Coronavirus (2021) thread

[richards30]

All back to work tomorrow thank god on the Isle of Man! Been Covid free again for 16 days after a full lockdown since the 6th January over 6 positive cases! Pubs , restaurants, gyms, shops etc all open as normal again with no masks etc :-)

 

[worsleyweb]

All back to work tomorrow thank god on the Isle of Man! Been Covid free again for 16 days after a full lockdown since the 6th January over 6 positive cases! Pubs , restaurants, gyms, shops etc all open as normal again with no masks etc :-)

lucky you! Feels like forever here.

 

[worsleyweb]

Covid: Israel to transfer 5,000 vaccine doses to Palestinians https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55879337

that’s nice let’s hope they all make friends

 

[richards30]

lucky you! Feels like forever here.

felt like forever over here mate! We were Covid free for 7 months and then we were getting a few cases a day from students who came back for Christmas? The government over here decided on a circuit breaker lockdown to knock it on the head and seemingly it has worked

 

[Gray]

that’s nice let’s hope they all make friends

Briefly at least.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Just thinking about those who are on furlough, has any leave entitlement been reduced pro rata or will you all have double leave when work returns to 'normal' later this year? I assume the latter.

 

[mosssideblue]

lucky you! Feels like forever here.

Lucky? He lives on the Isle of Man :)

 

[mosssideblue]

Your point was valid.

there is no point vacinating if we have to continue to be locked away from one another.

the idea that we should stay locked down all summer when cases will decline naturally just in case the vaccines don’t work in the autumn is difficult to fathom.

lockdown fetishism is almost but not quite as odd as covid denial

I may be wrong but isn't it because the predominant age group of those taking hospital beds is now lower 50 - 65 yrs?, so need to get that demographic jabbed up first

 

[richards30]

Lucky? He lives on the Isle of Man :)

arguably the safest place in the world at the minute mate ;-)

 

[Sir peace frog]

anybody who thinks the current travel ban will stop the virus is wrong , cant fly to dubai no problem, fly to Frankfurt ,Schiphol or any other hub and transfer from there, the amount of bags i saw yesterday with emirates tags on from Frankfurt was scary, the government needs to stop this loop hole asap , oh and before people start saying it might be essential travel , there was a lot of golf bags

 

[artfuldodger]

Just thinking about those who are on furlough, has any leave entitlement been reduced pro rata or will you all have double leave when work returns to 'normal' later this year? I assume the latter.

It’s accrued just as normal. Although I know there were a few raised eyebrows when some companies opened last summer to find their staff immediately asked for 3 weeks off!

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

I may be wrong but isn't it because the predominant age group of those taking hospital beds is now lower 50 - 65 yrs?, so need to get that demographic jabbed up first

Did you manage to get your appointment rebooked?

 

[KS55]

you don’t actually understand how rude you are sometimes. Every time I come on here you are in a spat with someone. It detracts from a really good thread.

What?
@kaz7 is a pussy cat.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

UK government secures additional 40 million doses of Valneva vaccine

Deal takes total number of Valneva vaccines to 100 million, to be manufactured in the UK in Scotland

www.gov.uk

 

[Sir peace frog]

you don’t actually understand how rude you are sometimes. Every time I come on here you are in a spat with someone. It detracts from a really good thread.

rude karen , its a post power syndrome .the more posts the ruder you can be.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Just thinking about those who are on furlough, has any leave entitlement been reduced pro rata or will you all have double leave when work returns to 'normal' later this year? I assume the latter.

no, thats whats pissing some people off at work , they have had to take holidays for days off, the furlough lads(me included from time to time) have had months off and can save all our holidays :), some lads have been off nearly a year and they still get their holiday entitlement.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

you don’t actually understand how rude you are sometimes. Every time I come on here you are in a spat with someone. It detracts from a really good thread.

There is a function named Ignore

It can be extremely useful :)

 

[blue b4 the moon]

It’s accrued just as normal. Although I know there were a few raised eyebrows when some companies opened last summer to find their staff immediately asked for 3 weeks off!

That was around my thinking.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Invisible Covid-19 vaccine data

No data has been published about the number of vaccinations given to care home residents in England or the UK. Yet we wake this morning to headlines that the NHS is saying “all eligible, olde…

simonbriscoeblog.wordpress.com

Borderline political but some data that maybe of interest, all the same.

 

[ctwrd]

I may be wrong but isn't it because the predominant age group of those taking hospital beds is now lower 50 - 65 yrs?, so need to get that demographic jabbed up first

That’s not what is being discussed.

what is being discussed is the proposition that even when cases have subsided in the summer (and ergo less 50-65s filling up beds) we should carry on with lockdown right the way through.

ridiculous.

at the rate we’re going, over 50s should be done by autumn.