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SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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He has quick yet gradual road map to enforce stricter measures of control.
Next step will using Army on streets to enforce; am sure they are being trained on protocols right now.
Its literally playing out exactly the same as the 2011 movie Contagion.
Yeh, that's right...boo hoo I don't know what I can do can the nasty government tell me please but make sure I don't need to go to work ok.
I would imagine banks would remain open as that was the case when Italy went into "lockdown", though likely in a reduced state.
In terms of working in a bank, there will likely be a mix of essential and inessential roles.
They said that there would be food drops for the over 70's and those that are vulnerable and they are supposed to start this week.
Banks are open!
Hopefully the army is deployed to supermarkets to stop the madness
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Don't know about the UK but moving places was branded as an essential activity in Belgium (assuming you have transport in place already, I'd guess). If it's anything like here, they'll come out with a FAQ tomorrow or so with answers about what will or won't still be possible.
No, as it's not essential and family gatherings are prohibited anyway.
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Your mates right - you can't build a new 2 bedroom apartment from your home so you need to go to work to do it. Building sites are fine so get on with it la
Very essential but do they need branches or can all banking be done online?
It will be much longer than 3 weeks.
You got my vote!
Yep.
It's being reported as essential work only.
It will mirror the key workers list I'd imagine and will be released asap
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"You like meat? You got got fish."
Cool, that was really helpful.
Not everyone has access to online or mobile platforms so some branches will remain open.
He said one bout of exercise a day. What happens to walking dogs etc? Unless everyone's form of exercise involves walking the dog.
I wouldn't have imposed such strict measures before someone even died from the virus. Unfortunately, there's a balance between the impact on lives and the long term economy and difficult decisions have to be made and sometimes (in hindsight), everyone's an expert.
I'm not an expert like you and I definitely won't politicise a global pandemic.
They've got the Civil Protection doing it where we live, and people don't even have to pay until the restrictions are lifted - the Mayor's made a personal guarantee to the shopkeepers (there's only one food shop and one pharmacy).
But far from the truth. Your rules seem very similar to ours and 90% of the construction business has been put on hold since the "lockdown". I wouldn't be sure about it at all, it's not essential work.
Any tips for convincing my boss that our work isn't as essential as he thinks it is so I can do nothing by play video games for the next month or so?
I always picture you as literally Frank Drebin (the great Leslie Nielsen)... so now I picture you as Frank Drebin with a bad, homemade haircut!
Is he a moderately wealthy Boomer perchance?
It's not essential work. He shouldn't be going.
Some branches will definitely have to remain open. With reduced footfall and a likely increase in people contacting helplines, I'd imagine some branches will be closed and some staff temporarily redirected to other roles.
Doing that before announcing immediate measures for the self employed/builders?
Yeah, let's see how that goes. These guys are freaking idiots in charge.
Not in England the only official person who has said essential workers was Nicola Sturgeon. Labour have ask for clarification on what Boris means by Necessary. Sky seem to think that if you can't work from home you can go to work but it's not clear.
So is it only the Swedish in Europe left following a very different path, or are they thinking again?
It’s terrifying that this thing wasn’t even there 4 months ago, wasn’t even recognized as a serious threat in Europe 6 weeks ago and now it’s basically ruining the whole world.
Its what is needed, but again, lack of details here.
The obvious ones:
Which businesses are forced to close (apart from retail that he mentioned).
How do self employed, zero hours and other temp staff now survive if they can't work and there are no provision for them in the aid packages?
Renters are screwed. Evictions haven't been banned. Termination clause has been extended from 4 weeks to 3 months, that is all.
The obvious ones:
Which businesses are forced to close (apart from retail that he mentioned).
How do self employed, zero hours and other temp staff now survive if they can't work and there are no provision for them in the aid packages?
Renters are screwed. Evictions haven't been banned. Termination clause has been extended from 4 weeks to 3 months, that is all.
Sorry man dunno, not sure if it's because she had proof of her age or something.
My step sister and I work for banks. I can work at home/laptop bit she works in a branch ... said today the staff told their boss they'd only stay if he marked out two metre marks and let a couple of customers in at a time.
For a lot of people, we can use e/online banking bit there are still people who don't and still people/businesses who need to pay in cheques/cash (though they should use the postbox or ATM box).
I can see them closing branches soon or at the very least, limiting hours and staff
It literally can't be enforced. At the worst of my Eating disorder I'd be out walking/jogging for a whole day. Technically that still counts as once here.
Even if we went out multiple times, it can't be enforced
So it's stay at home and not provide for his family?
What people SHOULD do is a long way from what they can do in a lot of cases. If the sites are open, they will go.
You've obviously got a dog in this fight.
Johnson CLEARLY said you can go to work if you can't do your work from home. Please enlighten me about this 90% of construction business on hold - I run a construction business and I'm almost 100% you do not. I have (and had) guys working in Ireland, France, Germany and UK during all of this crisis. We have been given the green light to continue working in each country. Please provide actual fact based evidence (not anecdotal) that 90% of the industry has closed down.
Thanks