But we are not next in line to the throne.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
- Thread starter Don't Kill Bill
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Speak for yourself, my missus has been in there for a fecking age.
Yeah and chanting and singing would project the virus about a lot.
Right now he shouldn’t be meeting any new people.
Big deal. There isn’t a shortage of people waiting to take his place.
If you don't like the next in line to the throne getting preferential treatment, don't have a throne.
While you do have a royal family though then it goes without saying that they will get preferential treatment in situations like this, in much the same way they would get security that others don't in a different context. If you have a royal family then the state is invested in protecting them, simple as that. They get that status simply based on who they are.
Obviously that isn't fair but then the concept of royalty has nothing to do with being fair.
While you do have a royal family though then it goes without saying that they will get preferential treatment in situations like this, in much the same way they would get security that others don't in a different context. If you have a royal family then the state is invested in protecting them, simple as that. They get that status simply based on who they are.
Obviously that isn't fair but then the concept of royalty has nothing to do with being fair.
They’re important because people say they are. The very fact they could all die and nothing would change show they are not any more important than anyone else. I don’t like Boris Johnson but he actually is important and ‘earned’ his position.
Good idea. I’ll just not have one then. Can I do that online?
Looks like these folk really dodged a bullet.
if you're that desperate to get a test, just drop on down to Harley Street. £375 and it's all yours. or just stay in doors.
Intensive Care nurse in her 20s from Kings College hospital where 8 people have died from coronavirus has killed herself.
Can only despair at what she’s been through in recent days/weeks.
RIP
Can only despair at what she’s been through in recent days/weeks.
RIP
This isn't the place for an argument about the monarchy.
RIP, that sounds horrible.
feckin hell.
I desperately hope there's a public outcry to help all those in the NHS after the dust has settled. They all need support.
RIP
The mental health of people being stuck in their homes has oft been discussed, but the mental health of the Health Care professionals who are having to deal with this on the front lines is too often getting forgotten about, I hope the support needed for them is available
My god that is absolutely heartbreaking. I can’t imagine how difficult it is for these people on the front line and she no doubt didn’t see any signs of it letting up
It's just miserable.
It needs to get through to everybody that this thing is serious and painful and horrible. The "Lot's of people had a good time" people need to quickly grow the feck up.
Another buffoon. My fiancee met him a while ago and he's meant to be a Brazilian version of Trump.
My mate's grandmother in belfast has just passed away from Covid-19. She was fit and healthy (for her age) just a few weeks ago.
Not sure if there's a better thread to ask employment related question.
My employer are a private healthcare provider (care homes and behavioural schools). As our kids are considered vulnerable we have remained open. The company have just sent out a briefing outlining guidelines for different situations. The crux of these were, if you come into contact with a child in work with a confirmed case you are to carry on as normal and not self isolate. If in extreme circumstances where you may live with a high risk person they may pay for alternative accommodation for you for a week. At each point they made they made it abundantly clear that they would not be paying anyone, anything if they self isolate. That includes SSP.
Surely this would be a case for whistleblowing? The directors are endangering the lives of the staff and children as far as I'm concerned and forcing people to ignore the government's advice.
My employer are a private healthcare provider (care homes and behavioural schools). As our kids are considered vulnerable we have remained open. The company have just sent out a briefing outlining guidelines for different situations. The crux of these were, if you come into contact with a child in work with a confirmed case you are to carry on as normal and not self isolate. If in extreme circumstances where you may live with a high risk person they may pay for alternative accommodation for you for a week. At each point they made they made it abundantly clear that they would not be paying anyone, anything if they self isolate. That includes SSP.
Surely this would be a case for whistleblowing? The directors are endangering the lives of the staff and children as far as I'm concerned and forcing people to ignore the government's advice.
Let's not start hoarding tinfoil too, mate.
Sounds dodgy as hell.
Definitely report them. Some employers are showing themselves to be fecking sociopaths during this crisis, and they need to be investigated, shamed and punished where appropriate.
Some stories coming out here about very young people being unable to catch a breath when infected. Really scary. I really doubt that a high percentage of cases will be 'asymptomatic' unless there is a medical reason why people in seemingly similar condition would have such different responses to being infected.
Was scrolling through Twitter and this Tweet provoked a visceral reaction from me. I obviously don’t know the people involved here, but it was more of a general response regarding funerals at this time. They’re hard enough as it is, as I’m sure many on here have experienced, but imagine going through one now?
You can’t even be comforted with a hug or a reassuring hand on the back as you bury your loved one. Instead, you have to stand a certain distance apart, immediate family only, not even able to reach out for someone’s hand. Very cruel.
Yes, report them.
Our staff work 5 day shifts, the children's homes are already self-isolating in as much as they aren't leaving the homes or school although we've changed the curriculum to hobbies, art and projects and each homes grounds are big enough to play various sports. All we can ask is that staff self-distance off shift but where they have families we have to see how this goes and maybe accept that they will become unavailable through contact and self-isolating. We've made no decision not to pay staff full salaries or SSP but while we can they'll draw salaries. As far as I'm concerned they are all keyworkers, we can't send kids home so we have to back them up.
I am getting increasingly more and more annoyed at my father. He is a creature of habit and is used to popping out a few times a day but he is still going on out everyday to stock up food and tidbits, despite being elderly and high risk due to underlying health conditions. At this point, you can only help someone so much. We've sat down and had a chat with him and we thought he understood but evidently not. I still don't think he understands how selfish he is being, particularly towards my mother.
Yes i would agree that they're endangering staff with that form of policy - Might be worth giving ACAS a call to get some guidance - https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus/if-someone-has-coronavirus-symptoms-at-work
If you are paid directly for the employer, they cannot withhold SSP if they've been told to self isolate by NHS 111.
Same happens if you get pneumonia as a young person too.
It's getting pretty horrific here now in that respect. Funerals are banned and they have already been sending coffins in army convoys to crematoriums in nearby provinces because they can't cremate the bodies fast enough, and now they are starting to run out of coffins too.
Doubt it, but shops will still be open for the essentials
Forum gold!
Doctors mess currently has exactly ..... 29 people in it. The room is 7mx8m.
Where else can we eat?
Where else can we eat?
sucks about the people that are passing away during this time since we can’t even have a proper funeral they deserve. Reminds me of Chernobyl tv show. Just cement the graves. Least it’s not like that thank god. It’s horrible, especially since they won’t let you say goodbye in their final moments. Couldn’t they not just dress them up in some hazmat suit. I wouldn’t care. If I have to fight every donator to say goodbye, I would. To hell with it.
She's from my town. I think her mum reported it a few days ago on Facebook. Tragic.
Yep, my dad's exactly the same. He's in his mid 60s and has had hypertension for years now, but he insists on going out himself to do shopping or get his medicine. We tell him to at least wear gloves if he's going to be stubborn but he refuses to do that too.