Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Todd_is_God]

1 minute ago, Granny Danger said:

There’s nothing better than being lectured to my those who have never experienced this.

Who's lecturing you?

[Granny Danger]

2 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Who's lecturing you?

Really?  You’re going to pick me up on the semantics of wording?

[Gaz]

1 minute ago, Stinky Bone said:

You can teach your kids right and wrong and you can train dogs to do things.  Easy. 

If it's so easy, why do schools need behaviour management systems?

Could it be - perhaps - that kids don't always do what they've been asked?

[Granny Danger]

3 minutes ago, Stinky Bone said:

No. My next comment is going to go down like a storm. 

You can teach your kids right and wrong and you can train dogs to do things.  Easy. 

I wonder how many bites you’ll get.

[Todd_is_God]

1 minute ago, Granny Danger said:

Really?  You’re going to pick me up on the semantics of wording?

I thought it was a fair question tbh

[welshbairn]

2 minutes ago, Stinky Bone said:

Let's have some fun.

2m has been recognised as the space to maintain between people to avoid getting the virus. 

Do you agree?

No, it's the maximum practical limit, it just reduces the chances of transfer. 10 metres would be better.

[Todd_is_God]

3 minutes ago, Stinky Bone said:

Let's have some fun.

2m has been recognised as the space to maintain between people to avoid getting the virus. 

Do you agree?

Obviously not, else it would be 2m everywhere.

In the US, for example, its 6 feet. 6 feet isn't 2m.

[Jacksgranda]

6 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

Really?  You’re going to pick me up lecture me on the semantics of wording?

 

[Granny Danger]

Just now, Jacksgranda said:

 

I wish I’d thought of that, I really do.

[ParsJake]

3 hours ago, Blootoon87 said:

3 hours ago, Bairnardo said:

A dildo in Thatchers dead arse

That's a woman you're talking about.

I would have to disagree.

[Genuine Hibs Fan]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-52666042

Tough times for Edinburgh uni by the looks of things. Hope it doesn't effect teaching/staff, but hopefully means they'll sell off some of their massive land holdings and scale back turning the city into a student village

[Bairnardo]

3 minutes ago, Stinky Bone said:

Like our dear Throbber has mentioned, what about in vans?

Maximum practicable, with other mitigatuons in place. Avoid multi occupancy, minimise multi occupancy, use PPE. In that order. 

[pandarilla]

Minimise contact, maximise distance should be the mantra. Putting a number on it is stupid.

Make actual requirements of workplaces to ensure sensible space is available.

And get water tight (so to speak) cleaning regimes.

We can clean the f**k out of this country, and that'll help reduce the spread too.

Nothing is perfect, but with all these measures in place we can get out of the lockdown quickly...once we get the bloody testing operation up to speed.

[Billy Jean King]

This is believable. 
I would guess that our lockdown has involved many multiples more of social contact time than the stricter versions on the continent. 

They huge variations in the % previously infected by different studies suggests it's as accurate as the R rate.

[Distant Doonhamer]

Any one got an answer for how to socially distance in a van?
 

Roof rack?

[welshbairn]

4 minutes ago, Stinky Bone said:

Any one got an answer for how to socially distance in a van?

 

Everyone by a window sticks their head out of it, including the driver. Or you could remove the windscreen so all the bugs blow away.

[Bairnardo]

11 minutes ago, pandarilla said:

And get water tight (so to speak) cleaning regimes.

We can clean the f**k out of this country, and that'll help reduce the spread too.

Nothing is perfect, but with all these measures in place we can get out of the lockdown quickly...once we get the bloody testing operation up to speed.
 

Correct. Where a van is needed, use other methods to minimise risk. 

11 minutes ago, Stinky Bone said:

Shite.

You are at it.

No. See above. Apply basic principles of risk assessment and mitigation..

5 minutes ago, Stinky Bone said:

Any one got an answer for how to socially distance in a van?

 

The answer isnt blanket lockdown. If I am wrong I dont have a problem with that, but you havent proved it so, and blanket policy IMO is damaging so we need the middle ground. We need the adult conversation. 

[Gaz]

2 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Everyone by a window sticks their head out of it, including the driver. Or you could remove the windscreen so all the bugs blow away.

What about folk like me with prescription windows for my eyesight?

[Wee Willie]

1 hour ago, Granny Danger said:

We should know the status of every poster in that respect so we can view their posts accordingly.

I think it's obvious that folk who dinnae hae bairns should look efter other folks bairns. Easy peasy

53 minutes ago, Gaz said:

I wouldn't worry about it. A few weeks ago yon Granny responded to me asking him to justify why both he and his wife going to the shops was 'essential' travel by accusing me of making up my wife and kids.

40 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

No, it's the maximum practical limit, it just reduces the chances of transfer. 10 metres would be better.

ffs you young whippersnappers think of the mature folk. wtf is 10 metres in real money?

39 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Obviously not, else it would be 2m everywhere.

In the US, for example, its 6 feet. 6 feet isn't 2m.

That's where I'm heading. At least we speak the same language.

[resk]

Any one got an answer for how to socially distance in a van?
 

The government guidance says social distancing should be followed at work where reasonably possible, so you can be within 2m of a colleague (eg sitting in a van) without breaking the law.