Lockdown Extension

[mick brown]

This all depends on the urgency/importance of stopping/slowing the spread.
In all honesty we could do without a lot of things for a few weeks.
We could even strip back the amount of food shops. I mean I've got an Aldi, Lidl, Morrison's, and Tesco all within a five minute walk.

What I'm getting at is companies that provide a service or produce things for another "key" or essential company.
Electricians, heating engineers etc. - what if they're needed in a hospital.
Manufacturing - making product's for health, transport, communications etc.

I myself am expected to carry on working ( and I'm fine with that) because currently we are making fixtures to support the ventilator manufacturing industry. What happens when we finish making them. We will carry on producing our normal product's because the boss can only see profit. He doesn't care about his worker's health as far as I can see.

It's very difficult to determine what a key worker is really. It's very open to interpretation.

 

[AJT]

Absolutely needs at the very least another months lockdown with even tighter restrictions.
As a percent I think we are at about 40% peak a way to go yet.

 

[AJT]

What I'm getting at is companies that provide a service or produce things for another "key" or essential company.
Electricians, heating engineers etc. - what if they're needed in a hospital.
Manufacturing - making product's for health, transport, communications etc.

I myself am expected to carry on working ( and I'm fine with that) because currently we are making fixtures to support the ventilator manufacturing industry. What happens when we finish making them. We will carry on producing our normal product's because the boss can only see profit. He doesn't care about his worker's health as far as I can see.

It's very difficult to determine what a key worker is really. It's very open to interpretation.

I think anyone in a role producing or providing a service that keeps the cogs turning..

 

[mick brown]

I think anyone in a role producing or providing a service that keeps the cogs turning..

Absolutely mate but I'm sure there's any number of devious company directors that can wangle their way into that category just to keep us lowly worker's earning them a profit. It's the way of the world unfortunately.
Do I sound bitter towards bosses

 

[RAPTOREX]

But it hasn't peaked yet as far as I can make out.

Isn't that the point. It's about keeping the perks low, so the NHS can cope?

 

[mick brown]

Isn't that the point. It's about keeping the perks low, so the NHS can cope?

What !!! But it hasn't stopped rising yet so it hasn't peaked and dropped off yet.

 

[MarylinC37]

I'd be surprised if we see any easing of the lockdown before mid May at the earliest.

 

[rew]

Lockdown will almost certainly be extended especially with all these crowds of idiots going to open spaces.

 

[mick brown]

I think we should see more of this.

Hopefully not this but if people continue to ignore the rules, who knows.

 

[vapemac]

Review a week on Monday as far as I know but I'm guessing it will be extended and it should be.

You'd think that that they'd need to review and make that announcement before then wouldn't you?