Coronavirus Death Thread

[Spikey M]

I reckon my employer is even now poring over the text trying to find the loopholes to keep everyone in.

If he does, just go off sick Jim. Either back to back self isolations due to symptoms of every family member you have or play the stress/depression card.

The behaviour of many companies has been an absolute disgrace. Especially those close to / in London. The footage of the trains into London today was criminal.

My work mate forwarded a message from his wife to their family group chat earlier. She's Irish, head of the household, would have your bollocks in a vice grip if you crossed her. She's also a head nurse (Matron?) at a London Hospital. She's had to hand over 2 wards for Covid19 cases today. She's terrified and telling her 80 year old dad not to leave the house for any reason.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My place has already been applying the most liberal interpretation of ‘essential’ as possible. Currently going with ‘there is no longer a distinction between frontline and back office in the NHS’. I sort of take the point, but my job can absolutely be done from home and I’m very reluctant to increase my personal risk. I also need a wage, though.

I've developed a theory that they will now requisition several office staff for the warehouse in order to transfer our status to 'could not possibly do job from home'.

[Giggles]

If even half these horror stories are true then I'd seriously consider going out on my own terms if I got it.

[Lee]

I’m very willing to go off with something stress-related, quite honestly. I don’t care about anything more than I do about the risk to me and the people I care about.

[Luca]

I've developed a theory that they will now requisition several office staff for the warehouse in order to transfer our status to 'could not possibly do job from home'.

Any indication from previous co-workers as to how the Koreans are handling this?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Any indication from previous co-workers as to how the Koreans are handling this?

No idea (I'd need a ouija board to talk to them), but I would guess better than us.

[-james-]

My girlfriend's dad rung her about five minutes after the address to suggest/ask that we move in with them whilst visits are off the table.

I wasn't that fussed about the whole thing apart from not being able to buy pasta, but fuck this.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I wasn't that fussed about the whole thing apart from not being able to buy pasta, but fuck this.

Yeah, as a liver alone, the 'other than those you live with' bits really stung. I'm basically not allowed to see anyone until July or something.

[Magic]

My bird is going home tomorrow. She's leaving her flat on the 15th April. How are they going to enforce not doing a house move?

[Lee]

Yeah, as a liver alone, the 'other than those you live with' bits really stung. I'm basically not allowed to see anyone until July or something.

Are your relatives okay with video calling? I know it isn’t the same but it’s something. I’m making the assumption that mates are.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Are your relatives okay with video calling? I know it isn’t the same but it’s something. I’m making the assumption that mates are.

It's not something I've ever done before (I'm more of a voracious texter/whatsapper) but it might have to be now.

[Boydy]

I got a cat last week. Was something I'd been thinking of for a while. Moving to working from home for at least two months we were initially told made me finally go for it. Good timing, really.

[Giggles]

It's not something I've ever done before (I'm more of a voracious texter/whatsapper) but it might have to be now.

I've tried loads this week with the parents and Duo seems to work the best by far for ease of use and quality, closely followed by Whatsapp.

Skype, hangouts, and Facebook are turd.



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[Boydy]

Gonna have to teach my folks how to skype though.

[Lee]

I’ve been What’s App video calling my parents every couple of days so they get the hang of it. They seem okay.

[Andy]

Some food items were subbed today and they're not taking on new customers.

I've got a box coming tomorrow will see how that goes, I've also just upgraded to 5x per week.

[Luca]

I’ve been What’s App video calling my parents every couple of days so they get the hang of it. They seem okay.

How long did it take you to learn how to do that?

[Luke Emia]

Just in our work group chat the Russian girl is asking what’s going on she doesn’t have English tv. They are all going in tomorrow morning as none of them have prepped to work from home. We are fucking mortgage advisers people it’s not essential. Besides which no valuations are going to be taking place.

[Andy]

Have been told not to go into work tomorrow.

Our work is for a housing association and around 20% of our jobs are emergencies, no idea if they will still need covering or not.

[Giggles]

Have been told not to go into work tomorrow.

Our work is for a housing association and around 20% of our jobs are emergencies, no idea if they will still need covering or not.

We're at the stage where the only emergency is your own now.

[Luke Emia]

My wife works for a large insurer(over 1000 people in the office) no plans to close as they deem the work they do to be essential.

Luckily she has been chosen to trial working from home as they were trying to plan. Absolute jokers though and this will be the problem firms will decide if they are essential.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Curious to see what an oil company views as 'essential' in this context.

[Kikó]

I've got a box coming tomorrow will see how that goes, I've also just upgraded to 5x per week.

Depends what you ordered but it's basically some green beans and chicken thigh subbed out for me. I mean, it's basically nothing.

[Lee]

The hope has to be that after a couple of weeks of an inevitably horrible increase in cases and deaths, we see a bit of a change and by the end of the third week people are convinced enough that it’s having an effect that they’ll stomach a further extension of this.

Hopefully we’ll have bought enough time to have ramped up testing and be close to anti-body tests that we can start planning to open up some elements of normal life in the summer. We basically need to drive cases down enough that we can do a South Korea. We are much too far gone right now.

[Mike]

Yeah, as a liver alone, the 'other than those you live with' bits really stung. I'm basically not allowed to see anyone until July or something.

Same, I’m kinda glad I have to go into work once a week, if only to see other people in person.

[Disco]

I'm one of nature's hermits so isolation holds no particular concerns, not that I know if I'm supposed to be going in tomorrow or not.

[Boydy]

My dad's place is closing, thankfully. Was texting him about it there and replied a few times asking him different questions and then he replied saying "if you need any more info just phone me".

Ffs. :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm a hermit too but it's the loss of control which is the problem. Like, if my mum invites me for dinner I am now legally obliged to say no, possibly for months. That's a truly damaging situation if it goes on for a long time, less so for me than for people in less fortunate situations than me.

[Lewis]

Where's your provisions now?!

[Shindig]

I'm a hermit too but it's the loss of control which is the problem. Like, if my mum invites me for dinner I am now legally obliged to say no, possibly for months. That's a truly damaging situation if it goes on for a long time, less so for me than for people in less fortunate situations than me.

"Son, I've already had it. Let's celebrate."

[Jimmy Floyd]

Where's your provisions now?!

In my cupboard and fridge, thank god.

I've got some tubes of smoked cheese which are either going to be the best or worst thing that has ever happened to me.

[Mike]

I'm a hermit too but it's the loss of control which is the problem. Like, if my mum invites me for dinner I am now legally obliged to say no, possibly for months. That's a truly damaging situation if it goes on for a long time, less so for me than for people in less fortunate situations than me.

Me and Baz didn’t go to our parents for Monday Night Tea™️ today :(

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Shitting hell they've actually closed the work, the entire site including workshop. I always envisaged they'd force the place open no matter how close we ever got to a 28 Days Later scenario.

That'll be me doing next to fuck all now.

[Yevrah]

Message from the CEO. We're closing.

I decision I wholeheartedly agree with and support.

[mugbull]

Sweden seems to be the last western country left that’s not on lockdown. We’re doin alright for ourselves, same number of daily cases as 10 days ago

[Disco]

Still no answer from mine, what's the play here I wonder. He's either not answering in the hope that we all turn up or still trying to decide.

