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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

bluewolf said:
I should qualify my statement by saying that I’ve either walked or run across the local golf course every day since the lockdown and I haven’t seen any evidence of people using the course at all ?
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i'm begining to wonder if people up here either have zero common sense, or just don't get it??
 
Went out for a run yesterday across the fens, didn't see a soul for a good 6k or so then turned onto County lanes back toward the village and there were so many more people about than there has been in weeks. Definitely more cars going through the village and people stopping to talk to each other and not distancing. Ended up turning back on myself and going back cross country to avoid everyone.
 
Locally, the 'creep out' might have increased by a very small amount but nationally, with over 700,000 fines issued and a number of harsh jail terms issued I'd say things are breaking down.

We're also seeing reports of the Presidents for the semi-autonomous regions are opposing a continuation of the strict lockdown, wanting a relation of some of the rules.

WHO's recommendations are to continue as is.
 
Glad I'm not the only one noticing the growth of people out and about.

Thought I was getting paranoid.

I guess its easy to think "whats all the fuss about" when the impact isn't overly visible.

Add to that newspaper articles unhelpfully pushing the idea if releasing restrictions.

Feels like there's a need for another big comms push, maybe gentle scare tactics to emphasise the consequences and outline the realities that its not an overnight thing.
 
Slab said:
Even here I'm starting to see people 'creep' out when they shouldn't be

Obviously there's a type of person out there who are quite happy to bring death to others (and each of us probably knows a friend or family member in that group)
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That’s a shocking statement - really shocking , I don’t know one single person who is “happy to bring death to others” - I’ll put it down to cabin fever

As for more people seemingly out and about - I suspect it’s more down to the directive about being able to drive to areas of exercise , more people going to work potentially.

I also maybe think that the government knew that little change would bring a few more out and potentially could be the smallest start to easing of restrictions in a very subtle way.
 
Slab said:
Even here I'm starting to see people 'creep' out when they shouldn't be

Obviously there's a type of person out there who are quite happy to bring death to others (and each of us probably knows a friend or family member in that group)
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Just looking at the published stats (acknowledging they don't tell the full story), it does look like Mauritius has things under control and I wondered if they might start to ease restrictions. What's the local view?
 
Walked to the top of my hill yesterday, about two miles steady incline.
Fabulous clear day could see Ben Lomond/Arochar Alps to the North and the top of The Merrick and the Awful Hand Munro range to the south......roughly 140 miles apart.
Ailsa Craig and Goat Fell on Arran to the west and Loudon Hill to the east.
So the nerd in me worked out that I could see roughly over 5000 sq miles of Scotland.(y)
Passed two neighbours on the way and loads of newly born lambs.:)
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Walked to the top of my hill yesterday, about two miles steady incline.
Fabulous clear day could see Ben Lomond/Arochar Alps to the North and the top of The Merrick and the Awful Hand Munro range to the south......roughly 140 miles apart.
Ailsa Craig and Goat Fell on Arran to the west and Loudon Hill to the east.
So the nerd in me worked out that I could see roughly over 5000 sq miles of Scotland.(y)
Passed two neighbours on the way and loads of newly born lambs.:)
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Lucky bugger. Sounds stunning
 
Can't manage 5000 sq miles, but walking the dog around the village this morning was much better than my usual Tuesday AM M4/A34/M3/A33 commute. When you drive into Wales over either Severn Bridge, we are the highest point you can see in the distance between the two bridges. Can see the Bridges, away to the Cotswolds, down the Severn Estuary to N Devon on a clear day like today.

Amid all the bad stuff, staying at home and still being able to work, I am counting my blessings....and we're waiting on news of my mate's son who is in the Royal Gwent with it at the mo. Fingers crossed
 
Went into my local woods yesterday evening for my regular ride, if you recall these are the woods which have had the car park closed since the lockdown began.
On my way back I saw 8 vans parked up on the verges, a couple had moved cones so they could park up. There must have been easily more than a dozen people there all with mtb's. It was quite obviously a cycling club meet going off, breathtaking really ?
 
To a certain extent, I can understand if there is a slow creep out of lockdown going on. Where I am, in rural Lincolnshire, I am one of the lucky ones. Nobody in the village has it, nobody I know has it and there are only 500 odd cases in the whole of the county (on a population of nearly 700000). I hit a real low at the weekend with simple boredom and it would have been so easy just to go out, I didn't, I went on my normal walk around the village and talked to a couple of people from the other side of the road and that helped. What I am saying is I have it easy, I am working, I have a garden, I live in as near to a safe area as you can get and I have nice walks around me and even with that, I nearly broke at the weekend. With that in mind, I can see how this must be affecting people without even half of the benefits that I have.

