Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Jebus_lives]

I’m not hiding behind anything. I’m telling you exactly what I would have done, having personally observed the lockdown scrupulously........

You've come along way from 'not giving a toss'

 

[pierceck]

Ok. Now imagine that your daughter and her partner both have coronavirus, and they have a young child, and they live miles from you. You have a guest house in your garden. Would you want them to stay there or leave them to it. Put the politics away, this is about family.....

Isn’t this the reason for the outrage though? People have been in that position and didn’t do as you suggest because they felt they were doing the right thing by obeying the rules. Which were Stay At Home.

 

[Tea_drinker]

The insane thing about this is that it isnt a typical family values Tory point. All the Tories I know have followed these rules; ffs even Pete has.

Tories always bring their families into it. Remember the tea trays and embarrassed wives at the garden gate during the many sex scandals.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

If one of my sons had been in the same position as Cummings I would have gone ballistic if he had not come to stay at an available house nearby...I think Cummings made the right Medical decision for his family.....

You are doing really well.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Sorry I meant nearby to his parents and family. The Guest house is a detached building in the garden.....

Yes but to get there he had to drive a very long distance - he will almost certainly have stopped at services directly exposing others to the virus that he knew he and his wife had.

They both could bave looked after their child even if they got ill (which as per her column she never did) - thousands of other parents have done so and are doing so right now. Or if it got really bad got help from relatives far closer than Durham and who were not in a vulnerable age group.

 

[orly]

Oh wow, that CS tweet. Good lord.

If there was a majority even half the size there'd be looking at a coup at this point.

 

[peteblue]

Yeah ok mate.
If only they’d made the rules more clear. Perhaps I might have gone to comfort my mum when she was diagnosed with cancer. Perhaps I’d have been able to give her a hug and told her it was going to be ok. Perhaps my dad would have been able to go into the room with her when she found out instead of waiting in the car park. It would have been nice to be able to be with them when they told me instead of finding out over FaceTime. Perhaps I could have comforted my family when they needed it. I wish I’d have known because I could have gone up and stayed with my dad while his wife was having an operation to have tumours removed. Maybe I could have done his shopping or sat up with him every night he didn’t sleep while she was in the ICU recovering. Maybe I could have been there waiting for her when she came out of hospital.
Maybe I could go and stay with them while she recovers and maybe I could go and give them a list to the hospital when her chemo starts next week.
I feel so silly for not using common sense and just sticking to the clear guidelines that said not to go anywhere. Especially if you are showing symptoms. Because that would save lives.

and here is you defending the indefensible on technicalities.

I am really sorry for you, but you were not the one‘s that were ill. Your Mum and dad weren’t looking after a young child. If they were I’m damn sure you would have arranged for the child to be brought near you. This is not about seeing your parents, it’s about having a child close enough to family in case of the worst.....

 

[Jebus_lives]

I dont doubt you have. But that argument removes the ability to criticise others.

'its ok to do the wrong thing because I'd do the same'

 

[davmaher]

When asked if it was for the public to do what Cummings did, he didn't say no. What he said was Cummings did nothing wrong. As a member of the public what message is that sending.

The only message coming from this whole fiasco is that the Government only care about themselves and their acolytes. It really is as simple as one rule for themselves, one rule for everyone else. Where was the advice that if you thought you had the virus you could travel as far as you wanted before you isolated? The idea that Cummings and his wife had absolutely no-one else they could get to leave food and other supplies outside their door in London is laughable.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I am really sorry for you, but you were not the one‘s that were ill. Your Mum and dad weren’t looking after a young child. If they were I’m damn sure you would have arranged for the child to be brought near you. This is not about seeing your parents, it’s about having a child close enough to family in case of the worst.....

Millions haven't but because you wouldn it's fine. Ok.

 

[tsubaki]

 

[Hickson9]

I am really sorry for you, but you were not the one‘s that were ill. Your Mum and dad weren’t looking after a young child. If they were I’m damn sure you would have arranged for the child to be brought near you. This is not about seeing your parents, it’s about having a child close enough to family in case of the worst.....

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[TommyDavo]

If one of my sons had been in the same position as Cummings I would have gone ballistic if he had not come to stay at an available house nearby...I think Cummings made the right Medical decision for his family.....

There comes a time when you should put the spade to one side...

 

[Jebus_lives]

Is there anything this mob could do that would make you criticise them or disapprove strongly?

If yes, what would it be?

I dread to think.

 

[peteblue]

Yes but to get there he had to drive a very long distance - he will almost certainly have stopped at services directly exposing others to the virus that he knew he and his wife had.

They both could bave looked after their child even if they got ill (which as per her column she never did) - thousands of other parents have done so and are doing so right now. Or if it got really bad got help from relatives far closer than Durham and who were not in a vulnerable age group,

Assuming they had such a support group. His parents had an empty house next door to them to use. It meant their grandchild was only yards away if the child’s parents took badly. Any grandparent would have insisted that that is what should happen and I’m speaking as a grandparent......