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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 14, 2020
  • #30,591
Deleted member 5849 said:
Indeed. Stands to reason it's easier to avoid other people in small towns and /or villages, and the people who live there are more likely to have the jobs to allow them to work from home, too.
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That said, my old MSOA in Cov is amongst the poorest 10% in the country yet has recorded 30 cases over the whole period and none for 10 weeks.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Aug 14, 2020
  • #30,592
fernandopartridge said:
That said, my old MSOA in Cov is amongst the poorest 10% in the country yet has recorded 30 cases over the whole period and none for 10 weeks.
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Virus too scared to go there?
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 14, 2020
  • #30,593
Deleted member 5849 said:
Virus too scared to go there?
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Most probably
 

hill83

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  • Aug 14, 2020
  • #30,594
We’ve just had a big mental health initiative at work alongside new t&c’s where you don’t get paid for your first 3 days off sick no matter what. Covid or not. Not been a thing for the last 15 years. Absolute jokers.

I’m relatively settled money wise but that’s encouraging me to come in if I feel ill. With what’s going on right now it’s absolutely fucking stupid.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 14, 2020
  • #30,595
hill83 said:
We’ve just had a big mental health initiative at work alongside new t&c’s where you don’t get paid for your first 3 days off sick no matter what. Covid or not. Not been a thing for the last 15 years. Absolute jokers.

I’m relatively settled money wise but that’s encouraging me to come in if I feel ill. With what’s going on right now it’s absolutely fucking stupid.
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It really is stupid
 

covmark

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  • Aug 14, 2020
  • #30,596
hill83 said:
We’ve just had a big mental health initiative at work alongside new t&c’s where you don’t get paid for your first 3 days off sick no matter what. Covid or not. Not been a thing for the last 15 years. Absolute jokers.

I’m relatively settled money wise but that’s encouraging me to come in if I feel ill. With what’s going on right now it’s absolutely fucking stupid.
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Our company policy before covid was unpaid first 3 days sick. Since March, it's been from day one if you have covid symptoms. Even paying sick pay for quarantine after a holiday, as long as the holiday was booked pre May 28th.

Seems harsh for your company to go the other way.

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David O'Day

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,597
covmark said:
Our company policy before covid was unpaid first 3 days sick. Since March, it's been from day one if you have covid symptoms. Even paying sick pay for quarantine after a holiday, as long as the holiday was booked pre May 28th.

Seems harsh for your company to go the other way.

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Yeah we have changed to if you are self isolating it's full pay up to 14 days

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Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,598
David O'Day said:
Yeah we have changed to if you are self isolating it's full pay up to 14 days

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Some companies are great with it, but there's some utter pricks out there. I have to live payday to payday ( not proud of it) but i cant afford 2 weeks no pay/SSP so if i had symptoms i have to decide between the morally right thing or getting in shut financially.


Shouldn't be like that in a pandemic
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,599
Saddlebrains said:
Some companies are great with it, but there's some utter pricks out there. I have to live payday to payday ( not proud of it) but i cant afford 2 weeks no pay/SSP so if i had symptoms i have to decide between the morally right thing or getting in shut financially.


Shouldn't be like that in a pandemic
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You won’t get a choice if you are poorly
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,600
FFS .
Better ignore my earlier post.
So much/ many different equations/sources.
So the figure I put up of 33 New case's and being down from last week is crap .
As this article says it was 65: new cases .


New Covid-19 cases rise in Coventry as nearby town tops UK list

Cases were on the rise in four out of seven parts of Coventry and Warwickshire
www.coventrytelegraph.net
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,601
wingy said:
FFS .
Better ignore my earlier post.
So much/ many different equations/sources.
So the figure I put up of 33 New case's and being down from last week is crap .
As this article says it was 65: new cases .


New Covid-19 cases rise in Coventry as nearby town tops UK list

Cases were on the rise in four out of seven parts of Coventry and Warwickshire
www.coventrytelegraph.net
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Can I rescind my 'good news' post too, then?
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,602
Apparently the murmurs coming out of SAGE are that the country’s R rate is believed to be back above 1 again. If there’s any truth in that get ready for a return to lockdown. Just hope the government isn’t slow to react again.
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,603
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,604
Williamson has all the gravitas of Grayling.
But they have a majority of 80, it's the holiday season and they can do what they want.
Even things up!!
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,605
clint van damme said:
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There used to be a joke when I was teaching about “staircase marking” where you threw the stack of coursework at the top of the stairs and those that land at the bottom get an A and those at the top an E.

It’s not a million miles off the algorithm used by OfQual.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,606
shmmeee said:
There used to be a joke when I was teaching about “staircase marking” where you threw the stack of coursework at the top of the stairs and those that land at the bottom get an A and those at the top an E.

It’s not a million miles off the algorithm used by OfQual.
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so that's why I left school with such shit results, I knew the truancy, suspensions etc wasn't the real explanation.
 
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The Lurker

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,607
And greater Manchester wonders why cases are high
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,608
The Lurker said:
And greater Manchester wonders why cases are high
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The Lurker is back with a post about Asian people!

