[Cherie]

School sports days have gone ahead in some schools, I think that is a local issue for your school Jake?

Pretty sure Kate isolated after Wembley Jake

I agree about one rule for one and another for others though Jake lol

[bitontheslide]

People do not need to automatically self-isolate if they are sent an alert by the Covid app, a government minister stresses.

There has been widespread criticism that the app has been sending out so many alerts that hundreds of thousands of people are self-isolating and missing work, causing disruption.

The app has always been voluntary to download and any alerts are advisory. That's because nobody knows who has been pinged due to privacy, so they can't be forced. However the official guidance was that people should isolate immediately if the app tells them too.

A new update to the app on Monday features language stressing it is advisory, rather than compulsory.

Business minister Paul Scully said on Tuesday morning that self-isolating after being told to by the app was a decision for individuals and employers.

Scully told Times Radio: "It's important to understand the rules. You have to legally isolate if you are on the... contacted by Test and Trace, or if you're trying to claim isolation payments.

"The app is there to give... to allow you to make informed decisions. And I think by backing out of mandating a lot of things, we're encouraging people to really get the data in their own hands to be able to make decisions on what's best for them, whether they're employer or an employee."

Asked whether this meant people should or should not self-isolate if "pinged", he said: "We want to encourage people to still use the app to be able to do the right thing, because we estimate it saves around 8,000 lives."

However, he added that it was "up to individuals and employers".


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The smell of bullsheet is ripe in the air

[Ammi]

…I’m not sure with the Covid passport thing for clubs …when masks were introduced as compulsory in supermarkets etc, the police advice was for staff to not ‘confront and say…you haven’t got so you can’t come in/must leave etc until you have got…?…that could have led to what could have been ‘physical situations so for safety reasons…’….so when people checking passports etc are also in situations of having to potentially decline alcohol fuelled people…’..surely aggressive situations and putting in danger is going to be heightened…it just doesn’t seem very smart to me to put that onus onto club staff at the doors…?…unless people will have to ‘prebook’ an evening in a club online before they go and having swiped their passport ID etc online and be given a pass code’ to present at the door…it’ll be interesting how the system works…

[LeatherTrumpet]

Of the 1249 people who died yesterday in the UK

1.5% were Covid

[arista]

['OUR Freedom Day lasted 17 HOURS':
Nightclub bosses blast Boris over plan
for compulsory vaccine
passports... in 'another chaotic U-turn' a week
after saying revellers would NOT need them]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...passports.html

[arista]

Downing St has stated the Ping
is not Advisory


Despite a Government Minister on all media
this morning, telling everyone it is advisory?

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by arista

Downing St has stated the Ping
is not Advisory


Despite a Government Minister on all media
this morning, telling everyone it is advisory?

Daft because having the app isn't mandatory, and they can't make it mandatory, as there's no way to monitor that. People will just remove the app, or turn off their bluetooth before they go into public spaces.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by arista

Downing St has stated the Ping
is not Advisory


Despite a Government Minister on all media
this morning, telling everyone it is advisory?

What about all the phone calls they make to you when are self isolating ?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[arista]

SkyNews reporter Jason Farrell
Finds a Scary Cut out for Kids.

[LeatherTrumpet]

[arista]

Every news
has shown a clip of Andrew Lloyd Webber
moaning about the Government.
But his show has stopped due to one of his
Cast Catching Covid-19.
That member of Staff got close to another with it.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by arista

Every news
has shown a clip of Andrew Lloyd Webber
moaning about the Government.
But his show has stopped due to one of his
Cast Catching Covid-19.
That member of Staff got close to another with it.

yeah, what he is saying is that people shouldn't need to isolate on close contact, which is bollocks really. This test every day strategy doesnt work because the person could be spreading it merrily before they actually test positive. That is a proven scenario and it happened at the white house when they had the outbreak where people were testing positive for weeks after the actual initial event

[arista]

[Music and entertainment retailer HMV
has said it is looking to open 10 new stores this year
as it continues to put its faith in High Street stores.]

Amazing News
They are now owned by the Canadian music retail
executive Doug Putman
who says stores have a future

[arista]

Tuesday 20/7/21

96 have Died
46,588 have caught Covid-19

Patients in hospital
Latest available
4,567

Patients on ventilation
Latest available
611


128,823 Total UK Deaths.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by arista

[Music and entertainment retailer HMV
has said it is looking to open 10 new stores this year
as it continues to put its faith in High Street stores.]

Amazing News
They are now owned by the Canadian music retail
executive Doug Putman
who says stores have a future

Bizarre really - high street media sales were going the way of the dodo years BEFORE covid .

Who goes to HMV to buy a CD when they can download the 24 bit masters and then burn them onto another CD using a coax cable and then re-rip them as MP3's, right arista??

[Scarlett.]

96 deaths is quite the increase...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Bizarre really - high street media sales were going the way of the dodo years BEFORE covid .

Who goes to HMV to buy a CD when they can download the 24 bit masters and then burn them onto another CD using a coax cable and then re-rip them as MP3's, right arista??

They are Selling LP's
CD's, BluRays
Older shopper I guess


I buy Japan BluSec CD's
above 24bit.

Gary Moore just had one "How Blue Can You Get"
2021 made.

Spoiler:

[Vanessa]

We have to learn to live with the virus.
Things should settle down soon, hopefully.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Scarlett.

96 deaths is quite the increase...

Yes that's a High Amount.

[bitontheslide]

if it was gary moore that just did it, it would be a clever trick. Remastered recordings is all it is

[bitontheslide]

you should never look at daily deaths because of the variance in when they are registered. It's better to look at the weekly average. However, it is an increase on the face of it

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

if it was gary moore that just did it, it would be a clever trick. Remastered recordings is all it is

No they are new recordings from the past.

[Vanessa]

We can't be on lockdown forever, it's just not possible.
The best we can do is try and be sensible, but still live our lives.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

We can't be on lockdown forever, it's just not possible.
The best we can do is try and be sensible, but still live our lives.

and not have our lives dictated to by how the NHS is run

[Vanessa]

From what I've seen most people are being careful.
I've seen many still wearing their masks in public transport and shops.