One change I would like to see made is, with social distancing or whatever is necessary, to allow access to DIY supplies and garden supplies. So much I could do to keep myself occupied if I could getjust basic supplies like fence paint.
 
patricks148 said:
up here we have much smaller population and have had not many cases or deaths, so quite a few are not getting it. i'm out walking the dog every day and the things i see are just mind boggling, a few are just carrying on as normal, i see people visiting relativs, chatting to mates and playing darts in the garage, elderly Neibours popping in and out of each other houses, after being visited by grandchildren, going shopping every day as normal, even people still having parties and BBQ
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Bit like some of the US states then - nothing much to see here (it's 'invisible' after all according to Trump) so it's all OK - but in truth, perhaps, it's only time...

That said - one of my cousins in the Black Isle is not so casual - as she is going through (heavy) chemo at the moment, she knows that she and her 70+yr old hubby are very vulnerable. Their measures to stop the virus getting into the house or to her are at the absolute limit of eliminating risk as far as possible. It's a tedious and long-winded regime - but she knows that given her serious health issues there is a fairly high probability that she will die if she catches it.

But it's the same for us all I guess - the measures that we take are consistent with the level of personal risk we perceive us individually and in the household to be facing. And if we get very worried for whatever reason then I have my cousin's checklist to adhere to...
 
IainP said:
Just looking at the published stats (acknowledging they don't tell the full story), it does look like Mauritius has things under control and I wondered if they might start to ease restrictions. What's the local view?
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Yeah it has been strict & I hope the results are showing a true reflection of that. We went into confinement the day after the first death and escalated that to 'curfew' level of lock down 48 hours later, and its been that way since then. On day 33 now with another 13 planned. This includes road blocks and designated shopping days, temp testing before entering a supermarket, full travel bans and no exercise periods
when someone tested + early on there was even lists released for those they wanted to find for contact testing
All businesses not allowed to decide if they wanted to stay open, we were all simply told to shut (there was even an 8 day period early on where all food shops were shut too) all borders closed for the duration

Active cases dropped into double figures last night & I really hope that trend continues (then there's the bigger problem of keeping it clear when the lockdown eases and airport re-opens)

fingers crossed really
 
Liverpoolphil said:
That’s a shocking statement - really shocking , I don’t know one single person who is “happy to bring death to others” - I’ll put it down to cabin fever

As for more people seemingly out and about - I suspect it’s more down to the directive about being able to drive to areas of exercise , more people going to work potentially.

I also maybe think that the government knew that little change would bring a few more out and potentially could be the smallest start to easing of restrictions in a very subtle way.
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No surprise you'd be shocked. Does death by cabin fever have a better outcome then? I get annoyed seeing any people who think its ok for them to decide when they can break the rules or breach the curfew we have here

You're ex-forces you should understand more than most and the implications of not following orders. Here, going out is simply not a choice these idiots can make

For those of us non-essential workers (not some expended key workers list, just the essential workers with travel permits) There is no exercise here, there is no walk your dog, there is no leave the house because 'its quiet and no one else is about so what's the harm' there is no pop to the shops even if its for bread

There is only; stay in the house, do not leave unless it is for medical reasons or it is your allocated shopping day, period!
 
All along the govt have included Behavioural Scientists in there models, even as to when they started lockdown. They knew all along that creep would happen at some point. It is why lockdown can not continue forever, why a little carrot is needed after this next 3 week stint.

I should add, before anyone jumps on this post, we are keeping to the advice and will continue to do so all of the way. There are 60m+ people in the country though and clearly too many will not follow the advice as laid down. This has to be factored in unfortunately.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
All along the govt have included Behavioural Scientists in there models, even as to when they started lockdown. They knew all along that creep would happen at some point. It is why lockdown can not continue forever, why a little carrot is needed after this next 3 week stint.

I should add, before anyone jumps on this post, we are keeping to the advice and will continue to do so all of the way. There are 60m+ people in the country though and clearly too many will not follow the advice as laid down. This has to be factored in unfortunately.
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I agree with this. I am positive that the government will chuck us a bone in the next week or two to keep us motivated. I worry what will happen if they simply extend it again
 
GB72 said:
To a certain extent, I can understand if there is a slow creep out of lockdown going on. Where I am, in rural Lincolnshire, I am one of the lucky ones. Nobody in the village has it, nobody I know has it and there are only 500 odd cases in the whole of the county (on a population of nearly 700000). I hit a real low at the weekend with simple boredom and it would have been so easy just to go out, I didn't, I went on my normal walk around the village and talked to a couple of people from the other side of the road and that helped. What I am saying is I have it easy, I am working, I have a garden, I live in as near to a safe area as you can get and I have nice walks around me and even with that, I nearly broke at the weekend. With that in mind, I can see how this must be affecting people without even half of the benefits that I have.

One change I would like to see made is, with social distancing or whatever is necessary, to allow access to DIY supplies and garden supplies. So much I could do to keep myself occupied if I could getjust basic supplies like fence paint.
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Do you not have click and collect at your local B&q.
They have it very well organised and safe with goods social distancing. I should add that you can't go in the store, just wait and they come out to you with your order, at all times keeping social distance.
 
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