SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)

[Buster15]

Says who?

F-Red.

 

[DOTA]

Are you arguing?

Yeah. I'm confused. Surely they have to pass the legislation before it is law?

 

[Castia]

How are summer holidays looking this year? supposed to be going to Mexico in June! (already rearranged from last summer)

 

[Fully Fledged]

Says who?

BJ

 

[DavidDeSchmikes]

 

[Fluctuation0161]

Makes me angry just thinking about it. Cowards are running this country.

Same. So frustrating that almost everyone saw this coming.

Sage advised lockdown in Sept, it was ignored and then the lax tier system came in. Prime example; London being in tier 2 when it should have been tier 3 also contributed to the clusterfeck down there.

Christmas easing was ill advised but they did it anyway, only to have to U turn last minute.

Schools - since they reopened the teachers and unions and asked for caution. Both political parties have used schools for point scoring instead of thinking about safety.

We have highest death rate in Europe. Meanwhile New Zealand celebrate New Year, covid free.

The UK government are not competent and on top of that they are not taking it seriously. Despite the faux serious faces.

So frustrating and predictable.

 

[Santos J]

Yeah. I'm confused. Surely they have to pass the legislation before it is law?

Yeah law from Wednesday apparently

 

[Roger]

Yeah it's ridiculous. My boss was working from home from the beginning of December because his wifes parents were up and they're considered at risk yet still expects the rest of to be working from the office as normal..

Thats terrible!

 

[DomesticTadpole]

BJ

Very appropriate initials.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

But it's not actually law until Wednesday, presumably?

That’s correct. According to the Grauniad.

 

[DOTA]

Yeah law from Wednesday apparently

Ta.

 

[CassiusClaymore]

The dim idiots are the majority. I heard a lady on the BBC this morning complaining that her beloved Boris should have been knighted in the NY honours because everything he has done has been absolutely right...
Takes all kinds.

I think there's a kind of national Stockholm Syndrome going on with people that think like this.

They'll always respond with something like "imagine if Labour had got in" like that means anything.

Also, all this late decision making and wishy washy guidance just throws further fuel into the fire of all these conspiracy loons and covidiots. It's like they can't comprehend that their own government could actually be that incompetent. But yes, they really can.

 

[F-Red]

No it's in law from this evening.

Says who?

Yeah law from Wednesday apparently

@DOTA apologies - I stand corrected!

 

[United Hobbit]

They're showing some hospital staff on the BBC atm, one was nearly in tears.

Make those selfish rule breakers/ "it's all a conspiracy" people go help on those ICU/ COVID wards by cleaning up etc

Surely they need to open the nightingale hospitals?

 

[Fluctuation0161]

You would hope they could gain some of that back once people see how Brexit pans out and can see they were lied to.

Unfortunately the media are complicit. There will be no realisations.

 

[acnumber9]

Unfortunately the media are complicit. There will be no realisations.

We can only live in hope.

 

[F-Red]

Surely they need to open the nightingale hospitals?

There's no trained staff on the magic staff tree to function the Nightingale's. The issue isn't capacity as in space, it's trained ICU staff to manage critical care.

 

[Fluctuation0161]

Wonder if Captain Sir Tom Moore has got another 100 laps in him?

This literally made me laugh out loud.

The poor bugger will have to be doing marathons for the next 12 months to cover this.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

By the way are takeaways, food deliveries, drive thru's still the same?

 

[Fluctuation0161]

We can only live in hope.

It is a healthier way of living I suppose!

 

[hp88]

By the way are takeaways, food deliveries, drive thru's still the same?

Yeah but there's a ban on takeaway alcohol.

 

[Fully Fledged]

Yeah but there's a ban on takeaway alcohol.

Does that include supermarkets?

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Yeah but there's a ban on takeaway alcohol.

Where do you get takeaway alcohol from?

 

[T00lsh3d]

By the way are takeaways, food deliveries, drive thru's still the same?

Takeaways will be, doubt drive-thru’s will be though as it’s part of a restaurant

 

[F-Red]

Does that include supermarkets?

No, it didn't first time round.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Takeaways will be, doubt drive-thru’s will be though as it’s part of a restaurant

McDonalds drive thru was open when their restaurant wasn't.

 

[lynchie]

Yeah it's ridiculous. My boss was working from home from the beginning of December because his wifes parents were up and they're considered at risk yet still expects the rest of to be working from the office as normal..

I know of a lot of people who can do their jobs from home but their bosses don't trust them, so they'll be getting them in. Furlough should come back in full, but I don't see that happening.

Also - churches, full of old people, still allowed to be open. Stupid.

 

[DOTA]

Yeah but there's a ban on takeaway alcohol.

Being reported that alcohol deliveries are banned as well, which is an awful decision, as it's the only way alcohol dependent people who live on their own can get it whilst self-isolating.

 

[Kaos]

So what's the bottleneck right now in the vaccine rollout? Is it a lack of trained staff? Lack of vaccines? Or a combination of the two?

Zahawi is saying 14 million will be vaccinated by the end of the lockdown, but I trust the Tories as far as I can throw em, especially after the track and trace, PPE and testing debacles.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Where do you get takeaway alcohol from?

Pubs and restaurants. That’s what’s been banned. You’ll still be able to get alcohol all the usual ways i.e. supermarkets, off-licenses etc

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Pubs and restaurants. That’s what’s been banned. You’ll still be able to get alcohol all the usual ways i.e. supermarkets, off-licenses etc

Thanks.

 

[Rado_N]

Being reported that alcohol deliveries are banned as well, which is an awful decision, as it's the only way alcohol dependent people who live on their own can get it whilst self-isolating.

I’ve just added a bunch to my Asda order for this weekend.

 

[gormless]

McDonalds drive thru was open when their restaurant wasn't.

not first time round. It all closed.
They were giving out free food just before they closed.

 

[hp88]

Where do you get takeaway alcohol from?

There were a couple of pubs local to me who were doing take away pints in plastic glasses, no idea why you would want one though as you would have to stand outside in the car park and have it.

I didn't order anything myself but they were doing deliveries of mini kegs as well which wasn't a bad idea at the time and might have kept a few places ticking over, this might be the final blow for some places though.

Grim times if you are a landlord.

Does that include supermarkets?

Nope don't think it does.

 

[Fully Fledged]

No, it didn't first time round.

So what is takeaway alcohol?

 

[DomesticTadpole]

not first time round. It all closed.
They were giving out free food just before they closed.

That's true isn't it. I forgot.

 

[TheGame]

Anyone know why nurseries are allowed to open to more than key workers? That seems strange if schools are closing.

 

[Fully Fledged]

There were a couple of pubs local to me who were doing take away pints in plastic glasses, no idea why you would want one though as you would have to stand outside in the car park and have it.

I didn't order anything myself but they were doing deliveries of mini kegs as well which wasn't a bad idea at the time and might have kept a few places ticking over, this might be the final blow for some places though.

Grim times if you are a landlord.


Nope don't think it does.

Right

 

[DomesticTadpole]

There were a couple of pubs local to me who were doing take away pints in plastic glasses, no idea why you would want one though as you would have to stand outside in the car park and have it.

I didn't order anything myself but they were doing deliveries of mini kegs as well which wasn't a bad idea at the time and might have kept a few places ticking over, this might be the final blow for some places though.

Grim times if you are a landlord.


Nope don't think it does.

Boris and Co. will only be bothered if their fine wines and Bollinger can be delivered.

 

[F-Red]

So what is takeaway alcohol?

Pubs, restaurants. Buy a pint, they put it in a plastic glass and you take it away.