Coronavirus

[StfcRusty]

"The government has said it is currently changing the way deaths are recorded."
Wonder if that means they will be fiddled?

More than 100 deaths today

[Peter Venkman]

More than 100 deaths today

113 apparently today taking the total to 578 deaths in total.

[REDBUCK]

"The government has said it is currently changing the way deaths are recorded."
Wonder if that means they will be fiddled?

Nope, according to rhe radio they are going to change the reporting period so that when they report at the end of the day it covers a 24 hour period. Yesterdays figures were slightly low whilst they swapped over. Hence the bigger jump today.

[REDBUCK]

Looks like i'm set for a 10-20% salary cut, which make loads of sense being in IT and the past 2 weeks I've probably given the company 20-30% extra of my time and am probably expected to keep doing so to help keep the ship afloat. No chance.

That's the spirit

[Audrey]

For shame. Number of intensive care beds per 100,000 people

Lithuania 634.4
Germany 620.8
Bulgaria 595.0
Austria 580.0
Belgium 567.3
Slovakia 491.3
Poland 487.7
Hungary 428.9
France 428.0
Czechia 425.0
Slovenia 423.0
Luxembourg 419.0
Romania 402.6
Croatia 398.8
Switzerland 375.1
Estonia 366.5
Greece 346.3
Norway 342.5
Cyprus 341.3
Netherlands 332.4
Portugal 325.1
Finland 307.6
Italy 274.6
Denmark 261.7
Israel 240.6
Ireland 240.4
Spain 238.5
Sweden 234.5
UK 227.8

[Batch]

#austerity

[Chubbs]

That's the spirit

I’ve none of that left.

[woolster]

Looks like the self employed will pay more national insurance in the future. About time.

oh well, I will just do a few more cash in hand jobs to make it up

[pauld]

Or Russia are just not reporting real figures.... Putin and his propaganda machine wouldn’t want to show any sign of weakness in his leadership.

Exactly this

[pauld]

Credit where it's due. Rishi Sunak has been one of the few ministers (in fact the only one I can think of, but leaving some slack in case I've been unfair to anyone, certainly the only major dept head) to consistently look like he knows what he's doing in this crisis. Ironically given he's the newest member of the govt, he's the only senior minister who doesn't look like he's completely out of his depth.

[Stef Troll]

oh well, I will just do a few more cash in hand jobs to make it up

That’s what’s great about this. All those self employed people who have underdeclared their profits in prior years are now potentially getting 80% of a lower amount.

I’m happy as guaranteed to get my usual salary at the end of the month with pension and don’t have to wait till June to get a hand out.  😉

[pauld]

That’s what’s great about this. All those self employed people who have underdeclared their profits in prior years are now potentially getting 80% of a lower amount.

Don't think this is really the time for snark. A lot of people worried about how they're going to put food on the table, sniding at the self-employed on the spurious grounds they're all on the fiddle is up there with those that want clampdowns on benifits claimaints because they're all sat round lording it up on "our" tax money.

[Chubbs]

oh well, I will just do a few more cash in hand jobs to make it up

Make sure you wear gloves.

[woolster]

That’s what’s great about this. All those self employed people who have underdeclared their profits in prior years are now potentially getting 80% of a lower amount.

I’m happy as guaranteed to get my usual salary at the end of the month with pension and don’t have to wait till June to get a hand out.  😉

good for you, never let a virus get in the way of worrying about other peoples finances

[woolster]

Make sure you wear gloves.