I don’t see it like this. I’m 70, so ‘elderly’, ugh word, and vulnerable. I don’t want to be one of the unnecessary cloggers-up of available beds and ventilators if it can be avoided. And if I were planning a big gathering I wouldn’t want those who attended to take Covid19 away with them through unnecessary contacts. Why is it so bad to postpone a wedding if doing that means that your guests won’t suffer and spread what for a few is a very nasty disease? I hope you have a long life ahead of you: when, in the future, you look back on this, a few months will seem like a passing moment. We have to give the brilliant scientists time to create a vaccine.
Oh that's terrible, much worse than old people dying.
the NHS of all people should already be set up for working at home. It is a simple thing to set up, as most people already have broadband at home ( when my company did it 15 years ago, they had to consider the cost of installing broadband for everyone at home...but this wouldn’t apply these days) So all you need is your broadband, your laptop, and your IT dept setting up a safe virtual private network, to protect the security of your platforms, when accessed externally. For NHS it would benefit them, as that’s less people to worry about catching it in a hospital environment, plus less risk of catching it while travelling to/from work.So should I be social-isolating?
I've asked my employer (an NHS Trust) if I can gain the facilities to work from home.
It's not sounding likely even though I have a desk job and don't have any patient contact.
So instead I'm sitting at my desk in smallish office with +30 people and have to get public transport in and out.
There is no real literature to explain if you are in an at risk group and you cannot work from home... Are we then supposed to continue working?
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Most companies now-big and small- are all set up for home working..a core reason being they need smaller premises if they set up for home working, which can save them large amounts of capital. You should campaign for this to be set up- I can’t believe a company as large as NHS is draconian to be missing out on such savings.