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papa smurf 09-02-2022 10:11

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36112890)
Why didn't she do the LFT at home and wait for the result before meeting others?

We have to live with it now that it's just the sniffles.

1andrew1 09-02-2022 10:14

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36112890)
Why didn't she do the LFT at home and wait for the result before meeting others?

Because she follows implicit government policy - one rule for them, one rule for the rest of the country.

ianch99 09-02-2022 10:26

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36112890)
Why didn't she do the LFT at home and wait for the result before meeting others?

Because there was probably cake at the meeting :)

tweetiepooh 09-02-2022 11:12

Re: Coronavirus
 
Just had contact from someone who was at the GDip course I'm attending. They took LFT in the morning - negative, attended the day, felt grotty when home, retook test - positive.


We have a couple of the nasal only tests at home, last order delivered the ones swabbing throat I have huge difficulty with. I take them where I know I'm going to be in less controlled situation meeting others. Like the kid's meeting I attended last Saturday.

OLD BOY 09-02-2022 12:34

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36112894)
Because she follows implicit government policy - one rule for them, one rule for the rest of the country.

There will be no Covid rules for anyone soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60319947

It’ll be nice to see an end to all this finger-wagging nonsense.

tweetiepooh 09-02-2022 15:00

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36112911)
There will be no Covid rules for anyone soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60319947

It’ll be nice to see an end to all this finger-wagging nonsense.

Unless it's wagging at someone you don't like then retrowagging is perfectly OK.

papa smurf 09-02-2022 15:01

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36112911)
There will be no Covid rules for anyone soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60319947

It’ll be nice to see an end to all this finger-wagging nonsense.

True but some people just won't let go of it.

Hugh 09-02-2022 15:03

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36112886)
It's time that rule was changed. It is being broken pretty extensively, and I know that from the people in my circle and in my wife's circle.

Like the social distancing and mask wearing, it should be left to individuals to decide. Covid is no longer the undefeatable menace it once was, and Omicron is weaker too.

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The positive test may well be the only indication she gets of having the virus, papa.

Do you feel the same about drink-driving?

OLD BOY 09-02-2022 15:21

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36112928)
Do you feel the same about drink-driving?

No comparison, actually.

Carth 09-02-2022 15:35

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36112928)
Do you feel the same about drink-driving?

I'm surprised that motor vehicles haven't (yet) been fitted with sensors that measure your blood alcohol content when your hand(s) is on the steering wheel

They measure almost every other damn thing :(

Pierre 09-02-2022 15:41

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36112928)
Do you feel the same about drink-driving?

It's not a comparison, neither is the seatbelt analogy, before you pull that one out too.

papa smurf 09-02-2022 15:46

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36112942)
It's not a comparison, neither is the seatbelt analogy, before you pull that one out too.

And ffs let's leave the brakes out of it.

Taf 09-02-2022 19:13

Re: Coronavirus
 
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The covid-19 death figures have been a bit odd lately. ONS figures from their website.

joglynne 09-02-2022 19:20

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36112974)
The covid-19 death figures have been a bit odd lately. ONS figures from their website.

Looks like they have been doing a little housekeeping and have some deaths that weren't included in past figures.

Hugh 09-02-2022 20:48

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36112942)
It's not a comparison, neither is the seatbelt analogy, before you pull that one out too.

Why not - it’s a case of personal responsibility and boundaries; surely the driver knows what’s best for themselves and if they feel safe and able to drive safely, and it’s no one else’s business if they are over over the limit?

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36112933)
No comparison, actually.

Why not? Or are you one of those finger-waggers who goes on about "what about other peoples’ safety"?…

Pierre 09-02-2022 22:21

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36112994)
Why not - it’s a case of personal responsibility

Because it’s stupid, and although we go at each other all the time and we may have opinions of each other, you being stupid is not one of them.

I had a conversation with my son today about Personal Responsibility, because he hadn’t done his home work. …….nobody died, or was likely to die because he didn’t do his “ Grammer Hammer”…. That’s what it is called!

There is nuance, risk, responsibility and much more.

To try and simplify it as you are trying to do, is infantile and incorrect.

Mad Max 09-02-2022 23:16

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36113003)
Because it’s stupid, and although we go at each other all the time and we may have opinions of each other, you being stupid is not one of them.

I had a conversation with my son today about Personal Responsibility, because he hadn’t done his home work. …….nobody died, or was likely to die because he didn’t do his “ Grammer Hammer”…. That’s what it is called!

There is nuance, risk, responsibility and much more.

To try and simplify it as you are trying to do, is infantile and incorrect.

:clap::clap:

Taf 11-02-2022 17:23

Re: Coronavirus
 
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The figures for the UK have gone bonkers again.

No figures for yesterday (10th Feb), but today's figures for new cases is 220,396 higher than 9th Feb. Even if split between the two days that makes 110,198 per day which is well above the mid-to-high 60,000s it has been recently.

And the 7-day rolling average of death jumped and fell from a plateau which is highly unlikely.

spiderplant 11-02-2022 17:49

Re: Coronavirus
 
Where are you getting these from, Taf?

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths just shows a steady decrease

pip08456 11-02-2022 18:44

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36113182)
Where are you getting these from, Taf?

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths just shows a steady decrease

He's already said where he's getting them from.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36112974)
The covid-19 death figures have been a bit odd lately. ONS figures from their website.


Mad Max 11-02-2022 19:21

Re: Coronavirus
 
Can you imagine how high the figures would be if everybody submitted details of when they have a winter cold?

Taf 11-02-2022 19:49

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36113182)
Where are you getting these from, Taf?

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths just shows a steady decrease

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/

Quote:

Worldometer's Covid-19 data is trusted and used by Johns Hopkins CSSE, Financial Times, The New York Times, Business Insider, and many others.

