Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[roydo]

£60000 life insurance pay outs for NHS and Care Workers who pass from this. Well, their families, but you get the point.

 

[orly]

£60000 life insurance pay outs for NHS and Care Workers who pass from this. Well, their families, but you get the point.

Seems incredibly and sadly low. A lot of other sector play-offs clear mortgages etc.

 

[Harryflashman]

£60000 life insurance pay outs for NHS and Care Workers who pass from this. Well, their families, but you get the point.

again you have to give credit to any government for them doing what seems to be the right thing, at first glance it seems to be this seems to be exactly right.

 

[Harryflashman]

Seems incredibly and sadly low. A lot of other sector play-offs clear mortgages etc.

It’s something though isn’t it ? I don’t know enough about it to go through it but At first glance it’s the very least they could do but it’s certainly something .

If killed do prison officers and coppers get pay outs , not insurance or pension money , just one offs ?

 

[Wolf8312]

Given the documented side effects of the drug a trial on 15,000 healthy people seems questionable without more conviction that its benefits will outweigh the downsides.

You're supposed to push webistics!

 

[Toast]

Questions from the public today.

Different.

 

[Harryflashman]

Questions from the public today.

Different.

remember the stick Corbyn got ?

 

[Bungle]

Seems incredibly and sadly low. A lot of other sector play-offs clear mortgages etc.

4x salary is pretty common for a lot of people I deal with, so significantly higher than what the NHS are being offered. Any NHS Staff trying to get life insurance at the minute won't stand a chance because of the new covid questions most insurers have implemented.

It's a nice gesture but nowhere near enough for the risk they're taking and the fact they aren't likely to get cover elsewhere due to their occupation at the moment.

 

[tsubaki]

Questions from the public today.

Different.

they've banned the lobby from asking follow-up questions, hence needing to fill up the time

also "from the public" almost certainly doesn't mean "actually from the public"

 

[Harryflashman]

4x salary is pretty common for a lot of people I deal with, so significantly higher than what the NHS are being offered. Any NHS Staff trying to get life insurance at the minute won't stand a chance because of the new covid questions most insurers have implemented.

It's a nice gesture but nowhere near enough for the risk they're taking and the fact they aren't likely to get cover elsewhere due to their occupation at the moment.

something though isn’t it ? I mean I don’t want to be defending this shower but it’s better than a Talking up a medal or simply clapping them .

 

[RAFUH]

Oh shut up you melon - the post I was responding to is that some people who have signs of serious illness such as cancer, heart problems etc are staying at home rather than getting tested at hospitals in fear of catching the virus.

So if you start peeing blood I take it you'll do the noble and apparantly right thing and stay at home and die terminally just so you dont potentially catch a virus - hmmm of course you would m8.

This was unnecessary

 

[roydo]

4x salary is pretty common for a lot of people I deal with, so significantly higher than what the NHS are being offered. Any NHS Staff trying to get life insurance at the minute won't stand a chance because of the new covid questions most insurers have implemented.

It's a nice gesture but nowhere near enough for the risk they're taking and the fact they aren't likely to get cover elsewhere due to their occupation at the moment.

Pretty sure the NHS have a DIS scheme, on top of widow/dependent pension payments. Police deffo do.

I assume this £60k is on top of that. (Havnt a clue about agency staff mind).

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[roydo]

they've banned the lobby from asking follow-up questions,

But they havnt. They often ask if a journo wants a follow up.

edit. On cue, Peston with a follow up.

 

[Harryflashman]

But they havnt. They often ask if a journo wants a follow up.

edit. On cue, Peston with a follow up.

he kind of had to force his foot in the door though . In fairness to Peston , two decent questions there .