Todd_is_God Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: It was always going to be the case. Continuous assessment to judge ability and performance based on a final exam are not the same thing. I'm not disagreeing with that. But the defence of the ridiculous grades handed out over the last two years was ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, oaksoft said: Looks like New Zealand's virtue signalling princess is rapidly falling out of favour as the country struggles to recover from her pandemic restrictions. Jacinda Ardern under pressure as approval rating slumps to record low (msn.com) Pleasing. Folk in New Zealand having to find a new national identity after their covid one. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I note the current 7 day average has fallen below the rate before the previous wave, and are, in fact, now at the lowest rate since April 2021. I await the 'experts' explaining how this has happened without any of the protections they claimed would need to be reinstated being put in place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 At least some folk did well out of Covid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Incredibly, Germany really is going ahead with masking (on public transport anyway) from October - April 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 19 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: Incredibly, Germany really is going ahead with masking (on public transport anyway) from October - April I think there’s a genuine risk this happens here as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, The Master said: I think there’s a genuine risk this happens here as well. Don't think so, tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Can i declare it's over. Our Government as from 1st Oct, have said f**k this shite (nothing to do with elections). Game over, will be treated the same as Flu & Dengy fever. It's over. I'm still the only madman not wearing a mask. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 On 11/08/2022 at 16:08, Suspect Device said: At least some folk did well out of Covid. They should be made to cough up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 7 hours ago, SlipperyP said: Can i declare it's over. Our Government as from 1st Oct, have said f**k this shite (nothing to do with elections). Game over, will be treated the same as Flu & Dengy fever. It's over. I'm still the only madman not wearing a mask. Whats most peoples thoughts on it there? are they shit scared like it's certain death or do they have a more nonchalant attitude that we have adopted? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: Don't think so, tbh. Would be ignored if masks were bought back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 hours ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: Whats most peoples thoughts on it there? are they shit scared like it's certain death or do they have a more nonchalant attitude that we have adopted? We/ve never had the death attitude, however if catch it you have to (must) stay in hospital until you are tested clear. Thats the bumber. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62542537 UK workers in the banking, technology, engineering, energy, insurance and healthcare sectors are working from their offices an average of 1.5 days a week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62542537 UK workers in the banking, technology, engineering, energy, insurance and healthcare sectors are working from their offices an average of 1.5 days a week. How many engineers usually work in an office? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 39 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: How many engineers usually work in an office? Yeah, you'd have to assume that a significant percentage of engineers will have to be more hands on. I guess that there are some engineering sectors that could be done remotely though. Healthcare as well - obviously nurses and doctors can't really work from home but I know a few people who work in healthcare research and they have worked from home throughout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 14/08/2022 at 00:54, Lyle Lanley said: Would be ignored if masks were bought back. Agreed. I think everyone has decided Covid is finished. I have been out and about a fair bit last couple of weeks, pubs, gigs, comedy etc - as you know Edinburgh is rammed. The only people I have seen masked are Asian tourists, they are still walking about in the fresh air with them too.................its back to what it was like in 2019 pre pandemic (thank f**k). eta, still a few oldsters wearing in supermarkets but getting less and less 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Can't keep it out forever. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62544116 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 The Chinese are still at it... Quote There were chaotic scenes at an Ikea store in Shanghai on Saturday, with shoppers trying to escape as authorities tried to quarantine them. Health officials were attempting to lock the store in Xuhui district down as a customer had been in close contact with a positive Covid case. Videos show the guards closing the doors at one point, but a crowd forced them open and made their escape. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-62547503 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 I finally succumbed to the plague COVID a couple of weeks ago and other than one day where I kept jumping between being too hot and too cold, and my heart rate kept spiking (according to my Apple Watch), it wasn't really any worse than a mild cold, or allergies. In fact, I first thought it was hayfever because I'd been cutting back some bushes in the garden the day before I first felt something was up. It was then more a procession of individual symptoms rather than everything at once. I only found out it was COVID because I had some tests left over from when my work was giving them out, and I was mildly curious. If that's what COVID now is, there's absolutely no reason for anyone not to be living their 2019-style lives again. And yes, I know that everyone will have a different experience. But a family member who is considered clinically vulnerable also came down with it and their symptoms were even milder than mine...go figure... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 2 hours ago, NorthernLights said: The Chinese are still at it... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-62547503 They’ve completely lost it. What are they playing at. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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