Nick
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Should have been done the moment the first lockdown was announced.
Common sense. You couldn't go to your mates house but you could fly abroad and go on holiday with them.
Should have been done the moment the first lockdown was announced.They're stopping them from Monday! Perhaps a tad too late but better late than never
I’m not sure, why has it taken so long it’s madness
YepJust to clarify they're not stopping them coming to the country but they need 10 day quarantine or a negatives test after 5.
A negative test prior to flying would probably be better
Was alegedely first recommended to the government in February last year, by March even Patel was calling for the borders to be closed with the press reporting she got slapped down by No 10. Even the Daily Mail seemed up for it, perhaps not a surprise they didn't want to let foreigners in! This is from the Mail of March 26th.I’m not sure, why has it taken so long it’s madness
Boris Johnson today distanced himself from Home Secretary Priti Patel after she called for the UK borders's to be closed to stop people arriving from coronavirus hotspots.
Downing Street said it was not seeking to seal up Britain's borders in the midst of the pandemic, despite the hardline measure being taken by other nations.
You're still allowed to go to your destination in the UK aren't you? They then expect you to quarantine once you get there, again how is that going to be enforced?Just to clarify they're not stopping them coming to the country but they need 10 day quarantine or a negatives test after 5.
Should have been done the moment the first lockdown was announced.
Common sense. You couldn't go to your mates house but you could fly abroad and go on holiday with them.
Yeah how many will stay in the house for 10 days?Just to clarify they're not stopping them coming to the country but they need 10 day quarantine or a negatives test after 5.
A negative test prior to flying would probably be better
You're still allowed to go to your destination in the UK aren't you? They then expect you to quarantine once you get there, again how is that going to be enforced?
Immensely. Big problem atm is the only way to exercise is take some time out my day and go for a walk, which either doesn't go down well if there are meetings, or means every other bugger is doing the same in short days. Stay light until 9pm, and it's so much easier to stay / get fit, and everything looks so much better, anyway!Nights will start getting lighter soon so that will help.
Immensely. Big problem atm is the only way to exercise is take some time out my day and go for a walk, which either doesn't go down well if there are meetings, or means every other bugger is doing the same in short days. Stay light until 9pm, and it's so much easier to stay / get fit, and everything looks so much better, anyway!
Oh, I must be pedantic and point out the nights are getting lighter already
May as well just ask hang ourselves now or lock ourselves up apart from work forever.
Or maybe we can stop cunts coming in from abroad completely to bring it in if it's from abroad.
A girl at my place has been off since September with it. She returns next month. She's 35.A colleague whos in their 50s got it before Xmas, and is still off work with it because of the damage its done, they weren't even hospitalised.
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I'm locked away anyway....If the virus only impacted under 50s with severity would you accept you’d need to lock yourself away
Read the first 10 recentlyReading the first page of the thread makes me chuckle!
I'm locked away anyway....
Spoke to a friend who's a senior consultant in a London hospital yesterday.If the virus only impacted under 50s with severity would you accept you’d need to lock yourself away
We’ve had more Covid outbreaks at work and tracing the source back its - surprise surprise - people well under 70 flouting any guidance whatsoever
Aren’t you flouting the guidance by going in when you’re not required to?
Woopie doo, somebody drives to work and back.You’re going to work every day and hanging out at the supermarket more than Dale Winton.
He would congratulate you if you went out to get a takeaway meal though.Woopie doo, somebody drives to work and back.
Living the dream.
A vegetable seller?You telling me it’s impossible to do your job from home? I thought you worked in Marketing.
Was alegedely first recommended to the government in February last year, by March even Patel was calling for the borders to be closed with the press reporting she got slapped down by No 10. Even the Daily Mail seemed up for it, perhaps not a surprise they didn't want to let foreigners in! This is from the Mail of March 26th.
You're still allowed to go to your destination in the UK aren't you? They then expect you to quarantine once you get there, again how is that going to be enforced?
You telling me it’s impossible to do your job from home? I thought you worked in Marketing.
I’m sure he posted previously that he was one of the only ones within the company with the ability to work from home but chose not to.
My recollection was a bit different and as I’ve said before if anyone’s not seen it the lockdown doc on bbc is well worth a watch as it’s interviewing SAGE/Nervtag scientific advisors who admit some of the stuff they just got wrong (understandable in unprecedented times)
Bit long but this is interesting and details the advice around borders (even mentions Liverpool’s match/large live events at start of March) . There’s no doubt mistakes were made but by and large the government, rightly or wrongly appears to have followed the scientific advice at the time
The documentary supports that. Basically the view that if the virus is here it’s here (which was probably Dec/Jan). Closing borders totally, especially from certain European nations would slow the spread but a lot of the other stuff ie temp checks on arrival etc etc, don’t really have much benefit.
It sounds like stronger enforcement of quarantine etc at the time would’ve given NHS more time to prepare but not sure it would have eradicated/majorly suppressed the virus in the longer term, unless there are only relatively few numbers of cases here and you keep borders shut.In the early days the major challenge would be the vast numbers of U.K. nationals/residents returning from especially Europe which is hard to control/monitor, not stopping ‘foreigners’ coming here
Ps sorry for the long post !!!
I’ve worked pretty much all through it. I don’t have to go in but I choose to and I believe it’s a risk worth taken as being stuck in home would drive me insane
What did you mean by this then?
Woopie doo, somebody drives to work and back.
Living the dream.
Health care friend has a cardFor those that have had the jab, or have friends / relatives that have ... do you get any paperwork to say you've had a vaccine? I can imagine a stage where you can travel to other countries, or perhaps across tiers, if you can provide evidence.
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