Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Bruce Wayne]

My missus is a teacher and has been in for key worker kids. I'll tell you now... her school has done sweet FA. Whilst i've been at work our factory has been putting in social distancing measures, re designing the factory so people can't mix and be within 2 metres.

Her school haven't done anything, and by the sounds of it no schools have.

Doesn't sound great when they must have known that there would come a time when the number of pupils would increase again.

 

[Moomin]

I thought that was a good idea but it would never be agreed to. They won't agree to move the holidays.

My wife works in Education and has still been working most weeks, even through Easter holidays.

If she was expected to work the summer holidays she would have to be paid for it.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The Government's own safeguarding guidance advised against video lessons.

All seems a bit of a pickle if new material isn't being taught, and the relative quiet isn't being used to prepare for re-opening.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Maybe he meant 'equal access to all French people'

Almost certainly.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

My wife works in Education and has still been working most weeks, even through Easter holidays.

If she was expected to work the summer holidays she would have to be paid for it.

What has she been working on, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[bullybeef]

I really wish there was rep on this thread, as you`d be well into the minus 100`s by now.

Don’t be pathetic. Grow up man.

 

[Dixieslaces]

Anyone else recieved a text from Government to say "expect a call regarding how we can assist with food, health etc." I'm on this "Shielding 12 week thing!" Just as well Ive not been hanging on for them helping with food or I'd have starved to death now, I'm on week 8!!!!

 

[Brennan]

Let's have a bit of perspective shall we? Most teachers are under 60 years old. The death rate of people who end up in hospital with COVID19 in people under 60 is 1%, now add in the people who haven't required hospital treatment...

it's hardly like they are being asked to go over the top is it?

Oh well, that's alright then.

 

[PhilM]

No more austerity. We've had too much already and even the Tories know that I think. It needs to be a combination of moderate tax rises and increased debt.

I can see stamp duty being passed on to the seller which as being muted before this happened anyway.

In the short term, tax rises may be counter-productive as they could slow the economy with people having less money to spend: especially income tax or VAT.

In the medium to long-term, I think we've got to expect some moderate rises, however in the short-term I suspect it'll be debt.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Getting kids back to school is nothing to do with teaching them or that their education is suffering, it's to provide childcare so the adults can go back to work, it's an economic decision by the Govt, kids are super spreaders for christ sake, putting them back in school gives the virus a big leg up to spread more.

Should be no kids back in school till September minimum when a new year and term starts.

 

[Kurt.]

Really.

I think

Stopped reading there

 

[Hickson9]

In the short term, tax rises may be counter-productive as they could slow the economy with people having less money to spend: especially income tax or VAT.

In the medium to long-term, I think we've got to expect some moderate rises, however in the short-term I suspect it'll be debt.

A sensible analysis.

 

[ToffeeTim]

My wife works in Education and has still been working most weeks, even through Easter holidays.

If she was expected to work the summer holidays she would have to be paid for it.

I meant bring the holidays forward. Not to scrap them. Obviously anyone who keeps working needs paid

Not gonna happen at short notice anyway.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Almost certainly.

I do love an obvious conclusion.

 

[arminisgod]

Oh well, that's alright then.

what do you propose then? Like shut's down completely? for what 2 years?

We have to get real... we have a virus that won't disapear, we have to live with it. Keeping schools shut because a teacher may have a 0.5% chance of dying is not sustainable. People under 60 have more chance of drowning than dying from this.

Are swimming pools permanently closed?