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johnny9fingers) wrote2020-05-01 07:18 am
johnny9fingers) wrote2020-05-01 07:18 am
Today is Mayday
Hooray, hooray,
The first of May...
But with the lockdown I fear the outdoor activities that close the quote are beyond us all, and not just those who are disinclined to put aside the pleasures of comfort for a little bracing exercise in the usual, only-just-sub-Artic, English Spring.
As is the weather has been unusually clement until yesterday when rain rinsed the coronavirus off the streets and into the sewers.
And let's be candid; London has become a place that is almost unrecognisable.
However what is recognisable is our government's appalling behaviour. Having screwed the PPE thing comprehensively the government has now decided that England & Wales coroners are ordered to exclude issues of inadequate PPE from inquests into deaths of NHS staff killed by COVID-19.
This is completely and absolutely unacceptable, but no-one appears to be kicking up a stink at it. If I were a coroner I would happily ignore such instruction. In fact I rather hope more than one coroner will do so, or maybe even the whole damn lot of them. How dare a government dictate a coroner's findings for political expediency? This really does bear comparison to Nazi Germany or Communist Russia. Brexit Britain, bah!
And then to top it all off, in order to apply for a test for CV19 you need to have a credit check with TransUnion. What the bloody fuck! You need a fucking credit check to get tested for CV19?
Let me repeat that. YOU NEED TO AGREE TO A CREDIT CHECK TO GET A CV19 TEST.
Fuck that. I'm going to do my best to become a fucking super-spreader then. Cunts.
The first of May...
But with the lockdown I fear the outdoor activities that close the quote are beyond us all, and not just those who are disinclined to put aside the pleasures of comfort for a little bracing exercise in the usual, only-just-sub-Artic, English Spring.
As is the weather has been unusually clement until yesterday when rain rinsed the coronavirus off the streets and into the sewers.
And let's be candid; London has become a place that is almost unrecognisable.
However what is recognisable is our government's appalling behaviour. Having screwed the PPE thing comprehensively the government has now decided that England & Wales coroners are ordered to exclude issues of inadequate PPE from inquests into deaths of NHS staff killed by COVID-19.
This is completely and absolutely unacceptable, but no-one appears to be kicking up a stink at it. If I were a coroner I would happily ignore such instruction. In fact I rather hope more than one coroner will do so, or maybe even the whole damn lot of them. How dare a government dictate a coroner's findings for political expediency? This really does bear comparison to Nazi Germany or Communist Russia. Brexit Britain, bah!
And then to top it all off, in order to apply for a test for CV19 you need to have a credit check with TransUnion. What the bloody fuck! You need a fucking credit check to get tested for CV19?
Let me repeat that. YOU NEED TO AGREE TO A CREDIT CHECK TO GET A CV19 TEST.
Fuck that. I'm going to do my best to become a fucking super-spreader then. Cunts.
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They suggest giving details to TransUnion to check your address, I guess to prevent fraudulently getting hold of testing kits; however National Insurance number and Dept. of Work and Pensions should be all the confirmation required.
Just another fucking private company with your data.
People complain abut GCHQ having our data. I have no problem with that; governments have some checks and balances.
I do however have a problem with Elon Musk, for example, having my info. Just because you know whatever it was he had he'd use it against you after first having called you a Pedo and was busy defending himself in court. As is my marijuana buying may not actually land me in prison, but even so.
The government already has this data. Forcing us to be checked-in by a private company demanding all sorts of other details is rather unimpressive.
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Wow. Un-fucking believable.
I'm with you. Get yourself infected, break into Windsor Castle, and French kiss the fucking queen.
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Russia is going to have a real problem if its R value is as high as it appears to be over the last few days; there's an unpleasant acceleration curve. Russia could end up as bad as anywhere.
When CV19 sweeps through the world's refugee camps we will see how bloody appalling we are as a species; given that those deaths will have been preventable.
But to get back to the original post, lots of folk just aren't going to download this app; I'm not if I have to give any info to a third party. The government already has my info; and should not require me to provide that to a private company.