Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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Sorry, but you're then just as irresponsible as Cummings and the rest of them. This whole argument of 'well it was fine for him' is crass and pig-minded.

Your responsibilities aren't to the government but to the other people in the nation and those around you. If there's a chance you've got it, stay in and get tested.

Quite.
 
You were never isolating as a favour to Government, you were doing it as a public health measure.
Yes and I went along with that up to a poi t but its over now. The only people I know who said they would go along with it are those who said it depended if they fancied a week off work.
 
if it is then certain people think the government must be backed whatever the situation even if they’re rolling out a king Herod type child care policy whilst others genuinely think that’s probably a policy up for discussion .
So what you like about Herod, he was simply trying to give advantages to second and third children in families.
 
i don’t think it’s anything to do with capacity personally . If you look at the private labs involved , certainly an email I’ve seen they aren’t being co-opted to do nhs/government antibody testing and at present I don’t Anyone is doing the antibody tests . Feels weird it’s ok to do several thousand premier league tests a week , different tests , but these aren’t allowed . I’m not sure on the reasons but I’m not convinced it to create test capacity .

The government absolutely should be looking to coordinate a large scale antibody study, though - for which they’d need testing facilities over and above what they’ve so far failed with for regular testing.
 
The government absolutely should be looking to coordinate a large scale antibody study, though - for which they’d need testing facilities over and above what they’ve so far failed with for regular testing.

i wouldn’t argue with that at all but I don’t think that’s the reason for them stopping the the tests , if it was I think it’d be fairly reasonable.
 
I also think this priority antibody testing is crap btw - fair enough give priority for actual swab testing for the virus to frontline staff but you cant tell me that it will make any difference if a Nurse tests positive for antibodies or not?

I highly doubt if they dont have antibodies they'll be told to stay off the frontline and make the tea in the staff room - its all hands on deck regardless.

Testing should be rolled out to everyone - the fact they want people to start going shopping and using leisure facilities, public transport in the coming 1-2 months yet wont give us the antibody testing is absolutely crazy.
 
Outside of GOT I’m still hearing a lot of

“Leave Boris alone, he trying his hardest”

1. No he’s not

2. If he is, his “hardest” is crap and needs to seriously up his game

For wont of a single idea of how to run the country he is allowing a politically compromised savant to run the shambles on his behalf.
 
Weren't these millions of anti body game changer tests supposed to be happening from Monday June 1st.?

According to Hancock yesterday, 'it is your civic duty to self isolate if you are contacted during this test and trace phase'. Mandatory at first but may become compulsory. Will this mean 'it's your civic duty' to download the app from next week? The app was originally announced for mid May but has been delayed (yet another delay) until next week.

The government said that this test and trace phase was also a game changer. It involves people who are tested positive telling a tracer who they've been in contact with, that person/s will get a phone call and asked to self isolate. This was the system that was ditched in March but is now announced as a game changer.

No wonder the TUC are raising concerns about self isolating and sick pay.

The TUC general secretary, Frances O’Grady, said:

We need a testing and tracing programme up and running as soon as possible.
But it will not be effective if workers are pushed into hardship when they are required to self-isolate.
Statutory sick pay is just £95 per week – and two million workers aren’t even eligible for that.
If workers can’t afford to self-isolate, then they will be forced to keep working.
That will put them, their workmates and their local community at risk, and undermine the entire test and trace programme.
Are the two million workers not eligible EU nationals? If so, when will they change the law? Yet again, they're introducing something they haven't thoroughly thought through. Mind, this 'grand game changer announcement yesterday could have been design to get other news off the front pages.
 
Outside of GOT I’m still hearing a lot of

“Leave Boris alone, he trying his hardest”

1. No he’s not

2. If he is, his “hardest” is crap and needs to seriously up his game

For wont of a single idea of how to run the country he is allowing a politically compromised savant to run the shambles on his behalf.

Thats because on GOT we are all a bunch of no nonsense socialists who wear elbow patch jackets and reek of Joop.

LONG LIVE GOT
 
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