Corona Virus: How Are We Doing?

[Ming the Merciless]

Employee: 'I'm feeling unwell'
Employer: 'Are you too unwell to work (at place of work)? If so please don't come into work: we care about your health but will not be intrusive about what illness you are suffering from, that is medical-in-confidence between you and your healthcare provider.'
If no, come to work.'
Have a think on it! Got many employees, have you, @Ming the Merciless ?

That’s not what I stated.

Try,

Employee “I’ve tested positive for C19 but feel fine”
Employer “Don‘t want to know about positive result, if you feel fine come on in“

Subtle nuanced difference you are also missing. You clearly think the above is fine as does Alex , I happen to think not.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Other examples got Chicken Pox but feel fine, got Measles but feel fine. In both cases come on into work and crack on Is the employers attitude.

 

[Bazzer]

Certainly in the case of my employer, measles and chicken pox, are notifiable. Also with Covid, certainly people on our team, our two joint bosses want you to work from home to protect others who may be, or have close connections to someone, who is vulnerable.- Although I appreciate this is not an option for some occupations.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

66 here - 3rd jab booked for 14 October.

Did you skip one?
I am almost 60, just had jab number 4 - a wee bit earlier, skipped the queue

 

[Chislenko]

Did you skip one?
I am almost 60, just had jab number 4 - a wee bit earlier, skipped the queue

Yes, just had number 4 myself.

 

[Alex321]

Alex you clearly can’t see the difference, for whatever reason, even your post above misses the nuance. Have a think on it, rather than just be contrarian for the sake of it.

Perhaps you could try actually making yourself clear, rather than talking in riddles.

I am not being contrarian, I honestly have no real idea what you are getting at here.

You appear to be reading something between the lines, but I have no idea what. Even in actual face to face conversation, I have always been poor at picking up nuances and inferences, in a text medium such as a forum, I'm probably even worse.

 

[Alex321]

That says you're not advised to test. It does not advise "do not test", like you claimed.

True - but combined with the fact you cannot get free tests, the effect is that you are not normally expected to test any more.

It is not actually saying DO NOT test, but it is saying that if you want to, then you will have to pay for it yourself (and you cannot send results to the NHS if you do).

 

[KnittyNorah]

I'll be booking my 5th Jab any time after 3rd October. I'm 75 but with no other vulnerabilities.

I had jabs in February and April last year, then no.3 in October last year. In March this year I enrolled on a clinical trial for the bivalent vaccine; I was supposed to have it in March but I developed shingles so had to wait until 2 weeks after the rash came out. So I had my trial vaccine - vaccine number 4 - in April. It was either bog-standard Spikevax, or the new bivalent one; I don't know which. I've been having blood tests at ever-lengthening intervals since then and they want a blood test before the autumn booster, so I get my blood drawn on 3rd October and book my booster for some time after that. I'll probably go and get my flu vax tomorrow.

 

[Alex321]

That’s not what I stated.

Try,

Employee “I’ve tested positive for C19 but feel fine”
Employer “Don‘t want to know about positive result, if you feel fine come on in“

Subtle nuanced difference you are also missing. You clearly think the above is fine as does Alex , I happen to think not.

Thank you so much for falsely deciding what I think.

 

[Slick]

Not really.

You missed out entirely referencing the part which you have now explained to Ajax Bay which is what you thought made the employer shoot.

Not many will be testing, but I agree that if you have tested positive, then you shouldn't be going not an office - but then I'd also agree with you that in that circumstance you are not "fit to work", so it would fall under the part I quoted.

The only bit I would have doubts about is the "Don't want to know".

To be fair, the don't want to know bit was more my spin on it than them.

 

[Slick]

Did you skip one?
I am almost 60, just had jab number 4 - a wee bit earlier, skipped the queue

Me too.

I followed your instructions and booked on-line. They knew I was too young but said it wasn't my fault that the system accepted the booking so gave me that jag anyway.

 

[Ajax Bay]

IndieSAGE (today)
A new wave is underway - obvious in hospital admission data (vast majority over 65s NB high % vaccinated thank goodness) backed up by lagging ONS data on estimated infection rates UK-wide. Booster uptake good - 30+% O/75s and 20+% O/65s.

Of those in hospital who have tested +ve, about 2/3rds are in NOT because of COVID-19. Also over a 1/3 of those in hospital are thought to have caught it IN hospital.

Most secondary school children have suffered at least one infection: the benefit is antibodies; the downside is the risk of 'Long Covid'. Currently about 100k in UK (all U18s) of which 13k are affected 'a lot'. There are 14M U18s in UK (iirc).

 

[Deleted User]

I genuinely think most people couldn't care less anymore, I never did to be fair, lets face it when was the last time anything was on the news for example?

It seems we all go around as normal and never think of wearing a mask, I recently went to the Hospital and no staff wore masks and very few patients.

 

[vickster]

I genuinely think most people couldn't care less anymore, I never did to be fair, lets face it when was the last time anything was on the news for example?

It seems we all go around as normal and never think of wearing a mask, I recently went to the Hospital and no staff wore masks and very few patients.

It's on the news at the moment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63088223

I recently visited my father in CCU and wore a mask, as were all of the staff even if they weren't with patients.

 

[C R]

Got my booster today, spikevax. Fourth dose so far, as I am type 1 diabetic. Fairly easy to get an appointment for me, but struggling to find a place for our 11 year old son's second dose which is less than an hour round-trip.