Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

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Ethan said:
I was here for all of those. Those weren't lock downs. Those were short term modest restrictions.
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They were lockdowns - I couldn’t go to the office , golf club , pubs , restaurants, schools were shut , nursery was shut - i could only go outside in my back garden , to get some food or for exercise

If that’s not lockdown what’s missing ?
 
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We should get Joe Biden in. They must have NO Covid at all in the USA now as the nightly reports of mass deaths and destruction on the BBC have stopped completely. :ROFLMAO: Fancy!


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So economic growth grinds to a complete halt for 3 months? Who stocks the supermarkets, delivers food to consumers, stops the looting, runs the hospitals. What you are implying on top of a very restrictive lockdown is preposterous
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I think you mean "activity" rather than growth! :)
 
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Ethan said:
I am happy to see life go on. I would prefer if it had gone on longer for more of the people who were deprived of life, and if there had been a proper lockdown instead of delayed and weak half-arsed actions, it might have also gone on a darn sight better for everybody else too, like it did in some other countries.

As for the economy, check this out. 23 countries ranked.

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So lockdowns are a bad thing for the economy to then…..?! Just let life go on…..
 
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PNWokingham said:
So economic growth grinds to a complete halt for 3 months? Who stocks the supermarkets, delivers food to consumers, stops the looting, runs the hospitals. What you are implying on top of a very restrictive lockdown is preposterous
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I didn't suggest,nor imply, any of the above! I merely stated that "There's always an alternative"!
 
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SammmeBee said:
So lockdowns are a bad thing for the economy to then…..?! Just let life go on…..
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Proper measures applied swiftly and effectively minimise the effects of the pandemic. That was the lesson learnt 100 years ago and it still applies now, and countries which did so had fewer deaths and their economies survived better.
 
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SammmeBee said:
So lockdowns are a bad thing for the economy to then…..?! Just let life go on…..
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And therein lies the issue.

Total Lockdown stops spread, but folk have to eat and earn money.

No restrictions equals "business as usual" but doesn't stop spread.

Of course, if its not you at the lectern you can shout "should have done x, y and z" earlier/later/less/more etc etc etc and be all clever after the event.... but that's not a luxury available to the poor sods driving the bus.

Chucking rocks from the side is easy.

Call me old fashioned, but I thought the thread is about impact on individuals and politics was banned. :whistle:
 
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Ethan said:
Google it. I am sure you will find out.
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That’s your answer ?! Google it ?

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My daughter couldn’t go to nursery
We couldn’t go to my parents
we couldn’t go to eat out or pubs
Couldn’t go to golf clubs
Wife couldn’t play hockey
Could only go outside for exercise or to the shop for food
We both couldn’t go into work

So what is missing thah makes it a “proper” lockdown
 
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Ethan said:
I couldn't be bothered writing something just so you and others pick out pieces and have a go. There is no great secret what proper lockdown means. Has been discussed here some before. Only 24k posts to sift through.
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Sorry but I have mainly ignored a lot of pretentious stuff on here just baffled how someone can suggest we weren’t in lockdown

Maybe it’s worth speaking to all those that have suffered both mentally , physically and financially through the last 18 months and let them know it wasn’t a real lockdown just a few measures.

Just once have a think about how it’s affected many others in the uk
 
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Spain’s first lockdown was 89 days. All non-essential businesses closed. Only 1 person allowed out for shopping, and must be in your home town or village unless there wasn’t a shop selling essentials. Masks mandatory. Second lockdown; similar restrictions, approx 4 weeks. Allowed out to exercise, max 1km from home. Third lockdown; not Allowed out of the town village. Bars/restaurants open but very restricted access/limited capacity. Curfew from 6pm, later moved to 10:30. Fourth lockdown; 3 weeks; municipal lockdowns. 10:30 curfews. Excellent uptake on vaccines. Covid passports now in widespread use. EDIT: the Police were very much in evidence, as was enforcement and compliance.

Deaths approx 2/3’s of U.K. figure. Population a similar ratio. GDP and share price drops are worse than the U.K.

I would hope that any restrictions will have made a significant difference but comparing the numbers with countries that have been far more lax, I’m not convinced. Going forward, for me, vaccines and masks but just get on with living.
 
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Jamesbrown said:
Subjective.
Not being allowed to do certain activities is certainly in my eyes a form of lockdown.
Not being able to go to your place of work, or work at all (though I’m sure many enjoy that) is a form of lockdown.
Kids not going to school - lockdown
Could only travel so far - lockdown
Couldn’t sit on a bench - lockdown
Couldn’t meet friends - lockdown

You might call it something else with your perception but it was certainly a form of prison. Only a larger playground.
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Totally agree. If being told “You must stay at home”, because they were the exact words used during that broadcast to the U.K., was not putting us in a lockdown, then I don’t know what that period could be called.

I can’t remember all the finer points and, frankly, neither do I want to, but as I recall we could only leave home to shop for essentials, for medical supplies, to work if we couldn’t work from home, and to exercise once a day.

I don’t doubt it could be argued that we could have been told not to go out to exercise, that the military could have delivered food parcels to all, and so on.

But as far as most are concerned, whatever restrictions were subsequently imposed at various times, the first period when we were confined to barracks in March 2020 was a lockdown. To argue otherwise is really splitting hairs.
 
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