Going to be very hard in winter months though which we're now on verge of.
Yeah, basically. Plus asymptomatic spread means even the most stringent possible measures will still let cases slip through the net.
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Though again, Manchester went into special measures in July - and had lower numbers at that time (and through August in most areas) than London does now.
Yep, as I have said before , I look after my in laws who are in their 80s and he has Alzheimers and sleep apnoea . Up until this last week or so we have been sitting outside but it is just too cold for them now so I go in masked up . Their living room is 7 metres x 7 metres so we sit as far away as possible . I can`t stop visiting as the social isolation would destroy them , my mother in law especially. They already have to face up to not seeing their great grandsons . It is going to be a tough old winter. Also doesn`t help that there is a holiday home next door to me with a family of scousers in it this week and just across the field the neighbour there has all sorts in and out of his house everyday, there are still a lot of people that aren`t affected by this.
Such a selfish outlook.
I wouldn't say its all about me or i am selfish - i follow the guide lines, unlike many folk. I wear a mask, i dont mix my bubbles and so on - i am just concerned for my welfare as i am finding it hard being dictated too and i am not 100% why. As i can see the death % seems relatively low considering the amount of positive cases. I understand about not wanting to overwhelm the NHS but didnt they build a currently unused nightingale as an overflow?
Basically, yes.
We wlked past each other in the brew room but were both masked up at the time.
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Anything on Sancho?
They're just monitoring the situation
hey she’s lucky she got prior notice unlike most meetings I’m invited to
The hope is our population is now far better educated about virus pandemic protocol (like some Asia countries), and all the key institutions of British life are also prepared and adjusted.
How likely would you say a vaccines early next year would be?
Your work are being stupid cnuts. I’d say you’re within your rights to work from home if it’s possible - in fact it’s encouraged
That might be true but the health and safety of the workers should be paramount. Ask them if they are gonna change their minds if someone ends up in ICU. I’m irritated on your behalf, very very lax from your workplace
I went for a job interview in a ‘COVID safe’ office and got the impression they just didn’t trust people to work from home. The role id be doing could definitely be done from home, at least once I’ve got up to speed at the new place.
Probably because none of them can be trusted not to go leaking everything to the press if they get any kind of time to do so.
That’s the elephant in the room. Lots of talk about pubs and schools but not much about what happened in hospitals during the first wave: cancellation of elective surgery, massively reduced services across the board.
Christ yeah imagine policy being discussed openly rather than Supreme Leader Boris ruling by decree.
im glad i aint the only one thats irritated. just spoke to management - the people that were sat on that same bank of desks as the positive case are working from home for now. Suppose they have to look like there taking some measures ha.
Liverpool.
That's what happened last time the restrictions started and everybody went running out for one last hurrah.
Is that true?
I'm presuming the 50+ relatives in that scenario have either made the decision to shield or made the adult decision to put themselves at risk?
That’s far from the only grey area.
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I've found an awful lot of employers have wilfully ignored the latest government advice as though it's somehow not as binding as the previous advice. Are you a member of a trade union? It might be worth setting one up if there is not already one at your work, because they may be able to hold your employer to account over health and safety stuff like this.
Unfortunately not, I often feel we need to be part of a Union the way we are treated sometimes. The latest advise on working from home has certainly been ignored here. Its this type of attitude that means harsher lockdowns and increased cases are inevitable. Prolonging the misery.
So everywhere south of Leicester is apparently doing fine are they?
A union rep would also be able to ask your employers how they are monitoring productivity. I expect it's like my place, where they aren't at all, and it's just based on the assumption/personal opinion of the managers that people want to be back in the office and work better there. When I asked about monitoring, they went quiet, and while they are still 'encouraging' staff back into offices that aren't big enough to accommodate every member of staff if they all went in on the same day, they aren't enforcing it yet either.
Its kind of funny - i would question the monitoring of productivity BUT a productivity tool / macro was created about 2 months before lockdown - and it was me who created it. Talk about shooting yourself in your own foot. I could easily sabotage the excel formula's a nobody would be none the wiser but if i got caught id be in hot water.