Racist c**t
 
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clint van damme

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,609
David O'Day said:
The Lurker is back with a post about Asian people!

Racist c**t
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1100 incidents of restrictions been breached in Greater Manchester, can't think why he's chosen to highlight the ones he has?!



 

chiefdave

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,610
skybluetony176 said:
Apparently the murmurs coming out of SAGE are that the country’s R rate is believed to be back above 1 again. If there’s any truth in that get ready for a return to lockdown. Just hope the government isn’t slow to react again.
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We've been told for weeks one of the keys is to stay below 1,000 infections a day. In the last week we've passed that on 5 days including 1,441 yesterday. The government completely ignored that and eased the restrictions in place so I wouldn't have too much confidence they will respond to the R number increasing.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,611
chiefdave said:
We've been told for weeks one of the keys is to stay below 1,000 infections a day. In the last week we've passed that on 5 days including 1,441 yesterday. The government completely ignored that and eased the restrictions in place so I wouldn't have too much confidence they will respond to the R number increasing.
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It's like if the R number/infections rises they've decided quarantine from more destinations will sort it, seemingly oblivious to the fact that if infections are rising it means it's already spreading here.

Whether they're just actually that stupid or it just plays to their crowd - don't infringe my rights, blame it all on the foreigners - I don't know. Probably a bit from column A and a bit from column B.
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,612
clint van damme said:
1100 incidents of restrictions been breached in Greater Manchester, can't think why he's chosen to highlight the ones he has?!



View attachment 16438
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it's a mystery
 

covmark

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,613
David O'Day said:
The Lurker is back with a post about Asian people!

Racist c**t
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Wish I hadn't read the comments on that thread. Fucking depressing.

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Ian1779

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,614
I genuinely amazed that we haven’t been banned from travelling ourisd
David O'Day said:
The Lurker is back with a post about Asian people!

Racist c**t
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Just got back from a fact finding mission with Nigel....
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,615
covmark said:
Wish I hadn't read the comments on that thread. Fucking depressing.

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racists gonna racist
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,616
Half don’t give a shit and will follow their own common sense the other half are scared witless.
I’m beyond thinking I can protect others including my close family and am just protecting those in my house and those I love
 
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Marty

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,617
Had my results back the same day, saying they were inconclusive, so went back again on the same day for a retest (Wednesday), just gave them a call as I hadn't received anything and they haven't even bothered to complete the work their side, have another upto 48 hour wait for my results, meaning if they come back inconclusive again, I'm outside of the 5 days time frame for a retest. Bunch of amateurs.
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,618
Marty said:
Had my results back the same day, saying they were inconclusive, so went back again on the same day for a retest (Wednesday), just gave them a call as I hadn't received anything and they haven't even bothered to complete the work their side, have another upto 48 hour wait for my results, meaning if they come back inconclusive again, I'm outside of the 5 days time frame for a retest. Bunch of amateurs.
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Inconclusive? I thought they'd be able to give you a yes or no.
 

Marty

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,619
clint van damme said:
Inconclusive? I thought they'd be able to give you a yes or no.
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There's 3, Positive, negative, & inconclusive.

I've just had the results confirming a negative. Even though I was displaying classic signs and still do.
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,620
Marty said:
There's 3, Positive, negative, & inconclusive.

I've just had the results confirming a negative. Even though I was displaying classic signs and still do.
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well hopefully that's the end of it as far as Covid is concerned and what you've got is just a bug.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,621
Marty said:
Had my results back the same day, saying they were inconclusive, so went back again on the same day for a retest (Wednesday), just gave them a call as I hadn't received anything and they haven't even bothered to complete the work their side, have another upto 48 hour wait for my results, meaning if they come back inconclusive again, I'm outside of the 5 days time frame for a retest. Bunch of amateurs.
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The brilliance of the private sector coming to provide more NHS services soon
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,622

Students in England must meet eight criteria to appeal exam results

Ofqual confirms process for those whose A-level and GCSE mock results were higher than grade
www.theguardian.com

So much for the triple lock
 

Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 15, 2020
  • #30,623
David O'Day said:

Students in England must meet eight criteria to appeal exam results

Ofqual confirms process for those whose A-level and GCSE mock results were higher than grade
www.theguardian.com

So much for the triple lock
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Absolute fucking shambles. A scourge on every fucker that voted for these c***s
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 16, 2020
  • #30,624

Coronavirus: Health Secretary to replace Public Health England with specialist pandemic unit, says report

Ministers are reportedly frustrated and unhappy with the way that PHE has responded to the coronavirus outbreak.
news.sky.com
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Aug 16, 2020
  • #30,625
Ian1779 said:
Absolute fucking shambles. A scourge on every fucker that voted for these c***s
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What's even more annoying is that they've mainly downgraded schools in poorer areas whereas 'posher' schools haven't been. Yet if anyone's more likely to have fiddled the grades it's those schools where the parents have the ability to give the teachers the 'incentive' to do so.

And once again they were given warning of the outcome with how it went in Scotland.

They're now not just privately against social mobility they're publicly trying to prevent it and couldn't give a fuck.
 
Last edited: Aug 16, 2020
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