Coronavirus discussion thread

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Rosehip Jul 2021 10:09am, 15 Jul 2021 21,788 posts	0 Rosehip It still amazes me how many people have roles that can be done from home! Husband, Eldest and most of my neighbours (engineers, nurses, a vet and teachers etc) have all been working throughout. I've never had a job that could have been done solely from home - although occasionally paper editing or report writing was.
Bazoaxe Jul 2021 10:14am, 15 Jul 2021 20,419 posts	0 Bazoaxe HG - we are just happy she hasnt been made redundant which was the easy decision to make. They have 3 people in similar roles across 2 buildings and only Mrs Axe was furloughed. The other 2 were paid 100% to pop in regularly and just check on things, sort out mail and stuff. They should have furloughed 2 people (or redundancy) and had one person covering both buildings. Mrs Axe has really been lucky to have 15 months of 80% pay to essentially have a trial run at retirement and get our house and garden into good shape. Going back with nothing to do though is really tough. As I say though, they must value her and have kept her on which is good for our household. I assume they will call people back after 9th August which seems to be our date in Scotland.
HappyG(rrr) Jul 2021 10:16am, 15 Jul 2021 39,190 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Well I hope they find something a bit more engaging for her to do. Of course, having the pay is worthwhile. Fingers crossed for good outcome.
Chrisull Jul 2021 11:27am, 15 Jul 2021 18,150 posts	0 Chrisull UK top of the world today.... in new cases for one day. 42,302. Probably be able to keep the top spot for a while now.
ThorntonRunner Jul 2021 11:31am, 15 Jul 2021 5,102 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Caveat: top of the world for identified new cases - we're doing a lot more testing than many countries
DeeGee Jul 2021 11:34am, 15 Jul 2021 21,105 posts	0 DeeGee But what is the positivity rate? There's a whole bunch of people in the UK doing two or three tests at least every week. If the first you know of having Covid is a routine twice-weekly LFT test while asymptomatic that's likely a case that in other circumstances would otherwise be unreported.
Rosehip Jul 2021 11:39am, 15 Jul 2021 21,793 posts	0 Rosehip Indonesia is at 40,000 for the third day in a row. I don't know how many they test.
Rosehip Jul 2021 11:40am, 15 Jul 2021 21,794 posts	0 Rosehip 54,000 there yesterday bloomberg.com
geordiegirl Jul 2021 11:45am, 15 Jul 2021 15,184 posts	0 geordiegirl What a list this potential that kids are fixing their tests to get a pair I’ve case and get off school early? 🤫
geordiegirl Jul 2021 11:50am, 15 Jul 2021 15,185 posts	0 geordiegirl also heard from my SHE lead today that government are removing free LFT tests in august so if you like the comfort of having them order some in advance.