Coronavirus (COVID-19) General Chat

[Fraser]

Not really a surprise there's quite widespread resistance to masks when we've been told they had next to no benefit, only for a u-turn to be implemented several months later when the severity of the crisis had diminished substantially, is it? This wasn't just SAGE getting another thing wrong either - the WHO didn't recommend them either.

They knew full well that wearing masks especially in crowded areas indoors is better than not wearing one, but if everyone had tried to get hold of them at the beginning there wouldn't have been any left for front line hospital staff.

 

[Fraser]

North Korea with no coronavirus.

Kim claims 'shining success' against virus

It's kind of like changing the 'F' on your report card to an 'A' rather than a more believable 'B'.

 

[Jess]

North Korea with no coronavirus.

Kim claims 'shining success' against virus

It's kind of like changing the 'F' on your report card to an 'A' rather than a more believable 'B'.

That lunatic will probably have workers bottling COVID, loading it into rockets and getting sick or dying in the process.

 

[Steve]

Boris Johnson said today "let's not blow it now"

But he has set the clock ticking by opening the pubs tomorrow and ending travel quarantine to a multitude of countries.

Very alarming given the base of cases the UK has.

 

[Jess]

But he has set the clock ticking by opening the pubs tomorrow

Opening the pubs at 6am is just asking for trouble, not from covid-19 but from idiots.

 

[Deleted member 42]

I know a few people that have come down with Covid-19, I haven't left my house in months aside from going to one or two doctor appointments, and even then, I social-distanced, there was a no-contact sign-in process, and I wore my mask the entire time. It's a really messed up time we live in right now.

 

[Cherub]

R rate above 1 in London just in time for the lockdown easing further and pubs opening

Government figures reveal that the R rate could be as high as 1.1 in London - meaning cases of the deadly virus are starting to grow again - while it could have reached 1 in the Midlands, the North East and Yorkshire, the South East and the South West

Alarming new figures show the R rate range has risen above 1 in London - meaning cases of the deadly virus could be growing again.

It comes just hours before lockdown restrictions are eased in England, with pubs allowed to open again from 6am.

In four other regions - the Midlands, the North East and Yorkshire, the South East and the South West - experts believe the R rate could also be as high as 1.

If the R rate goes above 1, it means the number of Covid-19 cases is on the rise, as each individual with the disease is infecting more than one other person.

 

[Steve]

Not only was it implied it was fine to go to the pub, the government essentially said it was people's civic duty to go out on "Super Saturday" to save the economy.

 

[Janey]

Not only was it implied it was fine to go to the pub, the government essentially said it was people's civic duty to go out on "Super Saturday" to save the economy.

The straight choice is to either allow pubs to open with restrictions and hope most people do act sensibly or to keep them closed and bail the sector out. Furlough alone isn't going to keep cutting it -there are bills to be paid and bankruptcies/administration will start to happen very shortly as they already are in the retail and restaurant sectors if pubs remain closed.

Personal responsibility is a key component of getting life back to something resembling normal. Any relaxation the government puts in place depends on people not taking the piss.

I can't say the "scenes" in Soho bothered me too much as it's a road we've been down before. Yes, there were a lot of people not distanced in the street but how was this any different from the BLM protests or some of the footage from Bournemouth Station or Beach? At least it was outdoors. Saying that... if the scenes inside those pubs resembled anything like that then yes there is big cause for concern because that is high risk and a clear breach of the guidelines.

 

[Gemma]

Personal responsibility is a key component of getting life back to something resembling normal. Any relaxation the government puts in place depends on people not taking the piss.

That is a big part of the problem. I'm just back from Tesco and I'd say about 10% of customers had a face covering on. At one point I noticed 15/16 people across 2 aisles not wearing a covering.