Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Tubey]

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.

The venue for contracted events can't cancel as they are liable and in breach of contract. They have to have a reason.

The government "advice" isn't strong enough a reason. Emergency support is a pre-requisite for a safety certificate for some venues (like stadiums) but not all.

And perhaps, just perhaps, regarding the bold, you should take your own advice before levelling something as "naive blinkered nonsense" when you have no idea what the person you're speaking professionally does.

 

[Jamiednm]

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.

Ambitious people are evil.

 

[Harryflashman]

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.

Pretty sure most business policies don’t cover it

 

[witchdoc187]

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 !

Surely his daughter

 

[Jamiednm]

The venue for contracted events can't cancel as they are liable and in breach of contract. They have to have a reason.

The government "advice" isn't strong enough a reason. Emergency support is a pre-requisite for a safety certificate for some venues (like stadiums) but not all.

And perhaps, just perhaps, regarding the bold, you should take your own advice before levelling something as "naive blinkered nonsense" when you have no idea what the person you're speaking professionally does.

So when a venue claims on insurance for having to pay out reimbursements, the insurance companies will be quids-in right?

Great logic.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

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 !

If she lives with him she's a goner anyway mate.

 

[Tubey]

So when a venue claims on insurance for having to pay out reimbursements, the insurance companies will be quids-in right?

Great logic.

Eh?

 

[witchdoc187]

Ambitious people are evil.

? This simply isn't true. Not that I'm particularly ambitious myself.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Our bass player has declared he's self isolating for a month because he has asthma.

We rehearse 2 minutes from his house and none of us got sick from practising last week the lazy article. We're supposed to be writing the album we just got a deal for and he wants to play the victim.

Thats my Kopite-esque moment of self pity over with.

 

[BlueToff]

See it's all well and good for these celebs and athletes who can get tested.

Most people just simply don't qualify so can't know if they're infected or not, unless they get some symptoms.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

So when a venue claims on insurance for having to pay out reimbursements, the insurance companies will be quids-in right?

Great logic.

Yes... They'll have all the premiums plus the return on whatever they invested them in and none of the liabilities.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[witchdoc187]

Our bass player has declared he's self isolating for a month because he has asthma.

We rehearse 2 minutes from his house and none of us got sick from practising last week the lazy article. We're supposed to be writing the album we just got a deal for and he wants to play the victim.

Thats my Kopite-esque moment of self pity over with.

He sounds way too sensible to be in a band. He should be licking toilet seats and fingering groupies.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

349 more deaths today in Italy

 

[welshtoffee]

I thought he had stayed at home the last few seasons !!!