IOM Covid removing restrictions

[Happier diner]

49 minutes ago, Major Rushen said:

The underpin of moving to mitigation is that everyone who gets covid symptoms    even when vaccinated,self isolates to minimise spread just as they would with a bad cold. 

Yes that's true and that's fair enough. I would expect that a mitigation plan would have such precautions.

Some people think that a mitigated state is the same as just let the virus run its course. By it's very definition, it's not. 

[Max Power]

1 hour ago, Major Rushen said:

The underpin of moving to mitigation is that everyone who gets covid symptoms    even when vaccinated,self isolates to minimise spread just as they would with a bad cold. 

That could be the new 'I've got the flu and can't come into work.' I wonder how many times some people will get Covid in a year? 

[Banker]

2 minutes ago, Max Power said:

That could be the new 'I've got the flu and can't come into work.' I wonder how many times some people will get Covid in a year? 

Depends if they are a public servants who gets full pay or not!! Doesn’t the average public sector worker take an average 11 days sick leave each year?

[finlo]

12 minutes ago, Banker said:

Depends if they are a public servants who gets full pay or not!! Doesn’t the average public sector worker take an average 11 days sick leave each year?

You've confused your day's and week's.

[Mr Helmut Fromage]

1 hour ago, Banker said:

Depends if they are a public servants who gets full pay or not!! Doesn’t the average public sector worker take an average 11 days sick leave each year?

The Guernsey Public Servants have a 100% attendance record 

[Apple]

10 minutes ago, Mr Helmut Fromage said:

The Guernsey Public Servants have a 100% attendance record 

What...both of them? Get away.

[Ham_N_Eggs]

4 hours ago, Gladys said:

The purpose is irrelevant, she got a direction notice so was able to return subject to certain requirements.  She didn't have to prove it was essential or, if she did, it was deemed ok. 

 

I'm intrigued about this case as to why she got a direction notice from 111 (medical only) and not the travel notification service (non-medical travel related). It sounds like she checked with the wrong place, someone tried to be helpful but gave out duff info. The 111 team should have passed this query on to the travel team. If only they'd got hold of a jobsworth this wouldn't have been a story.

[Major Rushen]

Guernsey travel procedures on return from areas classified as 2 & 3.

As well as test days 2 & 7 etc there is a requirement for passive follow up.

 

Passive follow up

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Passive follow up means a person:

• must at all times be vigilant for symptoms, however mild, of COVID-19; must report any such symptoms immediately to Public Health; and must comply with any instructions given by Public Health thereafter (which may, for the avoidance of doubt, include an immediate resumption of self-isolation);
• must not enter a nursing, care or residential home without the prior agreement of the manager of the home, received after having informed the manager of the home of their status as being subject to these restrictions and should not return to work there unless they have an agreed method statement with Public Health; 
• must not, other than in an emergency, enter the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, and in an emergency must give prior notification of their status as being subject to these restrictions before entering the Princess Elizabeth Hospital if reasonably practicable in all the circumstances and should not return to work there unless they have an agreed method statement with Public Health; 
• must inform any other healthcare provider (for example, a doctor, optometrist or dentist) of their status as being subject to these restrictions when making any appointment for care;
• must, so far as reasonably practicable, keep a record of people met and places visited (to assist with contact tracing if necessary); and
• must comply with any additional conditions and restrictions imposed from time to time by the Medical Officer of Health.

[Nom de plume]

9 minutes ago, Major Rushen said:

Guernsey travel procedures on return from areas classified as 2 & 3.

As well as test days 2 & 7 etc there is a requirement for passive follow up.