[Vercetti]

How are they planning on policing that "one form of exercise a day", exactly?

Hand stamps, like nightclubs?

[Disco]

Fined for exercising, bring back Brexit.

[Magic]

Ours are debating if we're essential workers or not. :D

Hint: we're most certainly not.

[Vercetti]

"You did three sit-ups*, earlier. Back home with ya!"

*a new record.

[Boydy]

Sweden seems to be the last western country left that’s not on lockdown. We’re doin alright for ourselves, same number of daily cases as 10 days ago
Sweden? We? I thought you were fucking Czech. You've had as many nationalities as Mert by now.

[Waffdon]

OK, final tweet tonight everyone. Have now spoken to No10 & had it confirmed that people CAN leave home to work - as long as they fully observe the 2m distancing rule. Seems to me to be in conflict with the big #StayAtHome message. But that’s the official policy. Over & out!


Shambles. It’s just the same as before but more shops are shut

[CJay]

Have been told not to go into work tomorrow.

Our work is for a housing association and around 20% of our jobs are emergencies, no idea if they will still need covering or not.

Wow really? I assume our lot (similar housing organisation in Northern Ireland) will be having emergency repairs done tomorrow. All ours are coded under pandemic emergencies and it’s up to the contractor to make the call if it is truly an emergency.

[Shindig]

Well, you'd imagine a bigger police presence now.

[Luca]

OK, final tweet tonight everyone. Have now spoken to No10 & had it confirmed that people CAN leave home to work - as long as they fully observe the 2m distancing rule. Seems to me to be in conflict with the big #StayAtHome message. But that’s the official policy. Over & out!


Shambles. It’s just the same as before but more shops are shut

Soz Lee.

[Yevrah]

Sweden seems to be the last western country left that’s not on lockdown. We’re doin alright for ourselves, same number of daily cases as 10 days ago

Details are scant, but apparently Sweden's approach is the worst in the world.

[Shindig]

I probably shouldn't have followed up Boris' address with Trump's Task Force shambles.

"There's gonna be tremendous deaths if we shut this off." Yes, mate. Unemployment can lead to death. Not as quickly as the virus, though.

[Lewis]

Details are scant, but apparently Sweden's approach is the worst in the world.

https://i.imgur.com/XrVw4EW.gif

[Queenslander]

The unemployment lines are chaos again around the country with zero social distancing.

I dont see how Sydney and Melbourne dont become our Lombardy x2.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/centrelink-payments-for-coronavirus-too-long-to-wait/12080952

https://www.3aw.com.au/huge-queues-outside-centrelink-offices-as-coronavirus-unemployment-surges/

[Lee]

Soz Lee.

They’ll fucking love this, the twats. I’ve got a couple more days off. I’ll see how things evolve.

[mugbull]

Sweden? We? I thought you were fucking Czech. You've had as many nationalities as Mert by now.

I live in Sweden now

[mugbull]

Details are scant, but apparently Sweden's approach is the worst in the world.

I’ll agree with you if cases start to spike, but they’ve been stable for nearly 2 weeks

[Lee]

Mike Ashley keeping Sports Direct open on the basis that exercise equipment is essential during the lockdown. :facepalm:

What a cunt. I hope he’s arrested and put in the nonce wing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's just doing what every desperate, wrong-headed employer is thinking or doing right now.

The rules are too wishy-washy. Either tell us all to crack on, or don't leave wide open gaps for people to claim to be 'key workers', which is already the worst phrase in the English language.

[Boydy]

Yeah, they should define what a key worker is and then tell everyone else to shut or provide their staff with the ability to work from home.

[Shindig]

Trump doesn't want to be there but he won't stop talking.

[Lewis]

They defined key workers in relation to the school closures, and it has clearly been obvious enough for most companies and people to realise. The only weird anomaly is construction. You would think that would be shut down, but then maybe there are safety elements to leaving jobs half done or unattended for long periods, and then you could argue inside/outside work.

[Boydy]

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/03/23/cdc-coronavirus-survived-in-princess-cruise-cabins-up-to-17-days-after-passengers-left.html

The virus was detected up to 17 days after passengers left on some of those quarantined cruise ships. Fuck.

[Yevrah]

They defined key workers in relation to the school closures, and it has clearly been obvious enough for most companies and people to realise. The only weird anomaly is construction. You would think that would be shut down, but then maybe there are safety elements to leaving jobs half done or unattended for long periods, and then you could argue inside/outside work.

I'm genuinely proud of my company for closing when they didn't have to. Mike Ashley on the other hand is scum.

[Lewis]

The official guidance refers to exceptions for 'health shops' and 'bicycle shops', which leaves enough enough wiggle room in there for him if he insists on being a wank, but otherwise - and assuming the majority of businesses aren't wanks - it's all pretty comprehensive (other than construction). I bet mobile hairdressers are going to be doing a roaring trade going from house to house on word of mouth.

[Yevrah]

Talking of wanker companies:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=704CfJeP4XU

[Mellberg]

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Not just us either. Fucking people :face:


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Some days you think maybe a wipe out might be best.

That second one is Longbridge Maccies by where I grew up.

Wasn't in the queue though.

[Lewis]

Sent your driver out in the Range Rover for it.

[Queenslander]

With the amount of social payments being paid down here climate change is going to be an after thought.

[Mellberg]

Sent your driver out in the Range Rover for it.

I've just bought Hull tbf. Cost less than my flat.

[Luca]

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/03/23/cdc-coronavirus-survived-in-princess-cruise-cabins-up-to-17-days-after-passengers-left.html

The virus was detected up to 17 days after passengers left on some of those quarantined cruise ships. Fuck.

This is shoddy and dangerous reporting. Finding traces of the virus (in this case, viral RNA) does not necessarily mean it is the live virus that has the ability to infect people (it may, but it also may not, and the article makes no claims to that end as far as I can tell).

[Queenslander]

Queensland has tested 37000 people.

[John Arne]

Queensland has tested 37000 people.

How has the state to state travel ban been received?

[Queenslander]

How has the state to state travel ban been received?


I have only read and heard positive feedback. Especially since Sydney is our Lombardy.

The Gold Coast border will be mess I assume because it has the NSW/QLD running through it.

The lol problems are from grey nomad Boomers racing to get to their preferred holiday destination.

How is day to day life in Vietnam?

[Queenslander]

Doesnt get anymore Australian than this...

https://i.ibb.co/k3jSDvk/FB-IMG-1585025420923.jpg (https://ibb.co/4szVS39)

[Luca]

The warning, or the $52 for a bottle of Smirnoff?

Even coming from Canada, the first time I walked into the bottle-o near my house in Sydney I was astounded.

[Queenslander]

:D

Yeah for beer and wine it is rude but taxing away spirits and ciggies is probably a good thing.

[Luca]

I don’t smoke, but my Italian mates were frothing at the mouth about paying $27 a pack. :D

It’s sensible.

[Queenslander]

:lol:
Closer to $40 now for the brand ones and pouches are over $50 I think.

[John Arne]

I have only read and heard positive feedback. Especially since Sydney is our Lombardy.

