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Will you be taking up your option of receiving the Covid vaccine.

Yes
90 (86.5%)
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« Reply #125 on: March 11, 2020, 03:25:54 PM »
On a different note - today my workplace began 'senior management contingency planning' for a possible two week closure starting at any-point in the next four weeks and probably with minimal warning.
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« Reply #126 on: March 11, 2020, 03:53:50 PM »
On a different note - today my workplace began 'senior management contingency planning' for a possible two week closure starting at any-point in the next four weeks and probably with minimal warning.
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2 weeks is not sufficient, our chinese suppliers staff left in Jan for Chinese new year and many are still not able to return, The Hong Kong / Shenzhen borders are still largely closed and HK is enforcing 14 day isolation still. 14 daysmay be ok for an individual but not for a community / enterprise
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« Reply #127 on: March 11, 2020, 04:30:00 PM »
Albion introduce measures........

'West Bromwich Albion have today invoked a series of measures in response to the growing concern about the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Acting on medical advice, the Club is reluctantly taking steps to restrict interaction between players and supporters while shutting down daily access to its training ground facilities to all but essential staff.

“The coronavirus is obviously a developing situation which is causing growing concern not just in football but throughout society,” said Albion’s Sporting and Technical Director Luke Dowling.

“The last thing we want to do is spoil the natural engagement between the players and fans but we feel it forms part of our responsibility to try to help protect the well-being of the players, staff and our supporters.”

Albion are asking fans to co-operate in resisting the demand for autographs and selfies pre-and-post match at The Hawthorns and in other social settings.

The Club have also had to cancel all planned community and commercial appearances by the players while we regret we will have to temporarily limit our regular matchday tours for sponsors to areas beyond the first-team tunnel, dressing rooms and dug-outs.

Unfortunately, mascot access to the first team on match days, beginning with Saturday’s Sky Bet Championship match against Birmingham City, will also be restricted. The Club will be contacting those who have booked this package to discuss their options.

At the training ground, parents and relatives of our Academy players will be asked to observe restricted access to the building and its facilities.

At the main Academy on Halfords Lane, there will also be limited access to the building.

The Club stresses that these measures are being introduced on a temporary basis only and we thank our supporters, sponsors and guests for their co-operation in advance.

Advice about combating the spread of the virus is subject to change and we will keep our supporters up to date here at wba.co.uk'.

https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2020/march/albion-introduce-measures-to-tackle-coronavirus/
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« Reply #128 on: March 11, 2020, 07:19:09 PM »
Strange thing today in Liverpool, 3000 Spanish fans in the city today,I suspect if it was the other way round would reds fans be allowed to travel to Spain?
Just wondering it seems countries all seem to have their own opinions on this virus,why can't the world agree on the way forward?

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« Reply #129 on: March 11, 2020, 07:40:59 PM »
Strange thing today in Liverpool, 3000 Spanish fans in the city today,I suspect if it was the other way round would reds fans be allowed to travel to Spain?
Just wondering it seems countries all seem to have their own opinions on this virus,why can't the world agree on the way forward?

Madrid has a population of around 6 million with a total of confirmed cases around 600. This play behind closed doors is a farce, fans are still gathering outside the stadium and if you were contagious you stand to infect the same amount of people in the ground as if you caught a bus to work
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« Reply #130 on: March 11, 2020, 07:55:09 PM »
Cobra meeting tomorrow for the government, I expect the UK to move to delay phase - Italy style shut down.
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« Reply #131 on: March 11, 2020, 08:02:01 PM »
Cobra meeting tomorrow for the government, I expect the UK to move to delay phase - Italy style shut down.

Why delay? Just get it out there and over and done with!

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« Reply #132 on: March 11, 2020, 08:04:37 PM »
Cobra meeting tomorrow for the government, I expect the UK to move to delay phase - Italy style shut down.

I was under the impression that Cobra were meeting daily anyway.

First case in Worcester confirmed today, well the person works in Worcester but lives elsewhere.

I would say Italy style shut down in the next two weeks.
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« Reply #133 on: March 11, 2020, 08:18:48 PM »
I was under the impression that Cobra were meeting daily anyway.

First case in Worcester confirmed today, well the person works in Worcester but lives elsewhere.

I would Italy style shut down in the next two weeks.

WHO have declared it a pandemic today and its also post budget now.
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« Reply #134 on: March 11, 2020, 08:45:35 PM »
I've spoken to my friend earlier who lives in Portofino and she said that she is not allowed out of her sort of county but can go out of her flat,not nice to be couped like this she says

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« Reply #135 on: March 11, 2020, 08:56:25 PM »
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Between 1665 and 1666, Eyam was the village of the damned. During 14 terrible months of self-imposed isolation, 260 villagers died out of a population of around 700. But the plague remained contained and the surrounding villages spared.
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« Reply #136 on: March 11, 2020, 09:12:53 PM »
The ***** and their panic buying are becoming a bit annoying.

We can't get even get the basics of our fortnightly shop because of people rushing to the shops.

Asda great bridge has no toilet roll whatsoever. No tinned food on the shelves.

