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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2950 on: August 14, 2020, 09:54:57 AM »
jeremyp

thanks for that  and 'consistently' is the key word here
and I don't know if it is , do you?  Who does and would they be bothered to tell us anyway ?
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2951 on: August 14, 2020, 09:57:37 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on August 14, 2020, 09:52:14 AM
Oh not working anymore thank goodness. Was fortunate enough to leave work slightly earlier than planned.
well, enjoy yourself mate

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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2952 on: August 14, 2020, 11:16:41 AM »
Never understood why the track and trace thing wasn't mandatory in the first place. No background music will be a bit odd.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53772963
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2953 on: August 14, 2020, 11:40:28 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 14, 2020, 11:16:41 AM
Never understood why the track and trace thing wasn't mandatory in the first place.

I honestly thought it was. I've been in three pubs/bars since they were allowed to open in England and none of them would let us in without the name and address of at least one member of the party.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2954 on: August 14, 2020, 11:52:32 AM »
Quote from: jeremyp on August 14, 2020, 11:40:28 AM
I honestly thought it was. I've been in three pubs/bars since they were allowed to open in England and none of them would let us in without the name and address of at least one member of the party.
TBH I don't know if this was a wrinkle in the Scottish regulations or something that pubs were generally following. I too have been in 3 pubs and 2 were scrupulously following track and trace but one wasn't. I left.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2955 on: August 14, 2020, 12:08:28 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 14, 2020, 11:52:32 AM
TBH I don't know if this was a wrinkle in the Scottish regulations or something that pubs were generally following. I too have been in 3 pubs and 2 were scrupulously following track and trace but one wasn't. I left.
I've just moved into a new village it has 4 pubs, only one has Track n Trace  .In fact I thought it was the name of the Landlord and his wife !!!
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2956 on: August 14, 2020, 12:59:51 PM »
Quote from: Walter on August 14, 2020, 12:08:28 PM
I've just moved into a new village it has 4 pubs, only one has Track n Trace  .In fact I thought it was the name of the Landlord and his wife !!!
I went into a pub called the George and Dragon once. There was a middle-aged couple behind the bar. The woman was serving another customer, so I was served by George.
(True; it's in Wendover. It's now a gastropub, specialising in Thai cuisine.)
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2957 on: August 14, 2020, 01:32:31 PM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on August 14, 2020, 12:59:51 PM
I went into a pub called the George and Dragon once. There was a middle-aged couple behind the bar. The woman was serving another customer, so I was served by George.
(True; it's in Wendover. It's now a gastropub, specialising in Thai cuisine.)
believe it or not I've been there Wilks.
I then moved on to the Dashwood arms at Piddington nr West Wycombe stayed there for 3 months helping out .
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2958 on: August 14, 2020, 01:39:19 PM »
Quote from: Walter on August 14, 2020, 01:32:31 PM
believe it or not I've been there Wilks.
I then moved on to the Dashwood arms at Piddington nr West Wycombe stayed there for 3 months helping out .
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I once tried using "chicken" as a password, but was told it must contain a capital so I tried "chickenkiev"
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2959 on: August 16, 2020, 05:38:32 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53799854

Public Health England is to be replaced by an agency dealing with pandemics.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2960 on: August 17, 2020, 08:50:03 AM »
Quote from: Littleroses on August 16, 2020, 05:38:32 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53799854

Public Health England is to be replaced by an agency dealing with pandemics.

I don't think PHE has done well but this doesn't strike me as being a well thought out fix. For a start, what is this new body going to do for the 49 out of 50 years when there isn't a pandemic?
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2961 on: August 17, 2020, 08:59:43 AM »
It is just the ritualistic response of an incompetent government tomake it appear that the blame for failure does not rest it it. Scapegoating.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2962 on: August 17, 2020, 09:09:52 AM »
Quote from: jeremyp on August 17, 2020, 08:50:03 AM
I don't think PHE has done well but this doesn't strike me as being a well thought out fix. For a start, what is this new body going to do for the 49 out of 50 years when there isn't a pandemic?

If, as the article suggests, it mirrors the Robert Koch Institute then it's remit would be a bit wider than that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Koch_Institute

But that wouldn't be as wide as PHE's remit was.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2963 on: August 17, 2020, 10:15:06 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 17, 2020, 09:09:52 AM
If, as the article suggests, it mirrors the Robert Koch Institute then it's remit would be a bit wider than that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Koch_Institute

But that wouldn't be as wide as PHE's remit was.
PHE won't cease to exist according to the BBC article.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2964 on: August 17, 2020, 10:16:50 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53796434

New Zealand to postpone the general election to allow the parties to adjust to campaigning in the face of a pandemic.

I have to wonder what they've been doing for the last three months.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2965 on: August 17, 2020, 10:38:36 AM »
Quote from: Harrowby Hall on August 17, 2020, 08:59:43 AM
It is just the ritualistic response of an incompetent government tomake it appear that the blame for failure does not rest it it. Scapegoating.

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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2966 on: August 17, 2020, 04:05:24 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2967 on: August 17, 2020, 07:11:01 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 17, 2020, 04:05:24 PM
Can see some airports struggling to survive

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8634843/amp/Jet2-axes-102-pilots-latest-kick-teeth-air-industry.html?__twitter_impression=true

I can understand Stansted and Southend. Gatwick suddenly has a lot more capacity, so it makes sense for Easyjet to consolidate its Southern operations. Newcastle surprises me though. They had quite a busy route from Gatwick to Newcastle.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2968 on: August 17, 2020, 10:27:54 PM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2969 on: August 17, 2020, 11:06:50 PM »
Is that the same Dido Harding who is married to Tory MP John Penrose?

That is the John Penrose who sits on the advisory board of think tank "1828" which calls for "the NHS to be replaced by an insurance system and for Public Health England to be scrapped."

I believe she is.

Colour me fucking surprised.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2970 on: August 18, 2020, 08:28:05 AM »
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Is that the same Dido Harding who is married to Tory MP John Penrose?

That is the John Penrose who sits on the advisory board of think tank "1828" which calls for "the NHS to be replaced by an insurance system and for Public Health England to be scrapped."

I believe she is.

Colour me fucking surprised.
This Dido Harding

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8369217/NHS-test-trace-tsar-Dido-Harding-board-Cheltenham-Festival.html
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2971 on: August 18, 2020, 09:18:21 AM »
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2972 on: August 18, 2020, 09:25:23 AM »
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I once tried using "chicken" as a password, but was told it must contain a capital so I tried "chickenkiev"
On another occasion, I tried "beefstew", but was told it wasn't stroganoff.

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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2973 on: August 18, 2020, 09:34:14 AM »
Quote from: Wilkins Micawber on August 18, 2020, 09:25:23 AM
Dido and Aenaichess?
Points for effort there.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #2974 on: August 18, 2020, 11:12:53 AM »
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