The Gold Coast border will be mess I assume because it has the NSW/QLD running through it.

The lol problems are from grey nomad Boomers racing to get to their preferred holiday destination.

How is day to day life in Vietnam?

Boring as hell. But, the sky is blue, pollution is at its lowest levels and traffic is an all time low.

I fear we are just about to hit a full lockdown as the number of cases, whilst low, are increasing daily, and the government is scared shitless. The biggest problem for expats is that the Gov have basically put a hold on all new VISAs, WP and Residency - so there's a lot of folks stuck here without permission, hoping for clemency when this blows over.

[Queenslander]

Boring as hell. But, the sky is blue, pollution is at its lowest levels and traffic is an all time low.

I fear we are just about to hit a full lockdown as the number of cases, whilst low, are increasing daily, and the government is scared shitless. The biggest problem for expats is that the Gov have basically put a hold on all new VISAs, WP and Residency - so there's a lot of folks stuck here without permission, hoping for clemency when this blows over.

Bloody hell that sounds very stresful. Are there plenty of groceries for everyone? You lot arent as fucked in the head as us surely?

[John Arne]

I have a hope that something on this scale might actually help climate change... In the sense of 'we can't have anything like this happen again, the consequences are just too significant'.

I'm probably wrong.

[John Arne]

Bloody hell that sounds very stresful. Are there plenty of groceries for everyone? You lot arent as fucked in the head as us surely?

Food isn't really an issue here. Vietnam is one of the largest producers of rice in the world, and thankfully people aren't stockpiling. The amount of imported luxury food (hello Country Crunch cereal) I imagine will dry up soon!

I went to a small town outside of the city last week - life there seemed very much as normal. Just the big cities affected.

You good for big roll? I could DHL some over.

https://gyazo.com/d2d17cdaeaf173723c633e3188b8a0bf.jpeg

[Queenslander]

I have a hope that something on this scale might actually help climate change... In the sense of 'we can't have anything like this happen again, the consequences are just too significant'.

I'm probably wrong.

I have a feeling that both QLD Labor and the Liberial Party and National Party will be digging holes all over the country to pay off all the socialism.

[John Arne]

I have a feeling that both QLD Labor and the Liberial Party and National Party will be digging holes all over the country to pay off all the socialism.

Yup. The problem with Climate Change... Is that its slow. The effects aren't seen overnight. Deaths can't be recorded in daily league tables :D

[Queenslander]

Food isn't really an issue here. Vietnam is one of the largest producers of rice in the world, and thankfully people aren't stockpiling. The amount of imported luxury food (hello Country Crunch cereal) I imagine will dry up soon!

I went to a small town outside of the city last week - life there seemed very much as normal. Just the big cities affected.

You good for big roll? I could DHL some over.

https://gyazo.com/d2d17cdaeaf173723c633e3188b8a0bf.jpeg

Yeah it never was a problem for me as all the Shell petrol stations have been selling 20 packs.

Rice and pasta is still out if I go at the wrong time.

I had feeling it would be quite civilised up your way.

[Queenslander]

Yup. The problem with Climate Change... Is that its slow. The effects aren't seen overnight. Deaths can't be recorded in daily league tables :D

And untill boomers die most of us wont care anyway.

Is there a new table yet? :D

[John Arne]

And untill boomers die most of us wont care anyway.

Is there a new table yet? :D
There will be soon.

Interestingly, the Gov have literally just announced that anybody who arrived back in the country after 8th March, they are going to get a knock on the door from the cops and have mandatory testing.

[Queenslander]

There will be soon.

Interestingly, the Gov have literally just announced that anybody who arrived back in the country after 8th March, they are going to get a knock on the door from the cops and have mandatory testing.

How good is that I wish the NSW police were a bit more assertive.

[Luca]

In comparison, snowbirds from Florida have been ‘strongly urged’ to immediately self-quarantine for 14 days, but many are, of course, going for a shop, getting gas, and visiting friends and family.

Fucking selfish cunts.

[John Arne]

This is a good read on the Vietnam approach.

https://amp.ft.com/content/0cc3c956-6cb2-11ea-89df-41bea055720b?__twitter_impression=true



Apart from aggressive tracing of infected people’s contacts, the communist leadership’s measures have also included forced quarantines and the conscription of medical students, retired doctors and nurses to join the fight.

[Queenslander]

This is a good read on the Vietnam approach.

https://amp.ft.com/content/0cc3c956-6cb2-11ea-89df-41bea055720b?__twitter_impression=true

QLD Health are doing something very similiar.

[Queenslander]

In comparison, snowbirds from Florida have been ‘strongly urged’ to immediately self-quarantine for 14 days, but many are, of course, going for a shop, getting gas, and visiting friends and family.

Fucking selfish cunts.

Surely Florida are going to.have a purge?

[Luca]

How good is that I wish the NSW police were a bit more assertive.

Speaking of, what’s been the Gladys response to all this? How much power to ‘shut up shop’ and take drastic measures is devolved to the States?

[Luca]

Surely Florida are going to.have a purge?

That’s the problem. The Canadians who spend 6 months of the year in Florida are now legging it back north of the border. They’re old and now likely riddled with disease, and aren’t doing what they’re told to do (because nobody is policing them).

[Queenslander]

Speaking of, what’s been the Gladys response to all this? How much power to ‘shut up shop’ and take drastic measures is devolved to the States?

Each state is responsible for their own in house response. Testing, treatment, systems etc but Im not really sure what people think of her as Ive been only focusing on QLD Health who are kicking goals everyday.

Having 20 000 people at Bondi Beach on Saturday surely falls to.her?

The Federal Govenment have been taking care of the UBI (benefits whatever you call it)for the masses as well as Business.

[Queenslander]

That’s the problem. The Canadians who spend 6 months of the year in Florida are now legging it back north of the border. They’re old and now likely riddled with disease, and aren’t doing what they’re told to do (because nobody is policing them).

You blokes need martial law.

We have a few cruise ships to deal with (RIP Cruise Ships).

[Queenslander]

We are now at $124 Billion bailout by a Right Wing Government.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-24/coronavirus-billions-given-to-government-stimulus/12084546?pfmredir=sm&sf231856412=1&utm_medium=spredfast&utm_content=sf231856412&utm_campaign=abc_news&utm_source=m.facebook.com

[Giggles]

Fair bit of backlash to this now as it's sending the message "I've the virus but I'm grand and still working" when they're trying to get people to behave themselves.


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[niko_cee]

Welcome to Gilead.

[Giggles]

Welcome to Gilead.

https://www.gilead.com/ ?

[John Arne]

Covid Premier Deaths per 1m Population League Table

Some big news today, with the UK recording the highest ever climb in the table, moving up an astonishing 8 places, sitting just outside automatic qualification to the Europa Covid League. Western European nations continue to dominate, with France and Netherlands both climbing 5 places. However, this is offset by Austria (-6), Germany (-8) and Norway (-10) also dropping.

At the summit, and the race for Champions Covid qualification, Italy and Spain all but guarantee their qualification, achieving more than quadruple and double the 3rd placed team deaths per 1m, respectively.

USA continue to defy the odds, with just 582 deaths recorder thus far - however, these numbers continue to be questioned, with China threatening to ask WHO to look into this, and possible even to get CAS to get involved.

