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bezzer

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,136
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I do. And blaming it on people being selfish isn’t an argument he’s made.
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Well he's in the minority then.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,137
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Indeed they are. Just remember one day you'll be considered on the wrong side of the line of collateral damage and acceptable losses.
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I’m referring to road bypasses
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,138
Furlough extended again
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,139
bezzer said:
Well he's in the minority then.
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How big a fine would you give me for seeing my last grandparent on Christmas Day?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,140
Grendel said:
Furlough extended again
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At least it's an early decision, this time.

Tell you what, there's a job come up I fancy. The downside is that in normal times it'd require me to go in to an office 150 miles away, which they'd expect... post-pandemic.

The way it's going, part of me wonders if I should take my chances on being able to work from home for a year, before finding another job!
 

bezzer

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,141
Brighton Sky Blue said:
What if their parents need someone to come around and do things on their behalf?
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Well you don't send a school child round to fix it!

A little story for you. My parents boiler packed up in October. Local gas company who they have their service plan with turned up. Engineers masked and gloved up. Fixed the boiler and sanitised everything they'd touched. That's how things can be done and be as safe as is possible.
 

Grendel

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,142
Brighton Sky Blue said:
How big a fine would you give me for seeing my last grandparent on Christmas Day?
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Transportation to Devils Island
 

bezzer

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,143
Brighton Sky Blue said:
How big a fine would you give me for seeing my last grandparent on Christmas Day?
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What are you on about? Why would I fine you?

My Father is 83, suffers from dementia. I've not been able to hug him since the end of February. Will I see him over Christmas? No.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,144
bezzer said:
Well you don't send a school child round to fix it!

A little story for you. My parents boiler packed up in October. Local gas company who they have their service plan with turned up. Engineers masked and gloved up. Fixed the boiler and sanitised everything they'd touched. That's how things can be done and be as safe as is possible.
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Hate to break it to you but masks do not guarantee no transmission particularly in indoor spaces. Expecting the elderly to be alone for a year is just unrealistic
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,145
bezzer said:
What are you on about? Why would I fine you?

My Father is 83, suffers from dementia. I've not been able to hug him since the end of February. Will I see him over Christmas? No.
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You think it’s down to selfishness. What punishment should people get for wanting to see family for one day?
 

bezzer

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,146
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Hate to break it to you but masks do not guarantee no transmission particularly in indoor spaces. Expecting the elderly to be alone for a year is just unrealistic
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Christ, talk about deflecting the conversation!

Where did I say masks stopped the transmission of COVID? Show me. The fact they wore masks, gloves and sanitized everywhere they'd touched was the point I was making.

Go on deflect again and tell me sanitising isn't a guarantee to stop the spread.

Why is it unrealistic? My parents have been alone since March. My In-Laws have too. As has my neighbour.
 

bezzer

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,147
Brighton Sky Blue said:
You think it’s down to selfishness. What punishment should people get for wanting to see family for one day?
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Selfishness? Again, what are you on about?

Why are you asking me about punishment? If you want to see your family that's your choice. Nobody is going to fine you, you'd be adhering to the Christmas guidelines. My choice is to not see mine.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,148
bezzer said:
Christ, talk about deflecting the conversation!

Where did I say masks stopped the transmission of COVID? Show me. The fact they wore masks, gloves and sanitized everywhere they'd touched was the point I was making.

Go on deflect again and tell me sanitising isn't a guarantee to stop the spread.

Why is it unrealistic? My parents have been alone since March. My In-Laws have too. As has my neighbour.
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The research done on transmission shows that it is predominantly through droplets and aerosols, surface transmission is much less of an issue. Hence we did not see much of a spike over the summer despite huge numbers gathering outdoors.

You seem to be as pissed off as me to be fair.
 
