Bulletguy Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Though the article is about Piers Morgan who has offered to pay NHS workers who pick up car park fines, there is an interesting list of countries around the world and the measures each government has introduced. https://tinyurl.com/s6oeuny Prince Charles has been diagnosed with Coronavirus. https://tinyurl.com/qkst9a4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdbrain Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 HarveyHeaven - 2020-03-23 1:26 PM jumpstart - 2020-03-23 6:52 AM Amazing, flights apparently still coming in from China ,Italy and else where. Beano Boris an killer Cummings couldn't give a monkeys. Wheres moderator Derek ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 A 21 year old with no underlying health conditions has died from coronavirus. :-( https://tinyurl.com/wdyyvtj This is tragic. She didn't even have coronavirus though i can't help but wonder if this young lady had some mental health issues going on. :-( https://tinyurl.com/shcxkf2 Also a 34 year old Italian nurse who had contracted the virus, who took her own life after fearing she had spread the virus to others as she had previously been working in the intensive care unit at San Gerardo Hospital. :-( https://tinyurl.com/w7dgt2r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Jeremy Hunt MP asked Johnson at PMQ when we can get routine testing in the community as happens in Korea, Germany and other countries, and should we not have weekly tests for NHS staff and others that need it" to which Johnson replied, "we're making huge progress err err as soon as we possibly can". Johnson was asked this a number of times by ministers and Political editor Gary Gibbon put the point to him again and asks how we became "so woefully behind other countries..", but yet more bluster and huffing with no clear decisive answer. I fear we are facing a Tsunami with this pandemic and that is the most appropriate description i can think of as i remember watching that unfold in 2004. First it was feared 50 or so had died but that quickly rose into the hundreds, then thousands until the eventual toll reached almost 228,000. Unlike the Tsunami Covid-19 didn't come rushing in without warning as this timeline shows. We should have been prepared but we were not, neither with manpower or equipment. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-history-major-events-2020-3?r=US&IR=T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 An interesting read from The Atlantic; How the Coronavirus Became an American Catastrophe The death and economic damage sweeping the United States could have been avoided—if only we had started testing for the virus sooner. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-many-americans-are-sick-lost-february/608521/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Where’s all the fresh fish going? Supermarkets have shut fish counters, there’s no markets now , no restaurants or pubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Now must surely be the time to fix the potholes and do other road repairs with such little traffic on the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Birdbrain - 2020-03-25 6:11 PM HarveyHeaven - 2020-03-23 1:26 PM jumpstart - 2020-03-23 6:52 AM Amazing, flights apparently still coming in from China ,Italy and else where. Beano Boris an killer Cummings couldn't give a monkeys. Wheres moderator Derek ??? I’m sick of the lot of you. I’m 76 and my wife is 77 - well into the ‘at real risk’ age group - so if you and the rest of the Chatterbox gang want to amuse yourself with Twittery claptrap and/or slag each other, go ahead. Just keep the Chatterbox stuff off the other forums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Hopefully each fm posting here will keep on thread topic to post specifically about matters concerning Covid-19. Stuart opened what imo is an excellent thread so lets keep it that way by posting current updates relating to Coronavirus. Spains healthcare system is now on the verge of collapse as hospital staff struggle to cope with the pandemic. 8,578 new cases in 24 hours and a death toll of 4.089. https://tinyurl.com/tcy43kp Yorkshire police are setting up road checkpoints asking drivers if their journey is essential. I expect this will be rolled out by other forces...at least those with the manpower. https://tinyurl.com/t8mvubr and people breaking the lockdown rules could be arrested and subject to on the spot fines. https://tinyurl.com/tuqnnj8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdbrain Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Derek Uzzell - 2020-03-26 1:45 PM Birdbrain - 2020-03-25 6:11 PM HarveyHeaven - 2020-03-23 1:26 PM jumpstart - 2020-03-23 6:52 AM Amazing, flights apparently still coming in from China ,Italy and else where. Beano Boris an killer Cummings couldn't give a monkeys. Wheres moderator Derek ??? I’m sick of the lot of you. I’m 76 and my wife is 77 - well into the ‘at real risk’ age group - so if you and the rest of the Chatterbox gang want to amuse yourself with Twittery claptrap and/or slag each other, go ahead. Just keep the Chatterbox stuff off the other forums... Derek ... Apologies , I was only jesting ... Sorry for any offence and I mean that ... Keep safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Johnson has tested positive with coronavirus and self isolating. Jeremy Corbyn wished him, "a speedy recovery and hope his family are safe and healthy. Coronavirus can and does affect anyone. Everyone be safe. Our own health depends on everybody else." https://tinyurl.com/yxyva559 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 People are vowing to boycott certain companies once the lockdown is lifted, over the manner in which they have treated their employees. https://tinyurl.com/t7lbtja Key workers at a food processing factory in NI refused to start their shifts after demanding a meeting with management over the lack of social distancing. https://tinyurl.com/t7lbtja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Spains death toll from Covid-19 soared to 4,858 after 769 died overnight exceeding that of China and fast approaching the fatalities in Italy. https://tinyurl.com/vh3jvyo This world country chart is very interesting.....Russia has had just three deaths, South Africa two, but even walking the dog has been banned in SA. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Matt Hancock now tested positive, also chief medical officer Chris Whitty self-isolating after showing symptoms. https://tinyurl.com/wyez7j3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 A 16 year old French girl has died after contracting coronavirus. She showed symptoms less than a week ago, went to her doctors, then rushed to hospital where it was confirmed. She had no underlying health conditions. https://tinyurl.com/t2of7yg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Spain had its biggest jump in deaths over the past 24 hours with 832 dying bringing their total to 5,690. :-( https://tinyurl.com/tc8qqur UK deaths have now also gone into four figures after our largest daily jump taking us to a total of 1,019 deaths. :-( https://tinyurl.com/vyvjlda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Will86 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 There was a young lady named Covid Who travelled the world on a sneeze Explaining to friends tis only a wheeze There was a young lady named Covid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don636 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Noted a reference to the UKs gig economy and wondered what on earth is that. Turns out is just means self employed people which is nothing new. I gather the number of self employed people is going up and I guess emerging technology might have something to do with that. Lots of people I knew in construction management were free lancers who generally got paid a good daily rate but had to set something aside for holidays and time off sick so concerns about people feeling they have to keep working or not get paid is down to their personal financial management. If they chose to spend every penny they earn leaving nothing for contingencies surely that is their problem, not ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barryd999 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Don636 - 2020-08-08 4:52 PM Noted a reference to the UKs gig economy and wondered what on earth is that. Turns out is just means self employed people which is nothing new. I gather the number of self employed people is going up and I guess emerging technology might have something to do with that. Lots of people I knew in construction management were free lancers who generally got paid a good daily rate but had to set something aside for holidays and time off sick so concerns about people feeling they have to keep working or not get paid is down to their personal financial management. If they chose to spend every penny they earn leaving nothing for contingencies surely that is their problem, not ours. Its not quite as simple as that. Choosing to be self employed and set up a business is not the same as the so called "Gig economy" where you are really just after a job but end up on a zero hours self employed contract. For many its not a personal choice. As for planning in contingencies some cant even afford housing let alone holidays and are living in their cars or tents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Don636 - 2020-08-08 4:52 PM Noted a reference to the UKs gig economy and wondered what on earth is that. Turns out is just means self employed people which is nothing new...…….………………….. It is, as Barry says, a bit more than just that. "Gigs" are one night stand performances by musicians or groups, some of whom are paid from the proceeds only, and then only if the performance earns more than its set-up costs. So casual employment with no security and no certainty of payment. The advent, as Barry says, of zero hours contracts, where there is no guarantee of employment beyond that offered on the day, and where the individual is expected to be available on demand or will be removed from the employer's list of available workers (think Deliveroo, Uber, etc. but also casual labour in construction, the "black gangs" etc.) led to the term "gig economy" being used as a catch-all for that kind of employment, because those engaged in it had no contracts and hence no reliable source of income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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