Social distancing... Possible changes?

[Woody Guthrie]

From the updated Coronavirus Q&A released yesterday.

What is the company’s position on social distancing?

Royal Mail supports Public Health England’s social distancing guidance. We have introduced and communicated temporary changes to operational processes. They include staggered meal breaks, cancellation of WTLLs and changes to doorstep deliveries. You can get more detail at PHE and NHS websites. Further information will be provided next week. Social distancing is everyone’s responsibility so please do all you can to follow the PHE guidance.

[daveyeff]

well i posted on here 3 weeks ago when the DOM had us in the middle of the floor. he told us they had word from their gaffers that it was looking like we won't be going back to van share, and this social distancing could be a permanent practice. fast forward 3 weeks, now he's saying if we don't go back to van share, the job is basically f****d in its current form.

[GRS]

Masks and gloves worn in the office as per government instructions and also while travelling in the van as a van share I reckon!

[wallop]

Further information will be provided next week

No hurry then.

[FacesOfStone]

There’s no way I’m going to van share while it remains obviously unsafe to do so. The fact that the government advice has changed because they want to end the lockdown prematurely after being too late to enter it doesn’t make an iota of difference.

[SpacePhoenix]

There’s no way I’m going to van share while it remains obviously unsafe to do so. The fact that the government advice has changed because they want to end the lockdown prematurely after being too late to enter it doesn’t make an iota of difference.

I was reading somewhere that there's one estimate that 1/3 of the UK population has already had corona

[Woody Guthrie]

There’s no way I’m going to van share while it remains obviously unsafe to do so. The fact that the government advice has changed because they want to end the lockdown prematurely after being too late to enter it doesn’t make an iota of difference.

I was reading somewhere that there's one estimate that 1/3 of the UK population has already had corona

There's a hundred guesstimates out there from 5% to 50% and that's all they are but I can tell you something if the government thought for one minute that a third of the population has already had it they wouldn't be extending the furlough scheme until October.

[SpacePhoenix]

There’s no way I’m going to van share while it remains obviously unsafe to do so. The fact that the government advice has changed because they want to end the lockdown prematurely after being too late to enter it doesn’t make an iota of difference.

I was reading somewhere that there's one estimate that 1/3 of the UK population has already had corona

There's a hundred guesstimates out there from 5% to 50% and that's all they are but I can tell you something if the government thought for one minute that a third of the population has already had it they wouldn't be extending the furlough scheme until October.

There's that new antibody test that is supposedly 100% accurate, I wonder how long it'll take the government to start using it to test absolutely everyone (possibly anyone who tests negative getting the "have you currently got corona" test weekly

[Woody Guthrie]

Countries in Europe have been using that test for almost a month.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-52656808" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Spain, the health ministry said on Wednesday that preliminary results of one study, based on more than 60,000 antibody tests around the country, suggested about 5% of the population had been infected by coronavirus so far.

[Pidleypoo]

Masks and gloves worn in the office as per government instructions and also while travelling in the van as a van share I reckon!

Absolutely not , I won’t get in a van until the chief medical officer says that social distancing is no longer required.

Less than 1 metre is 30-40 times higher chance than at 2 metres of catching the virus.

With more out at work and outdoors in general there a much higher chance of catching it in a van.

They would have to completely disinfect every van every day and that would not be enough.

Masks only protect someone else from you and we shouldn’t be wearing gloves because it makes no difference to us.

[solar_plexus]

Countries in Europe have been using that test for almost a month.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-52656808" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Spain, the health ministry said on Wednesday that preliminary results of one study, based on more than 60,000 antibody tests around the country, suggested about 5% of the population had been infected by coronavirus so far.

Similar test, but not the same test. The test used in Spain is supplied by REVIV and is 97% accurate, the one just approved for use in the UK has 100% accuracy (minimum is 98%) and is developed by Roche.

[Woody Guthrie]

That's weird.
The Coronavirus Q&A was updated again today...and that reference to further information next week has been removed.

What is the company’s position on social distancing?

Royal Mail supports Public Health England’s social distancing guidance. We have introduced and communicated temporary changes to operational processes. They include staggered meal breaks, cancellation of WTLLs and changes to doorstep deliveries. You can get more detail at PHE and NHS websites. Social distancing is everyone’s responsibility so please do all you can to follow the PHE guidance.

Are they watching this site?

[ssdd]

Yes. And others...77th brigade? (Hi Guys)
In case anyone hasn't noticed by now, there is deliberate misinformation being spread. That may include what you hear as 'official'.

[POSTMAN]

That's weird.
The Coronavirus Q&A was updated again today...and that reference to further information next week has been removed.

What is the company’s position on social distancing?

Royal Mail supports Public Health England’s social distancing guidance. We have introduced and communicated temporary changes to operational processes. They include staggered meal breaks, cancellation of WTLLs and changes to doorstep deliveries. You can get more detail at PHE and NHS websites. Social distancing is everyone’s responsibility so please do all you can to follow the PHE guidance.

Are they watching this site?

Yes they do and I was just going to post up that it had changed again, weird.

[themailman]

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