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Probably because in 1871 when they were legally declared as bank holidays, religion played an important part in people's lives, owing to the fact that science hadn't yet developed sufficiently to debunk most of the myths.

No, I gave them ALL the facts and allowed them to make their own minds up - it tends to only be the highly religious families that engage in brain washing

Pagan calendar? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism Just a coincidence that : ?????

They are legally bank holidays in the UK, not religious holidays. The law protects workers rights to have time off on those days - or time off in lieu - and they have been classed as bank holidays since 1871.

Boris?

Does that mean it is now irrelevant?

Don't you need a plane to fly?

Took a few seconds, but I got there

It's your opportunity to educate the 'thick idiot', grab it with both hands

I hope not

Sadly not as these are also the 'unnoticed' workers who go about their work day in and day out largely forgotten about - until something goes wrong and the bins don't get emptied or the supermarket shelves are not full and then all hell breaks loose!

I'll take that as you can't find any and therefore tacit agreement

The whole of 'Next' had no consultation - they were informed that it was going to happen. Not sure there was time to consultant with thousands of workers given the timescales involved, logistically it would have been impossible with non-essential travel bans. Wouldn't expect a claim to hold up in a tribunal, but the law has never been straight forward!

Jesus wept! Please let me know where you are getting that information from about 'covid deaths'. The BBC are reporting "a record 938 daily deaths were reported in UK hospitals." : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52221724 But they are very careful to not state that these were caused explicitly by covid, as far as I can tell, that is just your assumption. It's been discussed before that as a 'reportable' disease, any death that occurs whilst 'infected' has to be reported to the WHO, which means, essentially you could bleed to death whilst infected and it will be reported, but the cause of death will be lack of blood! I'm more than happy to be proven wrong - and have stated this more than once on this thread - and will be more than happy to look at any publication that is giving figures for deaths above and beyond the natural death rate, however, from everything I've read, this is not being reported. Enlighten me, show me the full facts and figures, pal.

Vulnerable people who should be isolating, because they're, you know, vulnerable. Unless you're unsure of what the word 'isolating' means?

But so entertaining Fingers crossed the 'football' is in safer hands :shock:

Again, you're making your hard of thinking assumptions once again. I've mentioned numerous times on this forum that I have never voted Tory. Shouldn't you be more concerned about the 'poor sod with underlying health conditions' who has decided for some unknown reason not to isolate themselves and therefore risk being infected by me - I can assure you I have no intention of seeking anyone out in their homes!

Looks like you ignore quite a lot - reading comprehension not really a strong point for you?

Your figures are incorrect egg. Today, in the region of 1400 people will die, the same as they do day in and day out - seasonal variances aside. My point was that for someone in my age group, if I catch the virus - and there's a 20% chance that I won't - I have in the region of 0.4% chance of dying. Which gives me a 99.6% chance of surviving. I'm pretty happy with those odds to be fair. Certainly not enough there for me to disinfect the street outside my house, where I've probably got a higher chance of being run over, even with less traffic!

Alarmist and sensationalist responses! Why not consider the facts? Right now, there is no known cure and no known vaccine - fact. Scientists have calculated that 80% of the population will catch the virus, based on the fact that there is no known cure or vaccine and studies of how viruses transmit - fact (although potentially dubious as 80% seems too round, but I guess statistical modelling is about as accurate as 99% of economists!) Four out of Five people who catch the virus (i.e. 80% of 80% of the population) will have only mild symptoms - fact Some people will catch the virus and have no symptoms at all - fact Death rate for someone in my age bracket is 0.4% - fact (however, that is based on the number of people dying versus the number of people who have been tested and we know that testing has been particularly poor in pretty much every country once the virus has been established to be present, so that is likely to be a figure on the high side) Forgive me, as I must have missed the 'Gavyn does maths' series, but my crude calculations work out my chances of dying to be 0.00256%, or a 99.9974% chance of survival. I don't know about you, but I will happily take those odds - especially given that, statistically, the chances of someone dying in my age group, in any given year is 0.00237%, the chance of dying from Covid-19 isn't exactly a huge leap. (yes, I understand that people in different age brackets and those with underlying health problems have a higher risk, some even a 15% chance of dying, but that will tend to be the 80+ year old category, who, statistically have a 14% chance of dying in any given year!) So, yes, people are dying who are infected with the virus, some are even dying as a direct result of the infection, but some of your responses are a little bit mental! For the record - aintforever - I've never stated that I 'want' to catch the virus, merely pointed out that the best time to have done so (given the statistical chances of dying from it), would have been last week when the hospitals were largely empty and the medical care would have been prevalent, should it have been needed at all....

How is it odd? It is estimated that 80% will catch the virus. The hospitals were virtually empty last week - only just filling up this week. Ergo, there wasn't a peak last week, so the best time (even according to you!!) to have been in hospital was last week.

Then surely you would have wanted to catch it about 2 weeks ago, thus ensuring the hospitals were all but empty 7-10 days ago should you have needed them?

Egg, you strike me as someone who worries an awful lot about an awful lot of things! If, as is expected, 80% of the population will be infected at some point, are you not just delaying the inevitable - or are you hoping to hold out for another year or so whilst a vaccine is created?

Phew. Lucky those formula one teams aren't bothering to make those non-invasive breathing masks that we've apparently got way too many of already.... oh....

It's definitely in Bristol - unless there's another interpretation of 'implemented'? https://www.commsplus.co.uk/blog/bristols-5g-coverage-2019