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David O'Day

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,886
fatso said:
It’s not possible for anyone to be more wrong!
Don’t believe me? Wait and see!
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I don't believe you but you are a Boris fanboy with a history of chatting whiff
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,887
cc84cov said:
Can’t remember a time in my life I was this bloody bored
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I’m starting to lose track of days and time. Tomorrow I’m risking a fine and driving to a supermarket that’s 8km away, it’s my first time leaving my street in 3 weeks I think.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,888
cc84cov said:
Can’t remember a time in my life I was this bloody bored
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Have you got any leftover paint in the shed or garage .
I'd highly recommend that
Very therapeutic.

Edit:- maybe you might be able to get a delivery.
 

matesx

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,889
cc84cov said:
Can’t remember a time in my life I was this bloody bored
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Everything you enjoy and look forward to has suddenly vanished.

For me, my mates and family, my holiday, football, pub, my squash league and worst of all....... my favourite Indian has shut.

The worst bit is not knowing when normality will return.

Every day is groundhog day with only bad news, queuing to get into a shop, fucked finances, lock downs and death all around.

Apart from that I'm staying cheerful.


....and God Bless the NHS
 
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Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,890
SkyBlueDom26 said:
When does everyone optimistically see the Lockdown restrictions start to be lifted?? I reckon the first week of June so another 8 weeks
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Hope so. I turn 40 in mid-late June and the wife turns 30 in mid July so we were planning a large party end of June. Reckon if the restrictions are lifted by then, we can have a brilliant celebration!!
 
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Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,891
chiefdave said:
Spoke too soon. Despite being busier than ever, did an extra 4 hours unpaid yesterday to try and keep up with the workload, and classed as keyworkers as we support medical facilites and food producers among others just been told that Friday will be my last day before being furloughed.
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Friday is my last day as well Dave. I'm going off with a 40% wage reduction and no sign yet if my contract will be renewed once the maternity cover I took 11 months again ends mid-May.

Hoping to get an email from HR today. Furlough I can deal with. 40% reduction in wages I can deal with (with the help of the mortgage window). Not knowing if I have a job after mid-May is the sole concern for me at the moment.
 
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tisza

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,892
563 UK deaths
 

David O'Day

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,893
tisza said:
563 UK deaths
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Yep but let's not fixate on daily totals or ages of the dead.

Yiu need to look at the trends and if the last 2 days increases continue at the current rate then we will have a problem.

We are are likely to see increaes for at 2 to 3 weeks
 

Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,894
tisza said:
563 UK deaths
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Expected. Have the released the number of new cases yet? That's the key stat to judging where the light at the end of the tunnel begins to be seen.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,895
Skyblueweeman said:
Expected. Have the released the number of new cases yet? That's the key stat to judging where the light at the end of the tunnel begins to be seen.
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4324
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,896
They reckon here that the peak will be next week.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,897
David O'Day said:
4324
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That’s not the new positive cases though, is it? That’s the overall numbers combined.
 

cc84cov

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,898
tisza said:
563 UK deaths
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Jesus
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,899
tisza said:
563 UK deaths
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Expected I think

Like every other function this country is so tardy.
Think I'm right that a lot from yesterday's total were from prior to the WE.
Guess these are the likely numbers we're likely to see daily across the next 10-12 weeks.
Awful
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,900
Sick Boy said:
That’s not the new positive cases though, is it? That’s the overall numbers combined.
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That's the increase in positive cases
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,901
David O'Day said:
That's the increase in positive cases
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Shit, that’s high. It’s on around 1,600 here now.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,902
David O'Day said:
That's the increase in positive cases
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More testing?
May include a lot medical staff.
 

tisza

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,903
For those referencing South Korea here's a fascinating interview with their top doctor

 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,904
wingy said:
Expected I think

Like every other function this country is so tardy.
Think I'm right that a lot from yesterday's total were from prior to the WE.
Guess these are the likely numbers we're likely to see daily across the next 10-12 weeks.
Awful
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Yeah it's likely to get worse but we are unlikely to see these figures for 10 to 12 weeks. They will tail off at,some stage
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,905
Sick Boy said:
Shit, that’s high. It’s on around 1,600 here now.
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UK numbers seem to be all over the place and it can take days for positive results to come back from labs.
 
