Has anyone here actually got, or been tested for, or quarantining for Corona? STATUS

[Lance]

Can you not WFH?

can't change users' keyboards from home

[ascender]

Saw something earlier that coronavirus is much worse than flu as it leaves people "incapable of working". I think us contractors will be the judge of that.

[northernladuk]

Saw something earlier that coronavirus is much worse than flu as it leaves people "incapable of working". I think us contractors will be the judge of that.

Oh. It appears I've have had it from birth then.

[Whorty]

Saw something earlier that coronavirus is much worse than flu as it leaves people "incapable of working". I think us contractors will be the judge of that.

As I say often to the permies who take sickies .... us contractors have a very simple test if we are fit to work.

1. Do I feel Ill? If yes, go to 2) If no go to 3)
2) Am I dead? If no, go to 3) If yes, wife follows my business continuity plan and gets final time sheet signed.
3) Continue working

[d000hg]

Not every client has this facility of course even for permies.

Also, what about Restricted and Secret classified stuff....

Hard to believe anyone would entrust you with such work.

On a more serious note, do many people here have income/loss of work insurance? I'd be interested to know if that will cover self-isolating.

We've just been told that the specialist insurance on the wife's business would not cover government-mandated closure. One can imagine a lot of business owners are pretty worried right now.

[OwlHoot]

Saw something earlier that coronavirus is much worse than flu as it leaves people "incapable of working". ..

Crikey, some permies and a few contractors I've known must have had chronic coronavirus for years!

[OwlHoot]

PS This poor bloke must have had the runs really bad!

Coronavirus UK: Stockpiling driver fined as van a TON overweight | Daily Mail Online

This lorry driver isn't taking any chances either!

[NickFitz]

I’ve had a bit of a cold for nearly a week now, including a slightly high temperature. Been a bit short of breath the other day, and again today. If it’s not sorted itself out over the weekend, I suppose I’ll have to consider my options

Apparently, you should contact 111.nhs.uk if you’ve had symptoms for seven days. They might then advise you to self-isolate for seven days counting from when you first showed symptoms. Now, I’m no Poincaré, but I think that means you'd finish the self-isolating on the same day as you start it?

Anyway, I did the shopping yesterday so at least I have supplies to see me through if necessary

[NickFitz]

Saw something earlier that coronavirus is much worse than flu as it leaves people "incapable of working". I think us contractors will be the judge of that.

Oh. It appears I've have had it from birth then.

Jerome K. Jerome: “I had the symptoms, beyond all mistake, the chief among them being ‘a general disinclination to work of any kind.’

“What I suffer in that way no tongue can tell. From my earliest infancy I have been a martyr to it. As a boy, the disease hardly ever left me for a day.”

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Jerome K. Jerome: “I had the symptoms, beyond all mistake, the chief among them being ‘a general disinclination to work of any kind.’

“What I suffer in that way no tongue can tell. From my earliest infancy I have been a martyr to it. As a boy, the disease hardly ever left me for a day.”

that's osteorenalapathy.
i've had it forever.
hth