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It had to pass in parliament first. Though I don't get why they had to wait until now to debate it.
Over 100 MPs wanted to get their say in, and from watching some of them it was mostly 'my constituency has a lido where people can safely socially distance. Surely the prime minister can make an exception in this case?' Or 'this is all Boris' fault for not locking down earlier!'
By far the highest daily death toll since 'mass testing' became available.
No we were around 1200 a day in April (but that may have included some aggregate figures).
Apparently testing figures were down 8% from last week, meaning cases are rising even though we are testing less people.
World beating.
World beating.
Wales's figures 1,202 today, was 1,414 last week.
Good to see a drop (15%), but given it's 13 days since the lockdown started, I'd have hoped for that to be a bigger difference.
Good to see a drop (15%), but given it's 13 days since the lockdown started, I'd have hoped for that to be a bigger difference.
Probably missed out on a bonus by not going with Remoaners
They should come up with COVID tiers. There is no reason for my daughters swimming class to stop. But it has too. They are so over cautious it borders on ridiculous. Same with my sons club.
Also anecdotal. It has been chaos round my way today. Town was packed huge traffic jams to get home. Peoples attitude has changed to the virus. Shops were packed out not controlling going on.
Also anecdotal. It has been chaos round my way today. Town was packed huge traffic jams to get home. Peoples attitude has changed to the virus. Shops were packed out not controlling going on.
Your second sentence is sadly why COVID tiers are not a great idea at all. The Government has been so unclear and all over the place with their messaging that people have had enough. There is little confidence in their guidance and the myriad of different rules constantly changing has undermined any effectiveness they would have had. People are now less likely to take things seriously or heed advice/warnings (I don't blame them for a second though) just look at the figures floating around regarding the % of people who are actually self-isolating when they are supposed to.
Now we find ourselves paying the price for this, staring down the barrel of a lengthy 'lockdown' with numbers already surging. This could have been mitigated if The Government had taken earlier decisive action, instead of desperately clinging-on to their plan of vainly trying to keep everything open. We are only going into 'lockdown' now because we HAVE to, else things would be catastrophic.
Any action going forwards needs to be as clear as possible. Muddying the waters with tiers, exemptions, convoluted rules etc. only makes things less effective.
We cannot have our cake and eat it too unfortunately. We are going to take a hit from the pandemic. We need to be more decisive about things. If it means that activities like your daughter's swimming lesson are an unfortunate casualty of this in the short-term, we need to be able to make these sacrifices for the greater good, so I am all for it. It obviously sucks massively though and I hope she can get back to it soon!
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Source is my sister, she received one on email at 19:30, hoping mine comes through before I have to go into work in the morning.
Thanks! I just noticed that the guidelines were updated actually.
Wow, this has changed - so we don't need to follow the same guidance as the person who is shielding?
This is crazy, I work at a university and have to commute via train. My partner is a secondary school teacher and constantly complains about the lack of social distancing at work. We're currently living with her parents as we are looking to buy our own place next year. Her mum is classed as CEV due to a respiratory condition and her Dad isn't necessarily the healthiest guy bless him. I am concerned by this, really concerned.
Public Health Wales in their daily statement have said reporting time lag - https://covid19-phwstatement.nhs.wales/
Guess we'll see over the next few days.
Check your email, I just got a letter from Dept of Health saying I should follow extra precautionary shielding measures and not go to work if I cannot work from home. It mentions Job Retention Scheme or SSP.
Yeah I've received mine this evening now, I've forwarded it onto HR and will discuss further with them over the phone tomorrow.
Re: shielding; my mum has had her delivery "freebie" from Asda extended out until April next year (this was something they offered for shielding vulnerable people earlier in the pandemic). Seems they've just gone "fuck it" and are extending it indefinitely, which tells you a lot about how large corporations are seeing this going.
