Can We Afford This?

[Bobbisox1]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55760467

Working out at a half a billion pounds per week , I'm sure that's the figure mentioned, no doubt Im open to be corrected on that ,
That's an awful lot of money with our economy shot right now

[Bobbisox1]

So who's idea was it Ken? For it to be newsworthy ?

[bobbinwales]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/ministers-ponder-paying-500-to-all-with-covid-in-england
Here bobbi- one of four options put forward by hancocks department DHSC

[straydog]

Amazing! A financial incentive to catch the virus! Whatever next?

[Ken4155]

Says in your link, Bobbi; "...it had been drawn up by officials and had not been considered by the Prime Minister."

[THECORBYLOON]

The report mentions the payments could be as high as £453 million a week. Dividing that by £500 gives a figure of 906,000 each week, meaning 129,429 folk testing positive each day.

The highest UK daily figure so far was 68,053 earlier this month and yesterday's was 37,892 new cases in the UK.

As the proposed payments are for those only in England, the figure for the daily cases and the weekly bill would be even lower.

[bobbinwales]

Thanks thecorbyloon, altho maybe there allowing for the fact that more who think theyve got it but keep quiet and carry on will come forward for testing

[Bobbisox1]

I can see chavs having Covid Party's in the hope they get the virus :0/

[bobbinwales]

Agreed bobbi. It'l have the opposite effect to whats intended

[emmie]

no one i think will intentionally get the virus to get a piddling amount like 500 quid. not when it can end so badly...

[bobbinwales]

sadly emmie a friend who works in a school told me quite a few children were delibrately trying to catch it off freinds hoping to get 2 weeks off before christmas and knowing noone had been seriously ill.

[Bobbisox1]

Emmie, no one?

[emmie]

that's barmy bobbin, why is no one listening to the scientists, experts.

[bobbinwales]

what may happen is one infected person will get tested several times under the names of friends and famly members so they can all claim it

[emmie]

perhaps some will, though they have to be completely stupid to do so.

[emmie]

jeez you have a devious mind bob

[bobbinwales]

emmie- if loads of adults arent listening then its not suprising if some children see it all as a laugh.
Heard last night on the radio that over half the BAME population is going to refuse the vaccinne so it shows how people all see it diffrently

[bobbinwales]

sadly happened a lot emmie with UC claims when the checks were reduced for coronavirus to speed up claims

[Bobbisox1]

Consider drugs money etc Emmie, like anything else it would be severely abused

[emmie]

which is what i have been saying all along, that many will refuse it - that you can't force it on anyone. that this is going to stretch out to the end of this year, no matter how much the government dole out.

[Electrochem]

I don't think it's a good idea. It may stop Dominic Cummings going to Barnard Castle though :)