Off Topic Coronavirus

[bobmid]

Boris, Not606 is willing to take over from your scientific experts at the drop of a hat! Dont hesitate to get in touch.

We have Kiwi, who can tell you how NZ are dealing with it. West windsr, may give you a good shoeing, Staines will look after you after said shoeing, uber could crack a joke, steel could translate for the Scottish, Beth our resident scientist, jeff....well just Jeff, stroller already immune, ellers could lick your arse.

 

[ELLERS]

Back at work tomorrow to turn back time and save us.

Good stuff Watford. My contract was canceled for May/June however they are paying me. So it's 2 months of sitting at home. Not happy as I would rather have done the job however getting the train into London each day would have been a worry.

 

[ELLERS]

Coronavirus: keep working despite the risks, pregnant nurses and doctors told

Pregnant healthcare workers have accused NHS bosses of putting them and their babies at risk of becoming the “collateral damage” of the coronavirus outbreak by forcing them to keep working on the frontline.

While many expectant mothers who work for the NHS have been advised that they can work from home, hundreds of others in the first and second trimesters say they have been told they must keep coming into hospitals.

A study by the campaigns group Organise found that at least one pregnant member of staff at 43% of UK trusts had reported that they were not allowed to stay at home.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2020-04-26

And before you jump in Ellers, I can confirm that this is true, as two of my wifes staff are facing this exact issue.

Not saying a thing. Some of these stories have legs and some are rubbish.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

Good stuff Watford. My contract was canceled for May/June however they are paying me. So it's 2 months of sitting at home. Not happy as I would rather have done the job however getting the train into London each day would have been a worry.

I didn’t mean me. Our dear leader is back tomorrow. Glad they’re looking after you though.

Fortunately I’ve got plenty of work on until at least the end of June and July-September is my quietest time anyway though we still haven’t furloughed the people whose roles are pointless at the moment let alone anyone else. One of the perks of working for massive tax-avoiding evil multinational conglomerate.

 

[sb_73]

Good stuff Watford. My contract was canceled for May/June however they are paying me. So it's 2 months of sitting at home. Not happy as I would rather have done the job however getting the train into London each day would have been a worry.

Why not do a Tebbit, be a proper Tory and get on your bike? It’s not far from Bracknell to London and traffic is light.

 

[ELLERS]

Why not do a Tebbit, be a proper Tory and get on your bike? It’s not far from Bracknell to London and traffic is light.

Cheeky sod I don't live in Brackers... that's Watford. As for a bike? I would probably fall off, besides the job is cancelled... which by the way is a sad thing as many people will end up losing jobs/money. I am a lucky one.

 

[ELLERS]

I didn’t mean me. Our dear leader is back tomorrow. Glad they’re looking after you though.

Fortunately I’ve got plenty of work on until at least the end of June and July-September is my quietest time anyway though we still haven’t furloughed the people whose roles are pointless at the moment let alone anyone else. One of the perks of working for massive tax-avoiding evil multinational conglomerate.

oh, I was more interested in you than Boris. He will be okay. Good to see you are busy mate as is my Mrs (which is not a good thing as she is recording deaths outside hospitals). My contract was signed a long time ago say they are honouring it. As I said I am one of the lucky ones as I know many others are losing jobs and contracts.

 

[sb_73]

Cheeky sod I don't live in Brackers... that's Watford. As for a bike? I would probably fall off, besides the job is cancelled... which by the way is a sad thing as many people will end up losing jobs/money. I am a lucky one.

Do you not feel a bit odd being paid for something you aren’t doing? Or is it some kind of retainer?

I’ve just had a sensationally busy week as my colleagues are still learning about remote working and think manic activity equates somehow to productivity. I am slowly re-educating them.

 

[ELLERS]

Do you not feel a bit odd being paid for something you aren’t doing? Or is it some kind of retainer?

I’ve just had a sensationally busy week as my colleagues are still learning about remote working and think manic activity equates somehow to productivity. I am slowly re-educating them.

