Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Nymzee]

Having bumped into some of the old boys who drink in my local and heard what they have to say, I can see a lot of people being very wary of going back to the pub initially, especially older people.

Between the newspapers and media and stats in general, they are almost convinced that coming into contact with others is signing their own death warrant.

Fixed that for you.

 

[davmaher]

Wreck on the Highway

As long as the highway is the A69

My Father's House

 

[davmaher]

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Is anyone else amazed that someone can use the words "but only in a limited, shallow way" about Dominic Cummings and it not be an insult?

 

[davmaher]

A large proportion of those remaining 41% will be largely immovable.

Another result of the obesity crisis in this country.

 

[davmaher]

Apart from China, where god only knows what they are doing now, those countries ahead of us do not yet appear to be getting a ‘second wave’ having released the lockdowns.......

I do wonder whether the virus is/will become seasonal like influenza and we are just seeing what is a natural tailing off as the weather warms up?

 

[Toast]

Having bumped into some of the old boys who drink in my local and heard what they have to say, I can see a lot of people being very wary of going back to the pub initially, especially older people.

Between the newspapers and media in general, they are almost convinced that coming into contact with others is signing their own death warrant.

When the people who are rightly shielding, stop shielding, then that's when this will bite.
A fair few been off work for 10 weeks now and only 2 weeks paid time off left.
No idea how that one pans out.

 

[roydo]

When the people who are rightly shielding, stop shielding, then that's when this will bite.
A fair few been off work for 10 weeks now and only 2 weeks paid time off left.
No idea how that one pans out.

You mean the furlough scheme? Could have sworn they said that was being extended till, er, sometime.

 

[Toast]

You mean the furlough scheme? Could have sworn they said that was being extended till, er, sometime.

Ours isn't furlough. It's fully paid 10 weeks by company and 2 weeks of colleagues annual leave.

 

[roydo]

Ours isn't furlough. It's fully paid 10 weeks by company and 2 weeks of colleagues annual leave.

Gotcha. Fair play to your company. I have said before, they have been quite superb in this, speaking as a customer.

 

[Nymzee]

You mean the furlough scheme? Could have sworn they said that was being extended till, er, sometime.

October.

 

[Nymzee]

Nice complete swerve of that question Handcock

 

[Nymzee]

Brutal stuff this again. Teflon Terry

 

[Dixieslaces]

You mean the furlough scheme? Could have sworn they said that was being extended till, er, sometime.

It's not Furlough, its those that are high risk and had to basically lock down for 12 weeks to protect themselves from this.

 

[Tea_drinker]

This is insane. They've just got to fire him. It's not going away.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Really disgusting performance from these guys. Keep Cummings at all cost, sacrificing government trust and subsequent ability to deal with this virus. Utterly abhorrent. Total scumbags.