The change in message on Sunday was to try to make people realise that HMG do not have a bottomless bucket of money to pay for all the lazy sods who could work SAFELY but chose to sit at home instead claiming their 80%
I continue to work. I’m working this week. Next week I have to stay at home. Why? Because my employer has instructed me to do so.
Our governments need to start getting their heads together and figure out how they get more of the economy up and running.
Frankly I think we are a long way from doing so. As I understand it the key to getting the country running is, test,test,test, trace and isolate.
The virus is out there, and as soon as everybody goes back to work there is the possibility it will spread like wildfire. And still we are struggling to protect our care homes and vulnerable individuals living in our communities. So, its not so much that the virus will spread and infect the largely healthy workforce, but without routine testing of key workers,its who ends up getting it - and dying.
I’d also beware of the spread slowing naturally through the summer, leading to a return to work, only for the virus to take off when it hits its favoured colder conditions.
Most workers I know stuck at home are going spare. I also know folks who have been told to work from home going nuts too.