stevieb Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Been announced at work we can nominate ourselves for furlough and keep 80% of our full salary, uncapped. My Mrs is already furloughed so not sure if I need to be furloughed myself for childcare and if I did the others at work would have to pick my work up. Tough one. I'd love some time off to spend with the kids but without the structure of a working day I reckon I'd turn into a crusty piss can within a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 17, 2020 Author Members Share Posted April 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, stevieb said: Been announced at work we can nominate ourselves for furlough and keep 80% of our full salary, uncapped. My Mrs is already furloughed so not sure if I need to be furloughed myself for childcare and if I did the others at work would have to pick my work up. Tough one. I'd love some time off to spend with the kids but without the structure of a working day I reckon I'd turn into a crusty piss can within a few days. ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted April 17, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, peelyfeet said: have you seen the news from Ecuador? they've reported 403 covid deaths, however one province has reported 14.5k total deaths in the last 6 weeks, usually they have 3K in the same period they aint got the facilities to deal with the bodies so they're putting some out in the street! puts our situation into perspective a bit Where have you got that from? Most reports i can find state 6700 in April but nothing for March.. Worrying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, stevieb said: Been announced at work we can nominate ourselves for furlough and keep 80% of our full salary, uncapped. My Mrs is already furloughed so not sure if I need to be furloughed myself for childcare and if I did the others at work would have to pick my work up. Tough one. I'd love some time off to spend with the kids but without the structure of a working day I reckon I'd turn into a crusty piss can within a few days. I’m thinking plenty furloughed staff will be deemed surplus to requirement when this is all over so I wouldn’t be volunteering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Casino said: Speaking to our finance woman earlier and she said that 27th Feb cut off was scrapped So anybody starting early March was now in Nearly but not quite right. Been moved to 9th March, but RTI had to be submitted to HMRC by then. So early March starters that were to go on payroll end of month for example can’t be furloughed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Figures from the first antibody tests showing that up to 50 times the number who knew they had the virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted April 17, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, boltondiver said: Figures from the first antibody tests showing that up to 50 times the number who knew they had the virus ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 17, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 17, 2020 41 minutes ago, jules_darby said: Nearly but not quite right. Been moved to 9th March, but RTI had to be submitted to HMRC by then. So early March starters that were to go on payroll end of month for example can’t be furloughed Cheers Tbh it was just in the middle of a conversation about other stuff It affected 2 of ours. One walked into another job day after we shut up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peelyfeet Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 58 minutes ago, only1swanny said: Where have you got that from? Most reports i can find state 6700 in April but nothing for March.. Worrying... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-52324218 Half way down the page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted April 17, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, peelyfeet said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-52324218 Half way down the page That's terrifying! I reckon some less connected countries will have a similar problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peelyfeet Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, only1swanny said: That's terrifying! I reckon some less connected countries will have a similar problem Grisly stuff. There's loads of countries poorer than Ecuador. Looks like the high temperature there hasn't had much effect either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morizio Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, peelyfeet said: Grisly stuff. There's loads of countries poorer than Ecuador. Looks like the high temperature there hasn't had much effect either. Which in itself is very worrying and it seems there’s some hope that the warmer weather will at least slow it down. Any more news on it being transmitted to animals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said: I’m thinking plenty furloughed staff will be deemed surplus to requirement when this is all over so I wouldn’t be volunteering. That's my thoughts as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, boltondiver said: Figures from the first antibody tests showing that up to 50 times the number who knew they had the virus Sorry, I've read this a few times, and I'm not sure what you're actually saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted April 17, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sweep said: Sorry, I've read this a few times, and I'm not sure what you're actually saying I’m guessing it suggests that shitloads of people have had it and never knew. I think. Hes getting stuck into his fancy birthday wine at the minute so can be forgiven for a grammar error 🍷🍷🍷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Spider said: I’m guessing it suggests that shitloads of people have had it and never knew. I think. Hes getting stuck into his fancy birthday wine at the minute so can be forgiven for a grammar error 🍷🍷🍷 Yes, that’s right Birthday next week, so just an ordinary OTT Friday night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peelyfeet Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 48 minutes ago, Morizio said: Which in itself is very worrying and it seems there’s some hope that the warmer weather will at least slow it down. Any more news on it being transmitted to animals? Not that I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: Making batches of vaccines before they have been tested and working. Is that normal standard practice, or is it just for Covid-19. Would you be a Guinea Pig if you had Covid-19 ? When I was ill with it the other week, I'd have happily tried anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sweep said: When I was ill with it the other week, I'd have happily tried anything Sweep how does it compare with any other illness you’ve ever had? Flu etc? Not a loaded question just interested to know for a relatively healthy guy how it compared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: Making batches of vaccines before they have been tested and working. Is that normal standard practice, or is it just for Covid-19. Would you be a Guinea Pig if you had Covid-19 ? Not much point having the vaccine once you've got COVID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2980 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Mr Grey said: I suppose once you get to that place were you are really scared because your that ill (like you were), you would chance any vaccine that they are testing. I probably would. How would a vaccine work if you already had it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peelyfeet Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, dave2980 said: How would a vaccine work if you already had it? It wouldn't. We will need a new one frequently though, and once the initial one is made, they'll tweak it every year or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peelyfeet Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: Making batches of vaccines before they have been tested and working. Is that normal standard practice, or is it just for Covid-19. Would you be a Guinea Pig if you had Covid-19 ? Normal, they make multiple ones, see which works best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrelli Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/gowns-nhs-ppe-shortage-coronavirus-covid19-a4417516.html Worrying shortage of PPE gowns is imminent for NHS staff. I hope the alternative suppliers are able to provide some instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peelyfeet Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, dave2980 said: How would a vaccine work if you already had it? https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/diseases/flu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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