Yes, it's weird but that's how it is. I would prefer to work as I love my job but I guess no one worries about me when the contracts don't come in?

 

[Sooperhoop]

On a serious note burglary is down but abuse and trolling are up. And more worrying, they are saying 50% of kids are getting anxiety and depression because of this lockdown. Problems in the future I think.

Best news is stabbings have dramatically reduced, no wonder Sadiq was telling us all to use the tube...

 

[sb_73]

Interesting comment piece in today’s Sunday Times about TV news, which has fallen into a horrible pattern - bit about COVID, bit about deaths, some obituaries, some foreign COVID stories, all relentlessly emotional and totally uninformative. As this bloke says it’s emotionally draining and you know no more at 10.31 than you did at 9.59 (if we are talking about BBC News at Ten, but it really could be any channel, any bulletin). Apparently the French and German equivalents are far less emotional.

This trend is why I’ve just about stopped looking at or listening to much news and can wizz through the paper really fast nowadays. An unintended upside is the radical demise of celebrity obsession, great stuff.

 

[bobmid]

Dr Moosa Qureshi, an NHS doctor, is demanding the government publish its report into Exercise Cygnus, a three-day simulation involving government and public health bodies conducted in 2016.

What a silly man! Does he actually think anyone has read it. Raab even had a chuckle when asked if he had read it.

 

[CroydonCaptainJack]

Do you not feel a bit odd being paid for something you aren’t doing? Or is it some kind of retainer?

I’ve just had a sensationally busy week as my colleagues are still learning about remote working and think manic activity equates somehow to productivity. I am slowly re-educating them.

Loads of people at home being paid for doing nothing. Its the furlough scheme.

 

[sb_73]

Loads of people at home being paid for doing nothing. Its the furlough scheme.

Yes I know.

 

[Staines R's]

Best news is stabbings have dramatically reduced, no wonder Sadiq was telling us all to use the tube...

Funny but that’s not the word from the rank and file........was speaking to a couple of OB the other day at a job and they say it’s still happening and just as frequently.

 

[YorkshireHoopster]

Good stuff Watford. My contract was canceled for May/June however they are paying me. So it's 2 months of sitting at home. Not happy as I would rather have done the job however getting the train into London each day would have been a worry.

What do you mean. Furlough or paid full leave? And if the former, at what rate, ie is your company topping up your pay or limiting it to 80%

 

[rangercol]

Well done to the amateurs on here for questioning the airport situation of inbound passengers. Just goes to show that even the simplest of folk have more common sense than some who make the decisions. They need our help and Not606 is ready and willing.

Thing is Bob, the scientists would have considered everything.
I, like you, would have thought the incoming flights would have been quarantined straight away.
It seems all to do with timing and different scientists think things should be done at different times.

One thing they're not is thick.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

Thing is Bob, the scientists would have considered everything.
I, like you, would have thought the incoming flights would have been quarantined straight away.
It seems all to do with timing and different scientists think things should be done at different times.

One thing they're not is thick.

Even if other countries were as lax with letting people in without any checks, not that I know of any, I don’t see how now is suddenly the ideal time to start with it.

 

[rangercol]

Good stuff Watford. My contract was canceled for May/June however they are paying me. So it's 2 months of sitting at home. Not happy as I would rather have done the job however getting the train into London each day would have been a worry.

Is that still the stage work Ellers?

 

[rangercol]

Interesting comment piece in today’s Sunday Times about TV news, which has fallen into a horrible pattern - bit about COVID, bit about deaths, some obituaries, some foreign COVID stories, all relentlessly emotional and totally uninformative. As this bloke says it’s emotionally draining and you know no more at 10.31 than you did at 9.59 (if we are talking about BBC News at Ten, but it really could be any channel, any bulletin). Apparently the French and German equivalents are far less emotional.

This trend is why I’ve just about stopped looking at or listening to much news and can wizz through the paper really fast nowadays. An unintended upside is the radical demise of celebrity obsession, great stuff.

Me too.
The news is one long sink into despair and as for the breakfast tv....awful.