 

Passive follow up

-

Passive follow up means a person:

• must at all times be vigilant for symptoms, however mild, of COVID-19; must report any such symptoms immediately to Public Health; and must comply with any instructions given by Public Health thereafter (which may, for the avoidance of doubt, include an immediate resumption of self-isolation);
• must not enter a nursing, care or residential home without the prior agreement of the manager of the home, received after having informed the manager of the home of their status as being subject to these restrictions and should not return to work there unless they have an agreed method statement with Public Health; 
• must not, other than in an emergency, enter the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, and in an emergency must give prior notification of their status as being subject to these restrictions before entering the Princess Elizabeth Hospital if reasonably practicable in all the circumstances and should not return to work there unless they have an agreed method statement with Public Health; 
• must inform any other healthcare provider (for example, a doctor, optometrist or dentist) of their status as being subject to these restrictions when making any appointment for care;
• must, so far as reasonably practicable, keep a record of people met and places visited (to assist with contact tracing if necessary); and
• must comply with any additional conditions and restrictions imposed from time to time by the Medical Officer of Health.

Very sensible & concise.

Implementing soon too.

Edited April 10, 2021 by Nom de plume

[P.K.]

5 hours ago, madmanxpilot said:

I think that it won't be as simplistic as that. I would have thought that if we start from zero cases on a certain date, that efforts will still be made to control the spread of the virus by testing, contact tracing and isolating. 

I think that there would be no immediate introduction of societal restrictions at the outset of an outbreak.

I would have thought that a very keen eye will be kept on how any outbreak progresses, and how it manifests itself in terms of hospitalisations.

Provided the hospital is coping, restrictions will remain light if any at all. If the data suggests it isn't, then expect them to become more significant.

The grey area moving forward will be how infections (which will be inevitable) translate into hospital cases. That data will be key and will dictate our path out of this mess.

A massive difference between the private and public sector is that in the private sector you are paid to take risks.

In the public sector, despite being paid more than your private sector counterpart, you NEVER take a risk in case it reflects badly on your political masters and damages their chances of re-election with resultant Career Limitation Move implications for yourself.

What's best for the electorate is, of course, an irrelevance...

[Banker]

20 minutes ago, Major Rushen said:

Guernsey travel procedures on return from areas classified as 2 & 3.

As well as test days 2 & 7 etc there is a requirement for passive follow up.

 

Passive follow up

-

Passive follow up means a person:

• must at all times be vigilant for symptoms, however mild, of COVID-19; must report any such symptoms immediately to Public Health; and must comply with any instructions given by Public Health thereafter (which may, for the avoidance of doubt, include an immediate resumption of self-isolation);
• must not enter a nursing, care or residential home without the prior agreement of the manager of the home, received after having informed the manager of the home of their status as being subject to these restrictions and should not return to work there unless they have an agreed method statement with Public Health; 
• must not, other than in an emergency, enter the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, and in an emergency must give prior notification of their status as being subject to these restrictions before entering the Princess Elizabeth Hospital if reasonably practicable in all the circumstances and should not return to work there unless they have an agreed method statement with Public Health; 
• must inform any other healthcare provider (for example, a doctor, optometrist or dentist) of their status as being subject to these restrictions when making any appointment for care;
• must, so far as reasonably practicable, keep a record of people met and places visited (to assist with contact tracing if necessary); and
• must comply with any additional conditions and restrictions imposed from time to time by the Medical Officer of Health.

Good & clear, exactly what we need but haven’t got!!

[Utah 01]

6 hours ago, madmanxpilot said:

moving forward

Not you as well; I expected better😁

[madmanxpilot]

34 minutes ago, Utah 01 said:

Not you as well; I expected better😁

Would you prefer 'with the passing of time'?

[Utah 01]

23 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said:

Would you prefer 'with the passing of time'?

.........how about 'in the future' or 'looking ahead'?  Anything other than one of the very first entries onto the bullshit-bingo card after it emerge from US corporate-speak lexicon.  Of course, it's endemic in the 'political class', unless, of course, you have aspirations in that direction in which case you're half-way there 👍

[madmanxpilot]

13 minutes ago, Utah 01 said:

... in which case you're half-way there 👍

Only if they move Tynwald to the Woody.....