COVID - 19 This isn't the way it's supposed to work is it?
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COVID - 19 This isn't the way it's supposed to work is it?
To cut a very long story short my father in law is in an isolation ward with COVID - 19. Mrs Spiny and her sister who have been caring for him on a daily basis have been told by the hospital to self isolate for 7 days. My sister in law has contacted work to inform them (she works on the post office counter in WH Smiths) and has been told that she must come into work.
If this is going to happen on a regular basis it sort of makes the government guidelines a waste of space.
If this is going to happen on a regular basis it sort of makes the government guidelines a waste of space.
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My father is 90 next year and its almost certain he will catch this.
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Post it on WH Smiths facebook, twitter, instagram pages, along with branch and manager's name, should be an opening for promotion before the shop opens tomorrow!
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Good luck. But why on earth are we not focussing Isolation and NHS capability on them I will never know. (At least until someone under 60 dies with none of the associated conditions so far found.)
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Seriously that is the thing to do. Spread it on any local social media you can find.
WH Smiths surely know this is wrong (and will have the correct policy) but they need to know they aren't passing the message well enough down the chain to numpty managers.
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I have now found out that the branch manager is okay with the self isolation but is being told by people further up the chain not to allow it.
On a different note my daughter has received a text message from my granddaughters school stating that self isolation is not an excuse not to go to school. I know that schools are being treated as a special case in all of this but it still feels a bit odd.
On a different note my daughter has received a text message from my granddaughters school stating that self isolation is not an excuse not to go to school. I know that schools are being treated as a special case in all of this but it still feels a bit odd.
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So the manager at WHS is a member of FISO (and has read this), but the people higher up the ladder aren't members.Spinynorman wrote: β15 Mar 2020, 16:52 I have now found out that the branch manager is okay with the self isolation but is being told by people further up the chain not to allow it.
On a different note my daughter has received a text message from my granddaughters school stating that self isolation is not an excuse not to go to school. I know that schools are being treated as a special case in all of this but it still feels a bit odd.
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Shame on WHS and hope he makes a swift recovery
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Luckily my Mom will give him his daily orders and he'll have to forego his daily trip to get his Daily Mail.
A lot of dailys in that sentence.
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Blimey: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51901372
So is it wrong (ok how wrong ) to deliberately cough when walking past someone wearing one of those stupidly thin mouth mask things?
So is it wrong (ok how wrong ) to deliberately cough when walking past someone wearing one of those stupidly thin mouth mask things?
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51896168
I have rigged up the vacuum cleaner blow bit up to a kinda face mask; reckon it will sell on EBay?
I have rigged up the vacuum cleaner blow bit up to a kinda face mask; reckon it will sell on EBay?
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Why would you even think about doing that? - not even remotely funny.
... and while those thin masks don't stop the virus they're not doing any harm and can at least help prevent you touching your face.
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I didn't mean coughing in their faces....
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After the threat of disciplinary action my sister in law is back at work today and will be serving many pensioners in the process. I wonder how wide spread this sort of scenario is playing out?
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Its crazy re pensioners......
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It all gets stranger. My son in law was sent home from work and told to self isolate for 14 days but has now been told that he has to go in to work tomorrow.
Weird times indeed.
Weird times indeed.
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Tiny Spiny's school now shut for 2 weeks due to staff shortages taking them down to dangerous levels. Makes you wonder whether officially closing schools might be better than letting them limp on and then close anyway?
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(all the other stuff aside) how's your father in law?
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Still hasn't forgiven his daughter for getting married
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Don't worry. I'm not him
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Glad he's doing okSpinynorman wrote: β17 Mar 2020, 18:22Still in an isolation ward but doing okay thanks.
As is always the case they are not giving much away over the telephone and visiting is a no go.
The other stuff is just me having a frustrated whinge.
The "other stuff aside" was not directed at you, this thread or anything else I may have read here but more a "i haven't read everything but just want to get back to the opening post" sort of thing.
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Imho, the Govt is pants and are trying to be clever rather than fix this thing - but hey ho they only care about Brexit..... I doubt other Govt's give a flying duck for such negotiations atm.
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Any good news to report Spiny ?Spinynorman wrote: β17 Mar 2020, 18:22Still in an isolation ward but doing okay thanks.
As is always the case they are not giving much away over the telephone and visiting is a no go.
The other stuff is just me having a frustrated whinge.
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bluenosey wrote: β21 Mar 2020, 17:19Any good news to report Spiny ?Spinynorman wrote: β17 Mar 2020, 18:22Still in an isolation ward but doing okay thanks.
As is always the case they are not giving much away over the telephone and visiting is a no go.
The other stuff is just me having a frustrated whinge.
Thanks for asking. Unfortunately he's very poorly at the moment and may not make it through the night. There are family with him at the moment. It's all a bit grim really isn't it.
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Really sorry to hear that. Crossing everything for you.
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