Over the past 15 years, our statistics have been trusted by: Oxford University Press, Wiley, Pearson, CERN, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), The Atlantic, BBC, Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology, Science Museum of Virginia, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Dell, Kaspersky, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Amazon Alexa, Google Translate, United Nations Rio+20. and many others.


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They get their figures from both ONS and https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk to show any data input errors.

spiderplant 11-02-2022 22:16

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36113191)
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/

Sorry if I'm being dense, but I can't see it there, nor on the ONS site. I also searched for your first chart on TinEye, and got no matches.

Pierre 11-02-2022 22:40

Re: Coronavirus
 
Nobody cares anymore, move along….

spiderplant 11-02-2022 22:43

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36113210)
Nobody cares anymore, move along….

I do, and it seems Taf does. If you don't, move along...

OLD BOY 11-02-2022 23:43

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36113188)
Can you imagine how high the figures would be if everybody submitted details of when they have a winter cold?

Nail. on. head.

Hugh 12-02-2022 09:53

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36113214)
Nail. on. head.

That. Would. Explain. A. Lot. Of. Your. Posts…

Taf 12-02-2022 10:19

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36113209)
Sorry if I'm being dense, but I can't see it there, nor on the ONS site. I also searched for your first chart on TinEye, and got no matches.

I produce the chart using Open Office, and the figures posted daily on both sites.

spiderplant 12-02-2022 10:45

Re: Coronavirus
 
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36113218)
I produce the chart using Open Office, and the figures posted daily on both sites.

Oh I see.

I think it's probably correct. It's just that the figures are only weekly so they do look very steppy. And the last week is always artificially low because some deaths are reported late.

Compare with this one I've done from the daily data. There really was a sudden rise, then flat, then a drop. I think the steep rise was the period where we had parallel pandemics of Delta and Omicron. Once Omicron became dominant, things stabilised.

Taf 12-02-2022 12:49

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36113220)
Oh I see.

I think it's probably correct.

Since the beginning of the records, there has been a constant 7-day cycle of results being published by ONS. Different areas have submitted figures at different times, some even lumped together a week's worth of data. Hence the use of a 7-day rolling average became the norm.

Then the infection figures from LFTs that were found to be false positives by PCR tests were deleted, but not historically, but from that day's figures. So, over 3 days the results could be 4,4,4, but a test from day#1 found to be a false positive on day #3 would mean the records would show 4,4,3.

I'm a bit wary about the dropping of many of the measures against infection, as the sudden rise and fall of cases due to omicron, is POSSIBLY sat upon a steady number of new delta cases.

Only time will tell.

nffc 12-02-2022 13:15

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36113224)
Since the beginning of the records, there has been a constant 7-day cycle of results being published by ONS. Different areas have submitted figures at different times, some even lumped together a week's worth of data. Hence the use of a 7-day rolling average became the norm.

Then the infection figures from LFTs that were found to be false positives by PCR tests were deleted, but not historically, but from that day's figures. So, over 3 days the results could be 4,4,4, but a test from day#1 found to be a false positive on day #3 would mean the records would show 4,4,3.

I'm a bit wary about the dropping of many of the measures against infection, as the sudden rise and fall of cases due to omicron, is POSSIBLY sat upon a steady number of new delta cases.

Only time will tell.

The surveillance reports from UKHSA suggest not, I think it was said yesterday that Omicron had basically wiped out Delta.

pip08456 12-02-2022 15:58

Re: Coronavirus
 
It's been said since early January.

"Omicron wipes Delta off map in many parts of England as health chiefs warn half of Europe will get infected"

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/u...fected-3524278

Paul 12-02-2022 17:04

Re: Coronavirus
 
Given its milder, thats a good thing, right ?

nffc 12-02-2022 17:07

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36113234)
Given its milder, thats a good thing, right ?

Yes, probably why they're going to end the covid act early.

Taf 12-02-2022 17:12

Re: Coronavirus
 
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Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36113220)
Oh I see.

I think it's probably correct. It's just that the figures are only weekly so they do look very steppy.

I entered the "adjusted" ONS daily figures, and found that the "adjustments" are a relatively new thing, weeks, not months.

There were still 4 dates when figures weren't released though (2 for xmas, and 2 fairly recently).

Mick 20-02-2022 14:11

Re: Coronavirus
 
BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing light cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace has announced.

https://news.sky.com/story/queen-tes...-says-12538848

Chris 20-02-2022 15:21

Re: Coronavirus
 
The lengths Charlie will go to to try to get his bum on that throne …

nffc 20-02-2022 16:25

Re: Coronavirus
 
25,696 new infections today.


Whilst that's still a not inconsiderable amount, it's come down an awful lot in the last week or two.


Certainly at the height around Christmas, it's possible that 10 times that amount was getting the virus every day, but either didn't test/report or just dismissed it as a cold and carried on.


Some comments on here about omicron from a couple of months back have clearly not aged well.

Sephiroth 20-02-2022 17:26

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36113964)
25,696 new infections today.


Whilst that's still a not inconsiderable amount, it's come down an awful lot in the last week or two.


Certainly at the height around Christmas, it's possible that 10 times that amount was getting the virus every day, but either didn't test/report or just dismissed it as a cold and carried on.


Some comments on here about omicron from a couple of months back have clearly not aged well.

OB was right, though.

Chris 20-02-2022 17:29

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36113964)
25,696 new infections today.


Whilst that's still a not inconsiderable amount, it's come down an awful lot in the last week or two.


Certainly at the height around Christmas, it's possible that 10 times that amount was getting the virus every day, but either didn't test/report or just dismissed it as a cold and carried on.


Some comments on here about omicron from a couple of months back have clearly not aged well.

