chrisp65 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 3 hours ago, mjmooney said: Well, it's official. We are breaking the rules (or is it 'the law'?) Rules for grandparents: BBC If I was you, I’d check the actual legislation for your area, not the BBC version. The BBC are currently deliberately getting much of this stuff very wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, slowandlow said: Thought there were special exemptions for childcare? Unless the rules have changed again Certainly a few weeks ago they announced informal childcare by family was ok I think that may still be the case, but only for one other household. We look after three grandchildren from two households. One of our daughters is in our house at the same time using our study for WFH (her husband is using their own kitchen table for his WFH office). And of course there is some entering of houses when the other daughter's kids are delivered/collected. Incidentally, both daughters have NHS or NHS-related jobs - their line is: "If the government doesn't want us using grandparent child care while we do our jobs, they can pay for full-time nursery provision". Edited October 17, 2020 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 The Torygraph is going full parody of itself at this point surely? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 25 Covid deaths so far in New Zealand and yet they voted the incompetent bastard back in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: 25 Covid deaths so far in New Zealand and yet they voted the incompetent bastard back in. This doesn't tell the true story of the horrific impact her policies have had on the economy, freedom, and every day life of people in New Zealand. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/54520540 Quote The All Blacks' spiritual home Eden Park is expected to host a "near capacity" crowd of 47,000 for the second Bledisloe Cup match between New Zealand and Australia on Sunday. Oh. Edited October 17, 2020 by Davkaus 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 The brother of Liverpool’s mayor has died of Covid-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Genie said: The brother of Liverpool’s mayor has died of Covid-19 yes heard that earlier, did make me think whether the Mayor of Manchester was taking the right approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Don’t know if anyone saw a piece yesterday on Sky News on China having a vaccine in the evening? Must admit I was doing something else at the time so it didn’t have my full attention but it looked like people were waiting in line and being charged for it? I think they had to sign some form too (liability). Probably just me putting 2+2 together and getting 5. Could be a covid test they were waiting for but I’m 90% sure I heard vaccine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: Don’t know if anyone saw a piece yesterday on Sky News on China having a vaccine in the evening? Must admit I was doing something else at the time so it didn’t have my full attention but it looked like people were waiting in line and being charged for it? I think they had to sign some form too (liability). Probably just me putting 2+2 together and getting 5. Could be a covid test they were waiting for but I’m 90% sure I heard vaccine. They have claimed to be distributing one. The thing on vaccines is that the stage 3 ‘wait to see if there are side effects’ period is normally 3-5 years when developing a vaccine so anything issued in the next 12 months is essentially using the general population as the ‘wait and see if there are side effects’ stage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 12 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said: Don’t know if anyone saw a piece yesterday on Sky News on China having a vaccine in the evening? Must admit I was doing something else at the time so it didn’t have my full attention but it looked like people were waiting in line and being charged for it? I think they had to sign some form too (liability). Probably just me putting 2+2 together and getting 5. Could be a covid test they were waiting for but I’m 90% sure I heard vaccine. Yes I heard it on the news. Charged £45 and its not been through stage 3 testing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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snowychap Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Wales told to stay home in circuit-breaker lockdown Quote Wales will go into a national lockdown from Friday until 9 November, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. Everyone will be told to stay at home, while pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops will shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 18/10/2020 at 07:41, LondonLax said: They have claimed to be distributing one. The thing on vaccines is that the stage 3 ‘wait to see if there are side effects’ period is normally 3-5 years when developing a vaccine so anything issued in the next 12 months is essentially using the general population as the ‘wait and see if there are side effects’ stage. The beauty of a heavily autocratic leadership system! Same with Russia I guess, they can just do it and screw the political consequences if it goes tits up. Ultimately could be useful medical research for the rest of us though, a bit like back in the day with the Nazis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2020 Surely we'll be following suit and going for a similar "circuit-breaker" soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Surely we'll be following suit and going for a similar "circuit-breaker" soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Surely we'll be following suit and going for a similar "circuit-breaker" soon? I don't think it'll happen for a couple of weeks now. They missed the chance to do it before half term. Now there will be tens of thousands of UK half term holiday bookings which would have to be refunded if there's a national lockdown, causing huge financial damage to the hospitality industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Surely we'll be following suit and going for a similar "circuit-breaker" soon? Nope. We'll stick with vagueries thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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