Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Bruce Wayne]

I'm not dismissing anything going on when I say this.

A lot of people do seem to forget that for millions potentially , they have not seen this virus. Not known anyone directly who has had it and not got it themselves.

Something to consider when you talk about people's mentality 3 months down the line.

Hello Lord Sugar.

 

[YoboCopter]

There's something wrong with feller's who go the gym.

Yer and zero wrong with you mr happy

 

[davek]

Yer and zero wrong with you mr happy

Gym fanatics: they display a level of coquettishness that I find troublesome.

 

[brieverton]

I'm not dismissing anything going on when I say this.

A lot of people do seem to forget that for millions potentially , they have not seen this virus. Not known anyone directly who has had it and not got it themselves.

Something to consider when you talk about people's mentality 3 months down the line.

This is a good point.

I have gone to being extremely worried about it, mostly for my elderly parents, through late February and March and April, but being less concerned now. I have been able to work from home, I am being cautious in my daily activities and observe all of the "rules".

But that's just my perspective. I know of just one person in my locality who had the virus and recovered. The lack of intrusion of the virus in your life naturally means you feel less threatened over time.

It's still out there but diminishing. But the risk is real and for me, it's the risk I would contract it and pass it to my parents being the biggest worry still. I can't just say I'm alright jack. I don't want to get it either.

Its a bit like going back to early March now with case levels and people then very much thought caution and restrictions were fully justified.

I'm not saying at all that restrictions should not reduce to reflect a generally decreased threat and infection rate either but it hasn't gone away either. The risks remain very real and acute for a lot of people, and those people are dependent on others who may not be in the firing line as much to continue to be responsible.

 

[Billy Dean]

10m not many really. 80m population, say around 40m smartphones. Is that fair?. 25% isn't enough to make it effective really is it? has it been out there long?

Yeah it's not many at the moment for it to be useful I don't think. Only been up and running a few days though so it could increase.

 

[Barnfred 55]

You realise that you are at danger but will fight for the right of others to become 'more active' and for economic considerations to be given equal weight to medical ones, even though that will increase your danger.

I dont get that.

Basically I understand that the world doesn't revolve around me. That there are other people around that may have different needs than me that may, in the whole scheme of things, actually be even more important than mine.

It's called "not being selfish" You need to try it sometime.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

The people stuffing their gobs with pasties and looking to get their beards trimmed at a Turkish barbers are the ones who have been getting out and about anyway, regardless of any change in 'alert level'.

Itls the 2.5M people who have been shielding and are allowed out now but will be too scared to emerge who I focus my sympathy on.

lol

 

[davek]

Basically I understand that the world doesn't revolve around me. That there are other people around that may have different needs than me that may, in the whole scheme of things, actually be even more important than mine.

It's called "not being selfish" You need to try it sometime.

2.5 million people have shielded for 3.5 months. It goes beyond you and your preferences.

 

[Barnfred 55]

2.5 million people have shielded for 3.5 months. It goes beyond you and your preferences.

And you speak for the shielded do you?

The 4 that are members of my family don't want people to lose their jobs in their name. And I've heard many others on phone ins and talk shows say similar.

 

[COYBL25]

Their *enjoyment* increases the momentum toward a second wave.

I hate to shatter your dreams, but we’re still in the first wave .

 

[Tea_drinker]

There's something wrong with feller's who go the gym.

You're the type of person whod rather have 5 weeks of joyless, miserable, existence than 3 weeks of complete and utter hedonism.

I'm while I'm at it, I wonder how many of these new found mask enthusiasts are the same slobs who never washed their hands after using the bathroom in pubs up to 3 months ago.

 

[Deckard2049]

Gym fanatics: they display a level of coquettishness that I find troublesome.

This really needs some further investigation and explanation. You don’t know a man named Aki do you?

 

[spectateur]

Gym fanatics: they display a level of coquettishness that I find troublesome.

Sailing into dangerous waters here methinks.

 

[davek]

And you speak for the shielded do you?

The 4 that are members of my family don't want people to lose their jobs in their name. And I've heard many others on phone ins and talk shows say similar.

I speak up for them, seeing as they are quietly forgotten about and being asked to suffer in silence while an army of Pastie scoffing, ale swigging, Sports Direct devotees get to exercise their rights to "freedom".

 

[BlueStevie35]

173 is the overall figure announced for the day, up 38 on yesterday but down 29 on last Friday, bringing the 7 day rolling average down to an even 140. The earlier hospital figure has seen that rolling average fall further as well, down now to 65.14