Coronavirus outbreak

[ozboz]

View: https://youtu.be/5wy65fNFlVM

what a lousy pair of dirty *****, there could be a pensioner who is not very mobile and has to shop there and they have no qualms at all about ripping them off , I hope some form of action is taken to screw them over

 

[greenmark]

40% of hospitalisations in the USA are 20-54 years old. Interesting compared to the data from other countries so far. This has come from the US centre for disease Control (CDC).

46% of all residents in the USA are ages 20-54 years old, according to statista.

 

[Julia9054]

So the list of key workers who's children are eligible to be in school has been published. It includes . . . just about everyone!
If schools are not as empty as we thought, are teachers now going to be expected to be in school teaching classes that are 2/3 full whilst simultaneously setting online lessons for those who are not there?
We had an assembly for yr 11 yesterday at 3pm to tell them GCSEs were officially cancelled and that this was therefore their last day in school. If we didn't have coronavirus before, we do now! Never seen so much tears, snot and hugging in one room!

 

[tom73]

I didn't know you could freeze milk, but I don't have a freezer.

Actually I do have one, but why it's not in operation is a story that even I wouldn't bore you with.

My fridge is just that, it doesn't even have an ice cube department.

oh well that won't work then

 

[Julia9054]

One boy said "does that mean I don't have to do any work anymore and can just go out all the time?"
Yes and NO!
"We'll be ok but we might pass it to our parents who are elderly "
"I doubt your parents are elderly " says I.
"Well my mum is. She's 50!"
"That's younger than me"
"Don't be silly Miss - you are not over 50"
They are my new favourite class!

 

[tom73]

So the list of key workers who's children are eligible to be in school has been published. It includes . . . just about everyone!
If schools are not as empty as we thought, are teachers now going to be expected to be in school teaching classes that are 2/3 full whilst simultaneously setting online lessons for those who are not there?
We had an assembly for yr 11 yesterday at 3pm to tell them GCSEs were officially cancelled and that this was therefore their last day in school. If we didn't have coronavirus before, we do now! Never seen so much tears, snot and hugging in one room!

I understand the problem the list is a long one true but this is part of how big this situation is. But it's not just about everyone and inc the wording
If children can stay safely at home, they should, to limit the chance of the virus spreading.
That is why the government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked schools to remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend.

So even if they are on the list they may not be a nee to attend unless it's the only option.

This is from a teaching friend via twitter
Here’s my outlook on all this as a teacher: We’re still getting paid. So many other people can’t even say that. If me being in school, even over Easter hols, means that an NHS worker etc... can go and do their thing. Then so be it. This is so much bigger than us.

I'm now not working and no pay it may change but given the head or anyone from my school has not even told me anything.
Since this situation started back in January I'm not holding out.

 

[Julia9054]

That is why the government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked schools to remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend.

As there are still the full range of views from "I'm not changing my behaviour " to "we all need to live in the basement for the rest of our lives" I'm not convinced that leaving it up to individuals to define "need" is the correct course of action.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Well, here's one group of hotels I'll never be using again - Britannia Hotels

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/f...iately/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

A hotel worker said he will have to sleep in a tent after he was sacked this afternoon, alongside a number of other employees who were staying in staff accommodation. Spanish national Alvaro Garcia said he had been working at the Coylumbridge Aviemore Hotel for the past two years, but was this afternoon handed a letter telling him his “services are no longer required”, and to “vacate the hotel accommodations immediately”.
Management blamed the controversial move on the coronavirus outbreak, but it has sparked outrage from locals – with one councillor saying it made him “ashamed to be Scottish”.

Some companies are behaving appallingly during this crisis. I saw an industrial supply company in London yesterday (CMT Group) charging £419 for a 5l bottle of hand sanitiser. The sales rep told the company buyer "Supply and demand mate". A number of local companies immediately cancelled their accounts.

I've stayed at Britannia Hotels in Newcastle and Aberdeen on a number of occasions but never again. I've emailed my company this morning and had them removed from the "approved" list.

Hopefully people take note of these appalling practices and act accordingly when this is all over.

 

[tom73]

Shocking on both counts.
I have to say I once stayed in Britannia Hotel and it was a total dump cost a mint too.
Company put me up so nothing to pay good job really. Even then I said i'd not use them again now i'm even more set on the idea.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The BBC picked up on the story too

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51972372

Hotel staff sacked and made homeless amid virus outbreak

 

[Smudge]

Fed up with making numerous trips around shops and not being able to get what i want. So thereby having even more contact with other people when shopping that i would normally. So much for trying to isolate.
So i got to Morrisons at 6.30 this morning, for 7am opening and there were already people queueing ! Managed to finally get some elusive toilet rolls, pasta and some tinned goods.
But at least this is just an irritation and hassle to me so far, i dont have many of the problems some people are having. Financial, social, many stuck abroad and people with much worse health problems than myself.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Been in bed since early evening with high fever and sweats, lots of sweats. Slightly achey, no sore throat or cough. Paracetamol worked well. Not too bad this morning.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Who thought putting Boris on live TV every day would reassure the public

I thought until yesterday he had upped his game, but yesterday his bullshit dam broke to the visible discomfort of his experts....

 

[randynewmanscat]

Are people still going to pubs?

 

[tom73]

The BBC picked up on the story too

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51972372

They are trending on twitter. Just watch Andrew Neil tweet on this the retweet count is flying.