This is a personal favourite of mine:

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36107414)
Suggest you go back and listen to your Tory chums when they spoke at the start of the pandemic regarding the lag to people dying

The only reason its losing credibility is because it doesn’t fit your narrative.

Comparing South Africas wave to ours is like comparing apples to oranges Due to demographics, of course you already knew that.

Let’s see where deaths are in 3-4 weeks, if they haven’t significantly increased I’ll apologise

Needless to say when 3-4 weeks came around he was nowhere to be seen, and while he’s posted in this thread a couple of times since he clearly doesn’t want to engage with or acknowledge his own rashness.

Jaymoss 20-02-2022 17:33

Re: Coronavirus
 
wonder how high the figures will go once the isolation of the infected is ended

Chris 20-02-2022 17:37

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36113970)
wonder how high the figures will go once the isolation of the infected is ended

I imagine the infection rate will go up significantly, however we have all the data we need now to be confident that as long as we’re dealing with omicron we’re not going to see the health services overwhelmed by it. For that to change we would have to see the emergence of a variant that is both significantly more infectious than omicron, so it could out-compete it much as omicron out-competed delta, and then also significantly more virulent.

Sephiroth 20-02-2022 17:37

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36113970)
wonder how high the figures will go once the isolation of the infected is ended

Will we know the full facts in future? Only hospital inmates count and excess deaths will provide any form of indication.

nffc 20-02-2022 17:44

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36113970)
wonder how high the figures will go once the isolation of the infected is ended

Legal restrictions compelling those testing positive to self-isolate for X days or on a negative test, you mean?


Well, first off, it will probably be replaced with a strong suggestion that those with symptoms continue to test - until such time as they have wound down the 2bn a month taxpayers are currently spending on the mass testing, that is - and also, that those who then test positive, do at least isolate, that employers support those who are isolating, and that people do try and stay home if they're feeling ill. Other viruses and illnesses which are contagious don't have a legal compulsion to self-isolate after all.


It's not as if we're going to be changing from living like hermits to everyone coughing all over the place overnight.

TheDaddy 20-02-2022 17:48

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36113972)
Will we know the full facts in future? Only hospital inmates count and excess deaths will provide any form of indication.

Inmates, wtf, we gone back to the early eighties where catching another different virus meant you were locked up till you died

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36113973)
Legal restrictions compelling those testing positive to self-isolate for X days or on a negative test, you mean?


Well, first off, it will probably be replaced with a strong suggestion that those with symptoms continue to test - until such time as they have wound down the 2bn a month taxpayers are currently spending on the mass testing, that is - and also, that those who then test positive, do at least isolate, that employers support those who are isolating, and that people do try and stay home if they're feeling ill. Other viruses and illnesses which are contagious don't have a legal compulsion to self-isolate after all.


It's not as if we're going to be changing from living like hermits to everyone coughing all over the place overnight.

If I catch it I'm staying at home and I expect anyone I work with to do the same

nffc 20-02-2022 17:50

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36113974)
If I catch it I'm staying at home and I expect anyone I work with to do the same

I agree, and would suspect most would.


The only change is that people would then be expected to use their common sense and do it, as opposed to being legally compelled to.

Jaymoss 20-02-2022 17:56

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36113974)
Inmates, wtf, we gone back to the early eighties where catching another different virus meant you were locked up till you died

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If I catch it I'm staying at home and I expect anyone I work with to do the same

This pandemic including this thread has shown time and time again there are plenty of people no prepared to do the reasonable thing. Maybe they have not isolated all along or maybe with the relaxation the coughing all over might well be the case

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36113976)
I agree, and would suspect most would.


The only change is that people would then be expected to use their common sense and do it, as opposed to being legally compelled to.

common sense hahaha that is a laugh

Damien 20-02-2022 18:11

Re: Coronavirus
 
I suspect now that more companies are set up for working from home those can that do so will do so when coming down with any virus. Helps stop it from spreading and is just nicer while you recover.

Paul 20-02-2022 18:20

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36113974)
If I catch it I'm staying at home and I expect anyone I work with to do the same

People who are ill generally do, and always have.

TheDaddy 20-02-2022 19:57

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36113983)
People who are ill generally do, and always have.

What if you're not ill but infected?

Mad Max 20-02-2022 20:10

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36113990)
What if you're not ill but infected?

Go to your work, could be infected with a cold.

OLD BOY 20-02-2022 20:13

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36113972)
Will we know the full facts in future? Only hospital inmates count and excess deaths will provide any form of indication.

Do we need to know? If we knew the daily figures for flu there would be alarm and despondency most winters.

The point is, hospital admissions continue to decline and the NHS is coping. So why obsess about the figures?

It’s pretty well over in this country, thanks to Boris.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36113983)
People who are ill generally do, and always have.

Same with flu.

Hugh 20-02-2022 21:19

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36113992)
Do we need to know? If we knew the daily figures for flu there would be alarm and despondency most winters.

The point is, hospital admissions continue to decline and the NHS is coping. So why obsess about the figures?

It’s pretty well over in this country, thanks to Boris.

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Same with flu.

That statement is so dense my screen is warping around it…

OLD BOY 20-02-2022 23:23

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36113997)
That statement is so dense my screen is warping around it…

Flu can kill 25,000 in the U.K. during the winter, Hugh.

Paul 21-02-2022 01:03

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36113990)
What if you're not ill but infected?

If you're not ill, you go to work, just like you always have, obviously.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36113991)
Go to your work, could be infected with a cold.

If your not ill, you're not likely to be "infected" with anything, and have no reason to think otherwise.


If you're going to worry about what you might have, you'll end up in a very deep hole, with lots of tin foil. :dig:

ianch99 21-02-2022 13:10

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36113976)
The only change is that people would then be expected to use their common sense and do it, as opposed to being legally compelled to.

Wasn't that the case in the past with drink driving and seatbelts?

