Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (13 Viewers)

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I have no idea why people would be booking holidays now anyway for this year, seems a bit crazy really.

I had a honeymoon booked last year for this summer but preparing to pull the plug on it barring a bumper vaccine rollout.

 

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[Nick]

I had a honeymoon booked last year for this summer but preparing to pull the plug on it barring a bumper vaccine rollout.

Yeah but last year it was understandable for this year. It would be madness to book a holiday now for this summer with how things are.

 

[covmark]

I have no idea why people would be booking holidays now anyway for this year, seems a bit crazy really.

A lot of people, myself included, had to switch last years holiday to this year, otherwise I'd have lost all of my flight money. Well over a grand. Getting prepared to do the same this year.

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[Deleted member 5849]

I have no idea why people would be booking holidays now anyway for this year, seems a bit crazy really.

This doesn't sway you?

 

[Nick]

A lot of people, myself included, had to switch last years holiday to this year, otherwise I'd have lost all of my flight money. Well over a grand. Getting prepared to do the same this year.

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I get that and things rolling over, I meant more people thinking now they want to book a holiday for June.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Yeah but last year it was understandable for this year. It would be madness to book a holiday now for this summer with how things are.

True, that’s miles off the radar for me this year. We have a back up in the UK lined up and we’ll rebook going abroad for ‘22 most likely

 

[CCFCSteve]

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True, that’s miles off the radar for me this year. We have a back up in the UK lined up and we’ll rebook going abroad for ‘22 most likely

Yeah, do the old mini moon and then long haul trip away end of year when things hopefully settled (loads do that with summer weddings anyway)

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

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Yeah, do the old mini moon and then long haul trip away end of year when things hopefully settled (loads do that with summer weddings anyway)

Already got mini moon in Brighton booked, could probably just extend the dates if we cancel going to Germany

 

[CCFCSteve]

Maybe the Government could stipulate that anyone volunteerring to help with the vaccination program will receive the vaccine themselves as part of the programme, would safeguard against unnecessary disruption to the rollout programme, suppress the spread from another potential angle and may even act as another way of enticing people to volunteer.

Yeah, decent shout but reckon they’ll stick with oldies priority list (probably correct especially as new lockdown ‘should’ help reduce transmission)

Think they’ve got loads of volunteers to be fair (I applied the other day - don’t panic not administering, just offered to do some stewarding at centres !). Typical ridiculous form filling/online training has put off some volunteering to administer jab from what I’ve read - safeguarding kids (even though not administering to kids), some module on preventing radicalisation and another on equality and diversity !! FFS !

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Yeah, decent shout but reckon they’ll stick with oldies priority list (probably correct especially as new lockdown ‘should’ help reduce transmission)

Think they’ve got loads of volunteers to be fair (I applied the other day - don’t panic not administering, just offered to do some stewarding at centres !). Typical ridiculous form filling/online training has put off some volunteering to administer jab from what I’ve read - safeguarding kids (even though not administering to kids), some module on preventing radicalisation and another on equality and diversity !! FFS !

Tbf, you don't want people refusing a vaccine to blacks and gays!

 

[CCFCSteve]

Tbf, you don't want people refusing a vaccine to blacks and gays!

Haha, fair point ! not sure it needs Online training for all though. ‘Are you a racist/homophobe’ tick box might suffice !
Full list of online modules

Recognising and managing anaphylaxis
Resuscitation, level 2
Safeguarding adults, level 2
Safeguarding children, level 2
Vaccine administration
Vaccine storage
Health, Safety and Welfare, level 1
Infection Prevention and control, level 2
Introduction to Anaphylaxis
Legal aspects of vaccination
Moving and Handling, level 1
Preventing radicalisation, level 1
Conflict resolution, level 1
Core knowledge for Covid-19 vaccinators
Covid mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine)
Data security awareness, level 1
Equality, Diversity and Human rights, level 1
Fire safety, level 1

 

[Skybluefaz]

So garden centres are essential retail. People really can't live without artisan jam, old guys rule t-shirts and bird tables.

 

[Nick]

So garden centres are essential retail. People really can't live without artisan jam, old guys rule t-shirts and bird tables.

Went past a screwfix earlier and there was a fair few tradesmen's vans outside.

Very naive to think they aren't just doing jobs in people's houses anyway because they need the money.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

So garden centres are essential retail. People really can't live without artisan jam, old guys rule t-shirts and bird tables.

Artisan jam hahaha

 

[chiefdave]

Went past a screwfix earlier and there was a fair few tradesmen's vans outside.

Very naive to think they aren't just doing jobs in people's houses anyway because they need the money.

That's one of the exemptions.

Where it is necessary for you to work in other people’s homes - for example, for nannies, cleaners or tradespeople - you can do so

 

[CCFCSteve]

So garden centres are essential retail. People really can't live without artisan jam, old guys rule t-shirts and bird tables.

And let’s honest, a lot of the customers are the people we’re trying to most/best protect !! If I heard my mum was ‘popping down to the local garden centre for a little browse’ I’d go mental !

 

[Skybluefaz]

And let’s honest, a lot of the customers are the people we’re trying to most/best protect !! If I heard my mum was ‘popping down to the local garden centre for a little browse’ I’d go mental !

