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Yous all want to get jobs as a clinical contact caseworker on the dog and bone. I was quite surprised at the hourly rate when the mrs showed me the email she received. Bizarrely from nhs in England asking her to apply. 17 bucks an hour paye on a weekday. What suprised me though was 22 bucks an hour evenings and Saturdays, 27 bucks an hour sundays.
Does the public sector pay the huge premiums in all jobs when you dont do 9-5 ?

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Where is that table from?
NHS England daily stats at https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/

Note, they state that the last 5 or so days worth of stats are subject to change, as deaths are added to the system. So the stats presented there are not the final amount. They are also only hospital deaths.
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11 minutes ago, heedthebaa said:

I’ve been informed I’m not eligible for anything, but by f**k I’ll be paying for years to pay it all back. I’ve had the piss ripped out me for the 21 months I’ve been self employed, by other lads as I don’t take cash !! Everything goes through the books, everything done properly. I’ve sat for long enough through this, expecting very little, but at least something, but no, hee haw. I’m back at work, f**k them. 

Not great, not sure why they chose 3 years for self employed other than to save cash. 

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59 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

For the same reason they built extra hospitals. They panicked at the 500,000 figure and couldn't risk not having the additional capacity. Nightingale didnt open until about a week after the peak, and had taken just 41 patients by the 24th.

I find it incredibly hard to believe a disease with an average time from infection to death of 24 days or there or there abouts would peak sharply just 18 days after lockdown started. Especially when, during that period supermarkets were rammed, and there was little in the way of social distancing outside or inside them like there is now. It seems too soon.

I also find it incredible that we are still counting cases from March in a death total announced on 12th May as having died "in the last 24 hours" It's what leads to people going mental at the thought of easing lockdown when "hundreds are dying each day" which, whilst true, the actual number has been around 200 per day for over a week (around 13% of expected daily deaths) and has started to fall quite sharply over the last 5 days

If the same method of counting is applied up here it would be interesting to see

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These lads concluded an average (median) progression to fatality at just over 18 days.  That seems incredibly consistent with a peak after 18 days. 

Fortunately they have published a fair amount of detail about their methodology so you can be very specific about where you think their analysis is weak. 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3/fulltext

What you got? 

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12 minutes ago, Dee Man said:

It's amazing how Oaksoft knows the mindset of every single teacher, nurse and research scientist. What a guy. 

I've just noticed that he started a thread to deliver a lecture on the mindset of the working class a while ago too.

The gift that keeps on giving.

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11 minutes ago, ayrmad said:

Not great, not sure why they chose 3 years for self employed other than to save cash. 

I'm sure that the self employed will eventually grasp the irony of the government trying to keep as many of them off the books as possible to save money. 

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1 minute ago, virginton said:

I'm sure that the self employed will eventually grasp the irony of the government trying to keep as many of them off the books as possible to save money. 

I think the government will eventually grasp the irony of those left out holding onto as much of their cash as possible going forward. 

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17 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said:

Tremendous stuff today guys. Proper Vera Lynn, good old Blighty, Blitz spirit getting us through the pandemic.

-Todd still claiming it's a bad case of the flu.

-Teachers are feckless and should bloody well work for free and if they don't like it they should bloody well get another job.

-Oaky having one of his 'episodes'

Lowkey highlight for me though was @Granny Danger and @SlipperyP having an argument about the morals of 'buying' Thai brides.

All in all, I'll be out giving it laldy with the pots and pans on Thursday night in recognition of everyone's commitment on here.

The new thing is getting your tits out. 

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32 minutes ago, heedthebaa said:

I’ve been informed I’m not eligible for anything, but by f**k I’ll be paying for years to pay it all back. I’ve had the piss ripped out me for the 21 months I’ve been self employed, by other lads as I don’t take cash !! Everything goes through the books, everything done properly. I’ve sat for long enough through this, expecting very little, but at least something, but no, hee haw. I’m back at work, f**k them. 

Nightmare mate, What line of work are you in if you dont mind me asking?

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2 minutes ago, ayrmad said:

I think the government will eventually grasp the irony of those left out holding onto as much of their cash as possible going forward. 

Oh Aye, bare minimum going through now

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4 hours ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

We shouldnt be opening schools in scotland before the end of the summer holidays, no chance. But we should consider lengthening the school day in august by 30-45 minutes for kids to get extra tuition and catch up, isn’t a catch all answer but as close as possible to giving the government time to come up with distancing measures etc.

Would be daft to bother opening secondary schools before August, though maybe P7 need a few wee transition sessions.

There's no way at all they should be doing extra work once they get back. I'd say the complete opposite; move to a four day Mon-Thu teaching week. Let the teachers use Friday morning for admin/training/resources development and the kids can get a bit of (proper, professional) online homework to do over a three day weekend. 

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He's just a spokesman, a mouthpiece ffs. Do you think he is sitting dreaming up and putting into practice these schemes himself.

In this current chancellor, we could well be looking at a future PM.
His handling of this crisis and his willingness to listen to reasonable concerns regarding extending furlough payments is very refreshing. I also like the way he has rejected the "addicted" phrase.
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2 minutes ago, heedthebaa said:

Oh Aye, bare minimum going through now

I think that'll be the outlook of most in your situation, disappointing but understandable state of affairs for those penalised whilst trying to do the right thing. 

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23 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said:

Tremendous stuff today guys. Proper Vera Lynn, good old Blighty, Blitz spirit getting us through the pandemic.

-Todd still claiming it's a bad case of the flu.

-Teachers are feckless and should bloody well work for free and if they don't like it they should bloody well get another job.

-Oaky having one of his 'episodes'

Lowkey highlight for me though was @Granny Danger and @SlipperyP having an argument about the morals of 'buying' Thai brides.

All in all, I'll be out giving it laldy with the pots and pans on Thursday night in recognition of everyone's commitment on here.

Can you summarise this thread every day, in a match of the day style?  Would save me having to read the ill-informed crap some from dribbling simpletons who know nothing of which they are preaching.  

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Anyone who wants kids to spend an extra 45 minutes a day at school is a heartless b*****d who has forgotten what it was like to be a child. The 5 minutes before 3.30 took an hour, so you're asking kids to spend an extra 9 hours in school. 

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I'm sure there are a few teachers who want to be teachers but there are more than a few who are in it for days off and couldn't get a job anywhere else.
Aye any old dosser who can't get a job just needs to roll up at the school gates and they will instantly hand him a teaching job ! Grow up ffs.
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