Coronavirus outbreak

[tom73]

I believe you have to have been working since before a certain date to be eligible. He has been employed (agency) for only 3 weeks

28th feb I think it is unless they've changed it a few things keep changing.

 

[marinyork]

Grant Shapps set up the website and then took credit for it at the press conference.

 

[AndyRM]

View: https://twitter.com/andlikelaura/status/1253666867761172480?s=19

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Neighbours have got relatives and their various kids around for a bbq party in the back garden. Twats.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Doctor‘s diary

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...ronavirus-dispatches-from-an-er-physician-in/

 

[mjr]

Neighbours have got relatives and their various kids around for a bbq party in the back garden. Twats.

Type it into a police website not a cycling one.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nailed it “Forest Trump”

 

[vickster]

I believe you have to have been working since before a certain date to be eligible. He has been employed (agency) for only 3 weeks

Cut off date Changed to 19 March
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/furlough-scheme-cut-off-date-extended-to-19-march

 

[Low Gear Guy]

FFS - apparently no checks are made on the testing website on whether you are an essential worker or not.

The website was set up quickly and the government does not keep a list of essential workers. At a push they could restrict testing to NHS staff but this would miss out most others such as care home workers.

 

[Julia9054]

Cut off date Changed to 19 March
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/furlough-scheme-cut-off-date-extended-to-19-march

Still not late enough for Nat unfortunately.
He is a final year music performance student. In normal times he would be making contacts, setting up projects and promoting himself in preparation for finishing his course. Unfortunately all of that is on hold so a couple of months of earning decent money would have meant that he would have been able to delay getting a job to pay his rent for a few months so he could concentrate on all that.
We live in strange times.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The website was set up quickly and the government does not keep a list of essential workers. At a push they could restrict testing to NHS staff but this would miss out most others such as care home workers.

The concern would then be non essential panic testers depriving care home workers of their chance to get tested.

 

[vickster]

Still not late enough for Nat unfortunately.
He is a final year music performance student. In normal times he would be making contacts, setting up projects and promoting himself in preparation for finishing his course. Unfortunately all of that is on hold so a couple of months of earning decent money would have meant that he would have been able to delay getting a job to pay his rent for a few months so he could concentrate on all that.
We live in strange times.

Is there any farm work maybe?
Supermarket?
and a friend of mine says the NHS is crying out for IT support for home workers if he‘s got any experience?

 

[Julia9054]

Is there any farm work maybe?
Supermarket?
and a friend of mine says the NHS is crying out for IT support for home workers if he‘s got any experience?

His conservatoire carried on a little longer than most unis meaning he missed out on the supermarket panic recruitment!
Farm work would be perfect for him - he is the strong outdoorsy type - except that he can't drive so getting to places would be a problem.
Not sure IT would be his thing - unless music recording and editing is required!
His main non-music experience is cleaning.

 

[kingrollo]

Is there any farm work maybe?
Supermarket?
and a friend of mine says the NHS is crying out for IT support for home workers if he‘s got any experience?

Well that's my job - and I'm not busy. Worryingly

 

[lane]

Just come in from a walk. A lot more traffic about at 10pm on a Friday night than I have seen since the lockdown started. Really significant increase wonder where they are all going.