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The "Pingdemic"
I never bothered downloading the App for fear that I might get pinged because I may have been in the vague vicinity of somebody who may or may not have been infected, but if the reports are true, there's many many people now stuck at home completely unnecessarily causing economic harm to themselves and their employers.
Is it time to ditch it?
Is it time to ditch it?
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I don't know what the fuss is. If you are "pinged" by the app you do not have to self-isolate. You are only advised to do so. Self isolation is only compulsory if you are contacted by the "Track & Trace" outfit.
Quite honestly the entire business is a mess. The idea of the app was to prevent spread before there was a vaccine. Well now there is a vaccine and the vast majority of people likely to develop serious symptoms are now double jabbed (provided they want it). The idea that potentially millions of perfectly healthy people are off work is ridiculous and will cause more damage than a total lockdown did. The government needs to shape up. So-called "Freedom Day" is descending into a farce. We were once urged to "control the virus to protect lives". Now we're controlling lives to protect the virus.
Quite honestly the entire business is a mess. The idea of the app was to prevent spread before there was a vaccine. Well now there is a vaccine and the vast majority of people likely to develop serious symptoms are now double jabbed (provided they want it). The idea that potentially millions of perfectly healthy people are off work is ridiculous and will cause more damage than a total lockdown did. The government needs to shape up. So-called "Freedom Day" is descending into a farce. We were once urged to "control the virus to protect lives". Now we're controlling lives to protect the virus.
This will really annoy people, especially those that think they have the moral high ground (StGness and Welsh Bob especially), but before the App, where you were required to give a phone number, I just used to make up a number.
To date nobody I know has been infected. Ah, but the high horse sitters will say, I may have infected somebody, but that’s totally unlikely.
To date nobody I know has been infected. Ah, but the high horse sitters will say, I may have infected somebody, but that’s totally unlikely.
Indeed tomus.
This pandemic has been a tale of two parties. There are those able to work at home, plenty of "me time", salary intact, no commuting, no train fares, time with the kids, etc. Many of these are government employees, 100% salary, no furlough for them. Then there's the rest. Self employed builders and other trades people, shop workers in "non-essential" shops, hospitality workers, delivery drivers, etc. In fact an often held description of the last sixteen months is that those in the first category stayed at home whilst other people fetched them stuff. It's little wonder that those in the first group are perfectly content for restrictions to go on indefinitely.
Those doing the fetching and carrying - especially the self-employed - cannot take a fortnight off work when they're perfectly fit and healthy. This nonsense needs to stop.
This pandemic has been a tale of two parties. There are those able to work at home, plenty of "me time", salary intact, no commuting, no train fares, time with the kids, etc. Many of these are government employees, 100% salary, no furlough for them. Then there's the rest. Self employed builders and other trades people, shop workers in "non-essential" shops, hospitality workers, delivery drivers, etc. In fact an often held description of the last sixteen months is that those in the first category stayed at home whilst other people fetched them stuff. It's little wonder that those in the first group are perfectly content for restrictions to go on indefinitely.
Those doing the fetching and carrying - especially the self-employed - cannot take a fortnight off work when they're perfectly fit and healthy. This nonsense needs to stop.
// NJ, if folk can do their work at home, whether they're civil servants or no, why shouldn't they? //
why indeed. pre-pandemic, a whole service industry existed to support people at their work, much of which now no longer exists.
are you one of those saying "good riddance" to all those who used to work in that service industry, Corby? changes in working practices may have brought it about eventually anyway, but the way the pandemic accelerated it has been catastrophic.
why indeed. pre-pandemic, a whole service industry existed to support people at their work, much of which now no longer exists.
are you one of those saying "good riddance" to all those who used to work in that service industry, Corby? changes in working practices may have brought it about eventually anyway, but the way the pandemic accelerated it has been catastrophic.
"are you one of those saying "good riddance" to all those who used to work in that service industry, Corby?"
I'm not saying "good riddance" but there are any number of occupations that have reduced or disappeared because processes have been automated for example.
How many folk were employed in that support industry compared to the number employed in the offices?
I'm not saying "good riddance" but there are any number of occupations that have reduced or disappeared because processes have been automated for example.
How many folk were employed in that support industry compared to the number employed in the offices?
// How many folk were employed in that support industry compared to the number employed in the offices? //
more than you think, probably. aside from cleaners and building services, there's coffee shops, restaurants, sandwich shops, metro stores, couriers, etc.
and "teams" really isn't a whole substitute for meetings. home broadband was never designed for work use so cameras are often off to save flaky connections. for every dutiful teams participant there's other unseen "attendees" who have wandered off to play with the cat, making tea, talking to the neighbour, etc.
more than you think, probably. aside from cleaners and building services, there's coffee shops, restaurants, sandwich shops, metro stores, couriers, etc.
and "teams" really isn't a whole substitute for meetings. home broadband was never designed for work use so cameras are often off to save flaky connections. for every dutiful teams participant there's other unseen "attendees" who have wandered off to play with the cat, making tea, talking to the neighbour, etc.
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