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The real problem here is that the science element of the Government decision making has been deprecated. I have seen no statement by Whitty et al, underwriting the current changes.

What is more obscure is the knowledge and awareness on the current immunity curve. It would be good to clearly educate people how long their last booster might last to provide confidence in the decision making.

1andrew1 21-02-2022 13:24

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Oops!
Quote:

COVID-19: Cabinet meeting to sign off Boris Johnson's 'living with COVID' strategy delayed over free testing row

Sky's political correspondent Tamara Cohen reports that there is a "big disagreement" between the Treasury and the Department of Health about who will continue to get access to free COVID tests.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...g-row-12547921

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114044)
The real problem here is that the science element of the Government decision making has been deprecated. I have seen no statement by Whitty et al, underwriting the current changes.

What is more obscure is the knowledge and awareness on the current immunity curve. It would be good to clearly educate people how long their last booster might last to provide confidence in the decision making.

Indeed. From Sky again:

Quote:

'Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance have been notably silent of late'

British scientists and medics have written an open letter to England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance, asking them to clarify the science behind potential COVID decisions.

The letter, posted online, references reports that Boris Johnson plans to end free coronavirus testing and self-isolation for positive COVID cases.

It says: "We ask you to clarify the scientific advice underpinning these policy decisions. We do not believe there is a solid scientific basis for the policy.

"It is almost certain to increase the circulation of the virus and remove the visibility of emerging variants of concern."

Pierre 21-02-2022 13:36

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114044)
Wasn't that the case in the past with drink driving and seatbelts?

no

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36114046)
'Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance have been notably silent of late'

because nobody is interested in what they have to say anymore

nffc 21-02-2022 13:39

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114044)
Wasn't that the case in the past with drink driving and seatbelts?


Drink driving and not wearing a seatbelt are against the law. So no. Such comparisons really aren't worth repeating.

1andrew1 21-02-2022 14:14

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36114050)
because nobody is interested in what they have to say anymore

Over 1,700 medical professionals seem to be.

Carth 21-02-2022 14:28

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36114053)
Over 1,700 medical professionals seem to be.

Of course they do, they're medical professionals :D

They also like to give people warnings about smoking, drinking, 5 a day, red meat, exercise, chocolate, coffee, drugs, sunbathing etc etc . . . do we (as in the general public) really take notice?

papa smurf 21-02-2022 15:38

Re: Coronavirus
 
Sajid Javid unveils roll out of 4th Covid jab for over-75s and vulnerable adults across UK

https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...HS-news-update

nffc 21-02-2022 15:54

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36114057)
Of course they do, they're medical professionals :D

They also like to give people warnings about smoking, drinking, 5 a day, red meat, exercise, chocolate, coffee, drugs, sunbathing etc etc . . . do we (as in the general public) really take notice?

Probably not. But then, that is our decision, we know the risks and if we don't live healthily then we will have the effects of this. No-one's stopping you drinking a bottle of vodka a night but if you do it more than not you will probably end up with a ruined liver and who knows what else.


I have a lot of time for Whitty and Vallance and the other scientists and what they think. But it is only one aspect of the response. Scientifically speaking, the best way to stop the virus spreading is still for everyone to stay at home. Yesterday's figure was just under 30k a day which is still a fairly significant amount, it was high for within the Delta outbreak, but looks low since we had much higher at the end of Dec/beginning of Jan, but then, we've had access to more testing than before since then. But everyone has had the offer of a vaccine, and aside for those with good reason not to take it, everyone either has or knows the risks of not doing it. They are never perfect and won't stop you getting covid or spreading it necessarily but they will usually prevent more severe outcomes. The general vaccinated population shouldn't be held back because of people not wanting a vaccine because someone on facebook said it has a 5g in it. But the scientists may well be aware of economic, social, etc effects of continuing restrictions but not necessarily have their focus on it nor be best placed to advise (yes I know CW has a PGDip in economics) because that job is primarily for cabinet to decide.

ianch99 21-02-2022 18:03

Re: Coronavirus
 
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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36114052)
Drink driving and not wearing a seatbelt are against the law. So no. Such comparisons really aren't worth repeating.

My point was that they both were not against the law at one point and so only required only people to use their "common sense".

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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36114064)
Probably not. But then, that is our decision, we know the risks and if we don't live healthily then we will have the effects of this. No-one's stopping you drinking a bottle of vodka a night but if you do it more than not you will probably end up with a ruined liver and who knows what else.


I have a lot of time for Whitty and Vallance and the other scientists and what they think. But it is only one aspect of the response. Scientifically speaking, the best way to stop the virus spreading is still for everyone to stay at home. Yesterday's figure was just under 30k a day which is still a fairly significant amount, it was high for within the Delta outbreak, but looks low since we had much higher at the end of Dec/beginning of Jan, but then, we've had access to more testing than before since then. But everyone has had the offer of a vaccine, and aside for those with good reason not to take it, everyone either has or knows the risks of not doing it. They are never perfect and won't stop you getting covid or spreading it necessarily but they will usually prevent more severe outcomes. The general vaccinated population shouldn't be held back because of people not wanting a vaccine because someone on facebook said it has a 5g in it. But the scientists may well be aware of economic, social, etc effects of continuing restrictions but not necessarily have their focus on it nor be best placed to advise (yes I know CW has a PGDip in economics) because that job is primarily for cabinet to decide.

So, are you saying that Covid no longer represents a serious risk to the vulnerable e.g. immunocompromised, etc. ? If not, then surely mandating that an infectious person remain isolated is the only sensible & moral choice to make.

Sephiroth 21-02-2022 18:27

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114080)
My point was that they both were not against the law at one point and so only required only people to use their "common sense".

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So, are you saying that Covid no longer represents a serious risk to the vulnerable e.g. immunocompromised, etc. ? If not, then surely mandating that an infectious person remain isolated is the only sensible & moral choice to make.

