) when I was running an online mail order business and the postal situation became too unreliable.
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When I was 12 the local water supply became seriously contaminated to the point where we weren't even allowed to brush our teeth with it, serious risk to health.
I remember that we made the recommended changes, which were annoying, and got on with our lives. (And one of the boys in my class drinking out of a hose and the teachers going ballistic  )
This isn't the same, but I do wonder if our mindset has shifted along the way. |
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"When I was 12 the local water supply became seriously contaminated to the point where we weren't even allowed to brush our teeth with it, serious risk to health.
I remember that we made the recommended changes, which were annoying, and got on with our lives. (And one of the boys in my class drinking out of a hose and the teachers going ballistic )
This isn't the same, but I do wonder if our mindset has shifted along the way."
That was probably just Manchester  |
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"When I was 12 the local water supply became seriously contaminated to the point where we weren't even allowed to brush our teeth with it, serious risk to health.
I remember that we made the recommended changes, which were annoying, and got on with our lives. (And one of the boys in my class drinking out of a hose and the teachers going ballistic )
This isn't the same, but I do wonder if our mindset has shifted along the way.
That was probably just Manchester "
It wasn't Manchester. |
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"Nothing could compare to what’s happening now - it’s a very unique situation and very unsettling "
Oh definitely. This is 1918 type stuff. I suppose I'm aiming at "this is unprecedented but we're tough". |
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"I was in Australia when SARS came about.
It was a bit of a thing for about a week but then everything was grand.
Nothing like this shit though."
I think SARS and MERS were on a much smaller scale, although obviously SARS was a much bigger deal in Australia. I remember well. |
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By *ty31Man
over a year ago
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The closest I can compare this too are the bomb scares in London- first the IRA then the 1999 Nail Bombings.
Although this is much more widespread. I do think a lot of people are overreacting and panicking though. |
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By *P_80Man
over a year ago
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"I was in Australia when SARS came about.
It was a bit of a thing for about a week but then everything was grand.
Nothing like this shit though.
I think SARS and MERS were on a much smaller scale, although obviously SARS was a much bigger deal in Australia. I remember well."
Ah yeah, worldwide it wasn't a big scare but in Australia at the time there was a bit of a panic but it seemed to blow over very quickly. |
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"I was in Australia when SARS came about.
It was a bit of a thing for about a week but then everything was grand.
Nothing like this shit though.
I think SARS and MERS were on a much smaller scale, although obviously SARS was a much bigger deal in Australia. I remember well.
Ah yeah, worldwide it wasn't a big scare but in Australia at the time there was a bit of a panic but it seemed to blow over very quickly."
Yes. Australia and New Zealand are in a pretty unique position for culturally European countries. |
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"Was talking about this at work, nothing compares...
The Heatwave of 76, 2000 fuel crisis, 911
But they all dissapreared, this might reappear come autumn next year etc "
I think 911 fundamentally changed our social landscape. |
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"Was talking about this at work, nothing compares...
The Heatwave of 76, 2000 fuel crisis, 911
But they all dissapreared, this might reappear come autumn next year etc
I think 911 fundamentally changed our social landscape."
Whilst I agree I don’t think it was quite the Black Swan event with the resultant imposition on life that coronavirus will be. |
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I was talking today about the fuel crisis in 2000 because people for some bizarre reason are now filling up their cars with petrol....
I saw one woman today with cans full of it  . Way to go when NHS staff can't get in to work because of no fuel |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
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remember as a kid watching what to do if there was a nuclear strike.looking back at it now wouldnt of done any good live just outside london so our house would of been vaporised apart from that mad cow disease sars avian flu |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
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"I was talking today about the fuel crisis in 2000 because people for some bizarre reason are now filling up their cars with petrol....
I saw one woman today with cans full of it . Way to go when NHS staff can't get in to work because of no fuel "
dont understand the petrol thing if we all have to end up staying in ya wont be using ya car anyway lol |
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"Nothing could compare to what’s happening now - it’s a very unique situation and very unsettling
Oh definitely. This is 1918 type stuff. I suppose I'm aiming at "this is unprecedented but we're tough"."
I think it will test the resolve of many ... |
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"OTT the whole thing, ridiculous the way it’s gone 17-20 thousand die every year of the common flu, ffs we couldn’t fight a war nowadays "
Do you understand how contagious this is?
That people can carry the virus asymptotically?
Ignorance really must be bliss  |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
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"It was during the 2011 London Riots I realised just how fragile the concept of civil society is.