At the bottom, Denmark were dumped into the Championship after reporting sluggish numbers, and Malaysia, who quite frankly were always punching above their weight, were finally relegated. The first South American nation were welcomed, with Samba-plagued boys from Brazil being joined by another European outfit, in Turkey.

My prediction for 2 days time is to see Brazil rapidly climb the table, baring some mischievous reporting, whilst the Top 10 should consolidate their positions.

https://gyazo.com/1e1e32f22233a2e382ee8b1842148ea8.jpeg

BONUS COVID-19 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE TABLE

For all you fans of dodgy and unreliable figures, take a look at The Championship league table, with such bastions of Human Rights records as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Qatar! Bottom Ireland also feature in the Championship, pushing valiantly for a play-off position with fellow no-mark countries such as Denmark, Slovenia and Greece.

https://gyazo.com/7a5cc9c7bc7888cb54d2282fbcee006d.jpeg

[Giggles]

Maybe we're past saving as a species.


Corona Challenge.....prank which has spread rapidly across the globe on the social media site, TikTok.

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[niko_cee]

https://www.gilead.com/ ?

Gilead (https://the-handmaids-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Republic_of_Gilead_(Series))

[thommo]

Still in work at the office as expected. Very subdued atmosphere but I don't think we can close down whatsoever, so it's a case of managing the workforce to at least get some production out.

[Waffdon]

The most pathetic lockdown in history. A lot of folk using up their one form of exercise already!

[Jimmy Floyd]

We're still in, had an email at 7am that everyone is expected in as normal, but now discipline is starting to break down and I can't see it holding for a day. The MD has completely lost control.

They did indeed try to requisition a couple for the warehouse but, bravely, they refused (correctly contending that in the warehouse no 2m rule is being observed). MD shat himself and has retreated to his bunker. Meanwhile, other department heads are demanding sales be sent home.

[Shindig]

I can see an argument for you guys staying open, to be honest. Agriculture needs to plod on and they can't have equipment fail on them.

[Yevrah]

We're still in, had an email at 7am that everyone is expected in as normal, but now discipline is starting to break down and I can't see it holding for a day. The MD has completely lost control.

They did indeed try to requisition a couple for the warehouse but, bravely, they refused (correctly contending that in the warehouse no 2m rule is being observed). MD shat himself and has retreated to his bunker. Meanwhile, other department heads are demanding sales be sent home.

I know you're well aware, but your company is a genuine disgrace. They need to go on 'the list' when this is all over.

[Queenslander]

New Zealand is level 4 lockdown.


https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12319204



All non-essential businesses will be closed and everyone will have to stay at home except for solitary exercise and visiting essential services.

Supermarkets will stay open throughout the four-week lockdown and the supply chain will stay running.

[Ian]

My mate works for the government and still hasn't been sent to WFH even though he absolutely could in his role, which is pretty shambolic.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can see an argument for you guys staying open, to be honest. Agriculture needs to plod on and they can't have equipment fail on them.

The business can and perhaps should stay open, but at least half the staff including me should have been wfh a fortnight ago.

[randomlegend]

Jimmy you guys should just refuse to go in en masse.

[Andy]

The housing association I work for are trying to get us to go in for all work. Apparently its business as usual within our sector as long as we are 2m away from people.

Also got told as we are open as usual if we dont go into work we wont get paid and the goverment 80% wont cover businesses who are working as usual.

Unbelievable.

[Alex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEqvCD7AB7Y

Lockdown going well on the Tube, I see.

[Andy]

The housing association I work for are trying to get us to go in for all work. Apparently its business as usual within our sector as long as we are 2m away from people.

Also got told as we are open as usual if we dont go into work we wont get paid and the goverment 80% wont cover businesses who are working as usual.

Unbelievable.

Also all our suppliers are shut.

[Lee]

This is exposing just how backwards we are when it comes to having to be in an office. And that applies in normal times too.

There is literally nothing in my job I can’t do from home now that all the work I do with clinical people is rightly gone for the foreseeable. My boss is a good bloke and genuinely very bright (and, ironically, a virologist by background) but the notion of remote meetings just doesn’t work in his head. He doesn’t get it. ‘It’s not as good as face to face’. And there might be truth in that, but right now we have to get on with good enough.

He means well. When he tells me he wants to balance my need to attend with the level of risk he is telling the truth. It’s just that proper remote working has never been a thing in his head. It’s something he’s happy with if there’s a piece of work that needs doing which can be done just as well at home. He just can’t comprehend that we can interact differently.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jimmy you guys should just refuse to go in en masse.

We all need to keep our jobs unfortunately, but we have now agreed a solidarity principle.

To the ramparts.

[randomlegend]

We all need to keep our jobs unfortunately, but we have now agreed a solidarity principle.

To the ramparts.

Surely they aren't going to sack you all if you refuse...I'd imagine WFH suddenly becomes very viable the moment you all refuse.

[Lee]

There aren’t many things more bleak right now than looking at webcams of places you’ve visited. Christ.

[Shindig]

Aye, or places you were going to. :(

[Lee]

Yeah, I’ve had to stop with the Cornwall ones.

[Mike]

The housing association I work for are trying to get us to go in for all work. Apparently its business as usual within our sector as long as we are 2m away from people.

Also got told as we are open as usual if we dont go into work we wont get paid and the goverment 80% wont cover businesses who are working as usual.

Unbelievable.

My gf's housing association have been replacing her kitchen. So far they've disconnected everything, removed all the cupboards, sideboards and floor, the plasterer game yesterday so that's done. Then today she got a call to say they aren't coming. They where meant to be putting counters and cupboards in, and connecting her cooker and washer back up.

Hopefully they can get someone to sort it, to at least a basic working kitchen level.

[Baz]

Just had a webcam conference call thingy for work.

Firstly, Microsoft Teams is dogshit. :D

I spent most of it not saying anything so that my webcam wasn’t one of the four (out of twelve) that people see and spent the entire duration (44 mins) stroking the cat and refreshing the Morrison’s website to try and get a delivery slot.

They want to repeat the call every day but it’s not compulsory, so I’m just gonna politely decline unless there’s anything to actual discuss. :rolleyes:

Also the stupid fat useless woman who does no work (and STOLE MY DESK) literally said “besides these meetings at 9:15 everyday, what do you want me to do? I have no work” and was told not to worry about it, and just stay in touch. She’s fucking having a laugh. She’s like four paygrades above me too, the cunt.

[Lewis]

Right. I'm off for my government-approved daily mooch. I'll take my passport just in case I get stopped.

[Yevrah]

Right. I'm off for my government-approved daily mooch. I'll take my passport just in case I get stopped.

I'd be curious to hear what's going on out there and if people are following it or taking the piss en masse still.

[SvN]

Also the stupid fat useless woman who does no work (and STOLE MY DESK) literally said “besides these meetings at 9:15 everyday, what do you want me to do? I have no work” and was told not to worry about it, and just stay in touch. She’s fucking having a laugh. She’s like four paygrades above me too, the cunt.

Brilliant :D

At least my lot are pretending they have work to do.

