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Sky Blue Pete

Sky Blue Pete

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shmmeee said:
What a fucking shambles the testing was yesterday. My ex and daughter got tested this morning, though that might be because she’s a teacher and it prioritises her.

All day yesterday both of us trying to get a test, my missus (NHS staff) and my ex (teaching) not in work because my daughter had a cough and temp and reported loss of taste. We tried all combinations of people and locations including old postcodes, best we got was pretending to be in Leicester and being told to go to Aberdeen apparently.

She drove down the the Ricoh anyway, was met by a nurse and an empty testing centre only to be told she couldn’t be tested without a booking, said there’s no bookings and was told “yeah the systems playing up”.

Luckily got a test for this morning late last night and now both been tested, so off work/school until results are back. But what a palava.

Her biggest worry is having to isolate for two weeks and hand her class over just as she’s embedding routines and everything. But equally if it’s negative we’re going to have this every time one of the girls has a cold.

Testing is so vital to get some kind of normality and testing for key workers especially. Ridiculous we can’t manage it.
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Utterly ridiculous what’s happened the last few weeks. Why would you bother without symptoms?
 
skybluetony176

skybluetony176

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shmmeee said:
What a fucking shambles the testing was yesterday. My ex and daughter got tested this morning, though that might be because she’s a teacher and it prioritises her.

All day yesterday both of us trying to get a test, my missus (NHS staff) and my ex (teaching) not in work because my daughter had a cough and temp and reported loss of taste. We tried all combinations of people and locations including old postcodes, best we got was pretending to be in Leicester and being told to go to Aberdeen apparently.

She drove down the the Ricoh anyway, was met by a nurse and an empty testing centre only to be told she couldn’t be tested without a booking, said there’s no bookings and was told “yeah the systems playing up”.

Luckily got a test for this morning late last night and now both been tested, so off work/school until results are back. But what a palava.

Her biggest worry is having to isolate for two weeks and hand her class over just as she’s embedding routines and everything. But equally if it’s negative we’re going to have this every time one of the girls has a cold.

Testing is so vital to get some kind of normality and testing for key workers especially. Ridiculous we can’t manage it.
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#worldbeating
 
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Skybluefaz said:
I really don't feel like going out anymore. I'll do the minimum birthdays/weddings/barmitzvahs of which I don't think there are many planned. We don't half need the vaccine though cos I can't be the only one thinking like that.
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I have to say, most of the social things I liked doing just don't seem fun anyway... so I won't be doing them, threat or no threat, until they are.
 
chiefdave

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skybluetony176 said:
#worldbeating
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There's an interesting article about our testing issues on Bloomberg. Of course mentions that we declared we would have a world beating system and are now behind everyone else. From what the article says the issue is that everything has been contracted out to private contractors who have then tried to do everything on the cheap.

Testing centres here employing staff to just dish out tests you have to do yourself which could be leading to a large number of incorrect results as people don't know how to properly administer the test. Apparently in other countries you get given the test by someone who knows what they are doing to ensure it is correct.

Seems a lot of the staff employed to man the labs setup by the private contractors were medical students who had time on their hands as universities were closed. Sure you can all work out what's happened now that the students are going back to uni. Which has left the private contractors handing the tests over to the NHS to process but they don't have the capacity so there's a growing backlog.

Would we not have been better off giving funding to local public health teams to administer testing locally and funding to the NHS to increase their lab capacity?
 
Sky Blue Pete

Sky Blue Pete

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chiefdave said:
There's an interesting article about our testing issues on Bloomberg. Of course mentions that we declared we would have a world beating system and are now behind everyone else. From what the article says the issue is that everything has been contracted out to private contractors who have then tried to do everything on the cheap.

Testing centres here employing staff to just dish out tests you have to do yourself which could be leading to a large number of incorrect results as people don't know how to properly administer the test. Apparently in other countries you get given the test by someone who knows what they are doing to ensure it is correct.

Seems a lot of the staff employed to man the labs setup by the private contractors were medical students who had time on their hands as universities were closed. Sure you can all work out what's happened now that the students are going back to uni. Which has left the private contractors handing the tests over to the NHS to process but they don't have the capacity so there's a growing backlog.