Strap in, folks, because this is about to get nasty."
yep that was pretty crazy spent the night on the balcony of my mates flat in clapham watching all the little hoodrats nicking anything that wasnt nailed down |
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"It was during the 2011 London Riots I realised just how fragile the concept of civil society is.
Strap in, folks, because this is about to get nasty.
yep that was pretty crazy spent the night on the balcony of my mates flat in clapham watching all the little hoodrats nicking anything that wasnt nailed down"
I give it a month before swathes of the population begin rioting. |
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"Nothing could compare to what’s happening now - it’s a very unique situation and very unsettling
Oh definitely. This is 1918 type stuff. I suppose I'm aiming at "this is unprecedented but we're tough".
I think it will test the resolve of many ..."
I agree. I hope we can stick together. |
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When I was nursing was often on standby for anything that called for us to come into work. We were expected to stay in the hospital for as long as required.
We’d have additional training for crisis situations, as I worked on Medical Admissions and then respiratory would have training in working in masks etc, had to wear them during the Bird Flu outbreak. A mare as I get claustrophobic, but had to be done x
Viv xx |
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Transport Strikes of the Beecham era
Miners Strikes of the Thatchers era
Power Strikes of the 70's ( was it Wilson ?)
3 day week due to electricity cuts
Foot and Mouth in animals and humans
S.A.R.S
M.E.R.S
Global Financial Crisis 2008.
dot-com bubble crisis
Aberfan
1981 Aids HIV
Asian Flu late 50's early 60's
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"The riots a few years ago. I was with a friend in her house with our children and it was pretty scary stuff. Roads were closed, people were told not to leave their houses, shops were looted x"
Toxteth Riots ? |
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"OTT the whole thing, ridiculous the way it’s gone 17-20 thousand die every year of the common flu, ffs we couldn’t fight a war nowadays
Do you understand how contagious this is?
That people can carry the virus asymptotically?
Ignorance really must be bliss "
Yep I do, not ignore them just realistic mate, my opinion, I am allowed one |
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"The riots a few years ago. I was with a friend in her house with our children and it was pretty scary stuff. Roads were closed, people were told not to leave their houses, shops were looted x
Toxteth Riots ?"
Not the ones in 80's. The ones a few years ago x |
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"It was during the 2011 London Riots I realised just how fragile the concept of civil society is.
Strap in, folks, because this is about to get nasty."
I predict looting and mass unrest... Army on the streets.. |
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"Smallpox ...... we all got vaccinated
Measles believe it or not ... was dangerous years ago.
Scarlet Fever .... never hear of it these days.
Lots of cases here in schools last year.."
Are you in the past Tom ? |
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"I was talking today about the fuel crisis in 2000 because people for some bizarre reason are now filling up their cars with petrol....
I saw one woman today with cans full of it . Way to go when NHS staff can't get in to work because of no fuel
dont understand the petrol thing if we all have to end up staying in ya wont be using ya car anyway lol"
We will need fuel for our quad bikes and scramblers a lot of fun can be found when isolated on a rural Scottish farm  |
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"Smallpox ...... we all got vaccinated
Measles believe it or not ... was dangerous years ago.
Scarlet Fever .... never hear of it these days.
Lots of cases here in schools last year..
Are you in the past Tom ?"
Scarlet fever is still pretty common, it's just easily treatable now |
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"Ebola wasn't so long ago. Did worry me for a while.
Typhoid still reigns .......as does Tuberculosis ...... about a quarter of a million dead each year from each of those......
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Similar age to yourself and had actually forgotten most of those..
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Being a resort rep during 9/11.
Being guarded by armed policed and military whilst on airport duties.
I did think that was bad but it’s nothing compared to covod.
I do think the last 2 weeks have changed the world and no doubt it’s destroyed the travel industry when it was already in crisis.
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"Smallpox ...... we all got vaccinated
Measles believe it or not ... was dangerous years ago.
Scarlet Fever .... never hear of it these days.
Lots of cases here in schools last year..
Are you in the past Tom ?"
Scarlet Fever in Essex schools in 2019.. in the distant past as you say.. sorry |
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"Smallpox ...... we all got vaccinated
Measles believe it or not ... was dangerous years ago.
Scarlet Fever .... never hear of it these days.
Lots of cases here in schools last year..
Are you in the past Tom ?"
There were 10,000 reported cases of Scarlet Fever in the UK last year |
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"I was in the arndale centre the day of the IRA bombing"
Park avenue hotel ira bomb.
