Sherrif John Bunnell Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I'm currently back in the office every third day and it is a thoroughly bleak experience with the windows wide open and nobody else in my team being in at the same time. It is utterly Baltic in there, even with the weather in Inverness being ok for this time of year. I dread to think what it's going to be like come November/December time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: I'm currently back in the office every third day and it is a thoroughly bleak experience with the windows wide open and nobody else in my team being in at the same time. It is utterly Baltic in there, even with the weather in Inverness being ok for this time of year. I dread to think what it's going to be like come November/December time. Teaching in a room at 9am, with all windows/doors open is freezing. The radiators are on but makes no difference. I wear a thick jumper and the students sit in jackets and hoodies, but all frozen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Teaching in a room at 9am, with all windows/doors open is freezing. The radiators are on but makes no difference. I wear a thick jumper and the students sit in jackets and hoodies, but all frozen. when it gets below the guidelines of 16 degrees can you not just down tools? https://www.gov.uk/workplace-temperatures#:~:text=There's no law for minimum,for a maximum temperature limit. https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/law.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Just now, Left Back said: when it gets below the guidelines of 16 degrees can you not just down tools? https://www.gov.uk/workplace-temperatures#:~:text=There's no law for minimum,for a maximum temperature limit. https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/law.htm Fair point - need to take a thermometer with me tomorrow. I have one I use for testing the temperature of lattes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Left Back said: when it gets below the guidelines of 16 degrees can you not just down tools? https://www.gov.uk/workplace-temperatures#:~:text=There's no law for minimum,for a maximum temperature limit. https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/law.htm Think I will try that when WFH. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Some fun with another of the Covid Apps out there. I wonder what Jean Van De Swinney would have said if asked for comment ? The official flag of the European Union is wrongly depicted in the CovidSafeBE app, as the 12 stars are upside down. The error crept into the app by mistake and nobody – not even European officials – noticed, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Just shows how ludicrous the whole situation is. Is it the same in England? Read an article showing how 2 different universities in the same town adopted completely different approaches. University of Sussex binned all the restrictions whilst Brighton University went the full ‘Scottish’ Im sure the unions have a lot to do with this. Hopefully, Boris will come out with some new approaches during his conference speech. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 45 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: I'm currently back in the office every third day and it is a thoroughly bleak experience with the windows wide open and nobody else in my team being in at the same time. It is utterly Baltic in there, even with the weather in Inverness being ok for this time of year. I dread to think what it's going to be like come November/December time. Close the windows, especially if nobody else is in. I've been working throughout this in an office which has zero windows and only 1 door, which can't stay open as it obstructs the factory floor path. f**k these stupid ventilation rules, keep yourself warm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 43 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Teaching in a room at 9am, with all windows/doors open is freezing. The radiators are on but makes no difference. I wear a thick jumper and the students sit in jackets and hoodies, but all frozen. Akin to putting on the air con and then opening the car windows. A total waste of energy for no effect. Ventilation is the new masks, isn't it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Michael W said: Akin to putting on the air con and then opening the car windows. A total waste of energy for no effect. Ventilation is the new masks, isn't it? Along with CO2 monitors so they can really maximise that sweet sweet ventilation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58790302 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 So no vaxx passports required for COP26. I imagine there will be no vaccination or testing requirements for any delegates entering the country either. Nice to see Sturgeon and the Scottish Government be utter hypocrites when it suits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, Elixir said: So no vaxx passports required for COP26. I imagine there will be no vaccination or testing requirements for any delegates entering the country either. Nice to see Sturgeon and the Scottish Government be utter hypocrites when it suits. They have to take daily LFTs to attend any of the events. