Coronavirus (2021) thread

[blueparrot]

Gonna have to do something about these isolation rules.
Getting to the stage where there's a greater public health risk from NHS staff isolating than there is from the actual virus.

Are you saying staff with covid should go to work in a hospital, are you qualified to say that’s safe ?

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Are you saying staff with covid should go to work in a hospital, are you qualified to say that’s safe ?

What’s different this year is that we’ve got thousands of staff who are off but well, as opposed to off and ill. This is the bit I most struggle with in regards to masks. Apparently wearing a mask stops you passing it on? Wearing an FFP3 mask (hospital grade) will stop you giving it AND receiving it. Why are we therefore making people who are feeling perfectly well, stay at home for 7 days, thus exacerbating the pressure on the NHS?

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Regarding Djokovic......how has he received an exemption to allow him to compete in the Australian Open?

Because he’s decided his medical status is his business and not everyone else’s, which seems fair enough.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Gonna have to do something about these isolation rules.
Getting to the stage where there's a greater public health risk from NHS staff isolating than there is from the actual virus.

Maybe people who’ve had heart attacks getting lifts to hospitals might be a bigger risk.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Because he’s decided his medical status is his business and not everyone else’s, which seems fair enough.

That’s fine for him but it doesn’t mean he should be treated more favourably than every other visitor to Australia

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

That’s fine for him but it doesn’t mean he should be treated more favourably than every other visitor to Australia

I agree and the sooner the Australians start treating everyone like Djokovic, the better.

 

[Ric]

At least the old covid virus will go down in history as being responsible for the death of the hangover - for years people would ask where were you on Monday even though they already knew the reason - and now it's been re-branded Covid (Infact im now known as the covid kid)

On a vaguely related note, I had every intention of doing dry January this year but tested positive on Sunday so have sacked it off. Bored shitless already as it is (and only on day three of isolation) so decided that I might as well have a few glasses in the evenings to make it slightly less tedious.

 

[Bluewonder]

Are you saying staff with covid should go to work in a hospital, are you qualified to say that’s safe ?

At some point that will become the case, like it or not.

 

[BlueHammer85]

At some point that will become the case, like it or not.

think some other countries have had to do this also.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Are you saying staff with covid should go to work in a hospital, are you qualified to say that’s safe ?

staff with covid to work on the covid ward. Pretty sure that's safe