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  1. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Trump certainly has questions to answer. Closing the White House pandemic office to save money isn't looking the smartest plan now. Also the Americans had an epidemiologist embedded in China’s disease control agency to ensure the information they got out of China was correct. That position was...
  2. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    What test was he referring to? I've only heard mention of the diagnostic test, to see if you currently have it, and the antibody test, to see if you have had it at any point.
  3. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Not sure what EU freedom of movement has to do with a worldwide pandemic. In any case its not my job to come up with the solution, that's the role of government. I was simply pointing out that it is wrong to dismiss any failings of the government with 'no one could have predicted this' when it...
  4. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Probably one for BSB but don't grade boundaries usually get set after making has taken place to ensure you don't get a sudden change due to the test itself changing year to year? If so you'd assume they would just apply the same principle.
  5. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Not to single you out as I've seen similar comments all over social media but this hasn't come out of nowhere. There's been warnings for literally years about this kind of thing happening. There's even reports viewable online into the changes made to the NHS under the 2012 Health and Social...
  6. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Should have known better than to defend the government! What an absolute shambles. So Hancock is promising 100K tests a day in England, a combination of diagnostic and antibody tests but at the same time saying the tests we have don't work. That's before you even consider Johnsons target back...
  7. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Not seen the interview you're referring to but aren't people mixing up different tests? The one people are angry about is testing to see if people currently have it. So you've got a quarter of NHS staff sat at home with symptoms who could be tested and if negative return straight to work. I...
  8. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    That's basically the response I got when I raised it. As always with these things you end up in a tricky position as an employee as if you push back too hard you're viewed as a troublemaker, particularly if some of the other furloughed staff are happy to do whatever they are told no questions...
  9. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Not sure my company has really understood how furlough is supposed to work. Today is suppsoed to be my last day but apparently I should keep checking emails, attending team meetings, updating documentation, doing training etc. The only thing I can't do is contact our customers.
  10. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Hopefully when this is all over one of the things that will come out of it is a look at how employees are treated and how one sided things can be. I know you changed to a fixed term position but the number of people who aren't considered permanent employess and have been left to sort themselves...
  11. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I wouldn't mind them calling it now and making us champions. If we were playing at the Ricoh and looking forward to a huge crowd and party on the last day of the season I might feel differently.
  12. chiefdave

    Good to see it’s a silent news day

    This is going back a fair while now but I had a message on Facebook, from a fake account, basically saying they knew I was chiefdave on here. Didn't think anything of it as I don't go out of my wide to hide my identity, wouldn't take anyone who wanted to find me long, but then found out a few...
  13. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The Independent hasn't been printed for 4 years!
  14. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    If I was a PL footballer I'd feel pretty guilty seeing out quarantine in my huge mansion while the club staff are worrying about how they're going to pay the bills. The amount of money we're talking about would be peanuts to first team players.
  15. chiefdave

    Good to see it’s a silent news day

    Same here. God knows what I've posted on here and twitter over the years but I'm sure it wouldn't take long to find something that didn't look great. But then most normal people don't go digging. Didn't Gilbert once go years back through someones twitter history when they had a go at him and...
  16. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    The NHS is swamped but we've got staff sat at home because they haven't been tested.
  17. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    First it was Andrew Neil and the Daily Mail but now even Dom is criticising them you know there is a problem!
  18. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Wouldn't it make sense for them to also issue adjusted figures as they go along. So you have something like figures for how many tests were submitted each day and what the results were rather than just the date they were completed. I know we are told its 7 days a week but there's a jump after...
  19. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Its crap isn't it. I know there's loads in the same situation as we are but that doesn't really ease any worries. I got notified about an hour after a team meeting where we were given last months stats which showed it to be by far the busiest month in the companies history so you can't help...
  20. chiefdave

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Bet he's put the prices up as well!
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