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, welshbairn said: They have to take daily LFTs to attend any of the events. LFTs are completely and utterly useless though. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 minute ago, virginton said: LFTs are completely and utterly useless though. Yup, but more of a pain in the arse than flashing a QR code. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 If a LFT is fine for COP26, why isn't it fine for an unvaccinated/partially vaccinated Scot going into a nightclub? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) Daily Summary for @oaksoft : Deaths 21 (0 day before), ICU cases 65 down 2 (4 new admissions), In hospital with confirmed Covid 998 down 3 (208 new weekend admissions). Figures for Jags. 1st Vaccines 9,394 to 5,779 2nd vaccines 1,938 to 2,538 Daily Cases Update: 25 days in a row of falls now with a smaller drop of 1.77% to 314.2 and I expect a further tiny fall tomorrow. The decrease is starting to slow and looks possibly likely to stall around 250. This may be the new normal for now. Seems a little odd in light of tiny numbers in Spain, France & Italy etc. The signs are pointing to this as lower down the table councils just keep starting to rise again. Total Cases Scotland 7 days 26th September to 2nd October were 17,481 to 17,172 down 1.77%, Positivity was 7.9% now 7.9%. Cases per 100K were 319.8 now 314.2 Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update : UK Average 355.7 to 348.4 down 2.05%, England 340.0 to 337.6 down 0.71%, Wales 594.1 to 535.5 down 9.86%, Northern Ireland 406.5 to 403.3 down 0.79% In Europe for travellers (Countries Population over 3 Million) Serbia 565.8 (weekly change up 8%), Romania 389.6 (weekly up 56%), Croatia 216.3 (weekly up 12%), Moldova 205.5 (Weekly up 12%), Bulgaria 194.7 (Weekly up 24%), Ireland 175.7 (Weekly -4%), These are the only countries over 150 cases per 100K. At the other end. Poland 20.9, Spain 29.4, Italy 35.3, France 49.8, Germany 64.1 of the big fish. Scotland peaks in wave 4 at 817.1 for 1st Sep to 7th Sep, (UK was 392.1), Cases that day were 44,663 and positivity 12.5% Scotland peaks in Wave 3 at 425.1 for 27th June to 3rd July, (UK was 229.9) . Cases that day were 23,222 and positivity 10.8% Scotland peaked in wave 2 at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan, (UK was 642.1) Cases that day were 16,496 and test positivity rate was 11.9% Council progress in last 24 Hours as follows. Click cases by neighbourhood to see the spread on the geographical map. https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview West Lothian 478.2 to 464.6 North Lanarkshire 434.7 to 433.3 Falkirk 411.1 to 404.8 Fairly climbing up to 3rd in the table @Bairnardo @Marshmallo possibly due to all cases in @Gaz household. South Ayrshire 418.2 to 402.2 Dundee City 388.4 to 393.8 North Ayrshire 405.2 to 382.1 East Ayrshire 386.5 to 381.6 Fife 371.5 to 361.4 East Dunbartonshire 371.5 to 359.5 South Lanarkshire 362.8 to 355.0 West Dunbartonshire 378.1 to 353.2 East Renfrewshire 331.0 to 341.5 Aberdeenshire 325.6 to 329.8 Up 5 places Stirling 335.9 to 329.5 Renfrewshire 332.2 to 329.4 Dumfries & Galloway 329.8 to 321.7 BELOW AVERAGE Western Isles 328.3 to 309.4 Oddly plagued at the moment in Barra well over 1000 per 100K Inverclyde 323.1 to 305.0 Glasgow City 299.7 to 301.3 Moray 263.3 to 297.8 Surging up 5 places Midlothian 296.3 to 297.4 Clackmannanshire 280.8 to 290.5 Aberdeen City 266.7 to 263.2 Argyll & Bute 278.6 to 259.9 Perth & Kinross 258.7 to 248.8 East Lothian 241.9 to 227.1 Scottish Borders 216.1 to 222.1 City Of Edinburgh 217.8 to 207.0 Angus 196.0 to 187.4 Highlands 168.6 to 171.6 Shetland Islands 96.2 to 104.9 Orkney Islands 49.1 to 49.1 Edited October 5, 2021 by superbigal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Michael W said: If a LFT is fine for COP26, why isn't it fine for an unvaccinated/partially vaccinated Scot going into a nightclub? Probably because the vaccine app for domestic use is more about encouraging vaccine uptake than any direct health benefits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I think its a case of SG's rules being overruled by WM. Make of that what you will - WM allows SG to make their own on the hoof rules and measures for the Scottish population right up until the point where the rest of the world gets a look in and WM has then decided one part of the UK isn't going to be made to look petty and ill-informed on the world stage. Who'd you back in such circumstance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 SG update - 6 more months, to get through winter of this charade at the least. Saved you watching the rest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Nicola Sturgeon begins her Covid update to parliament by giving the latest statistics on Covid cases and vaccinations. She says the number of cases is continuing to fall in Scotland and there is no need to introduce any tighter restrictions. But she says the level of infection does remain relatively high and so it is prudent to keep in place the remaining "mitigations" such as face coverings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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