Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

I need to get some more human contact again

I get that, I am in a team of 8, 2 are really missing the office and contact, a couple like me don't want to go back, the rest are indifferent. I can see my boss will see the compromise we give the ones who want contact a couple of days in the office as a team, I am already begrudging the fact it looks like I am going to have to go in to keep them happy.

For context I have an abnormally long commute, so it is saving me a huge amount of time sat in a car and money

Yeah some of my colleagues have big commutes too and they're definitely keener to stay at home. I think part of it as well is I have a small desk and chair set up at home but it's got nothing on the proper ergonomic set up and the massive commercial espresso machine in the office, it's just much more comfy there, and there's loads of options for lunch food which I don't have to make myself.

This!👍🏻

I wouldn't mind just doing the cycle commute to the office and then straight back home again. You can get more done without some twitchy twunt drumming on his wacom tablet all day.

One of my jobs is 15 mins ride and the other one is 5 mins walk to the other side of the park. I really don’t mind going back to the office(s) as long as I can have a 10m2 space all to myself. I hate people in real life, I am much more agreeable and helpful online.

Currently saving £70/week in commuting costs and have a coffee set-up that beats any of the coffee shops I go to for lunch. Definitely missing the donut shop though.

Between the commute, lunch at my desk and assorted prep. it's at least 3 hours of my day wasted (out of the 8.5 that I'm not working or sleeping) when I go to the office. No amount of human contact could be worth that

Have a 45min commute by car each way. I can clearly do my job from home, but with two kids (one & five) and my wife working fulltime from home too, it's been a massive struggle. Ideally I'd go back to the office a couple times a week, but the thought of taking a desktop computer back & forth is a ballache. Bored of working in the kitchen and all - there's no work/home divide which has bothered me.

French woman returns to her flat for the first time in 3 months, because lockdown, and the potatoes in her kitchen...

Bit too similar to this for my liking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjIXwkX1e48

I was thinking more Species

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad29iLPWzZA

You believe the Donald?

No. I don't believe Alok Sharma either. Lots of people seem to be working on the assumption that something will change in that kind of timescale though and so things like school will be possible. I don't think it is very likely.

What is it about meat plants? Germany, New York, Wales, West Yorkshire. Surely can't be just close proximity, unless they are all bad at setting up social distancing. Is it triggered more by working in the cold fridges or around raw meat? Not that I ate much anyway, but have stopped eating any now.

It's mostly the abysmal living circumstances the imported (cheap) workers have to endure. Sharing a tiny bedroom with 6, just to name something

Isn't the assumption based on the fact that Astrazeneca are already producing the vaccine? It is still in phase 3 trial but they are producing it already on the assumption it can be on the shelves ready for roll out as soon as the trial concludes

Lol, I had exactly this thought

we can go back to licking each other

I've been missing forum events.

Probably. It assumes the trial will be successful both from an effectiveness perspective and side effects (roll something out to billions of people and a low rate of something undesirable happens a lot). I hope it is but I think we should plan that it isn't.

Even then I'm not sure how many doses will be available in September. First priority are health care workers and the over 50s. When they are vaccinated do we all go back to the office or not until your name gets to the top of the list?

Barry Mason once told the story of how when touring in Sicily they arrived in a small town or village and started locking their bikes up. The locals were really offended.

Some chap on the telly said there will be a vaccine in September and we can go back to licking each other

Thank goodness!

Thought this was interesting. Will we look back at today as a fatal (literally) error?

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we are here (peak cases)

Objectively bollocks, looking at the cases/deaths: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

We might be on the cusp of entering a second wave but the data say we're not in one yet.

(not that I support this 1m+ shite) (assuming y axis is cases/deaths?)

What has happened to the expected "non distancing people on beaches" outbreaks? Did those happen? We should know soonish I guess?

I'm not sure about this whole "Let's make 1 meter safe" again...it's all nice and well until you are working in an indoor company/pub/factory that doesn't try to keep you safe.

If anyone wants to know what replication of analysis from the same data by multiple.parts of the same organisation let me know.

What does the y-axis represent there? Case numbers/deaths? If so the UK is a fair way into the blue region is it not?

I mean the lack of labelling means it's not much use in terms of guidance, but also means it's hard to use to criticise response

Edit: What frankenbike said