Whitey Grandad

I agree, that is very wrong, but we have no way of knowing the circumstances of the people we see. Just suppose, a single mother with two young children is an anaesthetist at a local hospital. Who looks after her kids on a Good Friday? Two grandparents have their grandchildren living with them. There is nothing wrong with them all going out together.

The example of apparently older people being seen out with what appear to be very young people.

They’ve been like that for years.

Do you know for certain that they were their grandkids? They may have all been members of the same household. You just don’t know. Why are you getting so worked up over it? They’re not a threat to you or anybody else and they are not under threat themselves. Let’s keep a sense of proportion here. .

You don’t have to be a key worker to be allowed to go to work. Anyone is free to do so if they cannot work from home. This example was not increasing the chance that either they or their loved ones might catch the disease or die from it. Nothing irresponsible about their action.

They are doing nothing wrong. Stop being mad and look after your own health.

Not only unbeaten but no goals conceded.

We are both over 70 (just) and have the flu vaccine every year. They are tailored to the expected strains of flu but cannot ever be perfect. You can usually get these jabs in you local pharmacist but last autumn they had stocks of the wrong vaccine. Apparently there are different cocktails for the elderly and for the youngsters.

Our condolences to your Good Lady and to your families.

2021?

Legally we have left but for all practical purposes we haven’t. Yet.

If you already have the disease then the vaccine won’t cure you although it may boost your immune response. The idea of a vaccine is that it stimulates your body into producing antibodies that will fight the virus if it ever invades you.

If suppressing the disease doesn’t give you any immunity then why would a vaccine?

This may have been mentioned elsewhere but I have just logged onto my Virgin Media account and there is an option to pause payments for Sky Sports and BT Sports.

This article in The Guardian raises some important issues. It points the finger at changes to intensive farming techniques. “As industrial farming concerns took up more and more land, these small-scale farmers were pushed out geographically too – closer to uncultivable zones. Closer to the edge of the forest, that is, where bats and the viruses that infect them lurk. The density and frequency of contacts at that first interface increased, and hence, so did the risk of a spillover.“ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/is-factory-farming-to-blame-for-coronavirus

It’s entirely possible. Not everybody would be wiped out but ‘life as we know it’ would be a distant memory.

So sorry to hear that LD.

Good to hear.

The government will also pay the employer’s NI and pension contributions. It may not be generally realised that no money has been handed over yet. The employer still has to pay the wages as usual and then claim them back later. ‘Hopefully’ the government website will be live during the week after next and reimbursement should follow within two or three weeks of that. As for the £10,000 grant to business ratepayers I have been told that ‘hopefully’ EBC will be sending that out later next week too.

In theory, yes, but we would still need the essential workers, NHS, Fire, Ambulance, power stations... They you’d have to get the rest of the world to go along with you.

Guidance for employers: “Agreeing to furlough employees Employers should discuss with their staff and make any changes to the employment contract by agreement. When employers are making decisions in relation to the process, including deciding who to offer furlough to, equality and discrimination laws will apply in the usual way. To be eligible for the grant employers must confirm in writing to their employee confirming that they have been furloughed. A record of this communication must be kept for five years.“ Guidance for employees: “If you do not want to go on furlough If your employer asks you to go on furlough and you refuse you may be at risk of redundancy or termination of employment, depending on the circumstances of your employer. However, this must be in line with normal redundancy rules and protections.”

No consultation? There has to be agreement by both parties. I would say that they are on shaky ground.

Furloughing has to be by mutual agreement so the employee can refuse but that would lead to some difficult decisions, If you were offered the full 100% why would you refuse it?

That’s all very well if you’re going to recover with no long term effects.

High BMI is associated with type II diabetes which is an ‘underlying health condition’. Generally, if you’re not fully fit and healthy you are at greater risk. Blood type has a slight correlation too.