Coronavirus (2021) thread

[chesterbells]

Just watching the local news.
Why the fck aren’t all ICU staff already vaccinated?

 

[BlueHammer85]

Government are considering giving out £500 payments to anyone testing positive, according to tomorrow’s papers.

why ?

 

[Ric]

why ?

Think they’re worried about people with symptoms keeping quiet and still going into work as they can’t afford not to.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Think they’re worried about people with symptoms keeping quiet and still going into work as they can’t afford not to.

fair enough. Wouldn’t put it past people actively trying to catch Covid for £500 though.

 

[Ric]

fair enough. Wouldn’t put it past people actively trying to catch Covid for £500 though.

The government probably think it’ll all help getting herd immunity sooner.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Think they’re worried about people with symptoms keeping quiet and still going into work as they can’t afford not to.

I know plenty in the building trade who are still going to work feeling shit. One of them is now in hospital with blood clots on lungs and kidneys and now has pneumonia

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Government are considering giving out £500 payments to anyone testing positive, according to tomorrow’s papers.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

Government are considering giving out £500 payments to anyone testing positive, according to tomorrow’s papers.

This would be their biggest mistake yet if true - just can’t see it as the scope for this experiment backfiring is huge

 

[crooky]

Worst thing about that new £500 idea is that they're proposing that the Police have access to your health care details.

I assume this would mean your Summary Care Records. These started off being shared with only medical professionals but are now being shared out (or planned to like the Police) freely to dozens of government departments that have no proper requirement to see such private information.

There's an opt out on this NHS page. I'm going to give it a good read tomorrow and consider whether the benefits are worth the invasion of privacy.

Summary Care Records (SCR) - information for patients - NHS England Digital

Your Summary Care Record is a short summary of your GP medical records. It tells other health and care staff who care for you about the medicines you take and your allergies.

digital.nhs.uk

Ministers consider paying £500 to everyone with Covid in England

Exclusive: universal payment is ‘preferred position’ of DHSC in effort to help people self-isolate

www.theguardian.com

 

[Chippy_boy]

Nah mate, there’s lots of brilliant bullshitters here, including me

You're half right.