Coronavirus

basically theres only two things anyone enjoys seratonin and dopamine ...

 

now lets bring king kev back to try and get the loudest laugh

 

@Tobes not sure if you listened to the solicitor on lbc in the last hour. Just going back to our discussion about contract workers and zero hour contracts he's saying the same as the bloke from Money Box. If you were on PAYE with an employer as of 28th Feb you are entitled to the 80% wage. Provided they are still willing to keep you on their books and claim that money on your behalf which won't cost them a penny except the wages they'll pay out to you until they can claim the money back, but they're guaranteed to receive it.

That last bit is what I've always been worried about because it really is in the hands of the employer.

It was a phone in for ppl with all sorts of work related issues and a coupld of ppl had phoned in asking about it.

Btw on another note seeing as everyone was talking about holidays being cancelled etc yesterday, did ppl know that the government announced a few days ago the "use it or lose it" rule for holidays in any financial year has been scrapped during the outbreak. That means if you can't take the time off work due to the outbreak then you can carry it over for 2 years. I appreciate that will apply moreso to NHS staff etc but may do for other ppl as well.

 

Yes mate. The Govt issued clarification on how the 80% should be calculated on Friday. They’ve given 3 options. Either base it on Feb payroll actual. An average monthly amount based on the 19/20 tax year, or on Feb ‘19, whichever is the higher.

So for a zero hours contracted employee who joined on or after the 28th Feb, that’s as clear as mud.

Some companies will just use their judgement and claim what they think is right, but others will no doubt be extremely cautious and if in doubt do nothing, for fear of a later clawback.

Personally I doubt HMRC will have either the information or time, to check the applications in detail. I suspect their only check will be whether what an employee earned on average in 19/20 isn’t exceeded by the claim. I’d imagine that’ll red flag, aside from that they’ll be largely forced to take people at their word imo.

 

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depends.

There are certain debit cards where you can draw out foreign currency for free and at good rates (especially i think the newer cards like revolut but i dont have these).

Credit cards will charge but they also offer more protection from fraud (if your card gets skimmed etc). The other thing credit cards do is charge you at a decent fx rate compared to most debit cards. I haven't done the maths but i think someone said its sometimes cheaper because of this (depending on how big the transaction is)

 

HERD!!!

 

You're forgetting cigarettes and alcohol....




Not to mention Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll. I was 16 when Ian Dury released that song, and I took it as a manifesto for life.

 

topknot did the same with "I Fought The Law".

 

It's going through the elite alphabetically; Boris, Charles, Cummimgs. Got a little while to go before it gets to Gove...

 

When it gets to Widdecombe we open the champagne.

 

Cracking tune tbf. I preferred this though...

R.I.P. Joe Strummer. A true Rock n Roll rebel...

 

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My sister in law has it, says it’s mild and not causing her any issues other than she can’t taste her food, reckons she’s had symptoms for 5-6 days now and feels almost back to normal.

 

It's mental how some people can have it and not even know, others have mild symptoms and yet it can kill perfectly healthy folk. Pleased to hear that your sister in law is OK.

 

When it's suggested that the virus was cause of death, was it the virus that caused the death or your own immune system. I wonder if the worse symptoms and those that have died from it, was due to an over-reaction by the immune system. I'm wondering if that is why the suggestion of hydroxychloroquine came in as a drug, because it can suppress the immune system.

 

I’ve read that there’s a theory of a correlation between how much of the virus you’re initially exposed to and how badly you’re affected by it. So front line clinicians who getting it from extremely ill patients are much more likely to have a more serious infection.

 

I think this this is pretty much true for all flu and corona viruses, certainly the 1918 spanish flu killed by causing a cytokine storm (immune system attacks the patient).

My understanding is many die because they get bacterial infections as a result of the damage done by the virus, which is why the research into using anti-inflamatories with antibiotics.