Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Deleted member 48881]

Man, thats suprising to see the two most extreme geographically and isolated island nations having the lowest cases. Couldnt have seen that coming. Really would have figured it to be a land locked country with actual neighbors and situated along the 37th parallel.

indeed.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Still staying alert, haven't seen the virus yet though and I need to sleep at some point FFS!

country is grateful for your sacrifice mate

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

We go live now to the Severn Bridge...

 

[tsubaki]

Over a million tests a day?

probably they’ve got all the people in the camps trained in carrying out tests

 

[Brisan123]

Sake

Looks like @Paris is sharpening his scissors unless Karen steps in and literally saves your ass

 

[tsubaki]

Way to go Kiwis and Icelanders!

some advert for right-wing populists that

 

[Mozza1987]

Teachers and staff in the vulnerable age group or close to should maybe be given the golden retirement handshake. Teaching assistants then moved up. Then new young people moved into teaching assistant jobs. Same is happening in hospitals with junior doctors being bumped up without being fully qualified. Things like this will need to be accelerated. People don’t want to accept it I get that but there needs to be a re balancing here. It’s essential now and no point digging heels in and putting up walls.

So if a teacher is vulnerable and has to shield you are basically saying they should just lose their job? As there will be many teachers across the country having to shield but nowhere near the retirement age.

Moving up a teaching assistant to a teacher role is no way the same as moving up a junior doctor to a doctor. A teaching assistant as had no training to be a teacher like the junior doctor has been to be doctor. What happens when the parents then complain about their child's education because they have a teaching assistant full time as the teacher. You seem to think anyone can just jump into the classroom and teach without any sort if training at all. Some teaching assistants may not also be comfortable in doing it and also are you going to pay them the salary of a teacher without being qualified? Teaching assistants are fantastic at their jobs and vital in the classroom but it isn't as easy as you seem to be making out.

 

[Brisan123]

He gave a rough timeline of whats to come providing the R level stays below 1:

June - work
July - social stuff like pubs and restaurants

The only thing I would have liked to have been expanded on was who is allowed to work now like did he mean just construction workers or all tradesmen / self employed.

I assume more will come out over the coming days.

People will and would have moaned regardless of what he had said its the social media age.

Sorry but that's not happening

 

[Brisan123]

Rachel reveals has got a competition going.
* don't Google that kids

Rachel is having it rough at the moment
Seemingly @ForeverBlue92 neighbour KAREN had a go at her lol

Woman who left angry voicemail reveals why she wanted her $20 back

A New Zealand woman named Karen who became an internet sensation after leaving an angry voicemail threatening to get her $20 back has revealed the real story behind her phone call.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Brisan123]

Rachel reveals has got a competition going.
* don't Google that kids

I had to

 

[Brisan123]

Why just the teachers, do the children not get PPE ?. Who knows if it’s the Teachers that are ill and giving it to the kids. If parents are willing to allow their children to go to school, why are teachers not willing to take a similar risk, a risk I have to say that is far less than NHS employees are taking......

In ireland your employer has a legal and moral obligation to provide you with a safe environment to work in
ATM schools are not considered a safe environment

 

[Paris]

Looks like @Paris is sharpening his scissors unless Karen steps in and literally saves your ass

I'm just cleaning my tools

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

That's a devastating thread by Anthony Costello, former director with the WHO:

Man, thats suprising to see the two most extreme geographically and isolated island nations having the lowest cases. Couldnt have seen that coming. Really would have figured it to be a land locked country with actual neighbors and situated along the 37th parallel.

Looking at Greece a country apparently that's has all it's services massacred by EU central bank a favoured geographic route of people fleeing warn torn countries. 11 million people and 151 COVID Deaths. You would be forgiven its remote island as well. They deserve much credit in how they have handled this virus.

 

[Brisan123]

Huge for that sector this delay.
A summer of Euro footy was on the cards and now nothing.

Even though my company is still taking good money, nailed on loads of redundancies will be on the horizon sooner rather than later.

Has there been an increase in the price of a lot of goods in your store
Asking because there has been a slight but noticeable increase here (Ireland ) and according to my sisters in NYC a large increase in certain goods over there

 

[Brisan123]

It costs a bomb to make social distancing work.
Properly I mean.

And thats with sober compliant customers
Imagine trying it in a pub at 11 o clock on a Sat night
How will the dealers do business