Surely if you don’t test, then you don’t know the numbers infected.....or stop the spread as some may not take isolation seriously.I absolutely can see why you would want to get tested if you are feeling unwell, and especially if you have vulnerable people around you.
But I'm not sure why it would be sensible public health policy to use a test kit on someone with flu (or even symptoms consistent with a mild corona virus infection). If testing resources were infinite and free, I suppose it would be worth testing everybody every day to gather better data. But as they are not, why would it be sensible to test in this case? Surely it is better to conserve resources for when it gets more serious?
Ah, hadn't thought of that, might make losing my last 1/2 stone easierMeanwhile on the
“2020 Weightloss and accountability club”
Life goes on.
An anguished cry from the NHS front line: coronavirus is about to explode among medical staff — The Telegraph
Like many other Telegraph journalists, I have received a number of emails from well-informed doctors and medical staff working at the front of the NHS. They are in despair. They are alarmed by the failure of the Government to take more drastic action to fight Covid-19. They are stunned that this...apple.news
I don’t understand how it will work. Nurses and doctors going back to their children and family. They are risking themselves and loved ones. No one on the front line has confidence in the general strategy or approach.A sobering article. I know my cousin, who is a nurse, has been told she may have to work in any ward at any time.
Yep..I guessed there would beThere are lots of conspiracy theories flying around. There is always a chance it’s been engineered but there are theorists blaming China, Russia and the USA! Nature is a strange thing. For those comparing it to SARS. Did that affect anyone you know? This willl.
Indeed. My wife is a medical secretary for aI have a daughter who is a mental health nurse and they are under immense pressure as the publicity around all of this is sending many patients into an internal frenzy.
Had the same discussion at work. Some of our guys are weekly paid and live week to week. Why would they stay off.Me: Do I get company sickpay if I fall ill with Coronavirus?
Gaffer:No
Me: Well i will just have to attend then. What are you going to do when the whole workforce is ill?
Gaffer: That's when our insurance kicks in
Tossers....
It's shocking Dave, this day and age everyone working should be entitled to sick pay, and not the meagre SSP they try to fob you off with. I'm seriously considering leaving the company because of it. I'm weekly paid and so don't get that benefit. Without us hands on workers the members of staff wouldn't have a job to go to? What gives there?Had the same discussion at work. Some of our guys are weekly paid and live week to week. Why would they stay off.
I don’t get sick pay until the 2 April. And then it’s 2 weeks. So up until then I would have to use holidays.
I've been on the sick twice in about 40 odd years, once when I put my back out 9/11 time, and again when I had my eye op a few years ago. I'm off just now, but only because I wasn't allowed to go as I had recently returned from Sicily.Yep heard that before Al.
Guy I know got sacked as he was on FB boasting about a fishing festival he won.
He was on sick...
A lot of people count it as extra leave....I’ve heard the, you need to use it before you lose it remark before now...boils my pi55....
Yep, and I love the bit about the Spanish subsWhat a superb analogy and great read , loving the sense of humour , love to meet up sometime and swap diatribe lol