Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[tsubaki]

As much as people on the internet don't want to hear it , there has to be a trade off that some people will die. Talking about industries on their arse as you have done, you can't fix that without just standing firm that some people will die as a result.

Realistically there isn't a middle ground , we can lockdown the country again but people will still lose their life despite that. But allowing businesses to collapse can have a much greater effect in the long term if you plunge thousands upon thousands of people out of work/business .

Given the age groups still effected by this, it would be much better to plan around protecting those who at most at risk rather than blanket lockdown everything . The last information was 50+ are those who are dying still, with that going up per age. Doesn't mean young people won't catch it or get sick, they have a significantly lower chance of dying.

So perhaps a better way of planning this pandemic would be to protect those at risk and let the younger people run things in the meantime. It won't mean positive tests will decrease as such but you don't grind the country to a halt again and potentially destroy lives for the long term either.

or we could just have a competent government that didn't reduce this crisis to two absolutely awful choices

 

[YoboCopter]

My hero
Rip brother x

 

[Nymzee]

It`s alright, as I`ve just gone out and got two weeks worth of ale and ordered in sixteen trays of Greggs pasties from Just Eat, to see us through the dark days ahead.

Don't forget to bulk buy loo roll you amateur.

 

[Nymzee]

Vindication.

 

[Nymzee]

Think the UK is gonna get a 2 week lockdown over half-term from what I've been reading.

 

[YoboCopter]

Think the UK is gonna get a 2 week lockdown over half-term from what I've been reading.

Cant wait for half term im bored of being back in school already

 

[Kenshin]

or we could just have a competent government that didn't reduce this crisis to two absolutely awful choices

We could.

But we had a vote and here we are.

I agree there has been some terrible choices made since march.

 

[roydo]

Think the UK is gonna get a 2 week lockdown over half-term from what I've been reading.

I just dont see the point. Ram home the simple messages and explain stuff instead of these seemingly random moves they announce.

 

[Brennan]

Cant wait for half term im bored of being back in school already

Can’t be that bad, I thought Nursery was only 8-12 ?

 

[Blueclouds]

Why can't people just behave. The rules are not complicated. Its common sense but its the people who flounce the rules blame the government and the rules. Example a household having a party with around 40 people So the police broke up the party, what happened next. They took the party to another house which went on for another 2 hours. We cant beat covid when we have so many ignoring social distancing

 

[YoboCopter]

Can’t be that bad, I thought Nursery was only 8-12 ?

Hahahah lol

 

[degsy]

As much as people on the internet don't want to hear it , there has to be a trade off that some people will die. Talking about industries on their arse as you have done, you can't fix that without just standing firm that some people will die as a result.

Realistically there isn't a middle ground , we can lockdown the country again but people will still lose their life despite that. But allowing businesses to collapse can have a much greater effect in the long term if you plunge thousands upon thousands of people out of work/business .

Given the age groups still effected by this, it would be much better to plan around protecting those who at most at risk rather than blanket lockdown everything . The last information was 50+ are those who are dying still, with that going up per age. Doesn't mean young people won't catch it or get sick, they have a significantly lower chance of dying.

So perhaps a better way of planning this pandemic would be to protect those at risk and let the younger people run things in the meantime. It won't mean positive tests will decrease as such but you don't grind the country to a halt again and potentially destroy lives for the long term either.

The initial fear was that the NHS would get swamped, people dying left right and centre, mass graves, JCBs, trenches in parks the whole apocalypse thing.
Nobody will say so or admit it publically, but I get the impression if the Govt could guarantee it, they'd settle for a bad flu year's levels of deaths, if they could get the Country back to some sort of normal working
Thing is they can't guarantee it...and peoples attitudes to masks, social distancing etc don't help.

 

[Nymzee]

I just dont see the point. Ram home the simple messages and explain stuff instead of these seemingly random moves they announce.

I mean, the messages (to me) have been simple from day one and they're clearly not working so reckon this is the only thing they can legally do now.

 

[Kenshin]

The initial fear was that the NHS would get swamped, people dying left right and centre, mass graves, JCBs, trenches in parks the whole apocalypse thing.
Nobody will say so or admit it publically, but I get the impression if the Govt could guarantee it, they'd settle for a bad flu year's levels of deaths, if they could get the Country back to some sort of normal working
Thing is they can't guarantee it...and peoples attitudes to masks, social distancing etc don't help.

They don't. We should have things in place still even if you only isolated the vunerable through this. If it's masks and social distancing and limiting interaction then so be it. I have no issue at my age to adhere to precautions knowing full well I am not at risk. As long as we can maintain that then it limits things , as you say we just need everyone to be on the same page.

Ironic the anti mask groups are probably spreading it amongst themselves when the very thing they are protesting would apparantly help stop it.

 

[Blueclouds]

I just dont see the point. Ram home the simple messages and explain stuff instead of these seemingly random moves they announce.

They have explained it and apparently what more important on facebook is dont be a grass.