Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (18 Viewers)

SkyBlue_Bear83

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Depends how it is handled.

About 500 people are employed where I work. Those who can work from home do. Thise with underlying health issues of any kind are off on full pay. We have people in sterilizing what can be touched 24 hours a day. Our temperature is checked each day on arrival to work before we get on site. Any slight symptoms and off for 14 days.

Don't know what is happening elsewhere though.
I work in a environmental lab, we do testing and analysis on sewage and drinking waters.

Social distancing is not being followed properly, people are regularly within 2m of each other, sometimes through people being careless and sometimes it is impossible because of space. When you are training another analyst it's impossible to remain 2 m away.

We are all sharing lab equipments, disposable gloves are being shared between about 20 people (not the actual gloves but the glove box is being shared, so when you have 20 people changing there gloves probably 10 times a day that's a lot of hands reaching into the glove box)
Personal coats and lab coats are being hung up on coat pegs touching each other in the cloak rooms and are then left overnight all in close proximity.

We are still fully open, even for the non essential work streams. Lots of other non essential business/production are remaining open.
Where do you work?
 

Skybluefaz

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150 if you add #prayforme and 200 if you start a gofundme.
People that are saying well done to their street for their clap performance.
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chiefdave

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Anyone else noticed people driving like wankers because the roads are quieter?
Seeing examples of this every day when I'm out walking the dog. For some reason people seem to have decided its acceptable to drive on the wrong side of the A45 so they can turn into side roads without going down to the BP roundabout and back up.
 

fernandopartridge

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Just see a tweet from Richard Horton (editor of the Lancet)

He heard of an NHS frontline worker tested for COVID on 31st March, has only just had the positive test result back.

There is lot lot more to this headline 'capacity for 25k' tests nonsense that what's made out.
 

David O'Day

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Just see a tweet from Richard Horton (editor of the Lancet)

He heard of an NHS frontline worker tested for COVID on 31st March, has only just had the positive test result back.

There is lot lot more to this headline 'capacity for 25k' tests nonsense that what's made out.
The chessington test site has been taking 3 to 4 weeks to.come back

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CCFCSteve

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Just see a tweet from Richard Horton (editor of the Lancet)

He heard of an NHS frontline worker tested for COVID on 31st March, has only just had the positive test result back.

There is lot lot more to this headline 'capacity for 25k' tests nonsense that what's made out.

Hmmmm Horton has got a bit of an axe to grind through. If he’d been contacted by hundreds or at least tens of people saying the same Id definitely take notice (surely if he’s been contacted by one he’d have undertaken some investigations to find out if this is a widespread issue - not saying it’s not the case but as over 600k tests have been undertaken, including 60k for nhs and key workers, I would’ve expected to have heard more about this by now if it was a major/widespread issue

Let’s see if more come out the woodwork
 

chiefdave

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The idea that we can’t be told what the exit strategy is because we might break it is pure nonsense.

Business needs to be able to plan. This is Brexit all over again with the government coming out with some half arsed excuse as to why they haven’t done any forward planning and their supporters lapping it up. Before it was “we don’t want to give the plan away” now it’s “you plebs can’t be trusted”.

At the moment you’ve got business owners I know playing guessing games on the future of their livelihood based of rumours in newspapers. Should my barber plan to be out of work for another six months? Is his one of the first or last businesses to reopen? Same for social club owners, restauranteers, teachers, etc.

You don’t need dates but some idea of order and trigger points allows people to plan.
Of course its nonsense. Nobody is asking for exact dates or even complete detail on the plan. Just a vague idea of what the plan is. At the moment it seems there is no plan.

I'm now having a battle with my parents to stop them 'just popping out' because the only thing they're hearing is that restrictions could last for 18 months. You can't keep people in their houses for 18 months so they're decided if that's the plan they might as well just do what they want now.
 

chiefdave

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The chessington test site has been taking 3 to 4 weeks to.come back
Guardian said:
Hospitals sought to take over the operation of a flagship government coronavirus testing centre from the accounting firm Deloitte after severe failings in the service led to the test results of NHS staff being lost or sent to the wrong person, the Guardian can reveal.

The drive-through centre, at Chessington World of Adventures, in Surrey, was among the first in what will be a network of about 50 regional facilities, trumpeted by the health secretary, Matt Hancock, as key to delivering on the government promise of 100,000 tests a day by the end of April.
 

chiefdave

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Another one for the 'nobody could have predicted this' file:
Ministers were warned last year the UK must have a robust plan to deal with a pandemic virus and its potentially catastrophic social and economic consequences in a confidential Cabinet Office briefing leaked to the Guardian.

The detailed document warned that even a mild pandemic could cost tens of thousands of lives, and set out the must-have “capability requirements” to mitigate the risks to the country, as well as the potential damage of not doing so.
Revealed: UK ministers were warned last year of risks of coronavirus pandemic
 

clint van damme

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Those ones who think they are orchestrating it to make themselves look like they love the NHS more than everybody else.

There were fireworks goiing off in one of my neighbouring streets last night.
Waste money attention seeking for the NHS
 

shmmeee

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Of course its nonsense. Nobody is asking for exact dates or even complete detail on the plan. Just a vague idea of what the plan is. At the moment it seems there is no plan.

I'm now having a battle with my parents to stop them 'just popping out' because the only thing they're hearing is that restrictions could last for 18 months. You can't keep people in their houses for 18 months so they're decided if that's the plan they might as well just do what they want now.

Exactly. Currently people are going off Facebook posts and scaremongering headlines, how can anyone suggest any info from the government would be worse.

Roads today were pretty much where I’d expect them to be lunchtime on a Friday, people have had enough of being kept in the dark and fed shit and are giving up. I know people planning BBQs for mid May because fuck it everyone else is out. All over Twitter people are saying it feels like we’re not really in lockdown any more.

Complete lack of leadership from the government.
 

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