[Mike]

Right. I'm off for my government-approved daily mooch. I'll take my passport just in case I get stopped.

I'm off on one too, going to combine it with a walk to a shop too.

[John Arne]

** LIVE **

I'm currently being kick out of a coffee shop due to a 1 week lockdown starting at 6pm today :(

[SvN]

I've been having mine at lunch time. Yesterday I saw a few people, but most were being sensible. The only dickheads were a group of 4 kids sitting on a bench and 3 pensioners gathered on a street corner for a chat.

[Lofty]

Just had a webcam conference call thingy for work.

Firstly, Microsoft Teams is dogshit. :D

I spent most of it not saying anything so that my webcam wasn’t one of the four (out of twelve) that people see and spent the entire duration (44 mins) stroking the cat and refreshing the Morrison’s website to try and get a delivery slot.

They want to repeat the call every day but it’s not compulsory, so I’m just gonna politely decline unless there’s anything to actual discuss. :rolleyes:

Also the stupid fat useless woman who does no work (and STOLE MY DESK) literally said “besides these meetings at 9:15 everyday, what do you want me to do? I have no work” and was told not to worry about it, and just stay in touch. She’s fucking having a laugh. She’s like four paygrades above me too, the cunt.

Can you not just mute mic and turn off the camera? I'm in a meeting now and have done that.

[Yevrah]

You can indeed.

Teams is fine. Good even.

[Queenslander]

PM just said Australia has performed 140 000 tests.

[Andy]

Have now been told that our lockdown will start at the end of play Friday. They are sending us an official document to show the police if we get stopped while out working.

[Don]

You can indeed.

Teams is fine. Good even.

Agreed. Just took a 20 minute shit whilst in my team meeting.

[Waffdon]

On my walk to Tesco from work and so far I’m on 9 OAPs was out and about

[Serj]

Covid Premier Deaths per 1m Population League Table

Some big news today, with the UK recording the highest ever climb in the table, moving up an astonishing 8 places, sitting just outside automatic qualification to the Europa Covid League. Western European nations continue to dominate, with France and Netherlands both climbing 5 places. However, this is offset by Austria (-6), Germany (-8) and Norway (-10) also dropping.

At the summit, and the race for Champions Covid qualification, Italy and Spain all but guarantee their qualification, achieving more than quadruple and double the 3rd placed team deaths per 1m, respectively.

USA continue to defy the odds, with just 582 deaths recorder thus far - however, these numbers continue to be questioned, with China threatening to ask WHO to look into this, and possible even to get CAS to get involved.

At the bottom, Denmark were dumped into the Championship after reporting sluggish numbers, and Malaysia, who quite frankly were always punching above their weight, were finally relegated. The first South American nation were welcomed, with Samba-plagued boys from Brazil being joined by another European outfit, in Turkey.

My prediction for 2 days time is to see Brazil rapidly climb the table, baring some mischievous reporting, whilst the Top 10 should consolidate their positions.

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BONUS COVID-19 CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE TABLE

For all you fans of dodgy and unreliable figures, take a look at The Championship league table, with such bastions of Human Rights records as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Qatar! Bottom Ireland also feature in the Championship, pushing valiantly for a play-off position with fellow no-mark countries such as Denmark, Slovenia and Greece.

https://gyazo.com/7a5cc9c7bc7888cb54d2282fbcee006d.jpeg

Looking at the deaths/cases ratio, we (and Germany, wonder why) are absolutely donning this.

Our numbers might change soonish though, since we're about to massively expand testing.

[Adramelch]

Looking at the deaths/cases ratio, we (and Germany, wonder why) are absolutely donning this.

Our numbers might change soonish though, since we're about to massively expand testing.

You (well at least Germany but I suppose it's similar in Austria) are presumably already far ahead in testing compared to most other countries.

How each country attributes deaths to COVID is also a point of contention, but I don't think we'll ever properly find out about that.

[SincereTheRebel]

How do you determine who is in the premier league and the championship? John Arne?

[Serj]

How each country attributes deaths to COVID is also a point of contention, but I don't think we'll ever properly find out about that.

I agree, I think the numbers barely mean anything because of exactly that.

I'm willing to look past that though in order to feel safe because of my Aryan superiority.

[Manc]

Germany are definitely fudging figures.

[Shindig]

Even if they are, the rise they're showing is still exponential.

[Lee]

Germany are definitely fudging figures.

They’re doing more community testing so picking up the less severe cases, and they’re not attributing deaths that were going to happen anyway to the virus, is what I’ve read.

[Shindig]

They also have a bigger ICU capacity. The response has been better but they were still woefully slow to limit the spread. Too much of Europe wanted to remain open for too long.

[John Arne]

How do you determine who is in the premier league and the championship? John Arne?

Number of reported cases. I was going to just do number of death per 1m, but then the table is skewed shitty little places like Andorra, San Marino and Iceland. Number of positive cases at least provides a minimum size threshold, though not perfect.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm now expecting wfh to be implemented by the end of the day, but fuck me they're dragging their feet.

I'll remember this.

[Lewis]

I'd be curious to hear what's going on out there and if people are following it or taking the piss en masse still.

There are noticeably less people out and about, and they were queuing properly where I saw them.

[Yevrah]

Good to hear.

So my ex has it, or is as sure as one can be that they do. She's 30, otherwise really healthy (low BMI, gym 3 times a week etc) but over the last 24 hours she's developed an awful cough, temperature and aches all over.

Not sure how good she is at dealing with ill, but says she feels like she's been floored by it.

[ScousePig]

My morning run along the canal was uneventful and fairly quiet. Bar one family of five or six, it was all pretty much single joggers, walkers and dog walkers.

In school, Key Stage 2 is down from 16 children yesterday to ten today, and the dinner lady is off with a high temperature.

[Lewis]

Somebody on my friend's Facebook feed has lost their ninety-nine and ninety-two year old grandparents to it, and they're booting off at selfish people for not following the guidelines. Not the family birthday party you threw one of them ten days ago then love?

[Disco]

I'm now expecting wfh to be implemented by the end of the day, but fuck me they're dragging their feet.

I'll remember this.

Pretty much business as usual here, we might end up staying open for the duration. Quite why the building industry gets a pass is beyond me, you'd think people who were congregating on sites and in and out of people's homes would be the same as everyone else. Not so apparently.

[Lee]

Today’s government press conference is being taken by Michael Gove, with journalists participating using Zoom.

I know Johnson will only be repeating things he has already said, but he is giving the impression of being bored already. Which he probably is, but so what?

[Shindig]

What else can he say aside from, "STAY AT HOME. READ THE TEXT MESSAGE! TESTS SOON!"

Actually, that reads too much like a Trump tweet. Speaking of Donald, this is breaking him. He's stuffed a lot of responsibility on State and local government whilst he wants the country back open in weeks.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The birdsong sounds so loud. I think it's the lack of background traffic noise.

