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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Theres a big problem among the factores in northern ireland. Nearly all are claiming to be essential businesses when in fact they make items such as cardboard boxes, cream liqueurs, computer chips for hard drives and such like.
Hundreds of men working in environments that are a breeding ground for this virus. Social distancing put in place but it reality it is inadequate and the lives of the workers are being put af risk.

I'd bet the same is happening up and down the country.
3 people cant congregate in a field yet many are working in close proximity in the name of company profits.

Stephen nolan was up in arms about this on his show this morning. The companies remain open and flouting advice from Westminster and our first ministers.
 
garyinderry said:
Theres a big problem among the factores in northern ireland. Nearly all are claiming to be essential businesses when in fact they make items such as cardboard boxes, cream liqueurs, computer chips for hard drives and such like.
Hundreds of men working in environments that are a breeding ground for this virus. Social distancing put in place but it reality it is inadequate and the lives of the workers are being put af risk.

I'd bet the same is happening up and down the country.
3 people cant congregate in a field yet many are working in close proximity in the name of company profits.

Stephen nolan was up in arms about this on his show this morning. The companies remain open and flouting advice from Westminster and our first ministers.
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https://www.theguardian.com/global/...Pw7b1OfG9vzHTfVN8JYA2_upCg#Echobox=1585601517



As expected. Same thing repeating in England. It cant go on.
 
pendodave said:
Poor old RTH....
Now he's gone, he won't be here to find out that his concerns may have been right all along :
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ment-powers-following-criticism-lord-sumption
I assume he said a naughty word, as I only saw him offering an alternative point of view in his usual inimitable fashion....
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It must be hard for the OB not to abuse their “power”, after all its naturally ingrained in SOME on a daily basis. The majority are no doubt good professional people who do their best.
 
Robster59 said:
We're in the same boat. Our been bin is full to the gunnels and the grey bin is being there. I'm hoping after a couple of weeks it will settle down
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Why not just suspend recycling until this emergency period is over, uplift and dump everything in the same place at the same time .
We've done it for years and years, a few more months wont make that much difference.
Why are the local waste disposal centres closed, surely it's easy to keep safe distances there,
you never see anyone anyway, unless you try to put something in the wrong skip.:mad::mad:
 
garyinderry said:
Theres a big problem among the factores in northern ireland. Nearly all are claiming to be essential businesses when in fact they make items such as cardboard boxes, cream liqueurs, computer chips for hard drives and such like.
Hundreds of men working in environments that are a breeding ground for this virus. Social distancing put in place but it reality it is inadequate and the lives of the workers are being put af risk.

I'd bet the same is happening up and down the country.
3 people cant congregate in a field yet many are working in close proximity in the name of company profits.

Stephen nolan was up in arms about this on his show this morning. The companies remain open and flouting advice from Westminster and our first ministers.
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Have the rules changed recently? As far as I understood it, there was no requirement yet for the business to be essential. The only requirement was that the person had to work from home unless the job they had could not be done at home.
I’ve seen a few people refer to the term “essential”, but I’ve not actually seen it in the guidelines. Have I missed something?
 
4 days away from end of lock-down... extended by another 2 weeks (I didn't expect 2 weeks to be enough but still didn't want to hear that its doubled

I'd guess the UK will still need to endure a few weeks of proper lockdown, sorry guys I'd doubt that any efforts you've made to date will count for anything
 
My lad told one of his technicians to leave a site yesterday... In current circumstances work is only being done when/where proper distancing can be achieved... Despite several verbal warnings, from the technician, and a 'phone call from my lad the site manager failed to take the message on board... Believe a re-visit has been scheduled but with a different site manager in attendance...

Also, the lad attended a virtual party last evening... No Uber involved... Think I might suggest similar for a forthcoming reunion... Not sure how a bunch of geriatric luddites will cope but it might be fun giving it a go... Certainly be less embarrassing for me as currently only drinking fizzy water... I can pass it off as being Vodka...
 
bluewolf said:
Have the rules changed recently? As far as I understood it, there was no requirement yet for the business to be essential. The only requirement was that the person had to work from home unless the job they had could not be done at home.
I’ve seen a few people refer to the term “essential”, but I’ve not actually seen it in the guidelines. Have I missed something?
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Also, can one of the more knowledgeable posters on here post up a list of the Actual Government rules regarding the lockdown. There appears to be some discrepancy between the way some rules are understood. Thanks.
 
bluewolf said:
Also, can one of the more knowledgeable posters on here post up a list of the Actual Government rules regarding the lockdown. There appears to be some discrepancy between the way some rules are understood. Thanks.
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I believe part of 'the problem' is that "government rules" appear to be fluid and open to change on an almost daily basis... Last week it was initially OK to travel to take exercise second half of the week it wasn't for example...
 
Jacko_G said:
Testing needs to be rolled out to everyone. I'd happily pay (if affordable) for my family.
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Trouble is, the current test is not really any good for general use as it only says "yes you have it" or "no you don't ". It won't tell you anything about your condition "tomorrow". Hence it's really only any use for when someone is suspected of being infected - and an "all clear" can give someone (say a health care worker) the ok to carry on & not have to isolate. What we need on a general basis, is the hoped for antibody test which will say "you're immune"
 
MegaSteve said:
I believe part of 'the problem' is that "government rules" appear to be fluid and open to change on an almost daily basis... Last week it was initially OK to travel to take exercise second half of the week it wasn't for example...
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But therein lies the problem. I haven’t seen anything stating that travelling to take exercise is against the “law”. It’s been advised against (and should be adhered to), but could you arrest/fine someone for it?

Also, this 1 hour limit I've seen mentioned on here. Is that actually true? Or is it something that people have invented? I genuinely don't know what the actual "real" rules are anymore. I thought I did. I've read several Government releases over the last few days. But there are new "rules" being mentioned daily.
 
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