Absolutely

 

[Nick]

That's one of the exemptions.

Ah that makes sense then.

Still, it gives people a perfect loophole to go round their mates.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

That's one of the exemptions.

I read that last one as 'transpeople'.

Need to get off the Internet.

 

[CCFCSteve]

Ah that makes sense then.

Still, it gives people a perfect loophole to go round their mates.

Or a bird....’just fixing her back doors’

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Went past a screwfix earlier and there was a fair few tradesmen's vans outside.

Very naive to think they aren't just doing jobs in people's houses anyway because they need the money.

tbf if my boiler / washing machine etc breaks, I'll have no choice. Ditto if the roof falls in!

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Still, it gives people a perfect loophole to go round their mates.

See: the bloke a few doors down from me

 

[MusicDating]

And let’s honest, a lot of the customers are the people we’re trying to most/best protect !! If I heard my mum was ‘popping down to the local garden centre for a little browse’ I’d go mental !

In the first lockdown, I'd been doing my elderly parents weekly shop for a fair few weeks and one day my dad asked if I could get hold of any compost for them. He said they'd been round all the garden centres and couldn't find any...

 

[Skybluefaz]

In the first lockdown, I'd been doing my elderly parents weekly shop for a fair few weeks and one day my dad asked if I could get hold of any compost for them. He said they'd been round all the garden centres and couldn't find any...

Low risk people are told to keep exercise to once a day, yet you could be older and mooch around all the garden centres in the area.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Haha, fair point ! not sure it needs Online training for all though. ‘Are you a racist/homophobe’ tick box might suffice !
Full list of online modules

Recognising and managing anaphylaxis
Resuscitation, level 2
Safeguarding adults, level 2
Safeguarding children, level 2
Vaccine administration
Vaccine storage
Health, Safety and Welfare, level 1
Infection Prevention and control, level 2
Introduction to Anaphylaxis
Legal aspects of vaccination
Moving and Handling, level 1
Preventing radicalisation, level 1
Conflict resolution, level 1
Core knowledge for Covid-19 vaccinators
Covid mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine)
Data security awareness, level 1
Equality, Diversity and Human rights, level 1
Fire safety, level 1

Seems fair enough bar the last couple potentially but calling that red tape

 

[fernandopartridge]

Yeah, decent shout but reckon they’ll stick with oldies priority list (probably correct especially as new lockdown ‘should’ help reduce transmission)

Think they’ve got loads of volunteers to be fair (I applied the other day - don’t panic not administering, just offered to do some stewarding at centres !). Typical ridiculous form filling/online training has put off some volunteering to administer jab from what I’ve read - safeguarding kids (even though not administering to kids), some module on preventing radicalisation and another on equality and diversity !! FFS !

Yeah I saw that. Tbh those are all standard NHS employee elearning modules. Nobody seems to be able to proportionate anything!

 

[chiefdave]

In the first lockdown, I'd been doing my elderly parents weekly shop for a fair few weeks and one day my dad asked if I could get hold of any compost for them. He said they'd been round all the garden centres and couldn't find any...

Had the same, was doing shopping, collecting medication etc for them and then I'd get my Mum saying she'd popped to M&S but it was fine as its safe there! Took weeks to drill it into them.

 

[Nick]

Some old people are terrible, if they keep supermarkets open they should probably ban old people and give them priority on delivery slots.

They are fucking lethal and they are the ones most at risk.

 

[SBT]

Yeah but last year it was understandable for this year. It would be madness to book a holiday now for this summer with how things are.

To be fair, it would have been madness to book a July holiday in March of last year as well, but it still could have worked out! Would take balls of steel, but if you know it’s all refundable then I can see why people are giving themselves something to look forward to.

 

[Sbarcher]

Or a bird....’just fixing her back doors’

Just popped over on my jet-ski to plug her leak!

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Some old people are terrible, if they keep supermarkets open they should probably ban old people and give them priority on delivery slots.

They are fucking lethal and they are the ones most at risk.

They are in there all the time just getting in people's way. Don't get it at all.

Day in day out.

 

[Brylowes]

I have no idea why people would be booking holidays now anyway for this year, seems a bit crazy really.

We’ve been looking at booking something for early September, with all the doom and gloom I feel it may just give us something to look forward to ‘a light at the end of the tunnel.
Am I convinced we will be out of the tunnel come September........not really no.

 

[CCFCSteve]

Yeah I saw that. Tbh those are all standard NHS employee elearning modules. Nobody seems to be able to proportionate anything!

Exactly. Whilst Petes right, a lot appear sensible enough, however, you remove any red tape ones immediately and then tailor to requirements ie if it’s a recently retired doctor, health care professional etc then knock a few modules off the list. Also if you are there solely to administer the jab then surely even some of what would appear more important modules may be irrelevant ?! (Or could be easily condensed).

Like the salary level, I’m sure it won’t put most people off who want to actually help, but still

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I don't know what it is about bog roll that makes it such a prime candidate for panic buying.

The thing is there was never really a shortage of it, amazon were shipping trailers full of it around Europe but mainly to Germany.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The thing is there was never really a shortage of it, amazon were shipping trailers full of it around Europe but mainly to Germany.

I’d have prioritised non perishable food myself but there’s no shortage of that either