Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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ToffeeTim said:
The furlough scheme will 100% not end on Wednesday. It has already been extended till 30 June at least. I actually think it will be extended further for lots of workers and I hope that's the case.

Please don't say things which are clearly not true.

From my experience, I have nothing but good things to say about the response from the treasury. My expectations were very low but the job retention scheme was extremely smooth and has processed claims for about 6m workers - no mean feat.
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The furlough scheme can end tomorrow if the government so wishes.
 
ramacca said:
June is 3 weeks away and there are already those Tories and Tory commentators claim it's made the working class 'idle' and 'workshy' in best Britannia Unchained 'lazy UK workers' rhetoric.
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Don't know how true it is like:

Ministers are expected to extend the state bankrolling of wages until the end of September, albeit at a reduced rate of 60pc, while also topping up the pay packets of staff brought back to work on a part-time basis. Changes to the furlough scheme could be announced by Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, today.
 
ToffeeTim said:
As with everything these days, it seems you can only have an extreme opinion on the internet.

People either think the lockdown was ridiculous and an assault of human freedom. Or people think we should be on lockdown for the rest of the year or until there's a vaccine.

My opinion is we needed the rules and they maybe came too late. But it's now been 7 weeks and I think we need to start planning to gradually lift the rules. An economic catastrophe is looking almost inevitable and people will suffer that way too. Theres no easy answers, but we cant stay like this forever.
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We can't go on forever in lockdown, but it is still ripping through care homes in new areas of the country so it is too prevalent imho to cause confusion like this. With the increased use of public transport and people who think they are immune to it all. (My wife being one, she wants to see her pregnant sister and doesn't keep 2M apart despite my firm protests)

The only hope is that as it takes weeks to go through the system the numbers will actually be far lower as to who has it than it looks fron the stats now. I have always said before they released the lockdown they could have forced a total lockdown to give the best chance of wiping out the remenants before moving to this phase. I don't think (enough) people can be trusted to the right thing.
 
JEBUS_LIVES said:
Really? I am just trying to conjure up what you might have been saying at this stage had the police and army really been patrolling the streets...
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He now wants martial law, yet not so long ago he was screaming state sponsored murder, when anti terrorist Police took out ISIS terrorists on their way to murder and maim innocent people.

He is the gift that just keeps on giving.
 
COYBL25 said:
He now wants martial law, yet not so long ago he was screaming state sponsored murder, when anti terrorist Police took out ISIS terrorists on their way to murder and maim innocent people.

He is the gift that just keeps on giving.
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I dont want the police or troops to murder people, though.

See the slight flaw in your juxtaposition?
 
PhilM said:
I was thinking about playtime. When I have ever visited schools at that time, it's like organised chaos with children weaving in and out of each other.

"Sorry Little Johnny... you now need to play outside but you have to stay 2 metres apart!" With a confused face, "Miss, what's a metre?"

On another topic, my wife works for a school and apparently (word of mouth) there's been children trying to come today as the parents have gone back to work.

Unless the definition of a key worker has changed, my wife suspects there'll be some aggravation caused because of this as they're turning them away.
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Mate, I don't use the term false news lightly, in fact I've never used it before. But I can't believe there is anybody in the country who is that stupid.

There may however be people out there who are just being bloody minded.
 
Bishop Thumpety-Thump said:
Just in case anyone is stupid enough to still support this 'government', here's a handy breakdown of Johnson's countdown to disaster.

December 31st China alerts WHO to new virus.

January 23rd Study reveals a third of China’s patients require intensive care.

January 24th Boris Johnson misses first Cobra meeting.

January 29th Boris Johnson misses second Cobra meeting.

January 31st The NHS declares first ever ‘Level 4 critical incident’ Meanwhile, the government declines to join European scheme to source PPE.

February 5th Boris Johnson misses third Cobra meeting.

February 12th Boris Johnson misses fourth Cobra meeting. Exeter University published study warning Coronavirus could infect 45 million people in the UK if left unchallenged.

February 13th Boris Johnson misses conference call with European leaders.