And Woolworths ira bomb
Ira Bastard's.
RUC uncle killed by the ira too.
Oh and was petrol bombed twice. |
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"I was in Australia when SARS came about.
It was a bit of a thing for about a week but then everything was grand.
Nothing like this shit though.
I think SARS and MERS were on a much smaller scale, although obviously SARS was a much bigger deal in Australia. I remember well.
Ah yeah, worldwide it wasn't a big scare but in Australia at the time there was a bit of a panic but it seemed to blow over very quickly."
It just disappeared, let's hope this one does, they are from the same family |
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There's a TED talk by Bill Gates in 2015 ... covering the effects of a world wide virus...saying it will be the biggest killer because we are not prepared for it.
So much money has been spent on nuclear weapons and defence.
Not sure if allowed to put links up but Goo gle it. |
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We have been very fortunate in Western Europe since end of WW2. It's mostly been a story of steady improvement.
I cannot imagine what it felt like in to be in West Africa during the Ebola outbreak. I just feel lucky that we are not facing a virus with an average fatality rate of 50%. |
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"OTT the whole thing, ridiculous the way it’s gone 17-20 thousand die every year of the common flu, ffs we couldn’t fight a war nowadays
Do you understand how contagious this is?
That people can carry the virus asymptotically?
Ignorance really must be bliss
Yep I do, not ignore them just realistic mate, my opinion, I am allowed one "
You’re not realistic you’re just ignorant.
Let’s see how sure you are about coronavirus in a fortnight when the morgues start piling up the bodies.
It beggars belief people like you are allowed to vote. |
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"I was in Australia when SARS came about.
It was a bit of a thing for about a week but then everything was grand.
Nothing like this shit though.
I think SARS and MERS were on a much smaller scale, although obviously SARS was a much bigger deal in Australia. I remember well.
Ah yeah, worldwide it wasn't a big scare but in Australia at the time there was a bit of a panic but it seemed to blow over very quickly.
It just disappeared, let's hope this one does, they are from the same family"
Slightly different circumstances here. Not likely. |
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Well I remember the great flood was pretty terrifying butmy mate Noah built this Arc...weird chap insisted on me bringing my brother as he liked us all 2 by 2 |
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"I was talking today about the fuel crisis in 2000 because people for some bizarre reason are now filling up their cars with petrol....
I saw one woman today with cans full of it . Way to go when NHS staff can't get in to work because of no fuel "
I'm a community nurse and worry about this element. I can use up to 3 full tanks of fuel in a week as I cover a huge geographical location spanning two differing localities.
My local petrol station ran out of fuel on sunday and only refilled monday night. The question were unreal at 3pm today. Xx |
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"OTT the whole thing, ridiculous the way it’s gone 17-20 thousand die every year of the common flu, ffs we couldn’t fight a war nowadays
Do you understand how contagious this is?
That people can carry the virus asymptotically?
Ignorance really must be bliss
Yep I do, not ignore them just realistic mate, my opinion, I am allowed one
You’re not realistic you’re just ignorant.
Let’s see how sure you are about coronavirus in a fortnight when the morgues start piling up the bodies.
It beggars belief people like you are allowed to vote."
No need to be rude because you have different opinions. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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People are literally dying right now because there are folk not abiding by the obvious advice to self-isolate and distance themselves socially given they could well be carrying a virus without showing symptoms.
So I will be rude actually, thanks. |
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"People are literally dying right now because there are folk not abiding by the obvious advice to self-isolate and distance themselves socially given they could well be carrying a virus without showing symptoms.
So I will be rude actually, thanks."
Shame you can't put a decent reason argument across without being rude. Pathetic! |
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"We have been very fortunate in Western Europe since end of WW2. It's mostly been a story of steady improvement.
I cannot imagine what it felt like in to be in West Africa during the Ebola outbreak. I just feel lucky that we are not facing a virus with an average fatality rate of 50%."
I am trying to get cold comfort from this - at least it isn’t Ebola. At least half of us won’t be bleeding out. |
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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago
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"People are literally dying right now because there are folk not abiding by the obvious advice to self-isolate and distance themselves socially given they could well be carrying a virus without showing symptoms.
So I will be rude actually, thanks."
Well said |
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Recent panics that I can remember
Mad Cow
Bird Flu
Swine Flu
Foot and Mouth
Millennium bug
Nova Virus
Ebola (!!)
