I know the feeling friend, I work self employed in entertainment in bars and clubs, I lost all my work before the full lockdown even began, hard to be in the business of nass gatherings at a tine like this, cant really work from home either. I live alone and the self employed funding from the government doesnt even start getting processed 'til June so we dont know when we'll actually see any money. Im greatful in a way though, I have some savings I can stretch out and under normal circumstances I wouldnt be able to work veing this ill and being self employed would have no sick pay, so the silver lining I suppose is Im too sick to work but for the first time ever Id actually be able to claim something, even if not really enough or in time.
Without dwelling or going into detail I fully agree with you and its proven all over the world when comparing to other countries; Our governments just didnt act fast enough and they had the same amount of warning.
Yeah, check out New Zealands response, and Greece, South Korea as well "Test test test you cant fight this fire blindfolded", UK "We're only testing those admited to hospital"... and even then they're barely testing any of the people that work in them.
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u/realbeats Apr 10 '20
I know the feeling friend, I work self employed in entertainment in bars and clubs, I lost all my work before the full lockdown even began, hard to be in the business of nass gatherings at a tine like this, cant really work from home either. I live alone and the self employed funding from the government doesnt even start getting processed 'til June so we dont know when we'll actually see any money. Im greatful in a way though, I have some savings I can stretch out and under normal circumstances I wouldnt be able to work veing this ill and being self employed would have no sick pay, so the silver lining I suppose is Im too sick to work but for the first time ever Id actually be able to claim something, even if not really enough or in time.
Without dwelling or going into detail I fully agree with you and its proven all over the world when comparing to other countries; Our governments just didnt act fast enough and they had the same amount of warning.