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In the UK unlike other countries, no-one is telling you that you can't go to the pub, they're only asking you to not go. Slight difference there. Now if you choose to go and the old boy who smells of piss who always sits at the end of the bar accidentally sneezes all over you, then that is your choice
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If you did both before, then you're cutting your exposure by 50%.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostDon't go down the pub/cinema and sit near 50 strangers, but okay to sit in a packed office at work with 50 strangers everyday?
Can someone please explain the logic/difference?
Also, you need to work but you don't need to go down t'boozer. Given this is all about reducing transmission rates not reducing cases overall, every infection opportunity you remove has an effect.
Why do you work in a packed office anyway, what sort of contractor are you?
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It's going to be tough
Tonight I and two ex contractors are off to the gym and then to the village pub.
I suspect this might be the last time we can do this for eighteen months.
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I ain't been a contractor for some years.
Also my other half works in a place where she works with the public and a busy office, but we can't go down the pub?
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Your boss? Are you sure you're a contractor?
Anyway, buy one of these:
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Who is telling you it is okay to sit in a packed office at work with 50 strangers everyday?Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostDon't go down the pub/cinema and sit near 50 strangers, but okay to sit in a packed office at work with 50 strangers everyday?
Can someone please explain the logic/difference?
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Social distancing
Don't go down the pub/cinema and sit near 50 strangers, but okay to sit in a packed office at work with 50 strangers everyday?
Can someone please explain the logic/difference?Tags: None
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