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  • Start date Jan 26, 2020
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mrtrench

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,121
Not everyone thinks that Israel made the virus.

 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,122
mrtrench said:
Not everyone thinks that Israel made the virus.

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tbf, I'm more impressed by the thought of the world's population all fitting on the Isle of Wight.
 
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Gazolba

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,123
Everyone relax.
We're all going to be fine.
I just heard the Pope has prayed for an end to the pandemic.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,124
'everyone should avoid social contact'.

Yet, the schools remain open and therefore parents have to take and pick up their children from school, which results in doing anything but avoiding social contact.
 
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lifeskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,125
Otis said:
'everyone should avoid social contact'.

Yet, the schools remain open and therefore parents have to take and pick up their children from school, which results in doing anything but avoid social contact.
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Yes I think everyone on the country, apart from Boris and his two sidekicks, can see the flaw in the governments stated position.


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Deleted member 4439

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,126
Otis said:
'everyone should avoid social contact'.

Yet, the schools remain open and therefore parents have to take and pick up their children from school, which results in doing anything but avoiding social contact.
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Yes but we know that this could otherwise bring the economy to a halt, as well as seriously impact family incomes. Oldies isolate whereas the younger and their offspring are far less vulnerable.
 
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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,127
This is getting silly now. One of my children presented symptoms over the weekend and as per the government’s advice this morning we’re keeping her off school this week, I’ve been to work, the wife has stayed at home (because we have a child off not because she has symptoms) and my other child has been to school. Now, my sick child showed full signs of recovery overnight this morning when she woke up so what do we do now? Do we all have to stay off now for 2 weeks? Because she seemed to have recovered this morning is the slate wiped clean? Why can’t we just get my daughter tested so we know one way or the other whether she had it or not? Why couldn’t the government come to this decision yesterday as that would have made the situation clear before the working week started? How many families are now in the same situation as us because this information came in the evening of the working day of the week? I know 2 other families personally who are also scratching their heads.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,128
Even my 12 year old has just said “wait, you can’t go to work if you can help it but you have to go to school? What planet is he on?”
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,129
dubed said:
Yes but we know that this could otherwise bring the economy to a halt, as well as seriously impact family incomes. Oldies isolate whereas the younger and their offspring are far less vulnerable.
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Get that, but I could catch it from my daughter and I have no choice but to go and see my dad, who will be in isolation.

He is 90 and I will have to do his shopping for him etc.

If I have to isolate, he is buggered.
 
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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,130
skybluetony176 said:
Even my 12 year old has just said “wait, you can’t go to work if you can help it but you have to go to school? What planet is he on?”
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So how is a family who depend on low income from non-office jobs supposed to survive a school shutdown?
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,131
To be fair schools should be shut down now in my opinion.
They could email lessons or even in theory bring the Easter holidays forward and add on the whitsun half term and giving 3 weeks holidays
 

Otis

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,132
dubed said:
So how is a family who depend on low income from non-office jobs supposed to survive a school shutdown?
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People will already not be surviving though. So many work in retail and then pubs and cafes, theatres and cinemas and restaurants etc.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,133
dubed said:
So how is a family who depend on low income from non-office jobs supposed to survive a school shutdown?
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I work for a small family owned business. How’s my workplace supposed to survive?
 

ccfc92

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,134
Avoid office, pubs and travel to stop virus - PM
 

skybluetony176

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,135
It’s bollocks. If they just tested my daughter we’d know in a single stroke if we should be isolating or not.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,136
ccfc92 said:
Avoid office, pubs and travel to stop virus - PM
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So there has been a complete u-turn in 48 hours then??
 
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wingy

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,137
skybluetony176 said:
It’s bollocks. If they just tested my daughter we’d know in a single stroke if we should be isolating or not.
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Think we'll be able to buy one shortly.
20 minute result .
Pin prick in the thumb like blood sugar etc.
 

ccfc92

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,138
Sick Boy said:
So there has been a complete u-turn in 48 hours then??
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I suppose it's all relative to new information. That article was released about 15 mins ago.
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,139
Sick Boy said:
So there has been a complete u-turn in 48 hours then??
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From what I can tell they are 'advising' people to stop, but they aren't 'telling' people not to.
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,140
Otis said:
'everyone should avoid social contact'.

