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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

ColchesterFC said:
I had my first AZ jab today. Really well organised. Turned up 20 minutes early and was shown straight in. In and out in under 5 minutes.
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Had my jab yesterday at 2pm. Everything was fine and had no side affects until waking up at 5-00am shivering and unable to get warm. Got up at 6-30 for a pint of squash and some paracetamol and then went back to bed. Have felt lousy all day with aches and pains and have spent the whole day in bed, only getting up to have a drink and take some more pills. I don't think I've ever slept so much. Starting to feel a bit more human now but still alternating between being too cold and too hot.
 
Beezerk said:
The latest covid chart from India looks a smidge scary ? absolutely exploded there it seems.
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Indeed although it seems to stem from large religious celebrations where millions attended, election rallies along with other lax safety rules so largely self inflicted although do apprecaite they also have the mutant strains to contend with there as well.
 
road2ruin said:
Indeed although it seems to stem from large religious celebrations where millions attended, election rallies along with other lax safety rules so largely self inflicted although do apprecaite they also have the mutant strains to contend with there as well.
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Yet we don't block the travel corridor until Friday... how long have we known of this and how many people have come into the UK since?!
 
Rooter said:
Yet we don't block the travel corridor until Friday... how long have we known of this and how many people have come into the UK since?!
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Sadly it's been standard throughout the entire period....

"Something horrendous is heading our way, it could be REALLY bad everyone, NHS could be overwhelmed..........we'll bring in restrictions next week, I'm sure it'll hold of until then"
 
road2ruin said:
Indeed although it seems to stem from large religious celebrations where millions attended, election rallies along with other lax safety rules so largely self inflicted although do apprecaite they also have the mutant strains to contend with there as well.
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A friend from that part of the planet has pointed out to me that a lot of folks in India and similar countries don't quite get our response to COVID, as many other countries suffer hundreds of thousands to millions of deaths per year due to poverty, conflict and what we consider to be curable diseases.
What terrifies some of us and has taken over our lives is just another thing to contend with to others.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56846968

It’s very hard to feel sympathy for these people - why don’t they ask themselves - “why did I travel abroad during a pandemic “
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The first person quoted in that article was in India "visiting family". As someone that has to travel for work (that I can't possibly do from home - site survey management for offshore wind farms) I know that visiting family is not one of the permitted reasons for travel during the pandemic. I wonder what he put on his passenger locator form as his reason for visiting India. I would hope that he gets a significant fine for travelling when not allowed.
 
Could put this in random irritation of the day but it's more covid based and will be more than a day

Mrs prob being made redundant, which isn't great but the fact the schools are being treated this bad. Last sept their reception intake was down due to covid so their budget was set lower because of it so this sept they get that budget and this sept they have normal intake again

So they have to get rid of jobs they actually need

We hoping to find similar job closer to home but she will most likely have to go full time again which she wanted to avoid

Was hoping education would be properly funded after covid ..
 
pauljames87 said:
Could put this in random irritation of the day but it's more covid based and will be more than a day

Mrs prob being made redundant, which isn't great but the fact the schools are being treated this bad. Last sept their reception intake was down due to covid so their budget was set lower because of it so this sept they get that budget and this sept they have normal intake again

So they have to get rid of jobs they actually need

We hoping to find similar job closer to home but she will most likely have to go full time again which she wanted to avoid

Was hoping education would be properly funded after covid ..
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Are there special funding rules because of Covid or is this a result of the 'normal' rules concerning annual intakes?

If the funding is based on intake and there are more this year why has funding been cut and not increased from last year.
 
SocketRocket said:
Are there special funding rules because of Covid or is this a result of the 'normal' rules concerning annual intakes?

If the funding is based on intake and there are more this year why has funding been cut and not increased from last year.
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Funding is always a year behind apparently

However apparently the head pulled her team in and said it won't be them as she can't afford to replace them , her kids are there as she works with special needs kids

Still not great for everyone else because of poor funding

They will still need them
 
Spain's (national)State of Alarm ends on May 9th. Regional Presidents can't implement new restrictions after that date. However, if the end date of a current restriction is after that date, it will remain valid till its end date. Restrictions currently in place have a 15 day limit, though have often been extended for a further 15 days.

Basically, a Regional President could implement a new restriction on the 8th May but it would only last till the 23rd. He can't further extend.

All cross-border, e.g. UK to Spain, is the remit of the national govt.
 
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