Remember when people were stocking up on bog roll of all things?
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Remember when people were stocking up on bog roll of all things?
grandjoeblue
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The office situation is mental. Our work aren't asking office staff to return until they feel comfortable. Some of our offices normally have 200 staff and about 10 people go in at the moment.
Theres not a chance that the majority of people return either.
coollino
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I pay £25+ and spend 3 hours commuting on the days I went into the office previously so I'm happy to take as long as possible.
That being said, I was quite content with going back in Sept (only 2 days a week) but I can't bring myself to voluntarily use my time and money just to go to an empty office to make calls on Teams to people at home.
Sounds like you could be in the same situation as me really, next year. After Sept, no one will want to go in.
grandjoeblue
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My commute is about 30 minutes so I don't mind going in but when its absolutely empty it seems pointless.
Its going to take a long time for the office market to recover.
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
Governments should be encouraging companies to leave people at home for good if the employee wants that.. I've seen the Irish government saying that people will have to get back to the cities when possible as shops cafes and restaurants will be down income if people aren't going to work.. how can we take their climate change policies seriously if they are encouraging people to commute with public transport in Ireland being at very best a joke then we'll have everyone back into their cars again.
grandjoeblue
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Its difficult because a lot of jobs will go missing but you'd think people will then have more money to go for meals and other things which will create other jobs.
I also think there will be a bit of an impact on apartments etc in city centres. I couldn't think of anything worse than living in an apartment during the lockdowns. One of the main benefits of living in the city centre for a lot of people is minimising travel to work, if they no longer have to travel whats the point being there.
spectateur
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As Mrs thatcher would have told us.
It's not for government to do these things, the market will decide.
In those days we weren't quite sure what that meant. We sure do now.
The main problem is greater sydney, in what passes over there for high density suburbs, were there are some sections of local community and religious groups, who are not taking on board the spirit of the rules of the lockdown, especially when some gammon comes on tv laying the law down.
Its not helped by politician's who have been spending 100s of 1000s on polling and are basing the lockdowns as much on how it effects their + or - popularity ratings as what the medical people say.
one 3 week lock down polls into minus ratings, yet a 1 week lockdown extended 1 week at a time for 4 weeks keeps them in positive territory...
TN Toffee
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That’s literally the entire American health care system for anyone under 65. I can assure you, the market doesn’t make good decisions.
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Slavic sceptics
With just 15% fully jabbed, Bulgaria is giving away vaccine shots
Demand is so low that many doses are about to expire
On the morning of August 10th the head of public health for Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, announced various restrictions on restaurants and entertainment venues to curb a surge of covid-19. A few hours later the national ministry of health said no such thing would happen, calling the announcement a bureaucratic mistake. Chaotic messaging is just one reason why Bulgaria has seen so much death during the pandemic, and is bracing for more.
Among 84 countries tracked by The Economist, Bulgaria ranks second (after Peru) on excess deaths per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic, meaning deaths above the usual rate. After a summer lull, cases are rising again as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads. Hospitals are preparing for yet another onslaught. Only 15% of Bulgarians are fully vaccinated, the lowest rate in the eu, where the overall share is 52%.
Bulgarians who want to can easily get any of the four covid-19 vaccines approved in the EU. But demand has been so low that authorities are trying to sell or donate hundreds of thousands of doses that will expire soon to other countries.
Historically, Bulgarians have had little trust in official advice. Circumventing rules of all sorts is a national pastime. Many people are suspicious of the jabs because they are new; some think the virus does not exist, and that measures against the pandemic are a conspiracy. Only a handful of prominent politicians have had themselves vaccinated on television, or are urging people to get a jab.
That is partly because of political turbulence. Two rounds of elections this year have failed to produce a government. Neither Boyko Borisov, who served as prime minister for most of the past 12 years, nor the caretaker cabinet that replaced him after his government fell in April have mounted a serious public-information campaign to combat fake news about the vaccines. “Anyone who reads three articles on social media thinks he is an expert,” says Angel Kunchev, the country’s chief health inspector.
Watching Bulgarian television can leave you confused. A few covid-sceptical doctors are regularly invited on talk shows. Some advise people with medical conditions that would place them in priority vaccination groups in most countries against getting jabbed. About 30% of doctors and 60% of nurses are unvaccinated.
Dr Kunchev says this is partly because infectious diseases and immunology are barely covered in medical-school curriculums. As hospital admissions for covid-19 climb again, demand for vaccinations seems to be picking up. But, as with most of Bulgaria’s handling of the pandemic, the uptick is too little and too late.
With just 15% fully jabbed, Bulgaria is giving away vaccine shots
Demand is so low that many doses are about to expire
On the morning of August 10th the head of public health for Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, announced various restrictions on restaurants and entertainment venues to curb a surge of covid-19. A few hours later the national ministry of health said no such thing would happen, calling the announcement a bureaucratic mistake. Chaotic messaging is just one reason why Bulgaria has seen so much death during the pandemic, and is bracing for more.
Among 84 countries tracked by The Economist, Bulgaria ranks second (after Peru) on excess deaths per 100,000 people since the start of the pandemic, meaning deaths above the usual rate. After a summer lull, cases are rising again as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads. Hospitals are preparing for yet another onslaught. Only 15% of Bulgarians are fully vaccinated, the lowest rate in the eu, where the overall share is 52%.
Bulgarians who want to can easily get any of the four covid-19 vaccines approved in the EU. But demand has been so low that authorities are trying to sell or donate hundreds of thousands of doses that will expire soon to other countries.
Historically, Bulgarians have had little trust in official advice. Circumventing rules of all sorts is a national pastime. Many people are suspicious of the jabs because they are new; some think the virus does not exist, and that measures against the pandemic are a conspiracy. Only a handful of prominent politicians have had themselves vaccinated on television, or are urging people to get a jab.
That is partly because of political turbulence. Two rounds of elections this year have failed to produce a government. Neither Boyko Borisov, who served as prime minister for most of the past 12 years, nor the caretaker cabinet that replaced him after his government fell in April have mounted a serious public-information campaign to combat fake news about the vaccines. “Anyone who reads three articles on social media thinks he is an expert,” says Angel Kunchev, the country’s chief health inspector.
Watching Bulgarian television can leave you confused. A few covid-sceptical doctors are regularly invited on talk shows. Some advise people with medical conditions that would place them in priority vaccination groups in most countries against getting jabbed. About 30% of doctors and 60% of nurses are unvaccinated.
Dr Kunchev says this is partly because infectious diseases and immunology are barely covered in medical-school curriculums. As hospital admissions for covid-19 climb again, demand for vaccinations seems to be picking up. But, as with most of Bulgaria’s handling of the pandemic, the uptick is too little and too late.
Blueclouds
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I'm fuming, 2 people who I care about now in hospital with covid. Both refused vacine.
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