Is taxi driving high risk?

[John m]

 
People who engage in high-risk activities should consider taking an antigen test twice a week, the State’s public health team has recommended.

In a letter to Government, the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) warned that the situation in relation to Covid-19 is concerning and uncertain, and that while it was not recommending any significant new restrictions, it cannot be ruled out in future.

As part of its recommendations, Nphet examined the use of antigen testing in society and said that people who regularly engage in high-risk activities such as going to nightclubs should consider self-testing perhaps twice a week.

[John m]

If we were close contacts of a passenger with the Covid Virus can we still claim 350 if we have to stay off work and Isolate ?Has My Taxi ever contacted a driver to inform them that a passenger they carried was infectious ,Or was the 350 just equal to the highest PUP rate and what is it now .

[Justin Time]

The days of 350 are long gone.
But yes driving a taxi is high risk.

[John m]

The days of 350 are long gone.
But yes driving a taxi is high risk.

Are you sure the the 350 is gone .It was supposed to be an incentive to get close contacts to Isolate .The PUP payments have been reduced but what about the isolation 350 .?



https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/workers-diagnosed-with-covid-19-or-certified-to-self-isolate-can-claim-special-illness-benefit-1.4324982?mode=sample&auth-failed

[Justin Time]

Im still on the PUP 250 is the current amount, its to change next week to 203

Apologies I may have taken it up wrong.

It seems  that if you are isolating you can claim 350

[watty]

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/disability_and_illness/covid19_enhanced_illness_benefit.html

If a worker is told to self-isolate, restrict their movements or diagnosed with COVID-19, they can apply for a COVID-19 enhanced Illness Benefit payment of €350 per week.

Both employees and self-employed people can qualify for the COVID-19 enhanced Illness Benefit.

Workers who live in direct provision who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who have been advised to self-isolate or restrict their movements, can access the COVID-19 enhanced Illness Benefit.

If you are ill for another reason or self-isolating because you are medically vulnerable, you should apply for standard Illness Benefit.

COVID-19 Enhanced Illness Benefit will continue to be paid at €350 per week until 8 February 2022.

Might be worth it to take down the screen and start inhaling deeply 

[watty]

I wonder if we're high risk in Ireland?  In the UK, bus and taxi drivers of BAME (Black) origin got hammered with the virus.  But us white Irish seem to have better immunity to it. 

We were defined as essential workers at the beginning but given the choice to stay at home for €350 or go out and work.  You could argue the Govt knew which choice they wanted us to take by offering us €150 over the regular dole, no questions asked.

The question is maybe academic now anyways.  Not many of us could survive on dole money so we have to work?

[John m]

Watty I suggested to a TD that the fever was racist and countries with higher mixed race people had a higher death rate ie Uk,USA,Italy,Holland not to many fatalities in Japan or China where they are less  ethnically  integrated .There are reasons white men are white or Black men are black and its not intelligence so it must be genetics do we weaken our natural genetic immunity when we mix races .He told me I was a racist .I said I was asking a question that had an answer and did he know the answer .No figures have been released for the ethnic mix of victims of the virus .But the more diverse the population the higher the death rate per 100,000 ?

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

It's all a loada bollocks.

[watty]

Social inequality could also be adding to the mix.  'Black' people in Western countries are generally poorer so their general background health might suffer.

In America, Native Americans did worst of all.  They're seriously poor, discriminated against and have very limited access to healthcare.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.html

[Octavia1]

Social inequality could also be adding to the mix.  'Black' people in Western countries are generally poorer so their general background health might suffer.

In America, Native Americans did worst of all.  They're seriously poor, discriminated against and have very limited access to healthcare.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.html

Britain has one the best health services in the world and its practically free for everyone including immigrants .......
Again the big inequality lie is used again an Again to gain advantage not equality an they  blame the higher rates of death amongst blacks on  racial prejudice an poverty .
...Black people have much higher rates of obesity, hypertension an diabetes than Caucasians ....proven fact even amongst wealthy black Americans...the fact is they can't excrete salt like whites ...ther genetically programmed to retain it because of geographical  evolution......ie hot arid climates of origin wer the retention of salt was a matter of survival to prevent dehydration ....hypertension, heart disease are a major underlying condition factor in mortality /survival rates of the China flu
Nowadays Americans  and  Britain's  have the highest salt content diets on the planet ...Americans eat absolute shite ...so do the brits black an white ....
That's professor octys opinion an I'm rite again.....as usual ...bleedin wasted I am ....anyway ..Time...for a ..yawn ...nap 

[silverbullet]

Social inequality could also be adding to the mix.  'Black' people in Western countries are generally poorer so their general background health might suffer.

In America, Native Americans did worst of all.  They're seriously poor, discriminated against and have very limited access to healthcare.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.html

Britain has one the best health services in the world and its practically free for everyone including immigrants .......
Again the big inequality lie is used again an Again to gain advantage not equality an they  blame the higher rates of death amongst blacks on  racial prejudice an poverty .
...Black people have much higher rates of obesity, hypertension an diabetes than Caucasians ....proven fact even amongst wealthy black Americans...the fact is they can't excrete salt like whites ...ther genetically programmed to retain it because of geographical  evolution......ie hot arid climates of origin wer the retention of salt was a matter of survival to prevent dehydration ....hypertension, heart disease are a major underlying condition factor in mortality /survival rates of the China flu
Nowadays Americans  and  Britain's  have the highest salt content diets on the planet ...Americans eat absolute shite ...so do the brits black an white ....
That's professor octys opinion an I'm rite again.....as usual ...bleedin wasted I am ....anyway ..Time...for a ..yawn ...nap 

Processed food is high in salt content.

Asian people are intelligent enough to listen to science and do the right thing regarding mask-wearing and social distancing insofar as is practicable.

They understand that being drunk or high on drugs, or having big muscles is no protection from a lethal virus.

We have a lot to learn.