Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[xsnaggle]

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I agree with you Peter.

I think the problem with the initial clause to increase talking time was that if that clause was triggered it would be for an automatic period of 3 years as written into the original agreement.
The fears in British government was that a period so long would result in the EU doing nothing constructive for 2 of them and that it would mean we would be locked to their laws and institutions for all of that time with no say in the making or running of them. Of course if at the end of that 3 year period there was still no agreement they could extend again, just as they were trying to do with May and her wishy washy appeasement approach. Whether you agree with the break away or not at least limitatins do focus minds, and the Germans are reportedly already telling the EU to sort it out.

It may be possible to agree a short extension and pass a bill in parliament for say 6 months extension but I don't know

[Hilts]

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Why is the WHS and government saying it will take until the end of the month to set up and activate a Test Track and Trace system? Apparently they have to recruit the people and do all the preliminary work, suggesting that to date they haven't done anything.
Are they not using the phone app?

I thought the app was still being tested in the Isle of Wight?

Has it now been launched?

[the other bob wilson]

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Any truth about this "mass meeting" in Cardiff this weekend or is it a hoax?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/anger-over-mass-lockdown-protest-18239977?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

[tell it like it is]

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You think the staff are letting groups of incredibly vulnerable people leave the homes... Putting themselves and the staff at greater risk? Think about what you're saying.

Care homes are in proper lockdown, the residents aren't even seeing each other inside. Source: I work in the public sector dealing with older people.

Where my mum is, I refer as a care home but it's effectively sheltered accomodation with extra care packages.

They want the residents to stay in their flats, not congregate but cannot stop them from leaving the premises. Talked mum into staying in, bring her things she needs.

[Hilts]

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Any truth about this "mass meeting" in Cardiff this weekend or is it a hoax?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...paign=sharebar

Probably online conspiracy theorists.
Have they promised the Lizard People will turn up as well.?

[Heisenberg]

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Read what I actually wrote. I never said I think of believe anything. It was a tongue-in cheek response to TOBW's comment about a gaggle of old ladies going past him. Actually I don't believe it would happen for one minute quite obviously. But don't let that stop you having a pop please!

I read exactly what you wrote and what you were implying in your reply:

"There should be no chance" = you think that there is a chance that it's happening even though you think that it shouldn't.

I have told you that it isn't happening. Instead of being defensive and claiming that I'm having a pop, just accept that you are mistaken.

"Having a pop" f**king hell, you know when I'm having a pop at you, xsnaggle... I've done it enough with you over the years. This isn't one of those occasions.

[Croesy Blue]

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He thinks anyone who disagrees with him is having a pop.

[xsnaggle]

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He thinks anyone who disagrees with him is having a pop.

Naw but I cannot believe that he thought I was actually serious, its just silly.

[xsnaggle]

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I thought the app was still being tested in the Isle of Wight?

Has it now been launched?

I thought that too but from the tone of the remark coming out of Cardiff bay they aren't usoing it or haven't done anything about preapring to use it yet.


Wales 'hopes to track and trace coronavirus by end of May'

BBC Radio Wales
The Welsh Government is hoping to begin tracking and tracing coronavirus infections by the end of May, Wales’ chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton has said.
He told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers: “We're working very quickly and with Public Health Wales providing advice to us to develop a plan for when we do start to lift the lockdown measures for tracking cases and contacts in a much more systematic way.
“Because as the numbers come down, as they have because of the efforts of the Welsh public, it then becomes possible to identify individual cases and start to track the contacts of those cases.
“So that's where we hope to get to by the end of this month.”
Dr Atherton said developing the system was a “huge challenge” equal to developing the Dragon’s Heart Hospital in Cardiff.
“There’s a big workforce issue, there’s a big testing issue and there’s a huge information technology issue because we’re going to need digital applications to support this work,” he said.
Health Minister Vaughan Gething is expected to make an announcement on the matter later on Wednesday"

I'm not sure how they meant it to be understood but they seem a little tardy to say the least.

[Rjk]

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apparently the coronavirus test results have been disappearing into a "black hole" and thousands may be lost

https://www.hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/exclusive-test-data-from-commercial-labs-going-into-black-hole/7027619.article?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1ZeE5EVm1PR1UzWlRRMCIsInQiOiI3Ym9xKzBGQVRaMDVqUVJNa3NIQ0hYcEZNUWhDR3pUN3ZpOWJZVEpFbmxrVUJUajdxMkxkRlUxcHNQOG5HV1JCaUdZc2puWHZ1VnRjZVlVbzlSTDRWZ3JkQUFrbnZHTkx2VWFBXC9xWVpaaFJoZ1ptRExPVEYyR2Q4SnRmK0F4czgifQ%3D%3D

[xsnaggle]

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apparently the coronavirus test results have been disappearing into a "black hole" and thousands may be lost

https://www.hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/ex...F4czgifQ%3D%3D

That's helpful. (That was sarcasm I didn't mean it literally lol)

[tell it like it is]

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I thought that too but from the tone of the remark coming out of Cardiff bay they aren't usoing it or haven't done anything about preapring to use it yet.


Wales 'hopes to track and trace coronavirus by end of May'

BBC Radio Wales
The Welsh Government is hoping to begin tracking and tracing coronavirus infections by the end of May, Wales’ chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton has said.
He told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers: “We're working very quickly and with Public Health Wales providing advice to us to develop a plan for when we do start to lift the lockdown measures for tracking cases and contacts in a much more systematic way.
“Because as the numbers come down, as they have because of the efforts of the Welsh public, it then becomes possible to identify individual cases and start to track the contacts of those cases.
“So that's where we hope to get to by the end of this month.”
Dr Atherton said developing the system was a “huge challenge” equal to developing the Dragon’s Heart Hospital in Cardiff.
“There’s a big workforce issue, there’s a big testing issue and there’s a huge information technology issue because we’re going to need digital applications to support this work,” he said.
Health Minister Vaughan Gething is expected to make an announcement on the matter later on Wednesday"

I'm not sure how they meant it to be understood but they seem a little tardy to say the least.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/wales-first-minister-made-massive-18235813

[xsnaggle]

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I think he should resign immediately. Not for making a mistake on briefing but for, by his own admission, breaching the very clear stringent rules in force in Wales about social isolation.

[tell it like it is]

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I think he should resign immediately. Not for making a mistake on briefing but for, by his own admission, breaching the very clear stringent rules in force in Wales about social isolation.

NARRATOR: He didn't.

[Hilts]

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I think he should resign immediately. Not for making a mistake on briefing but for, by his own admission, breaching the very clear stringent rules in force in Wales about social isolation.

Drakeford has breached social isolation rules?

When was this. Hes in trouble if so.