The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Sounds great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) On 6/19/2020 at 8:40 PM, Mr Newbie said: There was private jet up from Jersey the other day. Indeed, private healthcare bods wineing and dining around the island for a couple of days before heading back unhindered its just us plebs who have to play by the rules! Edited June 20, 2020 by finlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Hope they're not planning the privatisation of our NHS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Government reopening public counters I'd like to know what the IoM Bank are up to though, they're still making people queue in the street 1 in 1 out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josem Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 10:57 AM, Donald Trumps said: Hope they're not planning the privatisation of our NHS Nah, the Manx Government is merely trying to remove direct political accountability for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Trench Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 27 minutes ago, Len Trench said: OUCH!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Scotty said: OUCH!!! that goes way beyond OUCH!!! More like OUCH!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 2 hours ago, TheTeapot said: Government reopening public counters I'd like to know what the IoM Bank are up to though, they're still making people queue in the street 1 in 1 out. Big queue outside Castletown branch at noon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 IOM Bank protecting their customer from a second wave. My 2nd wave relating to IOM Bank came when I waved them goodbye for crappy service and their insistence on my making it difficult to move my money around to where I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfer Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) U.K. Alert level now down to level 3, deaths only15 last day and cases falling. The arguments for keeping borders closed are reducing quicker than Ray Harmer chance of reelection!! Jersey reopening borders July https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2020/06/22/borders-to-open-within-the-first-two-weeks-of-july/ Edited June 22, 2020 by Golfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfer Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Pubs opening 4/7 UK with SD down to 1m should be announced tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out of the blue Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 https://covid19.gov.im/media/1287/stay-responsible.pdf I was just reading the plans for future actions should covid makes a reappearance on the island. It is good to see the government response clearly signposted, however personally I have find the proposals lacking, both in imagination and practically. Assume that Covid does come back, as I expect it will later in the year when border restrictions are lifted. Their stated ultimate response is to essentially mirror the lockdown that we have just been through. I had thought that given what we have learnt about the virus, its virulence amongst sections of the population and how best to treat it, and also the fact that our NHS is now better geared up to deal with it, that we would deal with another outbreak in a more targeted manner than ultimately going into another full lockdown. I have to assume that the government considered plans such as shielding the known vulnerable, whilst exposing the rest of the population to a calculated risk of catching the virus...All I do know is, in the absence of a vaccine and when borders inevitably reopen we will continue to have outbreaks, and I struggle to see how potentially subjecting the economy to continued lockdowns over an extended period is a sustainable plan. I do appreciate that people will argue that there are lower response levels with less severe restrictions, but as soon as you reintroduce any social distancing in a business for example, the impacts both financial and psychological are quite dramatic. My personal opinion is that we need to accept that covid is here to stay, and that other than looking after the vulnerable, living and operating under the threat of potential restrictions is both unnecessary and damaging. For business it will be a major disincentive to investment, and to the general populace it is a cloud hanging over them rather than a comfort. Just my view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 My medical head has been dying to say this for months - I don't see why the world as a whole couldn't come to a consensus to just shut down entirely for 2-4 weeks. Every country, same time, global rules i.e. the economies don't have to stop, but they must work from home no if's or buts. Seems like a more sensible global eradication plan than all this disjointed thinking globally and economic pressures to re-open countries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfer Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 54 minutes ago, NoTailT said: My medical head has been dying to say this for months - I don't see why the world as a whole couldn't come to a consensus to just shut down entirely for 2-4 weeks. Every country, same time, global rules i.e. the economies don't have to stop, but they must work from home no if's or buts. Seems like a more sensible global eradication plan than all this disjointed thinking globally and economic pressures to re-open countries. Because different countries are at different stages ,why would New Zealand lock down with minimal cases because the idiots in USA have a massive rise in cases 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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