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Imagine you're running a small company, currently furloughed.
And with 12 hours notice, on Sunday night, you have to order, receive, and install procedures and equipment for social distancing at work - and don't even know if your staff will arrive, cos there's no transport.
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And with 12 hours notice, on Sunday night, you have to order, receive, and install procedures and equipment for social distancing at work - and don't even know if your staff will arrive, cos there's no transport.
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And imagine you work for that company.
You're now told to go into a workplace you know isn't likely to be safe for the above reason; and travel on buses you know aren't likely to be safe; and most likely bring home infection to your family - or you don't get paid
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You're now told to go into a workplace you know isn't likely to be safe for the above reason; and travel on buses you know aren't likely to be safe; and most likely bring home infection to your family - or you don't get paid
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And imagine you're the kids, or spouse of that worker, knowing that tomorrow your mum or dad is going out, unprotected, into crowds where 1 person can infect 4.
4 infect 16.
16 infect 64
64 infect 320...
And in 10 steps, a million are infected.
And 1 in 50 die.
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4 infect 16.
16 infect 64
64 infect 320...
And in 10 steps, a million are infected.
And 1 in 50 die.
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I'm well aware loads of you don't have to imagine these things.
Boris Johnson certainly hasn't imagined them.
It fills me with genuine dread that they can't imagine the outcomes of these actions; can't foresee these things; lack the empathy or brains the job demands
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Boris Johnson certainly hasn't imagined them.
It fills me with genuine dread that they can't imagine the outcomes of these actions; can't foresee these things; lack the empathy or brains the job demands
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I know that eventually we have to come out of lockdown.
But to spring this on us on a Sunday night, with 12 hours notice, and no chance of getting PPE or reconfiguring offices and factories...
It's absolutely insane. Dangerously, stupidly, suicidally insane.
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But to spring this on us on a Sunday night, with 12 hours notice, and no chance of getting PPE or reconfiguring offices and factories...
It's absolutely insane. Dangerously, stupidly, suicidally insane.
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