hypochondriac

It's an absolutely massive thing to basically make up in a week or two so I'm not surprised it's light on detail. My focus is on keeping my staff in a job and keeping them healthy and safe as much as possible. Currently I have enough resources to do that for the next three months then we will see what happens after that. I assume the employer will still have to pay everything like normal and the government just reimburses you for 80%. I hope so anyway.

That's an issue I have. Some of the staff have said that if it comes to it in an emergency situation that they will volunteer but I'm not sure where we stand on that legally.

I believe we have to pay staff as normal and then get reimbursed by the government for 80% of wages. I was told this will be happening next month but it's all a bit wait and see at the moment.

Has he said it how it is? In reality no one really knows until we see death tolls.

Yep. About 90 of my staff are now on furlough. Should be comfortable for at least three months with the government measures. May struggle if its extended to six

Like you say that's a separate issue with its own pros and cons. Corbynism was roundly rejected by the public and thank goodness he isn't in charge of all this.

Yes that will be a percentage but some will obviously be deterred if those who can afford it are fined and if necessary imprisoned. It's not good enough to say that some have mental health issues so we might as well not do anything. Collecting fines for things like missed appointments and penalising trusts for excessive wastefullness would be good too. Remove the sense of entitlement that people feel- "we pay your wages" shouted at policemen and NHS staff for example- and you will see an improvement albeit with many other problems still to solve.

Charging for abuse of the NHS is a great idea and should be done as soon as this is all over.

It's the same with things like childcare. There's an entitlement culture in this country where peoppeoplp go into a childcare setting and demand that they are given the 30 hours "free" they are entitled to and then start instructing the nursery how it should run. This contrasts with somewhere like Sweden where parents are told to bugger off and leave it to the professionals who know what they are talking about. It would be good if many people in this country realise how good they have it and feel fortunate to be given certain things rather than just taking them for granted.

It's the same with things like childcare. There's an entitlement culture in this country where people go into a childcare setting and demand that they are given the 30 hours "free" they are entitled to and then start instructing the nursery how it should run. This contrasts with somewhere like Sweden where parents are told to bugger off and leave it to the professionals who know what they are talking about. It would be good if many people in this country realise how good they have it and feel fortunate to be given certain things rather than just taking them for granted.

That isn't what I said was it. It's not about eliminating any problems, it's about improving the current situation. It would certainly help to change attitudes if people were charged for missed appointments for example or doctors have to give a greater justification for use of medication. People use and abuse the NHS because they can. Of course there are pressures from living longer and maybe we can have discussions about that once all the wastage has been removed. I don't know if the NHS is like other parts of the public sector but I know that the council gets hideously overcharged for any sort of infrastructure projects because they are obliged to get three quotes for everything and inevitably they are quoted ridiculous prices because they know that they have no choice but to pay it. The government stopping stuff like that would help too.

I'd certainly like to see the NHS moved from a model where service is expected in every case into one where people are assessed based on actual need and give priority for cases that actually require treatment and are serious.

Thank goodness. That's been playing on my mind all week.

Maybe add the extra games onto next season, cancel the league Cup and no replays in fa Cup with a few midweek games. Could easily accomplish that.

He might be very competent and assured behind closed doors but with things like this presentation is key.

Saddest thing for me is my little girl who can't see any of her relatives and a significant portion of her life is going to be lived in this new reality.

It looks to me like this is going to have two or three peaks before we hopefully develop a vaccine. Given that scenario and the probable meed for multiple periods of lockdown the decision may have to be whether it is better to keep people locked in their houses for at least a year or whether getting enough people infected to herd mentality levels in as controlled a manner as they can is the way to go. Sad fact is the threat of this virus isn't going anywhere until we get a vaccine. I doubt they will be able to safely restart the football in September.

Whilst that is true, I'm not sure it's the smartest move having someone like Hancock doing the rounds in the press. He always strikes me as someone who looks like he doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't exude confidence and authority in the way that someone like gove and especially sunak has done recently. I'm sure he's a nice bloke but the messaging is key here and he's not up to it.

Just think of it as an extra long season. It's a better idea imo than anything else that's been suggested.

Reminded me of the initial reactions of some of the older lot on here. Difference is they've stayed quiet now as the facts have become clearer. You have to be a special kind of thick to persist with this line after you've been told repeatedly what's going to happen if you continue being cavalier about going out etc.

This whopper: https://twitter.com/awardsdarwin/status/1242467883080433664?s=21

All the people moaning that Boris was ignoring them and was just following his strategy for the money have all shut up.

Why not just cancel all relegation and promotions and add all current points to next seasons.

Not sure I've argued otherwise? Refer back to my post number 748.

Again, I'd probably let the mother decide, maybe alongside a medical professional to assess risk. Not. Much point holding out with the pregnancy if both end up dying.