Coronavirus outbreak

[Unkraut]

The US has the resources and physical medical infrastructure to manage the problem.

Unfortunately for the rest of the world, the US has the resources to buy up all the medical supplies they need. It seems every European country has been caught out on this and is short of supplies and equipment, much of which comes from China and India. With the Americans wanting stuff too the situation will get worse before it gets better.

All countries should make sure for future reference they have the capacity to manufacture their medical needs themselves so they are less dependent on imports.

 

[PK99]

Will they ? I thought it was over three years worth

The specific point was dealt with in The Q&A

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

How can the govt pay someone 80% of a figure they haven't declared?

 

[vickster]

How can the govt pay someone 80% of a figure they haven't declared?

They can’t, hence you'll not be able to apply if you’ve not filed a minimum of one year (or more accurately you won’t be invited to apply)

 

[Edwardoka]

I know they say you shouldn't touch your face but I just double facepalmed hard on seeing Trump talk about the death rate dropping
He neglects to mention (because he's too stupid to realise) that the death rate is dropping because they've gained 28,288 new cases over the past 2 days and that in 7-10 days those amongst that number who go on to become critically ill will need ICU beds that don't exist

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

They can’t, hence you'll not be able to apply if you’ve not filed a minimum of one year (or more accurately you won’t be invited to apply)

What? You're telling me the taxman won't accept people saying "Honest Guv, I earned £37500 in the last year so give me my £2500 a month thankyouverymuch"? Well I never.

 

[Adam4868]

They can’t, hence you'll not be able to apply if you’ve not filed a minimum of one year (or more accurately you won’t be invited to apply)

So you could have been employed PAYE for the last 10/20 years and set up as self employed 11 months ago and you'll get nothing ?

 

[vickster]

So you could have been employed PAYE for the last 10/20 years and set up as self employed 11 months ago and you'll get nothing ?

Unfortunately yes.

 

[vickster]

What? You're telling me the taxman won't accept people saying "Honest Guv, I earned £37500 in the last year so give me my £2500 a month thankyouverymuch"? Well I never.

?? It’s not earnings, profit

 

[Wobblers]

News from Rutherglen, outskirts of Glasgow:
local Aldi still no protection for shop workers, no social distancing to speak of.
Local Tesco, a smaller one, all measure implemented, but till operators still don't have a screen to protect them.
Both shops empty of the usual stuff - I found a 4 pack of tp, will do me for more than a week.
Flour of any kind not available, the Tesco boys told me it hasn't been coming in at all.
Local (small shop) chippy not observing anything, enter at your own peril.

For the statistically inclined @nickyboy @McWobble seems a football match vastly contributed to both the Italian and the Spanish coronavirus spread.
Sky news link here, it's on the Guardian too.

@Brompton Bruce guess who is attending the Beatson daily for radiotherapy?
It was nice knowing you all
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news...nurse-beatson-centre-tests-positive-covid-19/

The Beatson? Radiotherapy? Oh no!

My sister's all too familiar with them, though fortunately that's a fair while ago now. There's no one better. Good luck and take care.

 

[Edwardoka]

How can the govt pay someone 80% of a figure they haven't declared?

80% of your taxable income is a bullshoot arbitrary line anyway, on a nonsensical concept.

Well, Tarquin, you are an Audi salesman who has been furloughed so you get £2,500 a month for sitting on arse.

Agnes, it says here that you get £1,100 a month for cleaning the bogs in a supermarket but since you're a key worker we need you to keep calm and carrying on cleaning bogs, I hope you don't get coronavirus, haha

Sorry Jeff, you're a small business owner who only got started 11 months ago, so you get £374 a month, assuming the computer says yes, by the way you are number 132,489 in line. Please have your passport ready and prepare to be kicked about by an incredibly hostile system designed to break your spirit and why did you click this you deviant and make you humble

As the three of you can see, this is an extremely equitable outcome. Hooray for compassionate conservatism!

Instead of giving relief to people based upon their taxable income, the correct thing to do is to force a rent/mortgage holiday and suspend interest on mortgage debt and give EVERYONE enough money to live on, then reclaim it via a lower tax bracket. No bureaucracy, no means testing, no massive holes for people to fall through into the poverty trap.

I'm going for a night bike ride because this all makes my you clicked it again didn't you and I can't be dealing with it.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

80% of your taxable income is a bullshoot arbitrary line anyway, on a nonsensical concept.



Instead of giving relief to people based upon their taxable income, the correct thing to do is to force a rent/mortgage holiday and suspend interest on mortgage debt and give EVERYONE enough money to live on, then reclaim it via a lower tax bracket. No bureaucracy, no means testing, no massive holes for people to fall through into the poverty trap.

I'm going for a night bike ride because this all makes my you clicked it again didn't you and I can't be dealing with it.

Has any government anywhere done this? Is it working?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

you clicked it again didn't you

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

View: https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine/status/1243243397281972225

 

[mjr]

I forgot this was in the Swiss news but another treatment being trialled: the BCG. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...e-steel-immune-system-against-new-coronavirus