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Originally posted by SavoyTruffle
Construction site in Waterloo this morning, every single one of these people has the ability to spread the virus on to someone more vulnerable and chance to exacerbate and extend the crisis. Why the government has not mandated closure of businesses at this point baffles me. All these men will be self employed and as such don’t have cover in the provisions announced on Friday so of course they would still go to work. It’s going to be easy to try and blame the public for going out And spreading this but without proper support in place non essential workers will continue to go to work. I quit my job on a site in Southwark this morning, not staying in a clear germzone where people actively know they have symptoms but persist to go to work. I had over 500 men on my job, who all had to use the same metric fingerprint system upon entering and leaving site, followed by cramming into a canteen come 7:30 like your picture shown above.
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Originally posted by cryrst
Many 1000s absolutely love (d) the fact they could work their own hours and be their own boss. Surely this should apply to everyone and not just the s/e?
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Just how long do they think this type of economic approach can last? I always considered the 'herd immunity' phrase to be misleading, however I definitely don't see the sense in locking everything down. If you are under fifty and healthy your chances of dying of this are extremely low. You might catch it and be ill, some won't even know they have had it. We should be putting money into nationally isolating those who are at risk as best we can......not destroying the economy. That's my take anyway. Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Mar 2020 12.04pm) Good points. The herd immunity thing is complete assumption anyway, there’s no proof yet that it is actually applicable to this virus. It’s a calculated guess. The big error was not expanding the testing further but frankly, even those countries who have locked everything down early will find all they’ve done is delayed it rather than eliminated and it will start rising again as the roll back - although that is arguably a better situation to be in than us or Italy. Providing a working vaccine appears relatively soonish that will be enough to placate the markets and create a massive bounce. Will then take ages to be administered though - don’t think this is going to start disappearing until next summer, at the earliest As for the economy - ‘whatever it takes, for as long as it takes’. Bud might not like the reality but the reality is more and more money will be created to prevent the alternative option, which is total social and economic collapse. 08 and Mario set the precedent and if various governments repeating his soundbite somehow surprises you I’m not sure what you thought was going to happen. What this will mean, rather obviously, is an excuse for at least another 10-15 years of ‘austerity’. The other interesting thing is that this will accelerate automation and money going into how to reduce reliance on the human workforce - along with speeding up technological integration - as a bonus it’s letting them trial universal income on a massive scale. Oh yes, and esports / game developers are going to do extremely well out of this.
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Originally posted by SW19 CPFC
Good points. The herd immunity thing is complete assumption anyway, there’s no proof yet that it is actually applicable to this virus. It’s a calculated guess. The big error was not expanding the testing further but frankly, even those countries who have locked everything down early will find all they’ve done is delayed it rather than eliminated and it will start rising again as the roll back - although that is arguably a better situation to be in than us or Italy. Providing a working vaccine appears relatively soonish that will be enough to placate the markets and create a massive bounce. Will then take ages to be administered though - don’t think this is going to start disappearing until next summer, at the earliest As for the economy - ‘whatever it takes, for as long as it takes’. Bud might not like the reality but the reality is more and more money will be created to prevent the alternative option, which is total social and economic collapse. 08 and Mario set the precedent and if various governments repeating his soundbite somehow surprises you I’m not sure what you thought was going to happen. What this will mean, rather obviously, is an excuse for at least another 10-15 years of ‘austerity’. The other interesting thing is that this will accelerate automation and money going into how to reduce reliance on the human workforce - along with speeding up technological integration - as a bonus it’s letting them trial universal income on a massive scale. Oh yes, and esports / game developers are going to do extremely well out of this. Bud no like.
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Originally posted by RainhamEagle
I quit my job on a site in Southwark this morning, not staying in a clear germzone where people actively know they have symptoms but persist to go to work. I had over 500 men on my job, who all had to use the same metric fingerprint system upon entering and leaving site, followed by cramming into a canteen come 7:30 like your picture shown above. Just highlights that all the Health and Safety measures in the industry are clearly only promoted to protect the profits of big businesses and they couldn't actually give a s*** about the workers. Drink and drug testing exists everywhere but they won't send people home if they show symtoms of Coronavirus. There is an argument that they'd have to get sites to a position where they are safe and secure before they stop work, but this just seems like profiteering. On the flip-side. I'd argue that now would be a great time to undertake all the road, rail, and utilities work. Reduced levels of traffic would make it a much safer time to do this.
