Whitey Grandad

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.

From the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52193461 “Another difficult question would be the letters of last resort that the prime minister writes for the nuclear submarines, giving the commanding officers instructions about what to do in the event of a deadly attack on the PM.“ This must count as a ‘deadly attack on the PM’ so where do they aim the missiles?

Very true. The daily briefings will be all about the health of one man rather than the health of the whole nation.

I read this on another forum from somebody who seems to know what he is talking about. “As I said, some/many/most cases aren’t ARDS. ARDS has to do with pulmonary muscle fatigue, like a tired swimmer who can’t take another stroke. A goodly number of Covid patients don’t even realize they’re low on oxygen. They’re chatting with doctors, even as the O2 sats are 70%. They don’t have ARDS, yet they’re put on the ventilator with the pressure turned up. This is damaging lungs which are working well, and CAUSING unnecessary mortality. What these patients need is oxygen, not breathing help.“

Apparently not but he’s never looked healthy.

50/50 at best.