There has to be a point at which Covid gets treated like flu.
The vulnerable are still vulnerable just as they were before Covid. The Covid jabs will be like flu jabs, updated for the current dominant strain, etc.

It was never previously mandated that people with flu had to isolate; it was guidance.

nffc 21-02-2022 18:27

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114080)
So, are you saying that Covid no longer represents a serious risk to the vulnerable e.g. immunocompromised, etc. ? If not, then surely mandating that an infectious person remain isolated is the only sensible & moral choice to make.

The question is more that if a person contracts covid what is the likelihood of serious illness (for example requiring hospital, ventilator or ICU treatment) or death, and how does this compare to other viruses including cold viruses, flu, norovirus etc if contracted. Also which viruses also mandate legal isolation for a time period or a testing condition and the proportion of their infections progressing to such a state.


Nobody is suggesting people with covid or any other virus should go round everywhere coughing over people and making everyone else ill. They are just removing the legal requirement for a positive test result (which doesn't even define that a person is infectious) to isolate.


Freedom from legal restriction should always be the case. If a legal restriction is applied, then it should be justified as to why it is necessary. These restrictions were temporary as we had no idea what the new virus was capable of and how we would manage it, the virus is now largely managed by not only the vaccines but also multiple options with antivirals which means that we are not only in a state where there is high immunity already but a much higher chance that people who do get ill will be treated. So does this justify having further restrictions? Why are legal restrictions necessary at this stage?

ianch99 21-02-2022 18:47

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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36114086)
The question is more that if a person contracts covid what is the likelihood of serious illness (for example requiring hospital, ventilator or ICU treatment) or death, and how does this compare to other viruses including cold viruses, flu, norovirus etc if contracted. Also which viruses also mandate legal isolation for a time period or a testing condition and the proportion of their infections progressing to such a state.


Nobody is suggesting people with covid or any other virus should go round everywhere coughing over people and making everyone else ill. They are just removing the legal requirement for a positive test result (which doesn't even define that a person is infectious) to isolate.


Freedom from legal restriction should always be the case. If a legal restriction is applied, then it should be justified as to why it is necessary. These restrictions were temporary as we had no idea what the new virus was capable of and how we would manage it, the virus is now largely managed by not only the vaccines but also multiple options with antivirals which means that we are not only in a state where there is high immunity already but a much higher chance that people who do get ill will be treated. So does this justify having further restrictions? Why are legal restrictions necessary at this stage?

You have not addressed the central point: if Covid still represents a serious danger to the vulnerable, surely there should be degree of mitigation, enforced in law, in the same way, that people are protected from drunk drivers.

You say "Nobody is suggesting people with covid or any other virus should go round everywhere coughing over people and making everyone else ill". Well, this guy is:

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No symptoms but test positive? Come to work, says hotelier

If someone tests positive for Covid but do not feel ill they should still come into work, a leading hotelier says.

"If the reality of this is that we’re saying that Covid isn’t a pandemic anymore, it’s an endemic disease and like flu, it should be treated like flu," Rocco Forte tells BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.

“And therefore you don’t test every worker who falls ill with flu. You tell people to stay at home if they’re not feeling well.”

Asked if an employee who tests positive for Covid but does not feel unwell should still come into work, he replies: "Yes, I would say that."

nffc 21-02-2022 18:52

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114089)
You have not addressed the central point: if Covid still represents a serious danger to the vulnerable, surely there should be degree of mitigation, enforced in law, in the same way, that people are protected from drunk drivers.

You say "Nobody is suggesting people with covid or any other virus should go round everywhere coughing over people and making everyone else ill". Well, this guy is:


OK so, there are other points which need addressing first:
- does Covid still represent a serious danger? Have they been vaccinated? What are the effects of anti virals?
- how does this compare with the danger of them catching another virus such as cold, flu, noro, measles, ebola, etc from someone else?
- are the measures in place for covid proportionate to the risk to them, with the preventions and treatments on offer, and to other viruses of similar risk to them?
- are there any other measures you could put in place?


What happened to these people before covid anyway?


As for that guy, he's saying should they if they're not ill and test positive? So that test could be a false positive. Presence of a virus' RNA in a sample taken to run a PCR or LFT on doesn't make that person infectious to others does it?

Pierre 21-02-2022 19:13

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114080)
My point was that they both were not against the law at one point and so only required only people to use their "common sense".

But they are not comparable, so there was no point made

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114080)
So, are you saying that Covid no longer represents a serious risk to the vulnerable e.g. immunocompromised, etc. ? If not, then surely mandating that an infectious person remain isolated is the only sensible & moral choice to make.

No it isn’t.

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114089)
You have not addressed the central point: if Covid still represents a serious danger to the vulnerable, surely there should be degree of mitigation, enforced in law, in the same way, that people are protected from drunk drivers.

Nope, it’s a pretty warped world between your ears!

Chris 21-02-2022 19:30

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114080)
My point was that they both were not against the law at one point and so only required only people to use their "common sense".

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So, are you saying that Covid no longer represents a serious risk to the vulnerable e.g. immunocompromised, etc. ? If not, then surely mandating that an infectious person remain isolated is the only sensible & moral choice to make.

If you’re going to make an argument from morality then you have a duty to be much more thorough than you have been here. Asking whether covid presents a serious ongoing risk is a valid starting point but if that’s all you’re asking then you aren’t going to arrive at a morally defensible conclusion. Covid isn’t the only risk to immunocompromised individuals and it must be evaluated alongside those other risks, which offer some valuable context. Our long-term response to it must be calculated with due regard to the way we have historically mitigated those other risks.