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derbyskyblue

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,149
I'm under pressure as we have the son in law , his wife and granddaughter coming on boxing day from dublin. Their idea of social distancing is to space out a little more while doing the oops upside your head rowing boat dance thing....i shit you not !!! fortunately my lad lives in the same road and he is as good as gold with his social distancing.....think ill decamp to his his then.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,150
Brighton Sky Blue said:
It’s denying people treatment for serious illness for fear of catching the great asymptomatic virus. Yes I’m being emotional with it I just see and hear the stories and find it baffling .
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It’s more those that have bad symptoms and in need of help
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,151
Sky Blue Pete said:
It’s more those that have bad symptoms and in need of help
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I understand Pete but we are incurring some fairly monstrous collateral damage in the process.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,152
Sad though it is, treatment for illness always has to weigh up capacity and cost, rather than just treating everything, even outside of a pandemic.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Coventry/Warwickshire | Drummer's fight to prolong life

news.bbc.co.uk
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,153
Grendel said:
Its not irrational there are several areas of society where judgements are made regarding deaths and cost benefit analysis is used to see if the cost is worth actually paying. This is on a much bigger scale of course but the argument remains the same
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The problem is that covid cuts across absolutely everything, it isn't self contained. You can't just say "we'll let the virus run wild as it kills mostly elderly" because the demand on hospitals from patients elderly or not would completely overwhelm the NHS and lead to all sorts of other treatment being cancelled.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,154
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I understand Pete but we are incurring some fairly monstrous collateral damage in the process.
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Yep caused by covid though and the consequences of it
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,155
Macron's turn to catch it.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,156
35383 today is that the 11000 welsh cases
 
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xcraigx

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,157
Sky Blue Pete said:
35383 today is that the 11000 welsh cases
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That includes the Welsh backlog - ordinarily they would have been announcing 2000 or so cases, but announced 11,500 so the real UK figure is around 26,000.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,158
xcraigx said:
That includes the Welsh backlog - ordinarily they would have been announcing 2000 or so cases, but announced 11,500 so the real UK figure is around 26,000.
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Still up on last week then
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,159
will todays news that places with decreasing case numbers not being reduced lead to great restriction fatigue meaning people do more stupid things in the xmas 5 day? Leading to more cases and deaths
 

David O'Day

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,160
 
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wingy

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  • Dec 17, 2020
  • #37,161
David O'Day said:
will todays news that places with decreasing case numbers not being reduced lead to great restriction fatigue meaning people do more stupid things in the xmas 5 day? Leading to more cases and deaths
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Mmmm!
Like Cardiff the other week in had hoards of visitors across the the bridge to take advantage of the lower restrictions in the region.
 

David O'Day

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,162
wingy said:
Mmmm!
Like Cardiff the other week in had hoards of visitors across the the bridge to take advantage of the lower restrictions in the region.
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more a case of if you are single you can form for 5 nights only a big fuck off bubble and get fucked up in peoples houses
 
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wingy

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,163
Big question on Newsnight tonight around a letter to Cabinet regards lateral flow tests and their accuracy or lack of .
It was in a different context to the question of the late late protocol announced for schoolkids in the New year,dated 11thDec from some bigwig.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,164
wingy said:
Big question on Newsnight tonight around a letter to Cabinet regards lateral flow tests and their accuracy or lack of .
It was in a different context to the question of the late late protocol announced for schoolkids in the New year,dated 11thDec from some bigwig.
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Yep it’s why they do two tests. Also it doesn’t give many false positives just a high false negatives
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,165
fernandopartridge said:
The problem is that covid cuts across absolutely everything, it isn't self contained. You can't just say "we'll let the virus run wild as it kills mostly elderly" because the demand on hospitals from patients elderly or not would completely overwhelm the NHS and lead to all sorts of other treatment being cancelled.
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Don’t let facts cloud your judgement will you
 

Ian1779

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,166
Looking forward to adding ‘untrained Cov-ID tester’ to my skill set.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,167
David O'Day said:
will todays news that places with decreasing case numbers not being reduced lead to great restriction fatigue meaning people do more stupid things in the xmas 5 day? Leading to more cases and deaths
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Possibly, the lack of transparency over decision making annoys me, what are the criteria and how are they weighted!?
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,168
Walked past the local cricket club by me where they seem to be constructing a marquee in the car park. Can't see it being for a function so wonder if it's a covid vaccination centre...
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,169
fernandopartridge said:
Possibly, the lack of transparency over decision making annoys me, what are the criteria and how are they weighted!?
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That really would be a Pandora’s box wouldnt it? Don’t get me wrong I’d hate to be making the decisions and it really is a shit storm across Europe. However it does seem other governments see the facts and react where as we take a good look at them, smell them, turn them over and over and then eventually when left without a choice, we make a decision
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Dec 18, 2020
  • #37,170
fernandopartridge said:
Walked past the local cricket club by me where they seem to be constructing a marquee in the car park. Can't see it being for a function so wonder if it's a covid vaccination centre...
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Likely. Where’s that?
 
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