Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

[Badgers]

Well Cornwall's got off incredibly lightly so far but ...

Post Office scandal: Scottish probe into sub-postmasters' convictions

More than 70 postmasters accused of fraud and theft will be asked if they want their cases re-examined.

www.bbc.co.uk

More employees saying similar. So, .... young people going out clubbing and partying at fault again

You really would think they'd be sending government inspectors round these places. Ah no, with this lot I suppose you wouldn't.

Think your link is wrong?

Cornwall's 150 new cases in 18 cluster areas

There are 66% of the cases are in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth area, where a breakout has been confirmed at the Pilgrim's Pride - formerly Tulip - factory

www.cornwalllive.com

That is bad reading, especially when Cornwall as an old population and very few ventilators

 

[two sheds]

Think your link is wrong?

Cornwall's 150 new cases in 18 cluster areas

There are 66% of the cases are in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth area, where a breakout has been confirmed at the Pilgrim's Pride - formerly Tulip - factory

www.cornwalllive.com

That is bad reading, especially when Cornwall as an old population and very few ventilators

Yes I'd changed it in between times

And it's on the bus route that I'd normally use, and the bus route that carries kids coming out of Truro school packed together and (I'd imagine) with very few masks.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Well Cornwall's got off incredibly lightly so far but ...

More workers test positive at Cornish food factory

Staff members claim that 88 people tested positive on Saturday

www.cornwalllive.com

More employees saying similar. So, .... young people going out clubbing and partying at fault again

You really would think they'd be sending government inspectors round these places. Ah no, with this lot I suppose you wouldn't.

There are very few government inspectors and it takes a couple of years to train them.

Any of the things that have been setup to protect us like food inspectors, health and safety officers, fire wardens have been underfunded and understaffed for decades if they were ever fully functioning at all and this pandemic is really highlighting that, I just hope its highlighting it to enough people to make them think and stop and consider how we can change it.

Covid cases at UK food factories could be over 30 times higher than reported

Investigation warns employers have too much influence over official data amid claims of fake safety audits

www.theguardian.com

 

[two sheds]

There are very few government inspectors and it takes a couple of years to train them.

Any of the things that have been setup to protect us like food inspectors, health and safety officers, fire wardens have been underfunded and understaffed for decades if they were ever fully functioning at all and this pandemic is really highlighting that, I just hope its highlighting it to enough people to make them think and stop and consider how we can change it.

Yep, totally. But I've not seen a single government source/scientific advisor suggest it.

apart from you, obvs

not that you're a government source ...

 

[Artaxerxes]

Yep, totally. But I've not seen a single government source/scientific advisor suggest it.

apart from you, obvs

not that you're a government source ...

This government couldn't find its arse with both hands and a map and its still obsessed with Brexit and the Culture War over saving lives.

 

[two sheds]

Best left to market forces, sir.

 

[Badgers]

There are very few government inspectors and it takes a couple of years to train them.

I would not have thought that was an issue for this government? Just outsource it to a coach or ferry company.

 

[two sheds]

Don't give them ideas

 

[Badgers]

Covid quarantine breakers: 'It was selfish but I don't regret it'

Polling by the BBC suggests a hardcore minority would break the rules - Alice was one of them.

www.bbc.co.uk

In July, Alice, a 20-something office worker from Surrey, was fed up with not having got away on holiday. For the good of her own mental wellbeing, she says, she broke the rules. Sitting in her garden, she confessed her crime to me.

She'd booked a trip to Majorca with a friend. Then, days before she had been due to fly out, the UK slapped quarantine rules on Spain.

"We were basically told by the holiday company that we wouldn't get our money back. I didn't want to lose another holiday and any money. So just decided to go anyway."

When Alice got to Majorca, she decided the self-isolation she'd face on return to the UK would be a nonsense. The hotel was largely empty and reassuringly clean.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I would not have thought that was an issue for this government? Just outsource it to a coach or ferry company.

At this point I'm assuming they've run out of mates to outsource to.

 

[belboid]

Covid quarantine breakers: 'It was selfish but I don't regret it'

Polling by the BBC suggests a hardcore minority would break the rules - Alice was one of them.

www.bbc.co.uk

I imagine she is very grateful there are lots of Alices in Surrey, because she sounds like a complete cunt.