The worst part is that half of the food will be chucked away in a few weeks. Muppets.

I'll have to find another supermarket now to do me my shop.
Why would the tinned food need to be chucked in a few weeks?
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« Reply #137 on: March 11, 2020, 09:21:51 PM »
Why would the tinned food need to be chucked in a few weeks?

Food banks might be suffering as a result of this panic buying
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« Reply #138 on: March 11, 2020, 11:34:58 PM »
Have read this evening that a Coronavirus victim has died in Dudley. Tragic indeed but the likelihood is, therefore, that quite a lot of others in the area will also have been infected. I don’t wish to over react but I am considering giving the match on Saturday a miss. I live just over an hour away from The Hawthorns and as yet, there have been no reports of this virus here; only a matter of time I’m afraid, though. Unfortunately, I fall well into the ‘elderly’ category and doubly unfortunately, I have a heart problem, albeit a minor one. So, I must decide, watch it live or on TV?

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« Reply #139 on: March 12, 2020, 04:01:54 AM »
Why delay? Just get it out there and over and done with!

I can't believe this is thought of as a satisfactory (let alone moral) outcome. :o

So - you want to leave a new infectious virus out unchecked into the general population and risk a hugely inflated death tally, not necessarily directly from those infections, but from a national saturation of intensive medical care (among many other secondary impacts)?

And for what... just getting it 'over and done with'? :-X
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« Reply #140 on: March 12, 2020, 06:30:12 AM »
Have read this evening that a Coronavirus victim has died in Dudley. Tragic indeed but the likelihood is, therefore, that quite a lot of others in the area will also have been infected. I don’t wish to over react but I am considering giving the match on Saturday a miss. I live just over an hour away from The Hawthorns and as yet, there have been no reports of this virus here; only a matter of time I’m afraid, though. Unfortunately, I fall well into the ‘elderly’ category and doubly unfortunately, I have a heart problem, albeit a minor one. So, I must decide, watch it live or on TV?

Not an over reaction I don't think.
My son called me last night and he also suggested giving the game a miss. I think there may well be others thinking the same.
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« Reply #141 on: March 12, 2020, 06:40:18 AM »
Why delay? Just get it out there and over and done with!
I totally agree. I think there has been a total over reaction. 460 out of over 60 million have got it and 460 out of 27000 plus tested. If that % continued we would only be looking at around 11000 cases in the whole of the uk.

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« Reply #142 on: March 12, 2020, 07:22:58 AM »
I totally agree. I think there has been a total over reaction. 460 out of over 60 million have got it and 460 out of 27000 plus tested. If that % continued we would only be looking at around 11000 cases in the whole of the uk.

I'll reserve judgement on an over reaction until we're through this.
I don't think it's properly got hold yet.
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« Reply #143 on: March 12, 2020, 08:47:08 AM »
I'll reserve judgement on an over reaction until we're through this.
I don't think it's properly got hold yet.

I don’t think it has either, but lock down is a drastic step. I also struggle to see how it works unless we are going to lock down the boarders afterwards. Surely it will just make its way back in.

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« Reply #144 on: March 12, 2020, 09:24:00 AM »
I totally agree. I think there has been a total over reaction. 460 out of over 60 million have got it and 460 out of 27000 plus tested. If that % continued we would only be looking at around 11000 cases in the whole of the uk.

That's not how it works though.  People are being tested because they might have had contact with someone who has it, or been to an area that is riddled with it.  Some of those 27,000 tested can still end up with it by catching it at a later date.  The virus spread exponentially, so infections will take a while to get hold then the number of them will explode. 

We are effectively just trying to delay the spread so it doesn't overwhelm the NHS.

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« Reply #145 on: March 12, 2020, 09:29:07 AM »
Italy closed all its small shops, supermarkets still open but only letting in a few at a time, this is where we now see more panic buying over here in the next few days
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« Reply #146 on: March 12, 2020, 09:51:11 AM »
I totally agree. I think there has been a total over reaction. 460 out of over 60 million have got it and 460 out of 27000 plus tested. If that % continued we would only be looking at around 11000 cases in the whole of the uk.

A total over reaction you must be joking, there is not enough being done, expects say between 20% and 80% of the population could get this virus, even 20% of 66 million ( uk population ) is over 13 million.
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« Reply #147 on: March 12, 2020, 10:12:30 AM »
A total over reaction you must be joking, there is not enough being done, expects say between 20% and 80% of the population could get this virus, even 20% of 66 million ( uk population ) is over 13 million.

And with a 3% fatality rate that would be nearly 400,000 people dead.

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« Reply #148 on: March 12, 2020, 10:37:39 AM »
Madrid has a population of around 6 million with a total of confirmed cases around 600. This play behind closed doors is a farce, fans are still gathering outside the stadium and if you were contagious you stand to infect the same amount of people in the ground as if you caught a bus to work

That doesnt make it a farce, it make the supporters stupid and ignorant
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« Reply #149 on: March 12, 2020, 02:24:07 PM »
Three Leicester City players in self isolation........

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