I've read since September
On a real negative side, we now have to wear masks at works ffs....It's all going tits up.
Have you not had to prior to now?
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Have you not had to prior to now?
I've read since September
On a real negative side, we now have to wear masks at works ffs....It's all going tits up.
It was since September but the scientists didn't have enough knowledge at that stage of the first transmission. It took them until October to identify/verify it. Whether that was another strain I can't say either way, but I'm under the impression it's the strain we are all panicking over now.
Thought the guidance changed to any shared indoor space a few months back. A pal of mine does the same job and has had to for ages.
Strain this, strain that. Nowt we can do really, is there?
Yeah well that's something I'm calling Matt Hancock a liar on. He claimed he only found out last weekend, I'm calling bolloxs on that. They knew, but clearly someone had to spell it out for them, give it time and someone will spill the beans.
Not according to the actual experts.Were a tiny island, it's a new strain (not a mutation). It got here from somewhere like the first one did so a bit late for the mainland to cut us off now
Nick Loman, professor of microbial genomics and bioinformation at the University of Birmingham, told a briefing by the Science Media Centre on 15 December that the variant was first spotted in late September and now accounts for 20% of viruses sequenced in Norfolk, 10% in Essex, and 3% in Suffolk. “There are no data to suggest it had been imported from abroad, so it is likely to have evolved in the UK,” he said.
Were a tiny island, it's a new strain (not a mutation). It got here from somewhere like the first one did so a bit late for the mainland to cut us off now
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It's at times like this, you need Scooby Doo.
In my job mate i visit many warehouse sites each week and none make it compulsory.
Taken from the British Medical Journal as it goes. As I read about it earlier when I saw a tweet about the name the authorities gave it. Which includes the date they named it - 1st December.
Yeah I understand, probably really difficult to wear a mask where people do heavy manual handling. Only good thing at least it's cold climate distribution and not a bake house.
Yeah they did mate, but it wasn’t verified as a new strain until October. BUT they knew about how this strain spreads much quicker at least 2 weeks ago.
I'd noted the date on the new name as well, which goes to prove even further, that someone knew about this longer than just last weekend.
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