Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (16 Viewers)

[Liquid Gold]

I also noticed the government's mates that got the dodgy PPE contract have just bought the stuff off alibaba

 

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[skybluetony176]

The app is a fucking joke, loads of my friends and I getting phantom alerts that warn we might have had contact that just disappear, googled it and they just say it's a problem with the app. I thought fuck this I'm going to order a test if so many people close to me are getting the same notification but I'm not eligible for it as I have no symptoms, nobody I know currently has it and I don't need it for work.

How very dare you. It’s world beating. FACT!

 

[NorthernWisdom]

Now our apps are doing this...

NHS app glitch that causes false notifications is still not fixed

The notifications do not indicate you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for the coronavirus. Instead, they are 'default notifications' from Google and Apple.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[robbiekeane]

 

[NorthernWisdom]

As an aside if Nottingham is tier 2, just how bad does it have to get?!?

 

[robbiekeane]

I also noticed the government's mates that got the dodgy PPE contract have just bought the stuff off alibaba

Or, the supplier of medpro is also advertising on AliBaba, of course.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Or, the supplier of medpro is also advertising on AliBaba, of course.

Not really, Medpro's template website: https://ppemedpro.com/about/

About PPE Medpro


PPE Medpro is a specialist manufacturer of Personal Protection [sic] Equipment. We aim to ensure that our products are manufactured to the highest specification and quality with full accreditation.

We offer an integrated approach that covers product design and engineering, factory auditing, logistical support and most importantly product quality management. PPE Medpro is the go to company for quality and safety conscious buyers wanting to react to rapid market demand. Our PPE product range is specifically developed to address the urgent need for high quality, low cost accessible personal protection products.

All our products are shipped directly from our factories after extensive product testing, safety certification verification and detailed product inspection

This is an obvious scam. I am an NHS buyer, I can see it.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Or, the supplier of medpro is also advertising on AliBaba, of course.

The supplier of the manufacturer is selling the completed product?

 

[clint van damme]

Rescue package for the arts. Bit of welcome news.

 

[chiefdave]

While its an old ad is does raise the question of why the government view the features careers as ones people should be looking to leave and retrain.

 

[Macca]

Not convinced by the new measures

 

[chiefdave]

there will be further financial support for improved contract tracing

lets hope they give it to people who have a clue how to run a working system this time.

 

[David O'Day]

 

[Liquid Gold]

 

[djr8369]

Not convinced by the new measures

Absolute farce. Basically betting shops and non-food pubs shut in one city? Yeah, that should do it.

 

[David O'Day]

scampi fries and 7 pints please mate

 

[chiefdave]

Need to find out what meals they serve in pubs in tier 3 areas as it seems to make you immune from covid. That's a much simpler solution than bothering to create a vaccine.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Back in the old days before all day opening on a sunday, one of the first boozers I frequented in Liverpool used to "sell you" a roast dinner for a £1....in reality all you got was a receipt......and a free pass to drink all afternoon as you were officially "dining".....

....Ahhh....the circle of life

 

[chiefdave]

The Liverpool City Region's pubs, bars and betting shops will close on Wednesday as it becomes the first area in England to be placed in the highest level of a new three-tier lockdown system.

Why do they always do this? If closing them is the right thing to do then close them now. Don't give everyone a couple of days notice to go on a massive 2 day bender.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Absolute farce. Basically betting shops and non-food pubs shut in one city? Yeah, that should do it.

‘Where do the common people like to congregate?’

 

[NorthernWisdom]

Liverpool mayor being very Liverpool, talking about measures being a slap in the teeth...

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I don’t get the rates if Manchester aren’t very high risk with 700 per per 100,000 we should be fine in Coventry at just over 100 cases

 

[fernandopartridge]

Where I live is going in to Tier 2, as announced by the local MP on his facebook page. This of course being prior to the new legislation being discussed in parliament / becoming law. He also suggested that you couldn't visit other households in neighbouring areas but could go further afield and visit households. Like everything else, it just seems like another dog's dinner of random acts which bear no relationship with suppressing the virus.

Any noise on what tier Coventry is going into?

 

[chiefdave]

Any noise on what tier Coventry is going into?

 

[robbiekeane]

The supplier of the manufacturer is selling the completed product?

Bad language - as in medpro’s supplier

 

[David O'Day]

Where I live is going in to Tier 2, as announced by the local MP on his facebook page. This of course being prior to the new legislation being discussed in parliament / becoming law. He also suggested that you couldn't visit other households in neighbouring areas but could go further afield and visit households. Like everything else, it just seems like another dog's dinner of random acts which bear no relationship with suppressing the virus.

Any noise on what tier Coventry is going into?

Andy street is going on about the west midlands being in tier 2 as well

 

[David O'Day]

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Andy street is going on about the west midlands being in tier 2 as well

The whole of the West Midlands?

 

[David O'Day]

Actually scrap that

 

[NorthernWisdom]

At least he shows himself capable of free thought I suppose, and not just blindly following his party.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Actually scrap that

Good news I suppose unless we need to stop the infections growing exponentially and the way to do that is to restrict connections outside of our households

 

[David O'Day]

Sandwell is tier 2 with 123 cases per 100k and we are tier 1 with 130 cases per 100k?

What are they actually basing this on?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Did he give anymore information as that seems at odds with most things I've read recently.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Overview

COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus that causes mild to severe cases. Here’s a quick guide on how to spot symptoms, risk factors, prevent spread of the disease, and find out what to do if you think you have it.

www.webmd.com

How are they even tracking it in schools? We know most infected kids aren't symptomatic and if you don't have symptoms you don't get a test. Add in that track and trace have been told not to follow up cases from educational environments makes me wonder what data they have.

Doesn't it also make a pretty strong case for closing 6th forms and universities? There was some data on this thread before the weekend showing that cases linked to educational establishments dwarfed places like pubs. If they're saying those aren't linked to U16s then surely you have to be looking at shut downs in over 16s education.

It sounds like complete BS to me for the simple reason that most children won’t have symptoms. Which again begs the question as to why I have to teach in farcical circumstances

 

[chiefdave]

At least he shows himself capable of free thought I suppose, and not just blindly following his party.

Where I live we have 3 conservative councillors as well as Street and they are all constantly claiming to be against things that are unpopular locally that are the policy of the Conservative government. Makes you wonder if they're in the right party.

 

[djr8369]

Going to go out on a limb and guess that they will never say what numbers get you in or out of each tier and eventually the system will just be replaced with another arbitrary set of rules in a few months designed to deflect whatever criticism they are facing at the time.