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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Billysboots said:
Enormously hypocritical, however you try and extricate yourself.

You openly slag my friends off, some of whom have suggested they may not adhere to future lockdowns for a variety iof reasons, and now you yourself acknowledge that you don’t know you will feel about things in the future? In the same post you say you won’t defy future lockdowns, and then go on to say you don’t know how you’ll act. Which is it, man?

I’m staggered that you can be so patronising and condescending of people you don’t even know, when you are absolutely no different from any of them.

Priceless.
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I know that the virus doesn’t care how I or any of your friends feel. I suspect I feel as peed off as any of them...as ALL of us are - but I am going to choose to respect the virus and the risk that if I pick it up I can transmit it to others even if I don’t get I’ll.

And for as long as the experts are telling me what we are currently being told in respect of the risk associated with the omicron variant then I will comply. If the scientists lose me, though I don’t think they will, then I may change my mind. If others choose not believe the scientists at the moment in respect of the omicron risk then so be it.
 
went out for lunch yesterday with the wife and our friends who live in chelmsford. We were pleasently surprised with the amount of people in masks. even in the restaurant (where its not law yet) before the meal waiting to be seated everyone had one.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I know that the virus doesn’t care how I or any of your friends feel. I suspect I feel as peed off as any of them...as ALL of us are - but I am going to choose to respect the virus and the risk that if I pick it up I can transmit it to others even if I don’t get I’ll.

And for as long as the experts are telling me what we are currently being told in respect of the risk associated with the omicron variant then I will comply. If the scientists lose me, though I don’t think they will, then I may change my mind. If others choose not believe the scientists at the moment in respect of the omicron risk then so be it.
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My final contribution to this exchange is to just seek some clarification.

So what you are actually saying then is that, whilst it’s okay for you to change your mind about observing future lockdowns, nobody else can?

I’m glad we cleared that one up.

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pauljames87 said:
went out for lunch yesterday with the wife and our friends who live in chelmsford. We were pleasently surprised with the amount of people in masks. even in the restaurant (where its not law yet) before the meal waiting to be seated everyone had one.
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In Chelmsford. Good grief, maybe there is hope for the country after all. Must have been somewhere upmarket, though .....
 
Couple postive tests at work and they all went out Thursday for a drink so the boss has asked for masks back when we not at our desks and LFT every few days to protect the room.

Happy to comply
 
Billysboots said:
My final contribution to this exchange is to just seek some clarification.

So what you are actually saying then is that, whilst it’s okay for you to change your mind about observing future lockdowns, nobody else can?

I’m glad we cleared that one up.

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No…I am saying that I cannot say NEVER…just as though I can say today that i will not be a scratch h/cap in the next few months, I cannot say that I will NEVER be a scratch golfer.

And so given the current circumstances and current threat and risk posed by the omicron virus, I can say with a certainty that I will adhere to what I am required to do, but clearly I cannot say that I will NEVER in the future flaunt the rules or ignore guidance. That is all. I am currently of the view that the risk and uncertainty associated with the omicron variant is such that this is not the time to be ignoring the guidance and rules.

There is nothing wrong with changing your mind if the evidence and circumstances change. I am glad that I have been able to clear that up.
 
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Back from Brighton. Felt ok most of the time. Only my personal observation but, especially on the trains, it was the 20-30 age group who were either ignoring mask rules or sat with a packet of crisps in front of them so as they could claim to be eating if questioned
 
bobmac said:
I hope you don't think you'll get the last word :ROFLMAO:
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IanM said:
This made me smile.

I wonder what reasonable grounds for a lay person ceasing to believe "the scientists" looks like?

30 years of study and the award of a Nobel Prize? :ROFLMAO:
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I did wonder… “ah yes, Íve listened to my French barber, rather than a panel of experts, and decided I wońt follow the guidance.”
 
IanM said:
This made me smile.

I wonder what reasonable grounds for a lay person ceasing to believe "the scientists" looks like?

30 years of study and the award of a Nobel Prize? :ROFLMAO:
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Just remember that there's a 'political translation' layer on top!
It's not 'the scientists' making the announcements anymore!
 
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