So I'm furloughed
mixed feelings - in a way I need a bit of a break and it seems like the company are serious about bringing people back in as soon as possible
but there is always that worry about the longer term...
on the plus side I can certainly catch up on some reading now
mixed feelings - in a way I need a bit of a break and it seems like the company are serious about bringing people back in as soon as possible
but there is always that worry about the longer term...
on the plus side I can certainly catch up on some reading now
This isn't really a lockdown at all. It is a tactic of shielding just the vulnerable and letting everyone else get on with things. Schools open, most shops open, sports continuing. If it works, then great, but it seems a risky tactic considering it is nowhere near the scale of the first one, and we are entering it in far, far worse shape.
For me, it's not a lockdown unless the schools are closed. Every day I worry that this is the day the kids bring COVID home. It's a lockdown in name only, so that the economy can chug along, people barely change their behaviour, but the government get to claim they did something.
This isn't a lockdown. I have a week long classroom based training course booked (HGV ADR).
It hasn't been cancelled. There's no way that during a national lockdown it should be going ahead.
I was hoping it would be cancelled because it clashes with my mum's funeral (which obviously I'm going to no matter what) at the other end of the country and if they're arseholes about moving me onto the next month's course I'll lose £750.
Leisure venues closing and the ban on going to people's houses (if people would stick to it) might do something for the infection rates though.
It hasn't been cancelled. There's no way that during a national lockdown it should be going ahead.
I was hoping it would be cancelled because it clashes with my mum's funeral (which obviously I'm going to no matter what) at the other end of the country and if they're arseholes about moving me onto the next month's course I'll lose £750.
Leisure venues closing and the ban on going to people's houses (if people would stick to it) might do something for the infection rates though.
Most sports aren't continuing, though. You're allowed to exercise with one other person from outside your household outside, and that's it.
Just to give an idea of this threads impact. 3.2m views since it started.
US election thread 3.4m and climbing.
We really are on an island. Good luck this next month siblings
US election thread 3.4m and climbing.
We really are on an island. Good luck this next month siblings
What the fuck Sainsbury's !!!
www.mirror.co.uk
Supermarkets and Argos that is already "click and collect" at all times shouldn't be cutting jobs right now!
edit: and another horrible leaking before staff are told too it looks like :(
Sainsbury's 'to cut 3,000 jobs by closing fresh fish and meat counters'
A large number of the jobs will go from the group's Argos business and there will be layoffs in Sainsbury's stores with the closure of delicatessens and fresh food counters
www.mirror.co.uk
Supermarkets and Argos that is already "click and collect" at all times shouldn't be cutting jobs right now!
edit: and another horrible leaking before staff are told too it looks like :(
Jesus Christ that's terrible.What the fuck Sainsbury's !!!
Sainsbury's 'to cut 3,000 jobs by closing fresh fish and meat counters'
A large number of the jobs will go from the group's Argos business and there will be layoffs in Sainsbury's stores with the closure of delicatessens and fresh food counters
Supermarkets and Argos that is already "click and collect" at all times shouldn't be cutting jobs right now!
edit: and another horrible leaking before staff are told too it looks like :(
What the fuck Sainsbury's !!!
Sainsbury's 'to cut 3,000 jobs by closing fresh fish and meat counters'
A large number of the jobs will go from the group's Argos business and there will be layoffs in Sainsbury's stores with the closure of delicatessens and fresh food counters
Supermarkets and Argos that is already "click and collect" at all times shouldn't be cutting jobs right now!
edit: and another horrible leaking before staff are told too it looks like :(
For Argos, I wouldn't be shocked if the pandemic sped up Amazon eating their lunch. Sucks, but what can you do
Until the advice from scientists all over Europe and North America changes, they're not going to shut schools. Like, you don't have to like it, but right now the scientific advice is to keep kids in school and shut down other things to see if that will keep the pandemic in check. France and Germany aren't doing the same thing as the UK is for a laugh.
Drive into work last week took 40 minutes, drive into work this morning took 50 minutes. Traffic was actually heavier this morning for some reason. I was expecting it to be an easy commute.
Meeting with my manager yesterday and it seems I'll be WFH at least one day a week until spring.
Meeting with my manager yesterday and it seems I'll be WFH at least one day a week until spring.