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Old 23-03-2020, 18:56   #1111
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Re: Coronavirus

Fortunately I work from home on individual quoted contracts. I can submit the work electronically and can also video conference with my clients.

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Old 23-03-2020, 19:03   #1112
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Old 23-03-2020, 19:13   #1113
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I should point out “Work if you can, spend if you can” directly contradicts UK Government advice and is an extremely, extremely reckless suggestion.
How is that contradictory in any way?


It’s that attitude that ensure we all go down and end up in the workhouse.
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Old 23-03-2020, 19:18   #1114
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Meanwhile, the Government is allowing libraries to stay open. Most have closed but some staff had to strike to get Lambeth to close its libraries. The Government needs to take its own advice. Why are libraries that different from schools, museums, etc? No offence but they're not an essential service right now.
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Staff in Lambeth walked out of branches on Friday afternoon, citing section 44 of the Employment Rights Act, which gives employees the right to withdraw from unsafe workplaces. They said they had been given no hand gel, no gloves, and limited access to hand-washing facilities, according to the trade union Unison...
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said in response to Hunter’s letter that it was right for councils to make their own decisions about library closures. “We know that some councils have decided that they need to close their physical library buildings, and that is fine,” it said. “However, we know that libraries can play a number of roles in the community. Therefore we wanted to ensure councils retained discretion to keep libraries open, albeit operating differently given government social distancing advice, where they felt that services could remain beneficial and be delivered safely.” .
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Old 23-03-2020, 19:20   #1115
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Meanwhile, the Government is allowing libraries to stay open. Most have closed but some staff had to strike to get Lambeth to close its libraries. The Government needs to take its own advice.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...staff-walk-out
Nothing to do with the Government, Local Authority issue.
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Old 23-03-2020, 19:22   #1116
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it's got sod all, to do with the election. It's a fine balancing act to keep infection down but still try and keep the economy ticking over.
Saving lives or the economy, you choose...
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Old 23-03-2020, 19:23   #1117
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Both are needed, hence balancing.

If the economy collapses, what do you think will happen to lives ?
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Old 23-03-2020, 19:24   #1118
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If the economy collapses, what do you think will happen to lives ?
People will be poorer, but alive. I know which I'd prefer.
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People will be poorer, but alive. I know which I'd prefer.
Yes but you’d be first in the queue banging on about how the government aren’t doing this or that.

But the government won’t be able to do anything because they’ve spent all their money trying to keep the economy afloat, whilst people think they’re getting a 12 week paid holiday. The NHS will be screwed and there’ll be no liquidity in the system because anyone that has any money will have pulled it out.

A collapsed economy will cause more direct and indirect deaths than this virus could ever hope to achieve.
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Yes but you’d be first in the queue banging on about how the government aren’t doing this or that.

But the government won’t be able to do anything because they’ve spent all their money trying to keep the economy afloat, whilst people think they’re getting a 12 week paid holiday. The NHS will be screwed and there’ll be no liquidity in the system because anyone that has any money will have pulled it out.

A collapsed economy will cause more direct and indirect deaths than this virus could ever hope to achieve.
I think you worry about your investments too much. Loss of lives and a prolonged epidemic/shutdown will also collapse the economy. The preservation of life must always come first.
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Old 23-03-2020, 19:41   #1121
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The economy can recover - dead people can’t...
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How is that contradictory in any way?

It’s that attitude that ensure we all go down and end up in the workhouse.
Absolute rubbish.

It's entirely contradictory to current UK Government advice to stay at home.

I fail to see how taking sensible, short term actions to defeat a deadly virus leaves us in a workhouse. Coronavirus isn't a time machine. Grateful if you could show your working for such a ludicrous conclusion.
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People will be poorer, but alive. I know which I'd prefer.
Who says they will be alive ?
A lot more people would almost certainly die.
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