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The government needs to provide PPEs for volunteers, this should be a must.
Do you honestly think you need PPE to phone someone from your home? Use your common sense.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate just to hire people and set them to work in the NHS? It’s way past time the government stopped messing around and just hired all the spare labour - which can then be directed to assist the NHS or directed to stay at home as required. When there are so many people without work that want it we need to stop QE’ing Gilts and start QE’ing workers hours instead. All this could be done with a…
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Then supply more funding. People are being made redundant, this should not be just for a person that is boring being inside.
The Government is providing 80% of your pay to anybody not able to work. Self-employed measures are being announced soon. Redundancies are limited in comparison.
Mixed feeling about this. The NHS should be funded to run some of these services. However, it a good way for people to contribute. Still worried about a slippery slope - free at the point of need. No relying on extra support. If we need it pay people to do the job.
It’s a global epidemic. The NHS is funded to run all of these services, but not when 1.5 million people have been asked to shield themselves.
Would it be safer for people who has recovered to volunteer?
There isn’t yet a test to say with certainty if you’ve had Covid-19. (EDIT: its coming, but isn’t available yet) I’m fairly sure I had it, but can’t be 100% certain until the test for antibodies is available.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/24/uk-buys-3500000-antibody-test...
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There isn’t yet a test to say with certainty if you’ve had Covid-19. (EDIT: its coming, but isn’t available yet) I’m fairly sure I had it, but can’t be 100% certain until the test for antibodies is available.
There are antibody tests. The UK just ordered 3.5 million of them https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/24/uk-buys-3500000-antibody-test...
As someone who has grown up benefitting from the NHS, I will sign up to volunteer, and am glad to do so. I wouldn't be surprised to see ample response from the rest of the nation.
Interestingly, in the past I've also experienced private health-care in the US, and yet wouldn't consider volunteering in the same situation on that side of the pond (and, of course, they likely wouldn't ever ask).
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate just to hire people and set them to work in the NHS? It’s way past time the government stopped messing around and just hired all the spare labour - which can then be directed to assist the NHS or directed to stay at home as required. When there are so many people without work that want it we need to stop QE’ing Gilts and start QE’ing workers hours instead. All this could be done with a…
It's a good idea,but would require an act of congress Edit: Or relevant funding institution for the UK
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate just to hire people and set them to work in the NHS? It’s way past time the government stopped messing around and just hired all the spare labour - which can then be directed to assist the NHS or directed to stay at home as required. When there are so many people without work that want it we need to stop QE’ing Gilts and start QE’ing workers hours instead. All this could be done with a…
They can't go out, can't spend it on anything but essentials and some percentage of those essentials are difficult to get anyway.
Would it be safer for people who has recovered to volunteer?
There isn’t yet a test to say with certainty if you’ve had Covid-19. (EDIT: its coming, but isn’t available yet) I’m fairly sure I had it, but can’t be 100% certain until the test for antibodies is available.