For example, I was at university with an immunocompromised person (due to medication) and when they were in the middle of a course of those drugs they requested that the rest of us be especially careful about coming too close if we had so much as a sniffle. This was how those responsible for this person’s medical care proposed the risk be managed ‘in the wild’ - a generous dose of personal responsibility on this person’s part, augmented with a polite request for additional caution from those they spent the most time with.

Covid is going to become endemic, just like flu and the common cold, and it will continue to pose an abnormal risk to certain individuals, while most of us shake it off. We have never considered it immoral that there are no laws forcing people to self isolate with these viruses, though as a society we do frown on those who sneeze all over others and, for the most part, encourage personal responsibility (though I think some advertising around cold and flu remedies has bordered on irresponsible in the past).

Using the law to shortcut anyone’s personal responsibility and especially to curtail their freedom should be an exceptional response to extreme circumstances, yet I worry what we’re seeing here is a far too eager slide towards using legislation to enforce everyday morality. This is not good; as well as infantilising people it also creates an authoritarian streak in government that once established, may not easily be removed.

ianch99 21-02-2022 20:27

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36114092)
But they are not comparable, so there was no point made

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No it isn’t.

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Nope, it’s a pretty warped world between your ears!

Total rubbish

Mad Max 21-02-2022 20:39

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114107)
Total rubbish

I understand what you're saying, but if I agreed with you, then we'd both be wrong.;)

ianch99 21-02-2022 20:42

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36114097)
If you’re going to make an argument from morality then you have a duty to be much more thorough than you have been here. Asking whether covid presents a serious ongoing risk is a valid starting point but if that’s all you’re asking then you aren’t going to arrive at a morally defensible conclusion. Covid isn’t the only risk to immunocompromised individuals and it must be evaluated alongside those other risks, which offer some valuable context. Our long-term response to it must be calculated with due regard to the way we have historically mitigated those other risks.

For example, I was at university with an immunocompromised person (due to medication) and when they were in the middle of a course of those drugs they requested that the rest of us be especially careful about coming too close if we had so much as a sniffle. This was how those responsible for this person’s medical care proposed the risk be managed ‘in the wild’ - a generous dose of personal responsibility on this person’s part, augmented with a polite request for additional caution from those they spent the most time with.

Covid is going to become endemic, just like flu and the common cold, and it will continue to pose an abnormal risk to certain individuals, while most of us shake it off. We have never considered it immoral that there are no laws forcing people to self isolate with these viruses, though as a society we do frown on those who sneeze all over others and, for the most part, encourage personal responsibility (though I think some advertising around cold and flu remedies has bordered on irresponsible in the past).

Using the law to shortcut anyone’s personal responsibility and especially to curtail their freedom should be an exceptional response to extreme circumstances, yet I worry what we’re seeing here is a far too eager slide towards using legislation to enforce everyday morality. This is not good; as well as infantilising people it also creates an authoritarian streak in government that once established, may not easily be removed.

You raise some good points. Some are predicated on information not being fully available so any choice would be made on a basis of perceived risk. Your example of your University colleague is an interesting one however you knew he was immunocompromised and so could act accordingly. When people go out, they have no ability to discern risk.

The point I am making is that it not yet clear, beyond reasonable doubt, that the vulnerable are not disproportionately at risk. The number of people with Covid are still large in number and so the chances of encountering an infected person, when they have no obligation to isolate, is significant.

I feel the parallel with drink driving is a good one. Some people would argue that they can perfectly drive after 2 pints and so the law is curtailing their "freedom" but society disagrees. The balance of probabilities has been weighed against the driver who wishes to drink. In the same way, until we have clear data on the real world risks to the vulnerable, we should err on the side of caution.

Pierre 21-02-2022 20:45

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114107)
Total rubbish

Which bit?

ianch99 21-02-2022 20:50

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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36114090)
OK so, there are other points which need addressing first:
- does Covid still represent a serious danger? Have they been vaccinated? What are the effects of anti virals?
- how does this compare with the danger of them catching another virus such as cold, flu, noro, measles, ebola, etc from someone else?
- are the measures in place for covid proportionate to the risk to them, with the preventions and treatments on offer, and to other viruses of similar risk to them?
- are there any other measures you could put in place?


What happened to these people before covid anyway?


As for that guy, he's saying should they if they're not ill and test positive? So that test could be a false positive. Presence of a virus' RNA in a sample taken to run a PCR or LFT on doesn't make that person infectious to others does it?

You ask questions so clearly there are no obvious answers. You throw various diseases in the air but they are just deflection to be fair. I am not sure Ebola is on the rampage and I am confident that the cold is not as deadly as Covid is to the vulnerable.

The bottom line is that the people who are shouting for "freedom" are the ones who, typically, are not potentially at risk and do not have loved ones who are. It really does come down to "not my problem, mate". Maybe a reflection on who we are as a society?

Pierre 21-02-2022 21:02

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114112)
The point I am making is that it not yet clear, beyond reasonable doubt, that the vulnerable are not disproportionately at risk.

They almost certainly are. How many are there? And how should we curtail the freedoms of the overwhelming majority to accommodate this tiny minority.

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The number of people with Covid are still large in number and so the chances of encountering an infected person, when they have no obligation to isolate, is significant.
wouldn’t the immunosuppressed be at risk of encountering someone with the flu? Or any other infectious disease. Also there is no obligation to test yourself so if you don’t know you have it there is no obligation to isolate anyway.


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I feel the parallel with drink driving is a good one.
. You think wrong

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Some people would argue that they can perfectly drive after 2 pints and so the law is curtailing their "freedom"
. It doesn’t work that way. I’m 6’4” and weigh 17 st I could/can have 2 pints and not be over the limit, others of different size and shape may not be

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but society disagrees. The balance of probabilities has been weighed against the driver who wishes to drink. In the same way, until we have clear data on the real world risks to the vulnerable, we should err on the side of caution.
If I decide to drink my freedoms are not curtailed by not being allowed to drive.

