COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

When did they close them? last I heard they are contracted through till March at the earliest.

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[kaz7]

They must of closed them temporarily then.

We didnt need them , add flu and winter to covid and icu in hospitals will be overun , i forsee them being in use over winter

 

[Mike Cledford]

I'd extend that to "gammon, snowflake, PC brigade" etc, I generally stop reading when I come across those terms in a post.

First l try and guess from the context what they mean and then l turn to Google for a definition and the Urban Dictionary Dictionary for a laugh and quite often l am still the wiser. And then l ponder the evolution of a normal word into an insult to someone you disagree with. Next thing is considering who coined this new meaning and how it became common and sometimes almost .compulsory. Unreconstructed is a good example. Who or what was constructed, why was it deconstructed,and then reconstructed and finally unreconstructed.
One could say that is all boring but it is usually far more interesting than anything written by someone using those words

 

[Dubai Blue]

As a good rule of thumb in life, anyone who calls people "sheep" or "sheeple" is a massive moron.

I'd add "snowflake", "gammon" and "Karen" to the list. I can't help but immediately switch off when anyone uses those or similar.

 

[grunge]

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Fair play, I know (2nd hand knowledge admittedly) that there were staff levels retained for them through till march at least, may have just been part of the standby system though.

 

[Cityzen_89]

We didnt need them , add flu and winter to covid and icu in hospitals will be overun , i forsee them being in use over winter

That seems plausable.

 

[Dubai Blue]

I'd extend that to "gammon, snowflake, PC brigade" etc, I generally stop reading when I come across those terms in a post.

Beat me to it!

 

[kaz7]

A coronavirus patient from Manchester has become the first in the UK to be given an experimental arthritis drug to counter the severe effects of the virus.

Farhan Hamid, 41, from south Manchester, has been given a dose of otilimab - a drug currently under investigation as a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

Coronavirus: Manchester man first in UK to be given arthritis drug in trial to treat COVID-19

Farhan Hamid is currently in intensive care at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

news.sky.com

 

[Healdplace]

Instead of a circuit break short lockdown as someone suggested earlier how about selling it as a new Bank Holiday.

Thur/Fri one week, Mon/Tue the next. So a six day break.

The government agree to pay your income for those four days but only IF you stay home and celebrate and do not go out and mix.

Then if you are caught out and about breaking curfew they will ask your employer to take that money away from you and you dont get paid either whatever of it is being paid by government (50/50 government employer maybe).

Instead it goes into a central fund that is then shared out between all the essential workers who are required to do their jobs during the break.

Who also get the four days they miss added onto their annual leave as soon as the pandemic is over.

Just an idea off the top of my head. But it needs imaginative thinking in government. Sadly lacking in modern Britain. Turning negatives into positives and with incentives to do the right thing meaning the selfish get punished but also rewarded for not being selfish.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

A coronavirus patient from Manchester has become the first in the UK to be given an experimental arthritis drug to counter the severe effects of the virus.

Farhan Hamid, 41, from south Manchester, has been given a dose of otilimab - a drug currently under investigation as a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

Coronavirus: Manchester man first in UK to be given arthritis drug in trial to treat COVID-19

Farhan Hamid is currently in intensive care at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

news.sky.com

Fingers crossed.