February 14th Boris Johnson goes away on holiday. Aides are told keeps Johnson’s briefing notes short or he will not read them.

February 18th Johnson misses fifth cobra meeting.

February 26th Boris Johnson announces ‘Herd Immunity’ strategy, announcing some people will lose loved ones. Government document is leaked, predicting half a million Brits could die in ‘worse case scenario’.

February 29th Boris Johnson retreats to his country manor. NHS warns of ‘PPE shortage nightmare’ Stockpiles have dwindled or expired after years of austerity cuts.

March 2nd Boris Johnson attends his first Cobra meeting, declining another opportunity to join European PPE scheme. Government’s own scientists say over half a million Brit’s could die if virus left unrestrained. Johnson tells country “We are very, very well prepared.”

March 3rd Scientists urge Government to advise public not to shake hands. Boris Johnson brags about shaking hands of Coronavirus patients.

March 4th Government stops providing daily updates on virus following a 70% spike in UK cases. They will later U-turn on this amid accusations they are withholding vital information.

March 5th Boris Johnson tells public to ‘wash their hands and business as usual’.

March 7th Boris Johnson joins 82,000 people at Six Nations match.

March 9th After Ireland cancels St Patrick’s day parades, the government says there’s “No Rationale” for cancelling sporting events.

March 10th - 13th Cheltenham takes place, more than a quarter of a million people attend.

March 11th 3,000 Atletico Madrid fans fly to Liverpool.

March 12th Boris Johnson states banning events such as Cheltenham will have little effect. The Imperial College study finds the government’s plan is projected to kill half a million people.

March 13th The FA suspends the Premier League, citing an absence of Government guidance. Britain is invited to join European scheme for joint purchase of ventilators, and refuses. Boris Johnson lifts restrictions of those arriving from Coronavirus hot spots.

March 14th Government is still allowing mass gatherings, as Stereophonics play to 5,000 people in Cardiff.

March 16th Boris Johnson asks Britons not to go to pubs, but allows them to stay open. During a conference call, Johnson jokes that push to build new ventilators should be called ‘Operation Last Gasp’

March 19th Hospital patients with Coronavirus are returned to care homes in a bid to free up hospital space. What follows is a boom of virus cases in care homes.

March 20th The Government states that PPE shortage crisis is “Completely resolved” Less than two weeks later, the British Medical Association reports an acute shortage in PPE.

March 23rd UK goes into lockdown.

March 26th Boris Johnson is accused of putting ‘Brexit over Breathing’ by not joining EU ventilator scheme. The government then state they had not joined the scheme because they had ‘missed the email’

April 1st The Evening Standard publishes that just 0.17% of NHS staff have been tested for the virus.

April 3rd The UK death toll overtakes China.

April 5th 17.5 million Antibody tests, ordered by the government and described by Boris Johnson as a ‘game changer’ are found to be a failure.

April 7th Boris Johnson is moved to intensive care with Coronavirus.

April 16th Flights bring 15,000 people a day into the UK - without virus testing.

April 17th Health Secretary Matt Hancock says “I would love to be able to wave a magic wand and have PPE fall from the sky.” The UK has now missed four opportunities to join the EU’s PPE scheme.

April 21st The Government fails to reach its target of face masks for the NHS, as it is revealed manufactures offers of help were met with silence. Instead millions of pieces of PPE are being shipped from the UK to Europe.

April 23rd - 24th Government announces testing kits for 10 million key workers. Orders run out within minutes as only 5,000 are made available.

April 25th UK death toll from Coronavirus overtakes that of The Blitz.

April 30th Boris Johnson announces the UK has succeeded in avoiding a tragedy that had engulfed other parts of the world - At this point, The UK has the 3rd highest death toll in the world.

May 1st The Government announces it has reached its target of 100,000 tests - They haven’t conducted the tests, but posted the testing kits.

May 5th The UK death toll becomes the highest in Europe.

May 6th Boris Johnson announces the UK could start to lift lockdown restrictions by next week.
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Yes but he's got a great personality.
 
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