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Inertia

I feel like I could... TAKE ON THE WORLD!!
So all these people working from home, where should they go to recuperate if they get ill? The home is the workplace now. My computer is set up in my bedroom, if I get the virus I will be convalescing in what is now literally my office.
It may well not be feasible to follow the same guidelines as everyone else but it would be a good idea to explain the reasoning. It doesn’t seem fair for excuses to be made for him while others are being publicly critised for doing the same.

I was thinking today I’m pretty lucky to have some garden space to go out in. Must be lousy to have maybe a yard or not even that for many other people.
 

Stephenite

Membå
Location
OslO
Good news from across the North Sea. Numbers from the Norwegian directorate of health https://www.helsedirektoratet.no/statistikk/antall-innlagte-pasienter-pa-sykehus-med-pavist-covid-19 shows total number of patients in hospital with covid-19 continuing to fall since last monday.

We can beat this.

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lane

Veteran
I hope he gets better soon but to think that the only reason for going to Chequers is to get away from the pressures of government flies in the face of facts. I'm sure we have both listened to briefings from Raab and colleagues where they've said that even when he was in ICU he was participating in Government. He's no more likely to get rest at Chequers than he is at the flat in No. 10. What he is doing is raising the risk of transmitting the virus to a rural community.

My son is self-isolating and recovering in an AirBnB single room flat in Belsize Park having caught Covid when he was at work. I would like to drive into London (from Oxford) and get him - no one should be sick on their own. I can't because of the fear of transmitting Covid. It would be irresponsible to do so. What message does Boris' actions send to the many health care professionals who are ill, on their own and feeling scared as a result?

He wasn't participating in government when he was in ICU. He was initially in hospital but not in ICU.

Pleased you son is on the mend.
 

theclaud

Openly Marxist
Location
Swansea
Common people, mate. He lives in a flat above a shop.
Joey is managing to make it sound a bit like that, isn't he? As if he shares a dorm with the staff or he has to write 'Boris' on his stuff in the fridge. 10 Downing Street has about 100 rooms, and the flat that Johnson and Symonds moved into is a massive, self contained four-bedroom affair, and not even on the premises - it's located above no 11.
 

Rocky

Hello decadence
Joey is managing to make it sound a bit like that, isn't he? As if he shares a dorm with the staff or he has to write 'Boris' on his stuff in the fridge. 10 Downing Street has about 100 rooms, and the flat that Johnson and Symonds moved into is a massive, self contained four-bedroom affair, and not even on the premises - it's located above no 11.
Why I am surprised and a little bit shocked at the double standards here? We were told to self-isolate, Boris went round shaking people's hands. We were told not to make unnecessary journies. Boris goes off to his country residence. Prince Charles quite rightly got slated for self-isolating at Balmoral. But it seems Boris is above even the Royal Family.
 

Rocky

Hello decadence
Meanwhile.......Gown supply critically low in some hospitals.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52269426

Could this be why 41 health and social care workers have already died for doing their jobs?

https://nursingnotes.co.uk/covid-19-memorial/

I don't want any politician to die or get ill but I do want to know why our key workers are being put in such a vulnerable position because of lack of basic kit. Someone needs to be held responsible for this.
 

Joey Shabadoo

My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
What's needed right now is unity in the face of the greatest crisis to hit this country in 80 years. For us all to support one another and show love, compassion, empathy, tolerance, and sympathy for each other.

Except for farking Tories of course
 

theclaud

Openly Marxist
Location
Swansea
I don't think Boris choice of residence for his recuperation is the worse decision he has made in the CV outbreak.
No it's not, by a long chalk. But you'll get the same reaction on a much more touchy scale when you point out that the government he leads has been criminally negligent from the off, so it's as well to start on the small stuff. After all, people actively chose to put this shower of bastards in power.
 

Joey Shabadoo

My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Meanwhile.......Gown supply critically low in some hospitals.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52269426

Could this be why 41 health and social care workers have already died for doing their jobs?

https://nursingnotes.co.uk/covid-19-memorial/

I don't want any politician to die or get ill but I do want to know why our key workers are being put in such a vulnerable position because of lack of basic kit. Someone needs to be held responsible for this.

In Scotland, care home bosses have been locking PPE away from staff and ordering them to take off masks

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/...5OPQzMfSJ8Ncz023BUCnJXC9P_KDHeOx8cJVFyZkOJvQQ
 

Rocky

Hello decadence
What's needed right now is unity in the face of the greatest crisis to hit this country in 80 years. For us all to support one another and show love, compassion, empathy, tolerance, and sympathy for each other.

Except for farking Tories of course
What we need is for our vulnerable front line health and social care staff to get the necessary PPE to do their job safely. Forget politics - if this were a building site, it would be closed down for appalling health and safety practices.
 

Rocky

Hello decadence
In Scotland, care home bosses have been locking PPE away from staff and ordering them to take off masks

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/...5OPQzMfSJ8Ncz023BUCnJXC9P_KDHeOx8cJVFyZkOJvQQ
If that is the case, then they deserve prosecuting.

But this is in one care home, according to your reference: Following allegations that one care home had locked personal protection equipment away from staff who needed it, a union boss called for full enforcement legislation to be used against any care home shown to be negligent.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
What's needed right now is unity in the face of the greatest crisis to hit this country in 80 years. For us all to support one another and show love, compassion, empathy, tolerance, and sympathy for each other.

Except for farking Tories of course
No, even farking Tories should show that! Especially the leader. Boris go home, your main home, and stay at home! Protect the NHS! Save lives!
 
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