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114116)
I am confident that the cold is not as deadly as Covid is to the vulnerable.

A really bad one for the immunosuppressed could lead to a chest infection and pneumonia. But as long as you’re “confident”

1andrew1 21-02-2022 21:06

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36114117)
If I decide to drink my freedoms are not curtailed by not being allowed to drive.

By not being allowed to do something, your freedom to do it is obviously being curtailed.

Pierre 21-02-2022 21:19

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114116)
The bottom line is that the people who are shouting for "freedom" are the ones who, typically, are not potentially at risk

Absolutely they are and quite right too.

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and do not have loved ones who are. It really does come down to "not my problem, mate". Maybe a reflection on who we are as a society?
Ok, funnily enough, it turns out my wife has a immunoconflicted condition. It turns out that she is vulnerable to bacterial infection that can kill her. This bacteria is carried by every 1 in 1 million persons in the U.K. there are 67 people in the U.K. that can kill my wife just by touching her or breathing on her but we don’t know who or where they are.

I demand for the safety of my wife that the entire population of the U.K. wear masks and surgical gloves - all ages. If you do not know if you carry this bacteria or not you should isolate to be sure. Otherwise you’re saying “ not my problem mate” you selfish society.

Or perhaps my wife should be super very careful, her safety is her responsibility, not someone’s she has never met, and not the states. Why should her personal medical circumstances impinge on another’s persons life?

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36114120)
By not being allowed to do something, your freedom to do it is obviously being curtailed.

Not when there are alternatives. I can get a bus, taxi, have someone else drive.

My freedom to drink and travel to the place I want to drink has not been taken away.

1andrew1 21-02-2022 21:27

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36114121)
Not when there are alternatives. I can get a bus, taxi, have someone else drive.

My freedom to drink and travel to the place I want to drink has not been taken away.

You might be able to afford a taxi or have a willing friend or partner to drive you. Others may not be so fortunate and would have their freedoms compromised.

nffc 21-02-2022 21:41

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114116)
You ask questions so clearly there are no obvious answers. You throw various diseases in the air but they are just deflection to be fair. I am not sure Ebola is on the rampage and I am confident that the cold is not as deadly as Covid is to the vulnerable.

The bottom line is that the people who are shouting for "freedom" are the ones who, typically, are not potentially at risk and do not have loved ones who are. It really does come down to "not my problem, mate". Maybe a reflection on who we are as a society?

So your answers to the questions? Or does that conflict with your view we should sit in hermetically sealed bubbles until the end of time just because viruses?

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36114124)
You might be able to afford a taxi or have a willing friend or partner to drive you. Others may not be so fortunate and would have their freedoms compromised.

Tom Lawrence is looking for this post :P

Pierre 21-02-2022 21:43

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36114124)
You might be able to afford a taxi or have a willing friend or partner to drive you. Others may not be so fortunate and would have their freedoms compromised.

If you can afford to finance the running of a car you can afford a taxi or bus. Indeed these are the modes of transport for those that cannot afford to run a car.

The comparison doesn’t fly, no matter how much you may want it to.

nffc 21-02-2022 21:47

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36114129)
If you can afford to finance the running of a car you can afford a taxi or bus. Indeed these are the modes of transport for those that cannot afford to run a car.

The comparison doesn’t fly, no matter how much you may want it to.

Snowflakes don't think like that though...

Paul 21-02-2022 23:04

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114112)
The point I am making is that it not yet clear, beyond reasonable doubt, that the vulnerable are not disproportionately at risk.

"the vulnerable" are always at risk, and always have been, hence the name, covid is just one more virus on the list.

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114112)
The number of people with Covid are still large in number and so the chances of encountering an infected person, when they have no obligation to isolate, is significant.

To quote a recent post "Total rubbish". ;)
The number of cases in the UK (in the last 7 days) is 309,260, the population is about 67 million, so roughly 0.46%.
Many of those are of course unlikely to be out and about while ill, but even if you said 50% of them are, thats about 0.23% (about 1 in 430).
The vulnerable will already be taking precautions (as they always have) so the chances of them "encountering an infected person" are really quite small, not significant.

Paul 21-02-2022 23:06

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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36114130)
Snowflakes don't think like that though...

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...chmentid=29642

Damien 21-02-2022 23:08

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Boris Johnson made a point that in Germany it's far less common to go into work if you're ill with a virus and maybe we need to think like that. I think that's a good way to go. Prior to COVID I think not only did people go into work with cold or flu symptoms but it was almost viewed as an amicable trait to get into work when ill. Obviously now a lot more people can work from home so it's easier to do.

OLD BOY 22-02-2022 00:36

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Well , the number of deaths has now reduced to below that of a normal winter. It’s time to stop obsessing about Covid.

Just take sensible precautions and stop demanding that those of us that want to get back to normal to stay indoors and hide in a cupboard.

We never behaved like this before and it’s time to get back to where we were. I’ve had enough of being controlled and so have most of us.

ianch99 22-02-2022 08:31

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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36114127)
So your answers to the questions? Or does that conflict with your view we should sit in hermetically sealed bubbles until the end of time just because viruses?

That is not my view and never said anything of the sort. I thought I was able to discuss the point rationally with you so we'll leave it there.

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36114151)
Boris Johnson made a point that in Germany it's far less common to go into work if you're ill with a virus and maybe we need to think like that. I think that's a good way to go. Prior to COVID I think not only did people go into work with cold or flu symptoms but it was almost viewed as an amicable trait to get into work when ill. Obviously now a lot more people can work from home so it's easier to do.

