Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[TaffyToffee85]

One thing I’ve learnt is how this whole pandemic has turned low-paid people into jobsworths, such as this woman at Cardiff Tesco who parked up trolleys in normal times, is suddenly yelling at people to keep two metres apart and in one instance wouldn’t listen to them when they told her they live together. She just kept shouting repeating her sentence and then went “Don’t piss me off again!” when they got to the top of the stairs.

Last week at a shopping mall in Newport, a woman told me in a very blunt voice to keep to the left and I went back at her “Okay!, okay!, don’t be such a jobsworth about it!”. She didn’t say anything back maybe knowing she shouldn’t have spoken like that and just asked politely. I would have done myself, for starters I’d say please, she didn’t.

 

[Prevenger17]

One thing I’ve learnt is how this whole pandemic has turned low-paid people into jobsworths, such as this woman at Cardiff Tesco who parked up trolleys in normal times, is suddenly yelling at people to keep two metres apart and in one instance wouldn’t listen to them when they told her they live together. She just kept shouting repeating her sentence and then went “Don’t piss me off again!” when they got to the top of the stairs.

Last week at a shopping mall in Newport, a woman told me in a very blunt voice to keep to the left and I went back at her “Okay!, okay!, don’t be such a jobsworth about it!”. She didn’t say anything back maybe knowing she shouldn’t have spoken like that and just asked politely. I would have done myself, for starters I’d say please, she didn’t.

Great story, would read again

 

[coollino]

One thing I’ve learnt is how this whole pandemic has turned low-paid people into jobsworths, such as this woman at Cardiff Tesco who parked up trolleys in normal times, is suddenly yelling at people to keep two metres apart and in one instance wouldn’t listen to them when they told her they live together. She just kept shouting repeating her sentence and then went “Don’t piss me off again!” when they got to the top of the stairs.

Last week at a shopping mall in Newport, a woman told me in a very blunt voice to keep to the left and I went back at her “Okay!, okay!, don’t be such a jobsworth about it!”. She didn’t say anything back maybe knowing she shouldn’t have spoken like that and just asked politely. I would have done myself, for starters I’d say please, she didn’t.

i agree, nothing worse than getting asked to follow rules by someone who gets paid less than you

 

[Billy Dean]

I find it a relief when supermarket staff make people follow the rules tbh. Most of them don’t bother

 

[mill]

One thing I’ve learnt is how this whole pandemic has turned low-paid people into jobsworths, such as this woman at Cardiff Tesco who parked up trolleys in normal times, is suddenly yelling at people to keep two metres apart and in one instance wouldn’t listen to them when they told her they live together. She just kept shouting repeating her sentence and then went “Don’t piss me off again!” when they got to the top of the stairs.

Last week at a shopping mall in Newport, a woman told me in a very blunt voice to keep to the left and I went back at her “Okay!, okay!, don’t be such a jobsworth about it!”. She didn’t say anything back maybe knowing she shouldn’t have spoken like that and just asked politely. I would have done myself, for starters I’d say please, she didn’t.

Those pesky low paid workers turning up for work during a pandemic and trying to keep customers safe. Sounds like they need a pay rise tbh.

 

[Mrk]

One thing I’ve learnt is how this whole pandemic has turned low-paid people into jobsworths, such as this woman at Cardiff Tesco who parked up trolleys in normal times, is suddenly yelling at people to keep two metres apart and in one instance wouldn’t listen to them when they told her they live together. She just kept shouting repeating her sentence and then went “Don’t piss me off again!” when they got to the top of the stairs.

Last week at a shopping mall in Newport, a woman told me in a very blunt voice to keep to the left and I went back at her “Okay!, okay!, don’t be such a jobsworth about it!”. She didn’t say anything back maybe knowing she shouldn’t have spoken like that and just asked politely. I would have done myself, for starters I’d say please, she didn’t.

Please ban yourself from this forum. Utter tripe.

 

[Deckard2049]

COVID-19: Boris Johnson to hold Downing Street news conference this evening

The PM is expected to discuss the spread of the Indian variant and the steps the government is taking to combat it.

news.sky.com

Another conference tonight. Get your drinking game ready for “Indian variant”, “alas” and “lockdown”.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Unbelievable, a lad I work with is from Louisiana, he got a drive through vaccinationlol

So did I at a mass vaccination site at the Oakland arena car park - was superb! They managed to do over 7000 in a day there, at least while demand was there.

 

[Goat]

Ugh, it seems tho there was an error, I turned up for the vaccine and they were only giving Pferererere.

Rang my Drs and they said im not due till June, they will get in touch.

Makes sense considering the dates didnt make sense, oh well, it is what it is.

 

[Tramps_mate]

One thing I’ve learnt is how this whole pandemic has turned low-paid people into jobsworths, such as this woman at Cardiff Tesco who parked up trolleys in normal times, is suddenly yelling at people to keep two metres apart and in one instance wouldn’t listen to them when they told her they live together. She just kept shouting repeating her sentence and then went “Don’t piss me off again!” when they got to the top of the stairs.

Last week at a shopping mall in Newport, a woman told me in a very blunt voice to keep to the left and I went back at her “Okay!, okay!, don’t be such a jobsworth about it!”. She didn’t say anything back maybe knowing she shouldn’t have spoken like that and just asked politely. I would have done myself, for starters I’d say please, she didn’t.

If I earn more than you, does that make you a low-paid jobsworth to me?

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[COYBL25]

COVID-19: Boris Johnson to hold Downing Street news conference this evening

The PM is expected to discuss the spread of the Indian variant and the steps the government is taking to combat it.

news.sky.com

Another conference tonight. Get your drinking game ready for “Indian variant”, “alas” and “lockdown”.

This would`ve provided high entertainment with he who shall not be named lol

Nothing short of martial law, interment for anyone breaking the guidelines and a full lockdown would`ve sufficed.

 

[Goat]

One thing I’ve learnt is how this whole pandemic has turned low-paid people into jobsworths, such as this woman at Cardiff Tesco who parked up trolleys in normal times, is suddenly yelling at people to keep two metres apart and in one instance wouldn’t listen to them when they told her they live together. She just kept shouting repeating her sentence and then went “Don’t piss me off again!” when they got to the top of the stairs.

Last week at a shopping mall in Newport, a woman told me in a very blunt voice to keep to the left and I went back at her “Okay!, okay!, don’t be such a jobsworth about it!”. She didn’t say anything back maybe knowing she shouldn’t have spoken like that and just asked politely. I would have done myself, for starters I’d say please, she didn’t.

Little bit Karen this tbh.

 

[LinekersLegs]

@Neiler small study and a preprint but encouraging. Would ideally like to see comparison of symptoms/hospitalization rates as well.

Delaying a COVID vaccine’s second dose boosts immune response

Older people who waited 11–12 weeks for their second jab had higher peak antibody levels than did those who waited only 3 weeks.

www.nature.com

To determine whether the delay paid off, Amirthalingam and her colleagues studied 175 vaccine recipients older than 80 who received their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine either 3 weeks or 11–12 weeks after the first dose. The team measured recipients’ levels of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and assessed how immune cells called T cells, which can help to maintain antibody levels over time, responded to vaccination.

Peak antibody levels were 3.5 times higher in those who waited 12 weeks for their booster shot than were those in people who waited only 3 weeks. Peak T-cell response was lower in those with the extended interval. But this did not cause antibody levels to decline more quickly over the nine weeks after the booster shot.