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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?





Jeremy Hunt

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Time to act: thread on why we need to close schools, borders, and ban all household mixing RIGHT AWAY.

We therefore cannot afford to wait: all schools should be closed, international travel stopped, household mixing limited and the tier system reviewed so that the highest tier really does bring down infection levels (as with the first lockdown).


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Have to say, I totally agree with him.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
...and the apolitical question is - who decides...? I suppose that it could be SAGE and such as Prof. Stephen Powis - but I doubt it...

For some whatever decision is made will be right - but for others it will be wrong. So who do we thank or criticise for making a decision that could/would affect each and every one of us in how we live our daily life? It's difficult decision...I'd close. 3week lockdown.
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As with everything else - the government decides and we the population abide by those decisions- there is no need to “thank” or “criticise” - just follow the guidelines
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Though I suggest that those such as yourself (and I am one of those) have to remain careful and vigilant - and we must not become in any way complacent.

Because though I might not have become unwell in any way due to Covid-19 - do I know that I have not contracted the virus? Unless tested then no I don't. Without knowing it I might well have contracted the virus - and indeed may well have passed it on to another even though I have lived diligently within the constraints set down on how I should act; where I can go, and who I can be in the same enclosed space (e.g. supermarket) with.

That I may so far have been fortunate in avoiding the virus there are many acting and behaving just as I who have not. And they are not at fault.
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Agree with what you say, SILH. My wife and I have adhered strictly to the guidelines from the outset and this new variant has made us even more cautious. We are luckier than many in that we have a comfortable lifestyle but don't want to take any chances catching Covid both for our own health but also not to be an unnecessary burden on the NHS. Good luck in your attempts to keep clear.
 
Old Skier said:
I’ll leave that here for you to amend and delete any reference to independent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_Vaccination_and_Immunisation
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I know they are said to be independent, I am saying they really aren't independent of Government. You would have to be rather gullible to think they are. And they don't do the vaccine purchasing recommendations either. Go back to wikipedia and see if you can find out who does.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) isn't democratic either.
 
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Old Skier said:
The only problem is that there will be the normal excuses especially for us in Devon & Cornwall as strangely the last figures show we are going down in infection numbers for now.
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Genuinely don’t think numbers in different areas matter anymore, we need to look at it as one tier, we’ve tried different rules for different places and it hasn’t worked.

Everyone treated the same, less to be confused/make excuses.
 
pauldj42 said:
Genuinely don’t think numbers in different areas matter anymore, we need to look at it as one tier, we’ve tried different rules for different places and it hasn’t worked.

Everyone treated the same, less to be confused/make excuses.
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I'm hoping for a proper lockdown

Roads were packed at 06:30 on way home from work

Didn't realise we had that Many essienal workers
 
Just checked our rolling 7-day rate to 29/12 - where we are - Waverley District is 514/100k - just 4miles up the road Rushmoor District is 981...worrying...
 
Tashyboy said:
I totally get that, but the figures at the moment are the fall out of having a lovely Christmas dinner together. Which has passed the virus onto others onto others etc etc. How long do we persist with a mixed message lockdown. As in some schools are closed in tier 4 other tier fours not. ?
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Christmas get togethers were not compulsory, if anyone decided to have a Beano with a number of people outside their household then it's their own fault if they contracted Covid. The original five day allowance was reckless in my opinion and a mistake by the Government (See how I did that Ethan ?) but again it wasn't compulsory, we never met up with others and anyone in their right mind should have thought very hard about it.
 
SocketRocket said:
Christmas get togethers were not compulsory, if anyone decided to have a Beano with a number of people outside their household then it's their own fault if they contracted Covid. The original five day allowance was reckless in my opinion and a mistake by the Government (See how I did that Ethan ?) but again it wasn't compulsory, we never met up with others and anyone in their right mind should have thought very hard about it.
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Fair point, the Christmas guidelines were not a target for people to brush up close to.
 
Boris Johnson is reportedly set to put England into a full lockdown with schools closed for in person learning. He is due to make an announcement to the nation at 8pm this evening. ITV political editor Robert Peston tweeted: ‘PM will be directly addressing the nation. It won’t be a press conference. Tier 4 restrictions will be imposed everywhere. Schools closed. No more team games in parks. But outdoor exercise will still be allowed.’ The threat level from the virus is also set to be raised to the highest level of 5, the BBC reported. It means that there is a ‘material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed’.


Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/04/engl...TmygqqqmPIIZqOApFwv0zH2Eyj-3stuHI?ito=cbshare
 
SocketRocket said:
Christmas get togethers were not compulsory, if anyone decided to have a Beano with a number of people outside their household then it's their own fault if they contracted Covid. The original five day allowance was reckless in my opinion and a mistake by the Government (See how I did that Ethan ?) but again it wasn't compulsory, we never met up with others and anyone in their right mind should have thought very hard about it.
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Your speaking to the converted, but as you mentioned the five day free for all that ended up being a 1 day ish free for all. Now has the undesired knock on effect. More so for those that had a quiet Christmas.
looking forward to the ramblings of 8pm.

Back on topic re how it has affected you. Today Ave 2 firsts.
1 ASDA home delivery for the first time.
2, Today is the first time Ave lost me taste. Had a bag of prawn cocktail and couldn’t taste a thing. Very weird indeed.
 
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