Johnson's latest press conference

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More changes, more masks, pausing further openings - plus get back to the office.

I was quite at the idea of 5000 at the races on Saturday.

*Stasi?

Do some googling and out what it really would be like if we had the Stasi.

Such a very, very silly thing to say, coming from profound ignorance.

We don't need Godwin's law we need a "stop being a hysterical muppet" law*

ODFOD,I warned you not to bother. I’m not ignorant I’m realistic. There’s a certain section of the population that would have been right at home in East Germany during the Cold War.

@DomDoesWotHeWants

Time UsForThem shut up. They've become an embarrassment of Karens and Gammons.

As if teachers should sacrifice their health for their DCs.

Well many other professions are perhaps, risking their health for us. supermarket workers, shop assistants, the supermarket delivery drivers, taxi driver, postmen, nurses, refuse collectors, gp`s dentists, volunteers for charities, not sure why teachers are exempt from this.

@crosseyedmary
I totally agree with you and it’s scary just how many people are like that.

I am not sure any of those professions (possibly perhaps but not definitely excluding the healthcare ones) feel much like sacrificing themselves for other people's children either. If anything , they have even less reason to do so.

In terms of relative risk of infection (RIF) nurses are right up at the top, followed closely by doctors and careworkers, then nursery nurses and then SEN and primary school teachers and other healthcare practitioners, with shopworkers just behind this. For a website that proclaims it cares about women there is an astonishing amount of 'just crack on, love' aimed at predominantly female professions.

Well many other professions are perhaps, risking their health for us. supermarket workers, shop assistants, the supermarket delivery drivers, taxi driver, postmen, nurses, refuse collectors, gp`s dentists, volunteers for charities, not sure why teachers are exempt from this

Supermarket workers whenever I’ve been in, have had plastic screens between them and customers.

Dentists were closed for a long time and are now doing reduced procedures with PPE carefully in place.

GPs are seeing a very reduced number of face to face patients-with masks and social distancing required.

Nurses are wearing masks and following strict protocols.

What school staff want is for something in place to mitigate risk. At the moment-there is very little. The things that have been put in place-eg trying to stick to year groups ‘bubbles’ (of up to 200) or all students facing the front-are protesting the students, not the staff. Staff are moving across all year groups. In fact, students facing the front just means all pupils are breathing directly at the teacher who isn’t even allowed to wear a mask!

Well many other professions are perhaps, risking their health for us. supermarket workers, shop assistants, the supermarket delivery drivers, taxi driver, postmen, nurses, refuse collectors, gp`s dentists, volunteers for charities, not sure why teachers are exempt from this.

Well the ones you mention can wear masks if they want to and teacher have been told they can't. One big difference right there. And the anti-maskers group thinks that's OK.

Do you think they should be the only ones not allowed masks in large gatherings? I'd love to hear your justification.

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Here is the data on RIF.

Supermarket staff where I live are on the shop floor with very few masks in evidence.

@Alsohuman

Supermarket staff where I live are on the shop floor with very few masks in evidence.

But they can wear them if they want to? That's the whole point.

Where did I say they couldn’t? I was pointing out they’re not all behind Perspex. 🙄

I’m not up to speed with the latest facts and figures. Are the death rates or hospital admissions rising?
Does it really matter if the amount of infections is rising as long as people aren’t dying or hospitals coming under strain?

@Alsohuman

Where did I say they couldn’t? I was pointing out they’re not all behind Perspex. 🙄

Nether are they crammed into a small unventilated room with 30 adults sized children for an hour. Not sure what point you were trying to make.

Daft comparison, for sure.

also I think you will find that is set to change.

If it doesn't that is another example of employees not being kept as safe as the consuming public. But I certainly read an article this morning that suggested the big shops need to start getting all their staff in masks. Sainsburys are.

OK, wow.

My daughter works for track and trace. She Sits at home for 8-10 hours a day and presses refresh on her system every two minutes. Barely even makes 10 calls a week. She's being doing this since the first intake of staff and didn't have a single call to make in the first month. She's paid very well to do bugger all 😂🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Hot how does the number get to your dd? Does someone tested fill it in then if it’s positive somehow gets into system?

What’s the process?

gp`s dentists, volunteers for charities, not sure why teachers are exempt from this.

Dentists are closed, GPs are barely doing any face to face appointments. Our local surgery has just two chairs in the waiting room, GPs are wearing scrubs full PPE and have a one way system through the surgery. There is nobody to talk to in person at reception, you have to use an intercom. That is as safe as it can be, they have put a lot of effort into making it sake - effort which the government are not allowing schools to do.

*I feel like some people don't understand how we won't be able to restart the economy until the virus is under control.

It isn't one or the other, they go together.*

No, it really isn't. You don't seem to have much knowledge on the economy if you think if can afford to crash.

I'm disappointed that I can't get my eyebrows done.

Thank GOD I can still get my beard trimmed though.

@TinkersRucksack

I'm disappointed that I can't get my eyebrows done.

Thank GOD I can still get my beard trimmed though.

Shave them off, you can do it yourself.

@TinkersRucksack

I'm disappointed that I can't get my eyebrows done.

Thank GOD I can still get my beard trimmed though.

Ah... but, you can get your eyebrows done at a barbers, just not at a beauticians...

our local barbers isn't doing beard trimming.

I shall pay a visit to my local barbers tomorrow. I may have to self ID as a man.

OH got his nose hairs waxed the other day but I can’t get my brows done. How is that any different??