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soloExcerpt from the wall of 3500 rules for recent returnees from abroad:
Excerpt from Covid rules for everyone who lives here:
My nearest priority post box that is not inside a post office is 15 miles away. I'm trying to figure out how to get there without leaving the house.
(I lie, of course. If I were a nice little Lan I'd be trying to figure that out, and perhaps I'd expend significant spiritual energy achieving it. Being little old me, I'm going to nip down to the post office two blocks from here and pick up some groceries while I'm there.)
Those home Covid tests had to be purchased at a cost of £210 before they'd even let you travel. Someone is making nice money out of the pandemic.
- Self-isolate for 10 days.
- Do not leave your house.
- Do a home Covid test on days 2 and 8.
- Post the Covid test from a priority post box.
- Do not enter a post office.
Excerpt from Covid rules for everyone who lives here:
- Do not travel more than 5 miles outside your area.
My nearest priority post box that is not inside a post office is 15 miles away. I'm trying to figure out how to get there without leaving the house.
(I lie, of course. If I were a nice little Lan I'd be trying to figure that out, and perhaps I'd expend significant spiritual energy achieving it. Being little old me, I'm going to nip down to the post office two blocks from here and pick up some groceries while I'm there.)
Those home Covid tests had to be purchased at a cost of £210 before they'd even let you travel. Someone is making nice money out of the pandemic.
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Date: 2021-02-22 15:21 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-02-23 13:11 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-02-22 18:13 (UTC)ii) £210?!?!?!?! What the ever bleeding f*ck for? (It should cost at most £40 a pop. And even that would be racketeering for what it is, it's basically a pregnancy test.) Jesus.
Anyway, I'm glad you're home safe and sound.
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Date: 2021-02-23 13:14 (UTC)I guess for the same reason that staying in a government-mandated quarantine hotel (if you come from one of the Red Zones) for 10 days costs £1750. Because they are bastard and because they can.
You have no idea how much you are tempting me to pee on the second one.
(I won't. But.)
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Date: 2021-02-23 19:52 (UTC)You have no idea how much you are tempting me to pee on the second one.
Not sure how high the concentration of Covid is in urine, but I'm sure someone has looked at it....
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Date: 2021-02-22 20:00 (UTC)Also, £210, WTF.
*hugs*
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Date: 2021-02-23 13:14 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-23 00:22 (UTC)What a drag, I'm sorry. Take good care and I hope the rule-ridden self-isolation goes smoothly.
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Date: 2021-02-23 13:15 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-28 08:53 (UTC)Oh, great. :(((
(A minister here is being sued - or whatever, made to resign - over getting money for promoting/making a deal with certain mask companies. Yay.)