Yet, the schools remain open and therefore parents have to take and pick up their children from school, which results in doing anything but avoiding social contact.
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I dunno avoiding social contact is my main aim at the school gates.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,141
Sick Boy said:
So there has been a complete u-turn in 48 hours then??
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We are further along the curve than we thought. So basically everyone who doesn’t suck Boris’ dick was right. Who knew?
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,142
Otis said:
Get that, but I could catch it from my daughter and I have no choice but to go and see my dad, who will be in isolation.

He is 90 and I will have to do his shopping for him etc.

If I have to isolate, he is buggered.
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Tough but official advice is you shouldn’t be in contact with your dad and should be leaving his shopping outside the door.

I’m just glad my parents don’t need daily care. God knows what I’d do otherwise.
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,143
shmmeee said:
Tough but official advice is you shouldn’t be in contact with your dad and should be leaving his shopping outside the door.

I’m just glad my parents don’t need daily care. God knows what I’d do otherwise.
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So how does he know when the shopping is there? He is all but deaf.
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,144
Otis said:
So how does he know when the shopping is there? He is all but deaf.
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It’s not been thought through at all. I guess your alternative is face mask gloves and buckets of hand sanitiser.
 
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Deleted member 4439

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,145
Otis said:
So how does he know when the shopping is there? He is all but deaf.
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That's so incredibly difficult for you Otis. Myself I'd take all the precautions, do that visit, do that shopping. But only you know how you and your Dad feel about it.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,146
dubed said:
So how is a family who depend on low income from non-office jobs supposed to survive a school shutdown?
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This is where the government need to intervene. Is the notion of an universal basic income that ludicrous in such unprecedented times?
 

Ian1779

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,147
Ring Of Steel said:
From what I can tell they are 'advising' people to stop, but they aren't 'telling' people not to.
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Avoids having to compensate/support etc.

Protect the money first... the Tory way. Even half the Tories are scratching their heads at it.
 

Grendel

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,148
Ian1779 said:
This is where the government need to intervene. Is the notion of an universal basic income that ludicrous in such unprecedented times?
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No government has across the globe has it?
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,149
Otis said:
Get that, but I could catch it from my daughter and I have no choice but to go and see my dad, who will be in isolation.

He is 90 and I will have to do his shopping for him etc.

If I have to isolate, he is buggered.
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I’ll help
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,150
Sky Blue Pete said:
I’ll help
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And my daughter if I can’t just ask
 

Grendel

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,151
Ian1779 said:
Avoids having to compensate/support etc.

Protect the money first... the Tory way. Even half the Tories are scratching their heads at it.
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Fake news Ian only 5% would ever take out such indemnity anyway
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,152
Grendel said:
No government has across the globe has it?
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By that logic let’s shut down the NHS.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,153
Sick Boy said:
So there has been a complete u-turn in 48 hours then??
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Not sure it’s a U turn Sick Boy. We knew these types of measures were going to come in, it was just when and to what extent. Every country is updating and ramping up their responses (pretty much on a daily basis) dependent on their own data, requirements etc

What I was shocked at is the encouragement to avoid any unnecessary social contact (avoiding bars, restaurants etc) with immediate effect. I was hoping this could be avoided with the exception of elderly and those with pre- existing conditions. The impact of this is huge !
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,154
Sky Blue Pete said:
I’ll help
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We should organise something on here for any SBTers in need.
 
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Otis

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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • #1,155
Sky Blue Pete said:
I’ll help
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No need, Pete. Thanks so much for the offer. I will keep going over until I can no longer do so, i.e., until/if I have to self-isolate.

I am fine at the mo, though my daughter has a cough. She has had it now for three weeks solid though. Certain it is not related.
 
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