COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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BlueAnorak said:
For clarity the school ages that are spreading the virus are ages 13+.
I just saw a teachers union representative saying one week in and one week learning from home by video link would dramatically reduce case numbers.
It isn't good enough senior schools have to close for 4 weeks.
They can only reopen as the union rep stated IF better hands/face/space takes place in school. As a teacher friend of mine tells me it is a nightmare as the kids just aren't following the rules.
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I was just listening to someone from one of the teachers unions saying ALL schools should be closed & kids educated remotely. It's just not workable. Many people won't have the necessary IT and, speaking for myself, I work from home for around 10 hours a day meaning I can't supervise my 7 year old Niece who we are currently surrogate parents for.
 
They have to get the working from home message out loud and clear. Our business is basically just ignoring it despite everyone bar one person a day being able to work at home as was proved in March/April and May when our business ran perfectly well.
 
GM scoreboard total cases 2474 (v 2165 last Saturday and 2386 yesterday):

Manchester 400 - up from 392. Total cases 20, 412. Weekly 2886. Pop score up 72 to 3692. Weekly Pop down to 522.

Wigan 352 - up from 332. Total cases 10, 914, Weekly 2435. Never been so close to Manchester in weekly total. Pop score up 107 to enter the 3300 club at 3321. Weekly Pop up to 741.

Oldham 272 - up from 262.Total cases 9672. Weekly 1791. Pop score up UK highest today of 115 to be the first GM borough into the 4000 club (an elite of 3 in UK so far) at 4079. Though well behind leader Blackburn. Weekly Pop up to 755. Highest any GM borough has ever been.

Salford 260 - down from 284. Total cases 8871. Weekly 1794. Pop score up 100 to enter 3400 club at 3427. Weekly Pop up to 693.

Bolton 252 - up from 223. Total cases 10, 484. Weekly 1713. Pop score up 88 to enter 3600 club at 3646. Weekly Pop up to 596.

Rochdale 206 - up from 190. Total cases 8385. Weekly 1469. Pop score up 93 to enter the 3700 club at 3770. Weekly Pop up to 660.

Tameside 198 - up from 195. Total cases 7154. Weekly 1309. Pop score up 86 to enter the 3100 club at 3157. Weekly Pop up to 576.

Stockport 196 - down from 202. Total cases 7243. Weekly 1449. Pop score up 66 - lowest in GM today - to 2468. Weekly Pop up to 491.

Bury 178 - up from 157. Total cases 6504. Weekly 1167. Pop score up 93 to enter the 3400 club at 3405. Weekly Pop 611. Rising fast.

Trafford 160 - up from 149 but lowest in GM again. Total cases 6285. Weekly 1056. Best weekly total in GM quite comfortably now. Pop score up 67 to enter the 2600 club at 2648. Weekly Pop DOWN to 445. Well clear as best in GM this week and likely to be only one in the 400s tomorrow. But in the overall Pop Score they lost ground by 1 on Stockport today - first in the week. The gap is now 180.
 
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BlueAnorak said:
For clarity the school ages that are spreading the virus are ages 13+.
I just saw a teachers union representative saying one week in and one week learning from home by video link would dramatically reduce case numbers.
Even that isn't good enough to reduce the surge - to be absolutely blunt, senior schools have to close for 4 weeks.
They can only reopen as the union rep stated IF better hands/face/space takes place in school. As a teacher friend of mine tells me it is a nightmare as the kids just aren't following the rules.
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Legalise the cane for a month. That'd teach them...
 
BlueAnorak said:
For clarity the school ages that are spreading the virus are ages 13+.
I just saw a teachers union representative saying one week in and one week learning from home by video link would dramatically reduce case numbers.
Even that isn't good enough to reduce the surge - to be absolutely blunt, senior schools have to close for 4 weeks.
They can only reopen as the union rep stated IF better hands/face/space takes place in school. As a teacher friend of mine tells me it is a nightmare as the kids just aren't following the rules.
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I do heating in tons of schools and it's TRUE no social distancing goes on, I refused to go inside while kids there

Also primary school the parents picking kids up no social distancing
 
Hutchymcfc said:
I do heating in tons of schools and it's TRUE no social distancing goes on, I refused to go inside while kids there

Also primary school the parents picking kids up no social distancing
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I rode my bike through Chorlton Water Park yesterday, and the parents had their kids dressed in Hallowe’en costumes and the play area was packed with all the parents stood together.

I reckon there were about 150 people in a small area no bigger than 150m²
 
squirtyflower said:
Anyone thinking that Labour came up with the idea of a ‘circuit breaker’ are as thick as pig shit.
SAGE were the ones who offered this as a solution back in September.
The Tories decided to ignore it so Labour jumped on it as the panacea to the virus.
Had the Tories gone with it you can almost guarantee that Labour would have been against it like Burnham was when Manchester should have gone into Tier 3, ironically having argued for harsher measures in line with the Party for the weeks leading up to it.

party politics at it’s best
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Ahh, I see. It was opposite day two weeks ago on opposite world, therefore it wasn't opposite any more, so opposite Burnham shouldn't have not said the opposite of what he didn't, because what we know now is that what we didn't know then is that what didn't happen couldn't have been in the future that isn't the imaginary opposite of what actually happened.

Honestly, I'd tell you to sort that shit out, it's embarrassing, but I'm used to seeing it everywhere now.
 
Hutchymcfc said:
I do heating in tons of schools and it's TRUE no social distancing goes on, I refused to go inside while kids there

Also primary school the parents picking kids up no social distancing
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My kids primary is following it. The Head is shit hot on it and if you ain’t following it or wearing a mask, she basically tells you to move off the playground.
 
TueartsOHK said:
That’s a good question. What’s different now than last March? Clubs have developed a regime of regular testing but it’s going to seem strange when the whole country is in lockdown whilst football continues.
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i think we will be a long way off the type of lockdown we had in March, can see this being some half arsed version of it.
 
squirtyflower said:
Anyone thinking that Labour came up with the idea of a ‘circuit breaker’ are as thick as pig shit.
SAGE were the ones who offered this as a solution back in September.
The Tories decided to ignore it so Labour jumped on it as the panacea to the virus.
Had the Tories gone with it you can almost guarantee that Labour would have been against it like Burnham was when Manchester should have gone into Tier 3, ironically having argued for harsher measures in line with the Party for the weeks leading up to it.

party politics at it’s best
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It's all cheap politics...

Lockdown?
Circuit Breaker?
Firebreak?

Ffs a firebreak let's the fire burn mercilessly within the fire break parameters. We don't think there's much evidence of sending fire brigades into a firebreak area... they just let it burn.
 
I liked 'Reset button', as a term. You can use it in all sorts of situations.

Sick of waiting for his Bojesty to show, I'm hitting the reset button on my evening.
 
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