Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Jimishorts]

8 weeks unpaid leave



wait, what..?

 

[Catfish Blues]

While it's good of him to spread the message about washing your hands and keeping your distance, having his missus right by him while he broadcasts isn't exactly setting a great example of the latter !

 

[Groucho]

“Pubs can stay open but don’t go to them”.

Shut up you messy haired throbber.

 

[Tubey]

By the way, Johnson didn't ban mass gatherings today. He just withdrew emergency service support.

Meaning that the government isn't liable for events being cancelled and insurance companies don't have to pay out.

If you had any doubt whatsoever that money is driving the actions of the government on this, there's your proof.

 

[Death]

How would we react if money didn’t exist?

 

[Harryflashman]

“Pubs can stay open but don’t go to them”.

Shut up you messy haired throbber.

By the way, Johnson didn't ban mass gatherings today. He just withdrew emergency service support.

Meaning that the government isn't liable for events being cancelled and insurance companies don't have to pay out.

If you had any doubt whatsoever that money is driving the actions of the government on this, there's your proof.

I’d suggest the same point made by both of you whether intentional or not .

 

[Harryflashman]

 

[Jamiednm]

By the way, Johnson didn't ban mass gatherings today. He just withdrew emergency service support.

Meaning that the government isn't liable for events being cancelled and insurance companies don't have to pay out.

If you had any doubt whatsoever that money is driving the actions of the government on this, there's your proof.

FFS.

Yeah, because large scale events will just carry on without support of emergency services won’t they?!

Have a think before you post your naive, blinkered nonsense.

The government isn’t overtly banning anything, but they are creating the conditions for events to be cancelled, which is a perfectly grown up and pragmatic thing to do.

If Corbyn were in power, everything would be banned and we’d be told to be in bed by 7:30pm like good little children.

 

[tsubaki]

Our boss told a lad in work whos got a sore throat and coughing that it will all blow over soon FFS

There will be a lot of business that arnt taking it seriously never mind normal people

Poor bosses; without work they are just people again.

On a related theme, I really hope and pray however (though there’s fat chance of this) that the state tells everyone who runs an employment agency, employs people on gig work or other causal form of labour that they are responsible for the people they employ. This means sick pay for this now, irrespective of what contract they have.

 

[Catfish Blues]

and insurance companies don't have to pay out.

Chances are, they don't have to anyway, it'll depend on the cover. Most cover is for specified diseases, and, because COVID-19 is new, it won't be specified, so, unless the policy covers for "business interruption for all notifiable disease" the insurers won't be liable.

 

[Paris]

How would we react if money didn’t exist?

We'd be lighting fires in caves but on the plus side we'd be making some lovely art.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

How would we react if money didn’t exist?

By bashing each other on the head to get what we want or bartering.

That's why money was invented.

 

[tsubaki]

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Was at work for that, but did Peston actually ask him about that missing bit?

 

[Dan Tanner]

@peteblue not good news this about the pubs.

It’s only advisory at the mo

My missus has started working from home today and now the pubs are gonna be closing..... Just take me now Baby Jebus, take me with all the Polar Bears and Roy Hudd

 

[witchdoc187]

Germany closing down borders to foreigners.

Racists.

And Spain