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« Reply #4150 on: March 26, 2021, 04:27:06 PM »
'People may quit if forced to work from home, Rishi Sunak warns'

Though some people may well quit if they are forced to return to the office. As most of what I did when I was in an office was be on Zoom calls it's not something I particularly want


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56535575

Who wouldn't want to work from home? I'd love to, but forklift trucks don't drive themselves.
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« Reply #4151 on: March 26, 2021, 04:49:55 PM »
Who wouldn't want to work from home? I'd love to, but forklift trucks don't drive themselves.

But in the future maybe it would be possible to control them from your home by some sort of technology. What we can do now would have been thought impossible not so long ago.
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« Reply #4152 on: March 26, 2021, 05:15:26 PM »
But in the future maybe it would be possible to control them from your home by some sort of technology. What we can do now would have been thought impossible not so long ago.

True. Looking forward to that day. Could drive and eat my bacon and eggs at the same time. LOL!
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« Reply #4153 on: March 26, 2021, 05:17:58 PM »
True. Looking forward to that day. Could drive and eat my bacon and eggs at the same time. LOL!
More likely to be robotic and put you out of a job, I'm afraid

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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #4154 on: March 30, 2021, 10:00:28 AM »
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« Reply #4155 on: March 30, 2021, 10:28:38 AM »
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« Reply #4156 on: March 31, 2021, 10:53:25 AM »
Now who would have thought outdoor attractions would have done better than indoor ones in the pandemic


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« Reply #4157 on: April 01, 2021, 09:47:07 AM »
Got my appointment for my first jab. :)
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« Reply #4158 on: April 01, 2021, 09:49:16 AM »
Got my appointment for my first jab. :)
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« Reply #4159 on: April 01, 2021, 11:56:41 AM »
Interesting article about how some businesses have responded to the pandemic:

 https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-economics/the-firms-that-got-it-right-and-badly-wrong-during-the-pandemic-262280/

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« Reply #4160 on: April 01, 2021, 01:47:27 PM »
Starmer comes out against  pub vaccination passport - good. Because it's not British - idiotic.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56598413

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« Reply #4161 on: April 01, 2021, 07:02:48 PM »
Second vaccine jab done this afternoon.
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« Reply #4162 on: April 01, 2021, 10:22:44 PM »
Starmer comes out against  pub vaccination passport - good. Because it's not British - idiotic.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56598413
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« Reply #4163 on: April 01, 2021, 10:48:27 PM »

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« Reply #4164 on: April 01, 2021, 10:58:04 PM »
why?
Because it'll piss off anti-vaccinators, and because they shouldn't be allowed to endanger others with their irresponsible attitude.
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« Reply #4165 on: April 01, 2021, 11:51:56 PM »
Because it'll piss off anti-vaccinators, and because they shouldn't be allowed to endanger others with their irresponsible attitude.
So you want to end up with less obeyance to just annoy people. Try and think that out again?

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« Reply #4166 on: April 02, 2021, 07:06:20 AM »
Because it'll piss off anti-vaccinators, and because they shouldn't be allowed to endanger others with their irresponsible attitude.

Surely there is also danger here in presuming that vaccine passports imply 'safety'.

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« Reply #4167 on: April 02, 2021, 08:14:59 AM »
Surely there is also danger here in presuming that vaccine passports imply 'safety'.

This is the major problem with a so-called passport. There was a virologist chappie on TV this morning explaining that it may well give a false sense of security, and that with currently only 51% having some kind of immunity you will already be forced into having to discriminate and that's without taking into account people who are exempt.

Furthermore, vaccination although very effective, is not 100% effective so the possibility for infection still remains and on top of this is the very real possibility of future variants that will be able to evade partly, or wholly the effect of vaccination. So the passport is likely to be very time limited.

The over riding problem to me is that the public might see the vaccination and associated proof as a sort of "get out of jail free" card and go back to normal.

We cannot afford to do that.

We have to find a new normal.
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« Reply #4168 on: April 02, 2021, 09:29:25 AM »
And the opposition to vaccine passports has united a very diverse group of MPs.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56605598

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« Reply #4169 on: April 02, 2021, 09:44:18 AM »
Over 50,000 cases in France yesterday!

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« Reply #4170 on: April 02, 2021, 10:53:34 AM »
This is the major problem with a so-called passport. There was a virologist chappie on TV this morning explaining that it may well give a false sense of security, and that with currently only 51% having some kind of immunity you will already be forced into having to discriminate and that's without taking into account people who are exempt.

Furthermore, vaccination although very effective, is not 100% effective so the possibility for infection still remains and on top of this is the very real possibility of future variants that will be able to evade partly, or wholly the effect of vaccination. So the passport is likely to be very time limited.

The over riding problem to me is that the public might see the vaccination and associated proof as a sort of "get out of jail free" card and go back to normal.

We cannot afford to do that.

We have to find a new normal.

Yes. Especially with the inability of this govt. to develop any effective and efficient system.

But ... shove that all aside, we need to consider how good it would be in diverting money to friends of the mini-Trump and the conservative party. 
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« Reply #4171 on: April 03, 2021, 08:57:05 AM »

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« Reply #4172 on: April 03, 2021, 11:24:48 AM »
Who wouldn't want to work from home? I'd love to, but forklift trucks don't drive themselves.

I hated working from home, enjoy going out to work. Don't mind bringing a bit of work home to do when I can fit it in, have always done that but not all the time.
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« Reply #4173 on: April 03, 2021, 11:54:51 AM »
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« Reply #4174 on: April 04, 2021, 10:04:07 PM »
And Covid 'passports' ....


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56634176