Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Catfish Blues
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Nah, they claim the 80% back from the government and have no obligation to pay more than that. Of the companies I know of, or deal with, the vast majority have only furloughed 10 to 20% of their workforce, so they've been able to afford to top wages up to 90% without wrecking their cashflow.
For people who commute and have a little money left at the end of the month, 90% is fair enough, because their outgoings are less, so it kind of evens out.
To their great credit, a couple of our locals furloughed people on 100% because they knew their staff would have struggled on anything less, which is the sort of thing which you remember when it comes to calling in for a pint and a bite to eat ..
Someone should tell this piece of garbage that its 99% sure that the vaccine he will want when it gets worse is most likely going to be one from a foreign country and not the US.Maybe he can explain away his racism as side effects of the Russian vaccine?
If Trumps admin have not already done a deal with Russia behind the scenes to at least protect his cabinet.
bullybeef
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The very same.
I did walk once but Bully isn’t built for undulations especially not with a belly full of pasty and ale.
I tell you what though, those bloody seagulls are a right pest.
where do you live pal?
NilSatisOptimum
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I've worked in NHS and Local Authority front of shop so to speak, from A&E to outreach in the community from rural to urban, and I certainly don't trust many people and their behaviours, the Englishmen and their castles, have learnt what to say to be acceptable as a front...
And it's certainly not people who require support of a service, much of the time it's family friends neighbors, the wider community agitating, some surprising see you next Tuesdays under the facade, or not...
The kinks wittly song about them...
Barnfred 55
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Ha ha. The trick is to walk in (mainly downhill) and get the train back.
Yeah the gulls there are a bit aggressive. Last time we were there one tried to pinch her (the missus) pasty when she actually had it in her mouth taking a bite.
We live in a village in North Helford. Nice and quiet, but only 4 miles from Falmouth, which has really good bars and restaurants and is home to the counties students. So if anywhere in Cornwall can be called hip and happening, it's Falmouth, so we get the best of both worlds really.
BlueStevie35
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Hospital figures - 4 is the announced total, 2 down on yesterday and 6 down on last Sunday. 2 were in English hospitals, 4 down on yesterday and 8 down on last week with both occurring in the past 10 days.
random
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No one I know had their wages topped up, employers around here are re-furloughing staff (that had gone back) that had their annual leave booked, so in effect the furlough scheme pays 80% of their holiday pay, then the staff are back on the books when they return from their week/fortnight off
Business owners are shameless and taking every advantage they can out of this situation, the taxpayer will be subsidising their tricks for decades to come.
BlueStevie35
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All settings - again using the 3 step area of recording
28 day - 5 is the announced total, one up on yesterday and the same total as last Sunday. 7 day rolling average stays the same at 12.57
60 day - 5 is the announced total, down 18 on yesterday and down one on last week. 7 day rolling average drops slightly to an even 23
Legacy - 9 is the announced total, down 33 on yesterday but up one on last week. 7 day rolling average rises slightly to 63.43
The earlier hospital figure sees that average fall to 8.14
28 day - 5 is the announced total, one up on yesterday and the same total as last Sunday. 7 day rolling average stays the same at 12.57
60 day - 5 is the announced total, down 18 on yesterday and down one on last week. 7 day rolling average drops slightly to an even 23
Legacy - 9 is the announced total, down 33 on yesterday but up one on last week. 7 day rolling average rises slightly to 63.43
The earlier hospital figure sees that average fall to 8.14
Paywall unfortunately !
Quite a long article but this gives the gist.
LONDON — As the coronavirus pandemic spread unchecked in Britain in March, Boris Johnson issued a panicky "call to arms" to 100 of the country's top industrialists. The prime minister said he needed tens of thousands of ventilators, stat, to save Britain's intensive care units from being overwhelmed by patients unable to breathe.
And in a remarkable, almost Hollywood-ready story, a consortium of old-school British companies — which normally make things like passenger-jet wings and Formula 1 racecars — responded, teaming up with a couple of small-time medical-device companies to pull off the near-impossible.
By July, the production teams in the UK Ventilator Challenge had delivered 13,437 of the potentially lifesaving machines to the National Health Service, more than doubling the state-supported care provider’s stock.
The turnaround was head-spinning, especially by English manufacturing standards. Assembly lines that had been producing 10 or 20 ventilators a week in small bespoke shops in the countryside were soon cranking out more than 400 a day, with help from Ford, Airbus, McLaren, Rolls-Royce, GKN Aerospace and other giants, scaling up to a 24/7 operation employing more than 3,500 front-line technicians at seven plants.
“I’ve done a fair few things in my career. But I’ve never done anything with the speed or the intensity of this project,” said Graham Hoare, CEO of Ford of Britain. “This singular need, this need to save life, and the recognition that we could make a difference, was really powerful.”
The effort by participants was inspiring. But its practical impact was far less so.
In keeping with the British government’s overall response to the virus — in testing and tracing, providing protective gear for medical workers and protecting the elderly, particularly those in nursing homes — there was a heroic dash that delivered results late.
The bulk of ventilators made by the consortium arrived months after the outbreak’s peak in April. Of the 11,683 machines manufactured by Penlon, the main British provider, only one was used on patients, as part of its approval process.
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They didnt work apparently.
But the BUPA and other private hospitals provided tons of practical support. Just hope we dont get complacent, cos the infections are at a low, stable, level. (Local outbreaks notwithstanding). The SD/Masks/Wash you hands mantra seems to be "normal", (I can only confirm my own washing mind), so another month or so, and lets see.
*crosses fingers and prays for brazil and merica*
Catfish Blues
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Many are mate, but, just to put the other side ...
- Bellway put their furloughed staff on 100% pay, and didn't use the govt scheme to pay for any of that ( admittedly a lot of people working on site will be self employed, but even so )
- Jacobs Engineering made pay up to 90%
- Timpsons kept everyone on full pay
- Whitbread kept everyone on full pay
Googling it suggests that the majority of firms have only paid the minimum 80%, but there's a significant minority who shared the pain to a greater or lesser degree.
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