Coronavirus

[Jinky]

Already leaked

Tier 4 for the whole country
Schools closed
No team sports (presume that is just pleb level rather than pro)
Outdoor exercise permitted

First day back at work so well busy and only skim-reading the thread. Is this you taking the piss or has it actually been leaked?

It needs to be a 100% lockdown.

 

[Tredman]

First day back at work so well busy and only skim-reading the thread. Is this you taking the piss or has it actually been leaked?

It needs to be a 100% lockdown.

Its correct:

 

[Trips]

First day back at work so well busy and only skim-reading the thread. Is this you taking the piss or has it actually been leaked?

It needs to be a 100% lockdown.

Leaked by Peston

 

[Kenny]

First day back at work so well busy and only skim-reading the thread. Is this you taking the piss or has it actually been leaked?

It needs to be a 100% lockdown.

One of those rare occasions where I am being serious im afraid Jinks

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Asking if it's been leaked is like asking if Man Utd got a penalty last game.

I never thought I'd prefer Trips' mate's strategy of "we're going to cut £12bn off welfare, but we won't tell you how or where until you vote for us", but that's actually better than being about as robust as the bottom of a colander.

I suspect it's Johnson himself who does it a lot of the time too. Funny how a lot of stuff finds its way into the Telegraph first, wonder how that could be. Easier to phone an old chum and give them a juicy story (with an accompanying preview on social media of what people think of your latest brilliant idea*) than do the job properly.

He's even more of a chancer than I thought he'd be, and my expectations of him have always been on the ocean floor.



*Here's a hint, Tubbs - it's not a brilliant idea.

 

[sycophantia]

Yup.. only likely change is he may keep manufacturing et al open, but I doubt it.

Most manufacturing stayed open during the first lockdown

 

[Trips]

Asking if it's been leaked is like asking if Man Utd got a penalty last game.

I never thought I'd prefer Trips' mate's strategy of "we're going to cut £12bn off welfare, but we won't tell you how or where until you vote for us", but that's actually better than being about as robust as the bottom of a colander.

I suspect it's Johnson himself who does it a lot of the time too. Funny how a lot of stuff finds its way into the Telegraph first, wonder how that could be. Easier to phone an old chum and give them a juicy story (with an accompanying preview on social media of what people think of your latest brilliant idea*) than do the job properly.

He's even more of a chancer than I thought he'd be, and my expectations of him have always been on the ocean floor.



*Here's a hint, Tubbs - it's not a brilliant idea.

Love that hes now referred to as my mate

 

[Del Woppio]

"According to the Financial Times (paywall), which says it has been briefed by “several Whitehall officials”, cabinet ministers agreed this afternoon that “primary and secondary schools would probably close until the mid-February half-term break”."

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1346131482532786183

Lo and behold!

It is quite amazing how one particular paper gets all the scoops, they must have some amazing journalists on board.

Oh, and Allison Pearson, who's been busy bullying someone on Twitter and threatening libel lawsuits all day.

 

[Trips]

"According to the Financial Times (paywall), which says it has been briefed by “several Whitehall officials”, cabinet ministers agreed this afternoon that “primary and secondary schools would probably close until the mid-February half-term break”."

Horrendous. Going to be a generation lost to this

 

[sycophantia]

Horrendous. Going to be a generation lost to this

A generation lost? Sorry mate this way ott imo. Obviously their education will be disupted, but they'll catch up. I am concerned about the younger ones mental health but tbh I'm more worried about my 62 year old missus catching the virus from them and also my son getting it from his class and spreading it to his family.

 

[Trips]

A generation lost? Sorry mate this way ott imo. Obviously their education will be disupted, but they'll catch up. I am concerned about the younger ones mental health but tbh I'm more worried about my 62 year old missus catching the virus from them and also my son getting it from his class and spreading it to his family.

They already had how much time off during March/April lockdown? Plus classes being in and out of school the last few months for isolating. And now more restrictions.

Wealthier kids will get through it, less well off kids wont get the level of schooling needed at home and will fall behind

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Starting to experience first-hand what it is like to be part of a health care service that is struggling.

We were assigned a testing centre over an hour away, so we tried to call them to request a change. Spent over an hour on hold to speak to someone who advised that all city centres testing locations are booked up until next week.
Cant get through to the doctor to see if they can help either...
I now need to restrict my movements obviously as my wife has symptoms, so that means neither of us can go to the shops for essentials, we will have to order from one of the apps.
Queue more ridiculous wait times

 

[sycophantia]

They already had how much time off during March/April lockdown? Plus classes being in and out of school the last few months for isolating. And now more restrictions.

Wealthier kids will get through it, less well off kids wont get the level of schooling needed at home and will fall behind

i'm not saying its a good thing, I hear what you're saying...I'm looking at it from a very biased point of view tbh. The way things are going, there'll be so many teachers off, the schools will have to close anyway

 

[Wolvensam]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1346131482532786183

Lo and behold!

It is quite amazing how one particular paper gets all the scoops, they must have some amazing journalists on board.

Oh, and Allison Pearson, who's been busy bullying someone on Twitter and threatening libel lawsuits all day.

A lot of Universities won't delay students coming back, they will just go straight online to save the faff.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Granted it's now quite a long time since I was at uni but we never really started teaching until very late Jan or early Feb anyway. This was always end of S1 exams for the next few weeks.

 

[Wolvensam]

It's usually last week of January/first week of February, with the end of "term" being end of April/first week of May.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

That buys some time there then (not that it's anything to do with the Government). I never moved back lock stock and barrel post-Christmas to Manc until the proper start of S2. I only had at best a couple of January exams every year so just nipped up there for a night or two as required. There'll be a lot that would have gone down that road anyway.

 

[darlowolf64]

Are you Tier 3 then currently? (EDIT - meant to quote your 6 a side post)

Sorry for late reply. Yes we are in Tier 3 but as it was an outdoor activity the Leisure Center were happy for it to continue. They received a new directive earlier this afternoon and cancelled it straight away

 

[lemonjelly]

our working year at uni changed this year, and our students aren't due back for teaching until 1 february as things stand anyway.
universities tried to sell the face to face teaching thing, but students have overwhelmingly said no to it and chosen online teaching instead. academic staff want online only, it's the heads of universities pushing back against it at the mo, but they're becoming more isolated.
UCL have announced today all their teaching is online only. expect others to follow suit.
my manager called me today to "check in". in reality she was surprised I wasn't contacting her to ask whether we were WFH again, but the question is already being asked by more senior staff.