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Expect a rise in October as well, if the idiots are successful in getting 80 percent of civil servants back in the office at least one day per week by the end of September.

Myself, before going back I'm going to put the cats in the car and drive to Barnard Castle to check that I can see where I'm going
 
fernandopartridge

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wingy said:
About the same number today I think.
From a family end working on the track and trace getting more calls to make now .
Only about 10% answering the phone.
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Not that it should need it but where is the public information campaign to tell people to answer their phone? Why can't the track and trace show as a particular number? It all sounds so half hearted
 
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fernandopartridge said:
Not that it should need it but where is the public information campaign to tell people to answer their phone? Why can't the track and trace show as a particular number? It all sounds so half hearted
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He seems to think that the existing number code is part of the issue .
I know I don't answer numbers I'm not familiar with.
If the demographic of poeple testing positive are young as it's being claimed they will be lower income lower grade jobs without financial safety nets and I'd assume their circle of friends and colleagues are likely to be too.
 
shepardo01

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Away from the political too-ing and fro-ing, Both Cov United and Cov Sphinx's games this week have been postponed due to "covid incidents"
....merely one competitive game into the season for United and due to be Sphinx's first game....
And so it begins.....
 
chiefdave

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shepardo01 said:
Away from the political too-ing and fro-ing, Both Cov United and Cov Sphinx's games this week have been postponed due to "covid incidents"
....merely one competitive game into the season for United and due to be Sphinx's first game....
And so it begins.....
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Seems Cov United have a player and staff member who have tested positive so no games until everyone tests negative. For Sphinx looks like its someone on the opposition team.

Who is paying for the testing at that level? If EFL clubs were complaining about the costs and it being unaffordable how on earth can they cover the cost at that level.
 
fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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wingy said:
He seems to think that the existing number code is part of the issue .
I know I don't answer numbers I'm not familiar with.
If the demographic of poeple testing positive are young as it's being claimed they will be lower income lower grade jobs without financial safety nets and I'd assume their circle of friends and colleagues are likely to be too.
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Govt should provide a safety net, reimbursement of full sick pay for two weeks.
 
shepardo01

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chiefdave said:
Seems Cov United have a player and staff member who have tested positive so no games until everyone tests negative. For Sphinx looks like its someone on the opposition team.

Who is paying for the testing at that level? If EFL clubs were complaining about the costs and it being unaffordable how on earth can they cover the cost at that level.
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There is no "bubble/group" testing for these lads.
Tests are the public tests through the most recent channels. (Not had to have one yet so don't know latest)
All will be working day jobs and then will train/play Sat/Tues/Thursdays so will be mixing a number of different environments including possibly having a few drinks after the game too.
If there is an incident at a workplace, then that will invariably spill over into the squad due to them meeting up three times per week.
 
Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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This whole thing is such a farce.

I flew back into Heathrow yesterday and there were queues everywhere and people all over each other. Passport control was a shambles in terminal 5 and I waited ages too. They have less flights then ever. How is this possible?

What made me laugh was that no one checked my form or tested me for any symptoms. I literally walked out the airport scott free. It's been like this through the whole pandemic.

When I got the National Express up the M1 to get my car from the office, they took my temperature before I got on and socially distanced the bus really well. They made the border force look like a complete joke.


On a side note, I was supposed to be in Mallorca but after that got binned off we switched to Portugal. My friends were adamant because it had only just come off the list, but I warned them at the time I thought it was a bizarre decision. The very same day Austria got added to said naughty list but had less cases and a lower trend. It didn't make any sense. I told my mates we should do Italy but they decided this dickhead with a few spreadsheets knew less than the government. They felt pretty fucking silly when Portugal passed the 20 cases threshold whilst we were out there. Luckily then the government did another u-turn and pussied out of putting it back on the list because it would make them look even more incompetent.

I've been to the netherlands in the last few months too and it amazes me how well everyone generally behaves outside the UK. Everyone sticks to the rules. Here you see so many twats flouting them it is actually unreal.


Sorry, massive monologue. I just cannot believe how useless these guys are. Again and again and again.
 
chiefdave

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shepardo01 said:
There is no "bubble/group" testing for these lads.
Tests are the public tests through the most recent channels. (Not had to have one yet so don't know latest)
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The Cov Utd post about this says they can’t play until all staff and players have a negative test. They can’t do that on the public tests as the criteria for testing is that you have symptoms.

They should all be self isolating for 14 days if they’ve been in contact with someone who has tested positive.

Sounds like a complete mess. Starting a season without having the required measures in place.
 
larry_david

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People wonder why cases are rising? Check any of your friends stories on fb or insta on a weekend and you'll see. I know someone (a nurse non the less) who was out in a bar the size of a garden shed who took a selfie video, all of them arms around each other and about 17-18 people all cramped in the background. Now this bar pre covid was hot, sweaty and cramped. Why are the government or news reporting this sorta shit. They say it's young persons getting infected, why don't they say it as it is.

I have to wear a mask walking around morrisons at 930pm with me and 3 night staff but she (nurse remember) is allowed to hug 7 people in a room of 18 that fits a room of 10.

Money. Simple. Load of bollocks and why it's not being called out I have no idea
 
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larry_david said:
People wonder why cases are rising? Check any of your friends stories on fb or insta on a weekend and you'll see. I know someone (a nurse non the less) who was out in a bar the size of a garden shed who took a selfie video, all of them arms around each other and about 17-18 people all cramped in the background. Now this bar pre covid was hot, sweaty and cramped. Why are the government or news reporting this sorta shit. They say it's young persons getting infected, why don't they say it as it is.