 

[Badgers]

Covid student chaos: Paying £30k a year and begging security for food

One US student in self-isolation at an Edinburgh halls of residence says he is getting little help from the university.

www.bbc.co.uk

His accommodation at Pollock is catered by one cafeteria and he has no facilities to cook for himself. Because he is self-isolating in his room, he relies on the university to deliver food. But sometimes nothing arrives until after lunchtime and on Tuesday he still had had nothing by 16:00.

As an international student, Reese pays £21,000 in tuition fees and £9,000 for accommodation per year to attend the University of Edinburgh. He believes students from abroad are paying the most and getting the least help.

 

[Badgers]

I imagine she is very grateful there are lots of Alices in Surrey, because she sounds like w complete cunt.

Hope she dies and/or kills some family members

 

[Teaboy]

The government said international travel was fine. It clearly wasn't a load of us said as much before the holiday season kicked off. I think its a bit much to blame people when the rules suddenly changed in a great panic.

I still think there was a possibility to manage the school and uni reopening without the massive upsurge we've seen but no, the government wanted to go on holiday. To my mind allowing (almost encouraging) international travel was the single biggest mistake of the summer.

 

[cupid_stunt]

200 university students flout social distancing rules at massive party.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Major outbreak of hospital covid transmission at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

Coronavirus: Royal Glamorgan Hospital reports eight deaths linked to major COVID-19 outbreak

It follows an outbreak of 82 coronavirus cases, which has caused the hospital to suspend most services.

news.sky.com

 

[Badgers]

Major outbreak of hospital covid transmission at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

Coronavirus: Royal Glamorgan Hospital reports eight deaths linked to major COVID-19 outbreak

It follows an outbreak of 82 coronavirus cases, which has caused the hospital to suspend most services.

news.sky.com

FFS there is going to be another 'hard' lockdown soon isn't there?

 

[TopCat]

FFS there is going to be another 'hard' lockdown soon isn't there?

Not until it's got completely out of hand.

 

[frogwoman]

200 university students flout social distancing rules at massive party.

They probably think 'we've all got it anyway'. This stuff is going to happen unfortunately.

 

[TopCat]

They probably think 'we've all got it anyway'. This stuff is going to happen unfortunately.

Are they in a big bubble, self isolating?

 

[Badgers]

Not until it's got completely out of hand.

They probably think 'we've all got it anyway'. This stuff is going to happen unfortunately.

This school/uni shit is the same as the first lockdown
The government knew this would happen and they let it happen

They will blame the students but what do they expect? Disgraced Prime Minister Cameron stuck his cock in a pigs head at Oxford University FFS

 

[frogwoman]

If their not allowed to leave halls there's little chance of it spreading outside. It's shit but I can't really blame them.

 

[TopCat]

If their not allowed to leave halls there's little chance of it spreading outside. It's shit but I can't really blame them.

Bad news for any who have health conditions beyond a hangover.

 

[LDC]

They probably think 'we've all got it anyway'. This stuff is going to happen unfortunately.

Yeah, not going to help their case to be able to go home though!

 

[frogwoman]

Yeah it's absolutely shit, but a lot of them probably think they have either got it or about to get it anyway

It's shit if you're not the partying type too which I wasnt ( at least initially) at uni.

 

[two sheds]

Might all be over by Christmas so they can go home then.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Are they in a big bubble, self isolating?

None of the reports suggest they are self isolating, and I found reports about covid cases at Coventry University, but not one of any lockdown on campus.

Apparently security called the police to help break-up the party, and several students were issued with £200 fines.

 

[Badgers]

Thread worth reading:

 

[TopCat]

Covid wardens can use reasonable force. Fucking hell

 

[quimcunx]

Other than handing a few massive contracts to their offshore tax haven mates to fuck up they don't want to support or pay for anything. However you decide to tackle the pandemic it needs proper financial support from government and they are not willing or able to support the services (like test and trace) to keep things going or support people to stop doing stuff either (like quarantine and lose income). So we get this hodge podge of bullshit measures that are more about them dancing a line to avoid paying for anyone to reduce risk if they keep doing stuff or fork out for people to not do stuff. Cunts.