Coronavirus

[jayjayoghani]

1 hour ago, wiggy said:

Great post Manc. There’s a way to do this and way not to do it. People keep going on about the Swedish approach. But any gains they’ve made aren’t because of their government but because of their people. I still maintain that Cummings was a real turning point. Personally I would have loved to have seen him made an example of. You follow the rules. Simple. No guarantee they will work. But you can be 100% certain of what will follow if you don’t.

Don't disagree with what you wrote about Cummings, but wish that folk would behave the correct way rather than use negligent behaviour of others to justify not doing something. Broken windows of Malcolm Gladwell and all that

[Cheese]

3 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said:

Don't disagree with what you wrote about Cummings, but wish that folk would behave the correct way rather than use negligent behaviour of others to justify not doing something. Broken windows of Malcolm Gladwell and all that

We're a country full of lager lout twats and fag smoking slags who've been brainwashed by Tabloid Newspapers for decades. We're never going to be as civilised as the Scandinavians. Until McDonalds start giving out free McMasks with every order, we're fucked. 

[radcliffe white]

Needs tighter border controls this way groups of little lever lads in pub last night 

[gonzo]

Sparking clog? 

[radcliffe white]

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Sparking clog? 

Yep very busy 

[Boby Brno]

8 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Experience tonight in Scotchland

Spoons. Details given on entry. Download the app. Table service. If you go for a piss, go for a cig, walk around inside the place then please wear a mask. 100% compliance. Big group of lads try to get in. No chance. No argument they move on

Craft beer type place. Welcome in. Scan the QR code for track and trace. Order at the bar but make sure that you wear a mask whilst doing so. Go and sit down and your drinks will be brought to your table. If you’re not sitting down and moving about please wear a mask. Again, 100% compliance

Restaurant. Same again. Sat at table mask off. Walking around mask on

Sturgeon has it right up here. Folk comply. They’ll keep their boozers and restaurants open, and their business going, whilst our good old English scutters will make sure that ours shut down because fuck it why should anyone have to wear a mask?

There were plenty of pubs doing the same around here, it was the ones that weren’t that caused the problems.  Scotland’s Covid cases are rising faster than in England. Sturgeon has already announced that further measures are probably needed.

[Roger_Dubuis]

The second wave is here before even 2/3 of the office workers returned to their offices.

[Spider]

I’ve been out and about for work a bit more these last few weeks.

Birmingham, Manchester, North Wales and points in between.

On at least 4 occasions I had blokes offering to shake my hand and saying “oh it’s all a load of bollocks this virus”, I’ve seen hardly any masks, and the whole attitude in general amongst people at work is one of complete ignorance.

This is people of all backgrounds colours and creeds.

Unfortuntely, the government simply have very little influence and a lot (not all) of that is down to their perceived ‘do as we say not as we do’ approach.

Throw in a healthy number of people who have their tin foil hats scrambling their signals, and we’re fucked.

This could be sorted if people just behaved. It really could.

Instead, the schools are heading for mass shutdowns and this time round a lockdown won’t be just a nice sunny freebie.

 

[Escobarp]

52 minutes ago, Boby Brno said:

There were plenty of pubs doing the same around here, it was the ones that weren’t that caused the problems.  Scotland’s Covid cases are rising faster than in England. Sturgeon has already announced that further measures are probably needed.

these problem areas are predominantly in the west around Glasgow and lanarkshire. Cases numbers in the East still low and that’s where @MancWanderer experience last night was.  And tbh folk aren’t going to travel 50miles cos they can’t get a pint in Glasgow so I’m hopeful that things will continue round here as they have been. 

[gonzo]

Wonder if all those calling for lockdown and heavier restriction would change their tune if old rishi boy said he wasnt shaking his money tree again?

 

[Rudy]

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Wonder if all those calling for lockdown and heavier restriction would change their tune if old rishi boy said he wasnt shaking his money tree again?

 

Think it’ll more likely be a money weed next time. Country is brassic.

[Boby Brno]

33 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

these problem areas are predominantly in the west around Glasgow and lanarkshire. Cases numbers in the East still low and that’s where @MancWanderer experience last night was.  And tbh folk aren’t going to travel 50miles cos they can’t get a pint in Glasgow so I’m hopeful that things will continue round here as they have been. 

Yep I get that. Glasgow has its restrictions similar to large conurbations down here. I think the R rate is similar in Scotland to England though so I’m pretty sure that both countries will follow similar further restrictions.

[Escobarp]

6 minutes ago, Boby Brno said:

Yep I get that. Glasgow has its restrictions similar to large conurbations down here. I think the R rate is similar in Scotland to England though so I’m pretty sure that both countries will follow similar further restrictions.