But in Germany, the support is so much better:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMJSCOiW...jpg&name=small

What if you cannot afford to stay at home?

nffc 22-02-2022 09:35

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36114151)
Boris Johnson made a point that in Germany it's far less common to go into work if you're ill with a virus and maybe we need to think like that. I think that's a good way to go. Prior to COVID I think not only did people go into work with cold or flu symptoms but it was almost viewed as an amicable trait to get into work when ill. Obviously now a lot more people can work from home so it's easier to do.

So the system needs to be changed to allow that to become the norm.


They seem to have decided to lapse the legal requirement to self-isolate with a similar lapsing with SSP back to pre-pandemic levels. Ultimately this is probably the right way to do it; temporary legislation forced the change and the actual details are probably somewhere else.


But it should definitely be the case that people shouldn't have to go into work if they are ill with something which could infect others. And this should have always been the case before COVID - the immunocompromised people have to work too and if someone goes in with something which is mild to them then it might make them ill, or if someone else in the office who is healthy lives with an immunocompromised partner, parent, or child, then they could take the illness home. It's common sense to suggest that these people should be working from home if they are well enough and if their job allows them to, and if not, they should be off sick until they are better, and their SSP supports this. There should also be similar measures of support for people on things such as zero hours/flexible contracts or self-employed people who are booked in to work on a less concrete basis and they should also be covered for the jobs they would have done were they not ill. People shouldn't have to make the choice of whether to go into work ill and be able to pay the bills or be off ill and not be able to pay.



Given that a fair amount of firms with office based staff are only likely to be planning a part time / flexible working approach where they work some days at home and some in the office, and with this being created during various periods of restrictions, it's something more employers have the facility to do anyway, and which having set up they're less likely to then change back at least straight away or permanently.


Much as I don't think they work for the general public who are not ill, I can also see that people will take to wearing masks if they have to go out and aren't feeling well, are in a hospital environment, or are on crowded public transport where there is a higher risk of transmitting disease. It would be good if this was continued, for people to be encouraged to wear better masks and not the disposable paper or cheap cloth masks as they have a better effect.



There are clearly a few ways we can do things differently now the pandemic has largely finished here.

Carth 22-02-2022 09:50

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36114174)

What if you cannot afford to stay at home?

That's the problem right there.
Many people aren't lucky enough to have an employer that pays full sick pay from day one. They have to rely on SSP and the 3 waiting days . . which nets them a 'wage' of just under £40 for the first week of sickness and a shade under £100 every week after that.

Sephiroth 22-02-2022 10:20

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36114111)
I understand what you're saying, but if I agreed with you, then we'd both be wrong.;)

Brilliant answer.

1andrew1 22-02-2022 10:20

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36114186)
That's the problem right there.
Many people aren't lucky enough to have an employer that pays full sick pay from day one. They have to rely on SSP and the 3 waiting days . . which nets them a 'wage' of just under £40 for the first week of sickness and a shade under £100 every week after that.

Exactly.
That's why the behaviour in Germany is more about hard cash than anything else, as ianch99 has highlighted.

tweetiepooh 22-02-2022 10:23

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There is one change from pre-covid and that is that many companies have now shown that some staff can work from home and do so well. They have also put in the infrastructure to allow this to happen. So unlike pre-covid if you do feel unwell there is a better chance that you can stay at home and continue to work.
This doesn't quite work for other jobs but many of them are outside or not in closed spaces so maybe less chance of infection. Of course if you need to travel to work on public transport...


I still have quite a few cheap Chinese masks so not going to buy others until they've gone and that will last a few months.

ianch99 22-02-2022 11:47

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36114186)
That's the problem right there.
Many people aren't lucky enough to have an employer that pays full sick pay from day one. They have to rely on SSP and the 3 waiting days . . which nets them a 'wage' of just under £40 for the first week of sickness and a shade under £100 every week after that.

A voice of sanity :) Thank you

Taf 28-02-2022 11:10

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From the week of 21 February 2022, the UK Health Security Agency will stop publishing dashboard updates at weekends.
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

nffc 28-02-2022 12:11

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Yes, so today's figure will include all the positive tests for today, Saturday and Sunday, expect some people will react to it without thinking of that.

mrmistoffelees 28-02-2022 13:09

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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36114130)
Snowflakes don't think like that though...

Halfwits do though,


The thinking may be sound in major cities but in lesser developed areas it's far easier and cheaper to run an old banger than it is to pay for a taxi every day or to use a public transport.

Paul 28-02-2022 15:20

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36115055)
in lesser developed areas it's far easier and cheaper to run an old banger than it is to pay for a taxi every day or to use a public transport.

Taxis are expensive pretty much anywhere.

A taxi trip into Nottingham city would cost me about £15 - £20 (each way).
The bus is about £4 each way, but obviously I have to walk to the bus stop.
(about 15 mins from me, so not great when its raining or icy).
The bus also takes over an hour, a car about 25 mins.

nffc 28-02-2022 16:33

Re: Coronavirus
 
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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36115072)
Taxis are expensive pretty much anywhere.

A taxi trip into Nottingham city would cost me about £15 - £20 (each way).
The bus is about £4 each way, but obviously I have to walk to the bus stop.
(about 15 mins from me, so not great when its raining or icy).
The bus also takes over an hour, a car about 25 mins.

Yeah but try parking there...

Taf 28-02-2022 17:17

Re: Coronavirus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36115072)
Taxis are expensive pretty much anywhere.

Here in Wales they are soon to increase due to the blanket 20mph speed limit in towns.

Paul 28-02-2022 17:53

Re: Coronavirus
 
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Originally Posted by nffc (Post 36115075)
Yeah but try parking there...

Broadmarsh car park has plenty of space (because no one can find it now .... lol).

---------- Post added at 17:53 ---------- Previous post was at 17:52 ----------

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36115079)
Here in Wales they are soon to increase due to the blanket 20mph speed limit in towns.

Nottingham has those stupid limits all over the place, but no one sticks to them.


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