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Originally posted by eagleman13
Is that the old 'Shell' building? I’m not familiar with that building but this picture was taken at a site on Fenchurch Street. Original photo comes from the below twitter feed. Includes photos with today’s papers for proof too [Tweet Link]
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
The brains behind the throne. Johnson's bottle went. Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Mar 2020 12.26pm) The Times editorial yesterday which raised Cummings comments re the handling of this also claimed he himself did back down from the ‘herd immunity’ when the stark reality of Italy started to filter through. Seems all it did was delay our response by about a week.
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Originally posted by RainhamEagle
I quit my job on a site in Southwark this morning, not staying in a clear germzone where people actively know they have symptoms but persist to go to work. I had over 500 men on my job, who all had to use the same metric fingerprint system upon entering and leaving site, followed by cramming into a canteen come 7:30 like your picture shown above. Sad to hear you’ve been forced into that but understandable, hopefully the chancellor lays out some support for the self employed this evening.
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Originally posted by SavoyTruffle
The Times editorial yesterday which raised Cummings comments re the handling of this also claimed he himself did back down from the ‘herd immunity’ when the stark reality of Italy started to filter through. Seems all it did was delay our response by about a week. Our response being to destroy the economy.
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Originally posted by SW19 CPFC
Good points. The herd immunity thing is complete assumption anyway, there’s no proof yet that it is actually applicable to this virus. It’s a calculated guess. The big error was not expanding the testing further but frankly, even those countries who have locked everything down early will find all they’ve done is delayed it rather than eliminated and it will start rising again as the roll back - although that is arguably a better situation to be in than us or Italy. Providing a working vaccine appears relatively soonish that will be enough to placate the markets and create a massive bounce. Will then take ages to be administered though - don’t think this is going to start disappearing until next summer, at the earliest As for the economy - ‘whatever it takes, for as long as it takes’. Bud might not like the reality but the reality is more and more money will be created to prevent the alternative option, which is total social and economic collapse. 08 and Mario set the precedent and if various governments repeating his soundbite somehow surprises you I’m not sure what you thought was going to happen. What this will mean, rather obviously, is an excuse for at least another 10-15 years of ‘austerity’. The other interesting thing is that this will accelerate automation and money going into how to reduce reliance on the human workforce - along with speeding up technological integration - as a bonus it’s letting them trial universal income on a massive scale. Oh yes, and esports / game developers are going to do extremely well out of this. It's an interesting and educated post. Automation might be brought forward quicker, if they indeed can move it faster and still be safe....perhaps that is where compromises will be made. I don't think 'austerity' would work again this soon....You'd get Labour....Also, rightly or wrongly I think universal basic income will be resisted for a long time yet. Where I would give an alternative viewpoint is in saying that a more normal response like say...and I know I know...Japan is taking wouldn't...in my view, lead to total social and economic collapse. I view what is happening as self harming on an massive scale via managerial over reaction. This virus is nowhere near as holistically dangerous as Spanish flu was....I could only agree with this type of response if we were dealing with something as deadly as the black death. Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Mar 2020 1.46pm)
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Our response being to destroy the economy. Would you say the same in a time of war? Economies recover, dead people do not. Edited by SavoyTruffle (23 Mar 2020 1.50pm) Edited by SavoyTruffle (23 Mar 2020 1.55pm)
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Originally posted by SavoyTruffle
Would you say the same in a time of war? Economies recover, dead people do not. This isn't a time of war. The nearest compatible is the Spanish flu, which was far stronger.....we didn't behave like this and the estimated death toll from that was 228,000. We lost something like 400,000 in WW2......That was a fight for survival in some ways. If we did absolutely nothing....which I don't agree with....we still wouldn't lose a tiny fraction of that number. This is like destroying our economy over the Falklands. Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Mar 2020 1.54pm)
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