[John Arne]

I'm sat outside my apartment block ... A duck wonders up to me and starts quacking its head off, as if I owe him money or something. He then shuts the fuck up, looks at me, then trundles off. #Beef #DuckAttitude

[Don]

Day 25 since first symptoms: ever so slight an improvement on loss of smell and taste senses. Barely noticeable if I wasn't so in tune with my mind and body but it has also come about at the same time as an onset of body aches. This presents a key scientific finding, the virus baddies trapped in my nasal cavity have been dislodged slightly and are not waging a futile battle in my system. The theory of the virus congregating in the nasal cavity may hold the key in society's battle for survival. Reporting out.

[Lewis]

Taking enough viral loads in his nose to save millions like a Chernobyl fireman.

[randomlegend]

I'm sat outside my apartment block ... A duck wonders up to me and starts quacking its head off, as if I owe him money or something. He then shuts the fuck up, looks at me, then trundles off. #Beef #DuckAttitude

Donned.

[niko_cee]

We're not even on lockdown and my dad has gone full Howard Hughes and is now effectively holding my mum hostage.

:face:

This is going to do more damage to people's mental wellbeing than digging half a million holes.

[Andy]

Pretty much business as usual here, we might end up staying open for the duration. Quite why the building industry gets a pass is beyond me, you'd think people who were congregating on sites and in and out of people's homes would be the same as everyone else. Not so apparently.

Its ridiculous. Seems like all the suppliers will be back open for normal tomorrow as well.

Weve been told if we dont come in then we arent going to get paid.

I've had 5 of my 6 jobs cancelled and one job I took pictures of a roof for a scaffold team.

I've changed a lock on an empty property and screwed a shed door shut. Maybe 30 minutes work over 6 hours.

[Boydy]

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What a nice man.

[Disco]

I feel a mutiny brewing, open conversations across the office about how we shouldn't be here. Heart bypass is no board as well so we have inter-departmental agreement.

[Lewis]

Somebody on my friend's Facebook feed has lost their ninety-nine and ninety-two year old grandparents to it, and they're booting off at selfish people for not following the guidelines. Not the family birthday party you threw one of them ten days ago then love?

https://i.imgur.com/QGtLYjH.png

:cab:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

At least they're together again.

[phonics]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ET4hFW9UEA4YuNd.png

[Boydy]

I just came in here to post that. :D

[Andy]

This lock down hasnt made any difference. Roads same as the last week or so, drove past a market which was open earlier. Loads of people out walking around.

No police to be seen.

[SvN]

It was fairly dead by me. I walked to the office earlier with the dog as my "designated exercise", and only saw a few people on the way, and those were all either alone or with a dog. There was a vape shop still open for some reason, though.

[Shindig]

Spain's numbers actually show ICU cases. 10,000+ in hospital, 1000+ in ICU's in Madrid. Madness.

[Bernanke]

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[thommo]

Yeah it was very quiet today in comparison to last week. I popped into the Morrisons to pick up some bread, milk, etc. and people were keeping wide berths when passing, and waiting at the till with a large gap, so there has definitely been progress.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just thrashed out a deal which will see us go to rotation policy which for me means two days in a week. When I say 'thrashed out a deal', what I mean is I went to MD's office, found him dithering and cowering like a broken man, and basically told him we had to do this at a minimum.

In days I'm sure it'll go to full closure.

[Alex]

It sounds a bit like you might be in charge now Jim? This was your real-life, "I am the captain now" moment.

[Andy]

It's the sort of Alpha move we all dream about.

[bruhnaldo]

I think I'm at "acceptance", I feel less dread about being at work but am almost certain I'm going to become infected soon.

[Lewis]

It looks like a decent jump today, but we seem to be falling back on the TWO WEEKS BEHIND ITALY stuff.

[Shindig]

Man, can they just make Cuomo President? That man is pissed. 20,000 ventilators just sitting there in a stockpile and New York need them badly.

[phonics]

Cuomo is not good. Just because he looks good next to the most woefully unprepared for this moment man in the universe does not make him good.

Have to lol at Trump killing a million people because he thinks the stock market having a green arrow gets him re-elected.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It sounds a bit like you might be in charge now Jim? This was your real-life, "I am the captain now" moment.

It was only my team I spoke for. Fuck knows what the rest of the company is doing. He has completely decentralised all decision-making responsibility, it's like the server in his brain has shut down.

[Mellberg]

Good to hear.

So my ex has it, or is as sure as one can be that they do. She's 30, otherwise really healthy (low BMI, gym 3 times a week etc) but over the last 24 hours she's developed an awful cough, temperature and aches all over.

Not sure how good she is at dealing with ill, but says she feels like she's been floored by it.

Didn't know brooms could get ill?

[phonics]

How is Yevrah's ex younger than I am. The man's been in his mid-30s since I was posting here at 13.

[Lewis]

'The gym again? That's eight times this week. Can you bring twenty bags of pasta in?'

[Boydy]

How is Yevrah's ex younger than I am. The man's been in his mid-30s since I was posting here at 13.

I also thought this.

[Giggles]

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[Magic]

I'm short of breath and have that bullshit dry cough. No fever though. Had sinusitis past week or so.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm short of breath and have that bullshit dry cough. No fever though. Had sinusitis past week or so.

RIP.

First TTH death incoming.

[Waffdon]

I’ve still yet to be given a laptop. Be about ten of us left from 120 on this floor by tomorrow

[Don]

https://twitter.com/YesMissMurphy/status/1242364536365211648?s=20

[Yevrah]

I'm 39, 'cashback' I guess.

[Yevrah]

And I noticed the markets had spiked, is it the US' new strategy to let it happen?

[phonics]

And I noticed the markets had spiked, is it the US' new strategy to let it happen?

They're literally already at 'i would die to own the libs'

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[Yevrah]

What a potential sacrifice to make. If only he didn't look young, fit and healthy it might mean something.

Tosser.

[SvN]

https://twitter.com/YesMissMurphy/status/1242364536365211648?s=20

Dear Jesus. This explains why all the pensioners are still roaming about as normal. One of them chuckled to himself yesterday when I gave him a wide berth. I should've nutted him and coughed in his face.

[Shindig]

Italy :(

[Pepe]

Raises for next year cancelled, hiring freeze, all non-salary spending forbidden. Sounds about right.

[Lee]

I'm short of breath and have that bullshit dry cough. No fever though. Had sinusitis past week or so.

I’ve had the dry cough for 13 days, shortness of breath for 9, viral conjunctivitis over the weekend and nausea with the shits today. I’m increasingly convinced this is it.

[Magic]

India firing right in with heavy measures.

[Magic]

I’ve had the dry cough for 13 days, shortness of breath for 9, viral conjunctivitis over the weekend and nausea with the shits today. I’m increasingly convinced this is it.

Yeah I've had the cold for 7 days, then sinuses and the shits, now the cough and shortness of breath. No fever at any point though.

I'm on day 11.

[SvN]

I've got something, but I don't think it's Coronavirus. The only proper symptom I've had is a very mild shortness of breath. If I take a very big, deep breath, it makes me cough a bit, almost like my lungs are being tickled. Otherwise, I'm sneezing more than usual and have a bit of a sore throat. Nothing else, so I reckon it's just a mild cold.

[Giggles]

Every time I see someone talking about it I convince myself I have it.