They’ve got to be very careful about nationwide restrictions. Do what we say - ok we’ve done that. Keep cases low - ok we’ve done that. Thanks for that but we are locking you down anyway - fuck that.  

[Casino]

1 hour ago, Spider said:

I’ve been out and about for work a bit more these last few weeks.

Birmingham, Manchester, North Wales and points in between.

On at least 4 occasions I had blokes offering to shake my hand and saying “oh it’s all a load of bollocks this virus”, I’ve seen hardly any masks, and the whole attitude in general amongst people at work is one of complete ignorance.

This is people of all backgrounds colours and creeds.

Unfortuntely, the government simply have very little influence and a lot (not all) of that is down to their perceived ‘do as we say not as we do’ approach.

Throw in a healthy number of people who have their tin foil hats scrambling their signals, and we’re fucked.

This could be sorted if people just behaved. It really could.

Instead, the schools are heading for mass shutdowns and this time round a lockdown won’t be just a nice sunny freebie.

 

My place is masks all day

Contact limited as far as possible

Teams meetings for folk in adjoining offices

Temp checked twice a day

[deane koontz]

There'll be no 2nd wave.

 

[peelyfeet]

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

The second wave is here before even 2/3 of the office workers returned to their offices.

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/more-employees-now-commuting-than-at-any-stage-of-the-covid-19-crisis/

[Tonge moor green jacket]

8 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Don't disagree with what you wrote about Cummings, but wish that folk would behave the correct way rather than use negligent behaviour of others to justify not doing something. Broken windows of Malcolm Gladwell and all that

100% agree. Far too easy.

Makes them no better than him.

 

2 hours ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Yep very busy 

Those LL lads will have improved the ambiance over its usual level...

 

[Biggish Dave]

Got one of these £20 virus shield masks but told at Mykonos airport we cant wear these but do have to wear a shitty cloth mask or 50p disposal muzzle.

What a bunch of muppets. That said, I'm not convinced any does much good

[Sweep]

2 hours ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

The second wave is here before even 2/3 of the office workers returned to their offices.

There are plenty of people on here, if you go back enough pages saying we won't have a second wave.......

[Sweep]

40 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/more-employees-now-commuting-than-at-any-stage-of-the-covid-19-crisis/

The first line in that report I'm struggling with.......does anybody on here think that's a correct/accurate statement?

Nearly two thirds of working adults have returned to commuting to work, according to latest government figures

 

[Casino]

4 minutes ago, Sweep said:

The first line in that report I'm struggling with.......does anybody on here think that's a correct/accurate statement?

Nearly two thirds of working adults have returned to commuting to work, according to latest government figures

 

The other third are civil servants and mps

I can believe it

All our house is back in

[Sweep]

2 hours ago, Spider said:

I’ve been out and about for work a bit more these last few weeks.

Birmingham, Manchester, North Wales and points in between.

On at least 4 occasions I had blokes offering to shake my hand and saying “oh it’s all a load of bollocks this virus”, I’ve seen hardly any masks, and the whole attitude in general amongst people at work is one of complete ignorance.

This is people of all backgrounds colours and creeds.

Unfortuntely, the government simply have very little influence and a lot (not all) of that is down to their perceived ‘do as we say not as we do’ approach.

Throw in a healthy number of people who have their tin foil hats scrambling their signals, and we’re fucked.

This could be sorted if people just behaved. It really could.

Instead, the schools are heading for mass shutdowns and this time round a lockdown won’t be just a nice sunny freebie.

 

I visited a company in Cambridge a few days ago, I went in wearing a mask, as you'd expect. The bloke I met came out, offered his hand and said "you don't need to bother with a mask, we're not falling for all that bollocks, I don't even know a single pertain who has had it"

When I told him I'd had it, he then proceeded to tell me how it's massively over exaggerated and no worse than flu. I couldn't be arsed entering a debate and just said "aye, it does seem to affect people in different ways" and then moved on. I've now banned our area sales man from going in there, until this is all over

[Sweep]

1 minute ago, Casino said:

The other third are civil servants and mps

I can believe it

All our house is back in

Myself and Mrs Sweep are still WFH, as are all mine and her work colleagues. Maybe it's true that most are back, but earlier this week, there was almost nobody on the M25, and that is most unusual

[Casino]

Probably depends very much on the area diesnt it

Manufacturing clearly gets done at work

Sales puffs can wfh

 

I do get pissed off when comfortable wfh types keep preaching crack on

They're as selfish as folk who won't wear masks

I'm for cracking on as I've little choice