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Letting the bulk buyers buy up all the stock and leaving empty shelves makes it look like there is a shortage too.

When there has been petrol shortages, the retailers usually only sell to regulars only or they limit supplies to ensure that there is some left for their regular customers.

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The letter I got gave me the date/time of a disciplinary, which could lead to dismissal. Quite obviously protocol has to be followed . . even though it (in some cases) clearly overrides common sense ;)

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Who would unilaterally get to decide a matter even on something that is "common sense"? If they came to what is seen as the wrong conclusion, then there would be appeal after appeal. Any investigation might lead to consequences, eg dismissal. They would have to warn you to take to take the process seriously. Blame the people who go off sick with stress or back pain, but are found to be doing other jobs instead.

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BREAKING: U.S President Donald Trump suspends ALL travel from Europe (except UK) starting midnight Friday, for 30 days.

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Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus

Link

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Markets across the World tumble on the news that America has restricted entry to the U.S, from Mainland Europe, though not the UK.

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At least they are not panicing.

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When I saw this earlier, there were words that wouldn't be acceptable on a family forum but then the clarifications started to come clear...

So it looks like cargo isn't affected and that's a biggie for the company I work for as we ship A LOT to the US. Then it was clarified that it's only Schengen countries affected so people from Albania, Andora, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Ireland, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, The United Kingdom and Vatican City are not affected.

One of my work friends is Finnish and in the US now. He was due to come back on Sunday but I bet he's trying to reschedule flights rapidly right now!

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Why would your friend need to reschedule his flights?

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Good luck with using the airport at the Vatican City...

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UK expected to move to 'delay' phase after Cobra meeting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51845861

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All a bit late. We needed to act more quickly, not wait for things to get worse i.e. proactive not reactive.

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If the schools were closed and they stayed at home, that would be fine. The problem is that instead they will be milling around shops, shopping centres, and public transport, spreading it to people who actually need to be in those places. The difference between schools and other public gatherings is that in the schools they have already been mixing with that group. At a sports event people travel from far and wide, and they then return home. If it can be restricted to certain geographical areas that will help the system to cope.

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It looks like schools look like being closed for up to 2 months and that is just one of the many steps which are being discussed at the Cobra meeting as we move to the delay phase.

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Very good point, all you'd really be doing is transferring the 'risk' to another area . . . although most kids would nowadays quite happily stay indoors in front of their PS4 24/7 ;)