Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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nikom court said:
pm has been pinged along with the chancellor but doesnt have to self isolate as theres a special pilot programme of testing for the important and vips,admittance to the programme is on a case by case basis lol
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The pilot scheme did exist, a colleague of mine took part in it.
 
nikom court said:
call me sceptical but it seems a bit convenient for the 3 members of the cabinet to be invited into it in the last 12 hours!
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As others have said, it's not a new thing. From first hand experience, you can actually ask to be part of the trial depending on your occupation.

On another side note, I personally deleted the app ages ago on the advice of those above me to stop such occurrences, again based on the profession.

arminisgod said:
again... you do NOT have to isolate if you are pinged on the app
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Aye, the elephant in the room - it's advisory rather than a legal obligation because it cannot be confirmed that you've actually had a close contact.
 
roydo said:
Its been around for ages. Basically, folk involved in running important shiz are all covered by it. Transport, health, security, etc etc.
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They aren't - it only applies to the very, very top (ministerial level).

The people who actually run things are in the same boat as everyone else, except with the important proviso that if they go in to work ill they will probably have a great weight descend upon them from a great height for doing so.
 
tsubaki said:
They aren't - it only applies to the very, very top (ministerial level).

The people who actually run things are in the same boat as everyone else, except with the important proviso that if they go in to work ill they will probably have a great weight descend upon them from a great height for doing so.
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@tsubaki if for example you asked to be part of the trial group, you would be accepted and only required to take seven days of LF tests.
 
PhilM said:
@tsubaki if for example you asked to be part of the trial group, you would be accepted and only required to take seven days of LF tests.
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I am not sure that is the case, at least down here. Where I work is a reasonably sized (low thousands) group of sites that has recently had a lot of self-isolation and despite having the facilities for testing we've not been part of this scheme, and I'd expect we would have been if that was the intention (that it was open to anyone who asked).
 
tsubaki said:
I am not sure that is the case, at least down here. Where I work is a reasonably sized (low thousands) group of sites that has recently had a lot of self-isolation and despite having the facilities for testing we've not been part of this scheme, and I'd expect we would have been if that was the intention (that it was open to anyone who asked).
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From personal exepreince, it's more a case of 'asking' rather than being told to, but if you request and meet the professional criteria you'll likely be accepted.

The testing wasn't in-house either but rather a set of LF tests that were record online. Yet, this was two months ago so maybe with increased cases it's changed.

Although due to a certain role we were fulfilling at the time, it was those above us who told us to request because we couldn't all afford to be isolating at once.

It was then the app was binned too.
 
arminisgod said:
again... you do NOT have to isolate if you are pinged on the app
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I mentioned the app more as a link. Robert Jenrick on Marr confirmed that both Sunak and Johnson were contacted by track and trace and therefore if they were not part of this “pilot scheme” they would have had to isolate.
 
PhilM said:
From personal exepreince, it's more a case of 'asking' rather than being told to, but if you request and meet the professional criteria you'll likely be accepted.

The testing wasn't in-house either but rather a set of LF tests that were record online. Yet, this was two months ago so maybe with increased cases it's changed.

Although due to a certain role we were fulfilling at the time, it was those above us who told us to request because we couldn't all afford to be isolating at once.

It was then the app was binned too.
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ah - I think if our bosses did that, they'd have to bring it in for everyone at the sites and use our own (approved) testing when they were at work
 
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