I have to wear a mask walking around morrisons at 930pm with me and 3 night staff but she (nurse remember) is allowed to hug 7 people in a room of 18 that fits a room of 10.

Money. Simple. Load of bollocks and why it's not being called out I have no idea
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Because shafting young people is what this government is rather fond of
 
Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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Also see that parliament is saying MP's should get tested daily. Everyone else that has to go into an office etc fuck em, but MP's deserve 'special treatment'.

So angry at the amount of times parliament under any administration puts through 'vital legislation' them makes themselves exempt or special cases from it. They should be the test cases/early adopters, not the exemptions.

I want a bill through parliament that says if parliament don't have to abide by a law neither do the general public.
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Can anyone answer me this? Young people who are increasing the positive figures don’t have symptoms so why are they going for a test?
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I thought exactly the same. Why would you be inclined to go for a test if you had absolutely no symptoms and, as far as you were concerned , hadn't been in contact with anyone who had subsequently developed the virus.
The fact that young people are more inclined to have fewer symptoms is the worst set of circumstances there could possibly be, given that they are the ones more likely to be exposed to the virus and therefore carry it and pass it on.
 
chiefdave

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Can anyone answer me this? Young people who are increasing the positive figures don’t have symptoms so why are they going for a test?
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Good question. If you check the criteria for getting a test you need to have symptoms. Even if you're contacted by track and trace to say you've been in contact with someone who has tested positive you're told to self isolate and only get a test if you show symptoms.
 
skybluetony176

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Can anyone answer me this? Young people who are increasing the positive figures don’t have symptoms so why are they going for a test?
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Track and trace Pete. It certainly isn’t world beating but it is working to a degree. All of a sudden I’m surrounded by people who have been contacted by track and trace and self isolating other than getting tested.
 
chiefdave

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jimmyhillsfanclub said:
Can only assume they've been "tracked/traced" or have been in contact with known cases?
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skybluetony176 said:
Track and trace Pete. It certainly isn’t world beating but it is working to a degree. All of a sudden I’m surrounded by people who have been contacted by track and trace and self isolating other than getting tested.
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You're supposed to self isolate if you're contacted by track and trace. You're only supposed to get a test if you show symptoms.
www.nhs.uk

How to avoid catching and spreading COVID-19 infection.

Read NHS advice about how to reduce your risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 infection, and ease your symptoms at home.
www.nhs.uk www.nhs.uk
 
bezzer

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Can anyone answer me this? Young people who are increasing the positive figures don’t have symptoms so why are they going for a test?
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In all probability they had symptoms or were contacted via track and trace.

My daughter (24) was in town last week and received a text from the pub she was in (Lawrence Sheriff) saying they'd been notified by a customer they were showing symptoms. Daughter rang 111 and was told to get a test, which came back negative. She wasn't showing any symptoms.
 
chiefdave

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Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
The fact that young people are more inclined to have fewer symptoms is the worst set of circumstances there could possibly be, given that they are the ones more likely to be exposed to the virus and therefore carry it and pass it on.
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Having told everyone to go to the pub, eat out to help out and get back to the office they're now blaming young people for the rise in positive test results as they've been going to pubs, restaurants and offices.

Hancock has also been doing the rounds saying there's an issue that young people can be infected and not realise as they are asymptomatic but can pass it on to others. Yet when people were raising this as an issue with opening schools and universities it was dismissed as a non-issue.
 
Sky Blue Pete

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chiefdave said:
Having told everyone to go to the pub, eat out to help out and get back to the office they're now blaming young people for the rise in positive test results as they've been going to pubs, restaurants and offices.

Hancock has also been doing the rounds saying there's an issue that young people can be infected and not realise as they are asymptomatic but can pass it on to others. Yet when people were raising this as an issue with opening schools and universities it was dismissed as a non-issue.
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But why would one get a test if no symptoms. Confused by Hancock today
 
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Evo1883

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I get my flu jab Thursday, I'm assuming every year from here on out I will need a covid19 jab too? Do we believe they will combine the vaccines to make 1, do we believe it will be an annual jab or a sole jab... Genuinely don't know so just wondering
 
covmark

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chiefdave said:
You're supposed to self isolate if you're contacted by track and trace. You're only supposed to get a test if you show symptoms.
www.nhs.uk

How to avoid catching and spreading COVID-19 infection.

Read NHS advice about how to reduce your risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 infection, and ease your symptoms at home.
www.nhs.uk www.nhs.uk
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Incorrect. I got a test this week for research purposes after being contacted by email.
Got the results today and I was negative.

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chiefdave

chiefdave

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covmark said:
Incorrect. I got a test this week for research purposes after being contacted by email.
Got the results today and I was negative.

Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
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So yet again incorrect information being put out by official bodies as on there it quite clearly states you only get a test if you have symptoms.

No wonder people are confused as to what they are supposed to do.
 
Grendel

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chiefdave said:
So yet again incorrect information being put out by official bodies as on there it quite clearly states you only get a test if you have symptoms.

No wonder people are confused as to what they are supposed to do.
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Well no as research tests fall outside of that advice obviously
 
Grendel

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chiefdave said:
Having told everyone to go to the pub, eat out to help out and get back to the office they're now blaming young people for the rise in positive test results as they've been going to pubs, restaurants and offices.

Hancock has also been doing the rounds saying there's an issue that young people can be infected and not realise as they are asymptomatic but can pass it on to others. Yet when people were raising this as an issue with opening schools and universities it was dismissed as a non-issue.
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Well no they are the biggest rising group and oddly people outside that group also are going to the pub, eating to help and actually working so its the disregard while in an external environment that is surely the issue here - aren't schools open across Europe now?
 
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