[Giggles]

I've got something, but I don't think it's Coronavirus. The only proper symptom I've had is a very mild shortness of breath. If I take a very big, deep breath, it makes me cough a bit, almost like my lungs are being tickled. Otherwise, I'm sneezing a bit and got a bit of a sore throat. Nothing else, so I reckon it's just a mild cold.

You will die roaring by Friday.

[Lee]

Every time I see someone talking about it I convince myself I have it.

This is the problem. At any other time I’d be thinking nothing more than ‘for fuck’s sake, hurry up and go’. Now I’m thinking ‘for fuck’s sake, is this cunt going to end me?’. Every morning when I wake up and it’s still with me. :uhoh:

Anyway, maybe we’ve all had it already:

https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1242489840068894720?s=21

That would be nice wouldn’t it?

[Shindig]

Aye, it would. I'm not even sure. I've definitely had some lung inflammation lately but that could've just been the cold mornings tickling my athsma. The sore throat keeps trying to make a comeback but it's more dry than irritated.


From next week, 5,500 final year medics and more than 18,700 final year student nurses will "move to the frontline" of the NHS

Oh.

[Magic]

I've been a pinnacle of health since I got over pneumonia in May (got it in Feb). I definitely haven't had anything since, and this cough and breath is giving me the fear.

[Disco]

Just thrashed out a deal which will see us go to rotation policy which for me means two days in a week. When I say 'thrashed out a deal', what I mean is I went to MD's office, found him dithering and cowering like a broken man, and basically told him we had to do this at a minimum.

In days I'm sure it'll go to full closure.

In stunning news most of the office have been put on furlough until the end of May, skeleton staff only (possibly literally). My suspicion is it became cheaper to let Boris pay us our 80% than to have us schlepping about the office with no customers to speak of.

Officially out of the running for TTH Last Man Standing.

[Spoonsky]

https://video.corriere.it/cronaca/coronavirus-rabbia-sindaci-contro-chi-esce-casa-video-virali-social/f6f4da9c-6db6-11ea-9b88-27b94f5268fe

Great Italian coronavirus content.

[Giggles]

It's fairly broad.


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A rundown of the new restrictions announced today.

All theatres, clubs, gyms, leisure centres, hairdressers, marts, markets casinos, bingo halls, betting shops, libraries and other similar places are to shut.
All hotels and non-essential retail outlets will close - a list of those will be provided.
All cafes and restaurants should limit to take away and deliveries only.
All sporting events are cancelled - including those behind closed doors.
All playgrounds and holiday/caravan parks are to close.
All places of worship are to restrict numbers visiting.
All household contacts of someone waiting for a test should restrict their movements.
All non-essential visiting to other persons homes should be avoided.
All scheduled cruise ships to Ireland will cease.
Factories or construction sites should not have to shut - authorities can work with them to make sure physical distancing is possible.
There will be an increased presence of park rangers and gardaí in parks and public places to ensure that physical distancing is being observed.
Significantly raise the amount of money available on cashless card transactions.
All organised indoor and outdoor events of any size are not to take place
Social distancing, in as far as practicable, is to be ensured between the clients/patients in confined settings, such as:
long term care facilities, either for the elderly or people with special needs;
psychiatric institutions;
homeless shelters
prisons

Minister for Health Simon Harris said the State would take control of private hospitals for the duration of the crisis and that patients with the virus will be treated for free with no distinction between public and private.
Priority testing for health staff, including GPs, will be introduced.

Mr Varadkar said the impact upon the economy and employment would be enormous.
He announced that the Covid-19 unemployment payment will be raised to €350 per week and the Covid-19 self isolation payment will also be increased to €350.
The Taoiseach said that in order to encourage employers and companies to keep staff affected on the payroll, a wage subsidy scheme will be introduced to co-fund 70% of salaries up to a maximum of €38,000 per year.
He said a subsidy of €410 will be available for a wage subsidy scheme.

The Taoiseach said the self employed will also be covered.
He said the Cabinet approved a new bill this afternoon that will freeze rents, halt evictions and allow former members of the Defence forces to rejoin.

[Yevrah]

I’ve had the dry cough for 13 days, shortness of breath for 9, viral conjunctivitis over the weekend and nausea with the shits today. I’m increasingly convinced this is it.

Sounds like you tick every box. What's your R0?

[Manc]

No one's about. Thank fuck.

[Lee]

Sounds like you tick every box. What's your R0?

No fever. I’m clinging to that.

[Yevrah]

No fever. I’m clinging to that.

Have they had you mincing about into meetings with those symptoms though?

[Spikey M]

Why have you even been at work?

[Lewis]

He'll have been pinching toilet roll.

[Yeldoow]

I've finally had my results and apparently I've not had coronavirus, I've just had a different respiratory viral infection (and presumably have coronavirus to look forward to in the coming weeks/months).

It's a bit of a shitter really because I've felt absolutely fucking awful (and even now my breathing is not back to normal) and I've not even had the thing that's causing all this chaos.

[Yevrah]

I'm holding onto the benefit of the doubt here, but if a senior NHS staff member has been going to work with a dry cough for 13 days then there is no hope.

Let it out. Let it out now.

[SvN]

In stunning news most of the office have been put on furlough until the end of May, skeleton staff only (possibly literally). My suspicion is it became cheaper to let Boris pay us our 80% than to have us schlepping about the office with no customers to speak of.

Officially out of the running for TTH Last Man Standing.
I'm doing exactly that starting tomorrow. Everyone other than support staff are being furloughed as soon as they've finished outstanding work.

[Yevrah]

I don't think I'll get Furlough (the new official worst word in the English language), but by the end of this I'll probably have wished I had.

[Baz]

lol at everyone getting hayfever, thinking they’re about to infect their family and wipe out their surname.

[niko_cee]

When do we accept that 'mass death' is the only viable way forward?

[Lee]

I’ve been self-isolating since last Thursday. My boss didn’t care about the cough. He argued about the definition of ‘persistent’. But my cough was a week old by that point and my shortness of breath was three days old. I reported all of this. And, yes, I was still required in meetings. I’m pretty angry about it, to be perfectly honest.

[Yevrah]

Officially at least, fewer than 18% of the deaths caused by this are now in China.

[Yevrah]

I’ve been self-isolating since last Thursday. My boss didn’t care about the cough. He argued about the definition of ‘persistent’. But my cough was a week old by that point and my shortness of breath was three days old. I reported all of this. And, yes, I was still required in meetings. I’m pretty angry about it, to be perfectly honest.

That is properly shocking. Apologies if I missed you explaining it first time around.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Productive day working from home. First thing I did was up the time it takes for Skype to show you as away/inactive.

[Yevrah]

When do we accept that 'mass death' is the only viable way forward?

The US will be a very interesting test case on that if that's the way they're going. Their numbers are absolutely shocking.

[Giggles]

I think you’ve to try your best rather than throw in the towel. Whatever sort of world you think we’ll be left with after this, it wouldn’t even come close to one where we just said fuck everyone to avoid some inconvenience.
That thinking is bordering on morbid fetish territory too.

[Lee]

That is properly shocking. Apologies if I missed you explaining it first time around.

I don’t think I have.

I’ve had to pretend I had a one day fever for them to even agree to the self-isolation.

