I personally wouldn't worry, it's better for him to get the fresh air and exercise. Just sanitise his hands regularly whilst he's playing.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
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Dreading that!
Yep. I can see lots of products becoming unavailable, but no way a population-wide caloric deficit in a modern country, that would be ridiculous.
I always question the logic of average-earning people living in wealthy country like Portugal being concerned about food. If that were to ever happen, 90% of the world would have starved by then.
I just worry about he virus still being present in the air where loads (hundreds) of people have been coughing throughout the day etc.
The main place we go to skate is a massive business park car-park after it's closed - there's a Costa coffee, Homebase, Poundland etc there and hundreds of people essentially come and go from there throughout the day, the area is completely outdoors and completely open but with the unknowns with this virus it just worries me that it could be blowing around there from all the passers though during the day.
It's a great place for him to be able to go and ride and he loves it, but I just don't wanna endanger the family, him and / or myself obviously.
Not sure if it's out there yet but Tesco are gearing up for a big recruitment drive for most job roles. Pretty much will take anyone who can prove their right to work. Albeit temp roles for most.
Agreed. Can't believe what's he's asking his staff to do.
Checked some advice from official german government sources:
If it is empty, there is practically no chance to get infected just through the air.
So just make sure, that every time he has to touch the ground or something else, to sanitize his hands before he has a chance to touch his own face.
Same for you.
What is Branson asking of his staff?
Exactly. Knowing a few teachers, they don’t even know what their situation is. Most think they’ll be in on Monday but a total lack of information.
They take 8 weeks unpaid leave.
He’s also asked the government for a massive bailout.
Not a vaccine but some good news about a possible treatment https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...rus-says-china?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_News_Feed
What are the logistics of that? Keeping schools open for a few kids? Then you need the cleaners, perhaps cook, and others which may not be possible. It’s very simple to say that, but I don’t see how it works. All the teachers I know are very concerned about kids who are ‘at risk’ through a number of circumstances but there is no information being fed through.
Proof? Oh right, there isn't any. Different countries have differing testing criteria. Some celebs are in a test anyone country place, others in a test only sick people place. @Grinner had it right with his facts only thread.
Asking for staff to take eight weeks unpaid leave. I think it would cost something like c.£40m for them to be paid in full for two months by a boss who is worth over £4bn.
Grandparents in law have started growing veg.
C**t
They are better off being fired, then they can at least claim benefits.
So in short, he does not want to pay them, but still be contractual obliged to work for him when his businesses recover.
Help to stop(or at least slow) it, as part of a series of drastic, temporary measures. The sooner, the better.
I know that, but these self isolating on tv seem to be all high spirits and not even coughing. It’s just strange to see
Think teachers will have more work than ever now, depending on the country ofcourse but the majority of them will switch in some form over to a different way of teaching, through other platforms. The whole system of teaching, exams etc will have to be revised and implimented, I don't envy them.
True! But they could atleast cough Or look a little miserable if they’re showing symptoms enough to self isolate
Gary Neville,class act.
A knock on effect of the model is that there are relatively few contingencies in place, because the integrity of the chain is assumed to be maintained by competition in the market.
But if all suppliers are equally fecked and/or transit is compromised across the board, that's going to lead to shortages.
Supermarkets aren't as well known for their forward planning as the government is.
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Excuse me?
I've got two children to support and a partner. As it stands we struggle to pay rent and all the bills as it is. You think I should get a life because I'm currently worried how I'll support my family if work decides to send me home or shuts down due to the virus?
Yeah, how dare anybody complain that the standard person in an average job could be expected to live on 95 quid a week and support their family.
Presumably the unpaid leave thing is billed as a implied threat of, take this, or we'll have to dish redundancies out?
Otherwise why on earth would you?
Things like this are useful reminders that not everybody breathes memes.
I read that in my head in a very camp German accent.
Mission accomplished
We're months away from product shortages, most supply chains and production facilities won't grind to a halt during this.
He was parodying the reply from that Tory mp who was asked about surviving on benefit money.
I'm not even going to lie, I'd never heard of it in my life. Maybe I do need to get s life haha
I sort of had to laugh at your response as I knew what he was getting at, but at the same time, totally feel for you, as you and a lot of people are going to be under a massive amount of stress right now, and that's even without the virus
I feel for you, mate.
I know it's going to be difficult for many to swallow their pride on this, but I'd imagine that food banks are going to be popping soon.
@VorZakone I don't mean to be callous, but just because the numbers are so large and look scary, I just want to offer for perspective that about 1% of the population dies every year in developed nations. So almost 3 million Americans die each year, a majority due to illness/old age. When you compare the virus to WWII deaths it looks several times worse, but even during the war it's likely that more people died from non-war causes rather than the war (in the US, don't mean European countries).
I have parents in their 70s at home, I obviously want us to be safe as a society and am in favor of the current measures being taken in the US and elsewhere, and most of all wish that we'd get a better grip of the testing situation globally.
I have parents in their 70s at home, I obviously want us to be safe as a society and am in favor of the current measures being taken in the US and elsewhere, and most of all wish that we'd get a better grip of the testing situation globally.
Cnut of a man. At least people are calling him out on it for once. I hope he goes down the Philip Green route and shows himself in his true light when his employees needed him the most.
But why would all suppliers be simultaneously fecked/transit compromised? Sick employees? Seems heartless to say this but one thing we won’t be lacking in the coming months is people looking for work.
If anything, transit should run a little smoother than usual, seeing as the EU announced they will be passing legislation to prioritise food and medicine transit at all border crossings.
Popping? People are stealing from them.