Would we not have been better off giving funding to local public health teams to administer testing locally and funding to the NHS to increase their lab capacity?
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Such wankers
 
Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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chiefdave said:
There's an interesting article about our testing issues on Bloomberg. Of course mentions that we declared we would have a world beating system and are now behind everyone else. From what the article says the issue is that everything has been contracted out to private contractors who have then tried to do everything on the cheap.

Testing centres here employing staff to just dish out tests you have to do yourself which could be leading to a large number of incorrect results as people don't know how to properly administer the test. Apparently in other countries you get given the test by someone who knows what they are doing to ensure it is correct.

Seems a lot of the staff employed to man the labs setup by the private contractors were medical students who had time on their hands as universities were closed. Sure you can all work out what's happened now that the students are going back to uni. Which has left the private contractors handing the tests over to the NHS to process but they don't have the capacity so there's a growing backlog.

Would we not have been better off giving funding to local public health teams to administer testing locally and funding to the NHS to increase their lab capacity?
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But then their mates wouldn't get the contracts and money. So no, it's a stupid idea ;)
 
Sky_Blue_Daz

Sky_Blue_Daz

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So how long till we go into full lockdown again ? I know of 1 school that has closed already till the end of September and another school I’ve worked at have sent at least 16 pupils home for at least a week . I personally think middle of October
 
SkyBlueDom26

SkyBlueDom26

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Ian1779 said:
Not trying to point score here, but you should be able to feel safe in terms of your health and also your job security. One should not be compromised for the other.

I hope it all is OK for you.
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Thanks mate just bills and that if I lose my job I’m fucked
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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SkyBlueDom26 said:
It’s horrible isn’t it, it’s like it’s never going to end
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It'll end eventually mate, even if we do nothing. Hopefully either a vaccine or improvements in treatment can come through before the end of the year. Everyone is concentrating on a vaccine but if we get treatment to a point where its a couple of weeks off work and popping a few pills we're in business.

But we need to get a grip in the meantime and do what we can to minimise the spread. People aren't taking it seriously, when you venture out you see very few people in masks and people just going about their lives as usual. Someone near me is having a full on party tonight complete with live band, what goes through their heads?
 
ajsccfc

ajsccfc

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Sports centre on campus had to close for the afternoon on Friday when the uni's test and trace system identified someone who'd tested positive had used the facility. Considering there is basically nobody on campus I've got no idea what it'll be like when nearly everyone is ether back or there for the first time in a few weeks
 
Grendel

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Ian1779 said:
Not trying to point score here, but you should be able to feel safe in terms of your health and also your job security. One should not be compromised for the other.

I hope it all is OK for you.
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99% of people of working age as a conservative estimate haven’t been compromised by this regarding health have they?
 
Saddlebrains

Saddlebrains

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Still cannot get a test for the mrs.

48 hours now. Shes started to feel better this evening. The system is that shit that you could end up recovering before getting a test.
 
Grendel

Grendel

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Ian1779 said:
That rubbish. Let’s hope someone sees sense and extends the furlough scheme if that will give you more security job wise.
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According to NW being furloughed is causing huge stress to people on it as they believe that’s one step from redundancy - do you think prolonging the agony is a good idea?
 
Ian1779

Ian1779

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Grendel said:
According to NW being furloughed is causing huge stress to people on it as they believe that’s one step from redundancy - do you think prolonging the agony is a good idea?
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Why don’t you cut out the foreplay and just tell them to eat cake....
 
Grendel

Grendel

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Ian1779 said:
Why don’t you cut out the foreplay and just tell them to eat cake....
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So if people shouldn’t have to worry about health or job security I assume we should close every hospital as hospital workers are more at risk of Covid then any other sector? Also I assume all shops and supermarkets should close? Germany has part time furlough and the vast majority furloughed have worked during the pandemic. Are they risking the lives of their people?
 
Ian1779

Ian1779

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Grendel said:
So if people shouldn’t have to worry about health or job security I assume we should close every hospital as hospital workers are more at risk of Covid then any other sector? Also I assume all shops and supermarkets should close? Germany has part time furlough and the vast majority furloughed have worked during the pandemic. Are they risking the lives of their people?
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What point are you actually trying to make?
People have a risk to their livelihood due to things completely out of their control, is it so beyond the state to look after them?
 
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