Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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The binman chronicles said:
For the love of God, to all those saying you would just open it up so everyone takes their chances
  1. This does not just kill old people.
  2. You don't know the long term health impacts.
  3. If it overwhelms the NHS people will start dying of other illnesses and diseases that they could have survived.
  4. It looks like you can catch it again with mutated variants so nothing to say you won't be laid seriously ill or worse the 2nd time around.
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The worst part about people like this is how staggeringly disrespectful it is top those who have had people die due to it.
 
The binman chronicles said:
Just read this statement on the BBC:

Gloucester chief executive Lance Bradley says the government's announcement on postponing the reintroduction of fan to venues will have a "significant financial impact".

He said: "It’s obviously disappointing - health is paramount but it’s disappointing. We ran a pilot programme last Monday where we had 1,000 fans back into Kingsholm Stadium. We took very detailed measures in conjunction with the relevant authorities to make sure people were socially distanced while they were there and we feel that the event was a success. It is vital to us that we get fans back in as quickly as it’s safe to do so.

"In a city like Gloucester where we are the only large sporting club, there are a lot of people who do rely on us for their wellbeing, their mental wellbeing and everything else. It depends on what the definition of essential is and for some people it is important to get out. In terms of mingling, everyone at Kingsholm on Monday was socially distant, so they were no closer to anybody than they would be if they went to a park or anywhere else outside. And outside is where we believe the risk is the least.

"Matchday income from fans makes up about a third of our total income so it’s a significant part. It’s challenging financially."



Easy for him to say when he drives into the ground and goes to a corporate box. I wonder if you offered these people the choice you can have the stadiums open but you have to go by the crowded bus/train and then queue at the turnstiles and up through the stairs and having people close to you during the game/getting refreshments, whether they would still feel the same, even with reduced numbers.
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Not really what he’s saying though. If people want to go to games and it can be done safely, it’s going to benefit smaller clubs and more niche sports. A lot of it can be done safely.

Every little helps really, Kingsholm was at 1/25th capacity. Only people that really wanted to be there, were.

There wasn’t someone with a gun forcing people in.
 
zzr45 said:
Not really what he’s saying though. If people want to go to games and it can be done safely, it’s going to benefit smaller clubs and more niche sports. A lot of it can be done safely.

Every little helps really, Kingsholm was at 1/25th capacity. Only people that really wanted to be there, were.

There wasn’t someone with a gun forcing people in.
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There is no credible argument against allowing small, distanced crowds at outdoor events, when they allow so many indoor activities to take place.

Sports clubs are going to go to the wall and society suffers.

The government have lost control of the situation and the fact Johnson is talking about another 6 months of this shows how inept they are.
 
JLW said:
I’m so glad I came back to work yesterday that I don’t have to live by these new rules
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Masks are mandatory in certain places, unless you have a valid reason not to wear them (ironically, they'd surely be respiratory mostly, which means those people are more vulnerable to COVID as it is?).

Look, I doubt that they have much impact but the evidence suggests if everybody wears them they help reduce the spread. If they help us get back to normal quicker than why not just wear one? I'm lucky that I don't have to wear one 8 hours a day for work or whatever, I just have to pop one on when I'm going somewhere or on a train like I was a few weeks ago, but surely it's easier just to do it?
 
ToffeeTim said:
There is no credible argument against allowing small, distanced crowds at outdoor events, when they allow so many indoor activities to take place.

Sports clubs are going to go to the wall and society suffers.

The government have lost control of the situation and the fact Johnson is talking about another 6 months of this shows how inept they are.
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Think all countries are a shambles and us just leading the pack - but parts of Spain now in lockdown again and Germany (despite what left-wing twitter would have you believe) are regionally applying restrictions again.

But yeah I agree, in my mind we should be done with this now. It should be about protecting the vulnerable but it looks like it's just another six months of tosh.
 
JLW said:
Disagree, they called this second wave ‘in September’ back in March.
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My neighbour's son is an anaesthetist at a private hospital in London .
He was redeployed to work in A&E at a large teaching hospital central London in May.

He told his Mum in July that he and his colleagues were informed at an NHS briefing to expect a second wave in November !
 
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