and in today's presser. . we learned that America has a big white ship. . we are so fucked
Corona / Wuhan virus
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Well, it has finally happened. UK Government has just announced that all schools are to be shut down, and that all of the Secondary/Sixth-Form (or College) exams that were meant to be taking place in the coming months are cancelled. Nothing concrete on how the Gov't will make sure the students' progress "is not impeded" alongside the brief, just a "we won't go into the how".
A lot of families are going to be hit hard by this. There's plans for legislation to be passed to help and protect renters whom may not be able to afford their housing costs, and from what I've so far seen there's been £500M set aside by the Chancellor to help in some capacity those whom rely on council housing. Yet I have so far not seen anything on how those living on their weekly paychecks will be helped - the £94.25 per week sick pay (in some cases as low as £73), for many, simply isn't and won't be enough to cover all expenses. Also little said on how those that have been laid off or on zero-hour contracts as a result will be supported. Supposedly from what was said in the last House update there will be updates in the next few days on the support for the populace suffering such financial hardship - whether it will be enough remains to be seen. It's going to be a bit of a rollercoaster from here on out in Britain.
A lot of families are going to be hit hard by this. There's plans for legislation to be passed to help and protect renters whom may not be able to afford their housing costs, and from what I've so far seen there's been £500M set aside by the Chancellor to help in some capacity those whom rely on council housing. Yet I have so far not seen anything on how those living on their weekly paychecks will be helped - the £94.25 per week sick pay (in some cases as low as £73), for many, simply isn't and won't be enough to cover all expenses. Also little said on how those that have been laid off or on zero-hour contracts as a result will be supported. Supposedly from what was said in the last House update there will be updates in the next few days on the support for the populace suffering such financial hardship - whether it will be enough remains to be seen. It's going to be a bit of a rollercoaster from here on out in Britain.
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Don't die on me bruh
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Sorry, everyone, I just left for a minute and The Existentialist kicked in.
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That fucking joke is so far over my head!
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It died on the way over
100% to everything you said.
Yep. It has already happened elsewhere, now it's happening here. Hospitals on have so many ventilators and usually have most of not all of them in use. The hospital my ex works at, sent most patients home and transported those that need continued care to the same part of the hospital multiple pts p/room to make room for the tidal wave that's coming. Then ordered a ton of backup emergency ventilators that aren't as effective.
Wait. What?
To me the "white ship" is in reference to a theory of mass murder. What are you seeing?
You know what really grinds my gears...
The airline industry is currently begging the gov't for a bailout as of there couldn't possibly be anything more important. Skeet bitches.
The airline industry is currently begging the gov't for a bailout as of there couldn't possibly be anything more important. Skeet bitches.
he was babbling about a navy hospital ship
I briefly saw something about that. The is to be one on the east and one on the west coast to handle the non covid pts, right? I hope some cornfield I'm the Midwest gets a big boat too!
Ah, I'm a step behind with the news, just wanted a break.
I can't imagine being ill and sea sick at the same time.
Was reading that the US Navy has a COVID-19 problem on one of their ships. (A carrier: the USS Boxer) No way to social distance people who are assigned to quarters where everyone is literally 2'-4' apart.
To be honest I'd rather airlines not go bankrupt as I would rather like to visit my family when the crisis is over.
So weird how this thing has taken over our lives in such a short time. My job has gone in less than a week from "open and operating" as usual to remote work by almost the entire company. I still go into work sometimes, but it's not even required or suggested anymore. Really weird state of affairs. And the grocery story shortages are really not fun. People losing jobs, places closing, etc. We need a pick me up soon.
The underlying idea in my comment (or in my brain) is that things can continue without funds if we only choose to do so. Money only has value because we say it does. My point is, just because things are weird now does not mean we can never travel by air again. Working together is groovy!