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wingy

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,906
Skyblueweeman said:
Friday is my last day as well Dave. I'm going off with a 40% wage reduction and no sign yet if my contract will be renewed once the maternity cover I took 11 months again ends mid-May.

Hoping to get an email from HR today. Furlough I can deal with. 40% reduction in wages I can deal with (with the help of the mortgage window). Not knowing if I have a job after mid-May is the sole concern for me at the moment.
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Good Luck WM.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,907
wingy said:
More testing?
May include a lot medical staff.
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Not sure that many tested, still yet to hit the promised 10k a day
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,908
Thankfully still only 163 critical cases though so that’s hopeful
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,909
David O'Day said:
Not sure that many tested, still yet to hit the promised 10k a day
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So it could be 4500 out or 8000 tests were positive
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,910
Sky Blue Pete said:
Thankfully still only 163 critical cases though so that’s hopeful
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Isn't that just the last reported figure
 

SkyBlueDom26

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,911
Sick Boy said:
They reckon here that the peak will be next week.
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Italy peak will be next week? Surely not as the numbers are now down each day and it looks like the curve has flattened... don't you think the peak has already happened as most people do
 
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Skybluefaz

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,912
cc84cov said:
Jesus
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You'd think he'd do a bit. Right time of year too init?
 
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David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,913
Sky Blue Pete said:
So it could be 4500 out or 8000 tests were positive
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Not sure as a lot of testing can still take days to come back so the tests may have not been run at the same time.

They need to finalise and roll out the same day test thevwere talking about for a clearer picture
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,914
Skyblueweeman said:
Not knowing if I have a job after mid-May is the sole concern for me at the moment.
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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 but query being furloughed because there's no work. I could understand it maybe for staff who weren't dealing with the day to day work but it seems odd to reduce the level of frontline staff when its so busy.

Of course when I was told it was happening it was all 'this is to ensure everyone has a job to come back to' but then I got the paperwork and there's a lovely section in there that says when the government scheme ends we can be put on short time or lay off with no pay. Quick google suggests lay off is perfectly legal as long as they pay the statutory minimum which is less than £50 a month!
 
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Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,915
UK hospital's staff could 'limit work' over safety fears
A&E doctors at a hospital in Essex are warning that they could limit their work with patients to a "bare minimum" if they don't receive more personal protective equipment as a matter of urgency.
In a letter to the chief executive of Southend Hospital, the medics say they've been made to feel like "naughty children" for demanding the kit.
BBC News has been told that one in four medical staff at the site are off sick with coronavirus symptoms.

They're now saying that they will not be able to test 25,000 per day until the end of April, so that means our figures can't really be used as an accurate gauge of new cases, we basically don't know because we are not testing nearly enough.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,916
Sick Boy said:
They reckon here that the peak will be next week.
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They say that every week don’t they?
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,917
David O'Day said:
UK numbers seem to be all over the place and it can take days for positive results to come back from labs.
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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 every weekend which suggests it isn't.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,918
fernandopartridge said:
What are you talking about? The NHS frontline is the same size substantively, it is relying on thousands of volunteers at the minute. The Tories will get back in to austerity as soon as they can do, and the idiot media class and stupid electorate will stand by applauding.
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It won't be immediate as the value of the health service will be prevalent in people's minds for quite some time. But they don't have to rush as they've got five years for people to forget.

But it won't be too long before some are saying how poor the NHS was to deal with this situation and call for it to be made more like a private business. They'll continue to ape the US model even if it proves to be much worse than ours

But with the expected economic problems that will stem from this and the short-term funding required for the crisis will see a pretty swift return to cost-cutting and an excuse of lack of funds. But on the other side Labour etc will see it as a way to call for more take to fund it properly. And sadly given those options by that time I expect many will be back to cut costs being preferred over more tax.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,919
Grendel said:
One industry is going well

March was busiest shopping month for UK supermarkets on record up 20.6 per cent | Daily Mail Online
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But if everyone hoarded April may be a lot worse than normal. Guess it depends on how many people stocked up perishables they've had to chuck, but most of it seemed to be stuff that would keep for a decent amount of time,
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Apr 1, 2020
  • #10,920
shmmeee said:
No one is touching the NHS after this.
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Not for a bit. But the Tories aren't in a rush and will gradually bring their narrative back in by the next election, using the economic downturn this will cause as ammo.
 
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