It’s one of the reasons I’m quite willing to go off sick with something stress related and pick up the six months full pay if they fuck me around on working from home. I absolutely do not need to be in the building (a building I know the virus exists is) to do my job. I’m just not willing to increase the risk to me or Lauren.

[niko_cee]

I think you’ve to try your best rather than throw in the towel. Whatever sort of world you think we’ll be left with after this, it wouldn’t even come close to one where we just said fuck everyone to avoid some inconvenience.
That thinking is bordering on morbid fetish territory too.

I agree entirely, but that wasn't my question.

The world will end up being the same whatever path is taken.

[Lee]

The US will be a very interesting test case on that if that's the way they're going. Their numbers are absolutely shocking.

Hancock says they’ve ordered 3.5m anti-body tests. That’s the way out of this. We just need to stick with things as they are for a bit.

[Boydy]

I think you’ve to try your best rather than throw in the towel. Whatever sort of world you think we’ll be left with after this, it wouldn’t even come close to one where we just said fuck everyone to avoid some inconvenience.
That thinking is bordering on morbid fetish territory too.

But the rich might not have as many millions in their bank accounts as before if we all stop working for a month or two. :(

[randomlegend]

Immunocompromised friend is "80% back to normal". So relieved, was obviously trying not to let on to her but I was seriously worried about her.

[Shindig]

For all the US pondering about this, they're trying experimental shit. Splitting ventilators between two patients, trying to inject antibodies into patients to see if they take, etc.

[Magic]

Immunocompromised friend is "80% back to normal". So relieved, was obviously trying not to let on to her but I was seriously worried about her.

You banging her or something. Fucking all you've gone on about.

[Yevrah]

I don’t think I have.

I’ve had to pretend I had a one day fever for them to even agree to the self-isolation.

It’s one of the reasons I’m quite willing to go off sick with something stress related and pick up the six months full pay if they fuck me around on working from home. I absolutely do not need to be in the building (a building I know the virus exists is) to do my job. I’m just not willing to increase the risk to me or Lauren.

Honestly, that man should not be working, let alone in the NHS. Despicable behaviour.

[Yevrah]

Hancock says they’ve ordered 3.5m anti-body tests. That’s the way out of this. We just need to stick with things as they are for a bit.

Couple of questions:

Do these tests 100% work and have they been used anywhere else?

EDIT: And I'm not saying I agree with the US' approach if that's what they do.

[randomlegend]

You banging her or something. Fucking all you've gone on about.

She's a good friend in her 20s who was at genuine risk of dying. Sorry for the over-reaction.

[Lee]

Couple of questions:

Do these tests 100% work and have they been used anywhere else?

EDIT: And I'm not saying I agree with the US' approach if that's what they do.

Fuck knows and fuck knows. But they’ll surely have tested them before ordering that many of them.

[Shindig]

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India does what India does.

[Yevrah]

Fuck knows and fuck knows. But they’ll surely have tested them before ordering that many of them.

Well, you'd think...

You'd have also thought they'd have worked out how many people were going to die from a herd immunity strategy before embarking on it.

[bruhnaldo]

"I absolutely do not need to be in the building (a building I know the virus exists is) to do my job."

I know those feels, papa.

[Baz]

The building my office is in is officially closed.

And work sent a survey our saying “if you are happy to do any of these, how experienced are you out of 5” with stuff like driving a minibus, caring for the elderly/children, admin, driving a HGV. :cab:

I ticked NONE of the boxes and submitted it. Fuck off with your redeployment attempts - I have actual work to be doing. It’s the end of the financial year ffs and I work in contracts.

[Lee]

I have fuck all to be doing because my work requires the poor bastards gearing up to save lives through all this. And I still haven’t responded to the ‘voluntary redeployment’ form.

‘Would you like to support with feeding/talking to patients while our clinical staff are dedicated to managing the Covid-19 outbreak.’

No, I fucking well would not.

[Lewis]

Our NHS Heroes are working double hard battling this terrible disease, and pen pusher here is worrying about infected paperclips and threatening to scam six months leave off them. I'll be sending a dossier of this to the Daily Mirror, and I implore any Group members jostling for position to sell his messages in there out as well.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I reckon if Our NHS Heroes really go the extra mile, they might just burgle us a (mawkish, but handy) extra Bank Holiday. Boris would fucking love to create an extra one of those, I bet.

[Lee]

Our NHS Heroes are working double hard battling this terrible disease, and pen pusher here is worrying about infected paperclips and threatening to scam six months leave off them. I'll be sending a dossier of this to the Daily Mirror, and I implore any Group members jostling for position to sell his messages in there out as well.

It’s the colleagues who have filthy disease carrying kids I care more about but if paperclips carry a risk I’m prepared to fuck them off as well.

I’m a selfish fucker when it comes to how high a priority my job is in my life and I make no apologies. I’ll take NHS Heroes Bank Holiday off happily, too.

[Lewis]

This NHS volunteer wheeze will be filled in ten minutes if normal sentiment if anything to go by.

[Magic]

She's a good friend in her 20s who was at genuine risk of dying. Sorry for the over-reaction.

Naughty naughty.

[Foe]

Beautifully quiet in Aberdeen. Went for a walk from 6-7pm and the streets were absolutely empty. I was walking pretty centrally and saw maybe 10-15 people. Popped into the supermarket on the way home too and it was also empty. Milk and pizza available. Perfect.

Going to go out my nut if they take away the Outdoors bit.

Pretty disappointed golf courses are closed though. Solo golf around a countryside club would’ve been perfect right now. Annoying.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Beautifully quiet in Aberdeen. Went for a walk from 6-7pm and the streets were absolutely empty. I was walking pretty centrally and saw maybe 10-15 people. Popped into the supermarket on the way home too and it was also empty. Milk and pizza available. Perfect.

Going to go out my nut if they take away the Outdoors bit.

Pretty disappointed golf courses are closed though. Solo golf around a countryside club would’ve been perfect right now. Annoying.
I hadn't given it any thought until taking the bin out and clocked how silent it all was.

[Waffdon]

Are you still 2 mins from me? The ghetto end of Carnoustie? We can do our walks together x

And why are you taking the bin out on a Tuesday if so

[Spikey M]

I don’t think I have.

I’ve had to pretend I had a one day fever for them to even agree to the self-isolation.

It’s one of the reasons I’m quite willing to go off sick with something stress related and pick up the six months full pay if they fuck me around on working from home. I absolutely do not need to be in the building (a building I know the virus exists is) to do my job. I’m just not willing to increase the risk to me or Lauren.

This is Whistle blowing stuff. You really should be speaking up.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Are you still 2 mins from me? The ghetto end of Carnoustie? We can do our walks together x

And why are you taking the bin out on a Tuesday if so

Down from Carnoustie Tyres.

Recycling bin tomorrow of course!

[Lee]

This is Whistle blowing stuff. You really should be speaking up.

We’ll see when it’s over. We’re already potentially one wage down for a while because of this, we need mine.

[Waffdon]

Down from Carnoustie Tyres.

Recycling bin tomorrow of course!

Haha, I’m right between the two circles. Are the bins not alternate Thursdays or am I losing my mind

[Disco]

Killing the business.

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[Offshore Toon]

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