Difference between then and now is that social media wasn't about( or wasn't as widely used) to help spread rumours,lies,fear,hysteria and the occasional (overlooked) fact.
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Power cuts in the early 1970s. Great, schools were closed...
Oil crisis 1973.
Heatwave of 1976, water shortage.
Oil crisis 1979.
Thatcher...
Brixton, Toxteth and other riots of 1981.
Falklands.
Aids.
Chernobyl.
Stock market crash 1987.
Foot and mouth.
Ebola.
Bird flu. |
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"OTT the whole thing, ridiculous the way it’s gone 17-20 thousand die every year of the common flu, ffs we couldn’t fight a war nowadays
Do you understand how contagious this is?
That people can carry the virus asymptotically?
Ignorance really must be bliss
Yep I do, not ignore them just realistic mate, my opinion, I am allowed one
You’re not realistic you’re just ignorant.
Let’s see how sure you are about coronavirus in a fortnight when the morgues start piling up the bodies.
It beggars belief people like you are allowed to vote."
Around 800,000 people die each year from suicide, nice to see you're doing your bit to help prevent that
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I grew up on a very remote island. winters were often harsh
mum always baked, parents had large chest freezers full to the brim as we would get snowed in for weeks at a time
one year dads land rover defender went into a drift and the snow came up the windscreen. abandoned it & had to walk home
awesome times as we learnt to ski, we would fill black bags with snow then sit on it and use as a comfy sledge, would attempt to build igloo
would fish as we were literally 100 yards from the sea
as kids we absolutely loved it
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Once a vaccine is found to work it'll never be an issue for most of us again.
But there will be another one along as people don't learn lessons. Still saw people this weekend walking out the toilets and not hand washing, grim |
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"Once a vaccine is found to work it'll never be an issue for most of us again.
But there will be another one along as people don't learn lessons. Still saw people this weekend walking out the toilets and not hand washing, grim "
Odds are for most of us it'll be pretty mild, and herd immunity will help. The societal chaos in the meantime doesn't help.
But yes. I'm listening to virology podcasts at the moment. Every second or third sentence is "wash your hands!" |
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"I grew up on a very remote island. winters were often harsh
mum always baked, parents had large chest freezers full to the brim as we would get snowed in for weeks at a time
one year dads land rover defender went into a drift and the snow came up the windscreen. abandoned it & had to walk home
awesome times as we learnt to ski, we would fill black bags with snow then sit on it and use as a comfy sledge, would attempt to build igloo
would fish as we were literally 100 yards from the sea
as kids we absolutely loved it
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Sounds an amazing time. |
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For me... It's not the same, but for months as a child our drinking water was dangerous, possibly deadly. This was before bottled water was a big thing. We all got through. We were ok.
This is bigger, no question. But most of us will get through this. Strength and solidarity. |
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"Transport Strikes of the Beecham era
Miners Strikes of the Thatchers era
Power Strikes of the 70's ( was it Wilson ?)
3 day week due to electricity cuts
Foot and Mouth in animals and humans
S.A.R.S
M.E.R.S
Global Financial Crisis 2008.
dot-com bubble crisis
Aberfan
1981 Aids HIV
Asian Flu late 50's early 60's
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Yup |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Recent panics that I can remember
Mad Cow
Bird Flu
Swine Flu
Foot and Mouth
Millennium bug
Nova Virus
Ebola (!!)
Difference between then and now is that social media wasn't about( or wasn't as widely used) to help spread rumours,lies,fear,hysteria and the occasional (overlooked) fact.
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Got it in one..the media fiends at play..sure keep up with what's going on but seriously...one of my normally savvy friends has become hooked. People say how violence, drug addiction etc etc is far worse than any other time..it's not it is just communicated more due to media and social media. Yes take stock of current situation and apply but don't get swallowed up in the hype being generated  |
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In therror 70s people were having nuclear bunkers put in their gardens, many stockpiled cellars..adverts told you to listen for the nuclear alert signal and to hide under a bloody table...we also had the strike days...the unions got a bit keen so every man and his dog was striking so for half the week you d have water but no power so many long nights by candle light playing board games then the other half of the week you d have power but no water so you d go to the stand pipe at top of the street and thru many journeys fill your bath and pans and buckets..this went on for ages til union members started to tear up their memberships and return to work because their households were falling apart. At the end of the day follow the directives which as I understand it has not included stockpiling food etc..be smart and sensible. Every generation seems to think they ve had it worst..I don't believe so..it's just progress has made it more open on the media front. |
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