Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[davek]

It’s a lot, lot easier to social distance in a restaurant.

Is it bollocks.

 

[peteblue]

It’s a lot, lot easier to social distance in a restaurant.

How. Pubs have tables and chairs spread out just like restaurants. People walk in and every now and again go to the toilet, then they leave. Just like in restaurants.....

 

[navidson]

No, it's not. They serve alcohol and social distancing is a problem in those settings AND people's voices get louder as a night wears on. Also, it's indoor, it's people in a confined space, it's people seated for hours in the same place, it's an airborn virus.

Nobody is going to convince you otherwise about pubs and restaurants so i'm wasting my breath

Social distancing IS NOT a problem in restaurants - Certainly not in the restaurants i've been in

If you want to get arsey about something - start waving a placard around about closing schools and universities - because that's where the REAL problem is

 

[Kenshin]

They may well be close, but we've gone from it being all really old people to now a near third being sub 75.

Yeah , it's being pedantic now to suggest that

Especially given the 65-74 are similar numbers making up the vast majority of the third.

So that's your real jump off point, 65 onwards.

 

[Tubey]

The problem isn't the lockdown as such - it's just the knowledge that this wouldn't be happening if it were London. There'd be a national lockdown instead.

That, and after stupidity like the "rule of six" and so on, it's increasingly obvious that the government and their scientists have, between them, absolutely no clue what they're doing, so people are reluctant to listen as they don't see the point.

 

[davek]

Nobody is going to convince you otherwise about pubs and restaurants so i'm wasting my breath

Social distancing IS NOT a problem in restaurants - Certainly not in the restaurants i've been in

If you want to get arsey about something - start waving a placard around about closing schools and universities - because that's where the REAL problem is

They're ALL a problem. Restaurants included.

 

[davek]

The problem isn't the lockdown as such - it's just the knowledge that this wouldn't be happening if it were London. There'd be a national lockdown instead.

That, and after stupidity like the "rule of six" and so on, there's a increasingly obvious that the government and their scientists have, between them, absolutely no clue what they're doing, so people are reluctant to listen as they don't see the point.

It's not a lockdown. Restaurants are open, shops are open, public transport is running.

 

[Charro]

Is it bollocks.

Have you been in any restaurants since March?

It’s certainly a lot safer than a pub and a gym.

 

[navidson]

They're ALL a problem. Restaurants included.

Close everything then - and watch civilization crumble

 

[navidson]

What time are we expecting to hear from the fat scruff about the managed decline of the North West?

 

[Abraders]

How. Pubs have tables and chairs spread out just like restaurants. People walk in and every now and again go to the toilet, then they leave. Just like in restaurants.....

And don't wash there hands etc people are so lax

 

[Tubey]

It's not a lockdown. Restaurants are open, shops are open, public transport is running.

Yes which, again, just lends to the point that the government don't have a clue what they're doing. They're trying to balance the economy with the pandemic and failing to do anything about either.

At this point, for me, it's do one of two things - either lockdown properly, or shield the vulnerable as best we can and get on with our lives. By half-arsing both, we're achieving nothing.

 

[davek]

Have you been in any restaurants since March?

It’s certainly a lot safer than a pub and a gym.

No I haven't. But Ive been in restaurants and I know what I'm talking about. There is no way you can make a case for them being less of a threat than the other places being forced to shut.

Restaurants have been shut all over the world because of this virus.

 

[navidson]

And don't wash there hands etc people are so lax

That's about personal responsibility though - Not about the safety of the hospitality industry

 

[Abraders]

No, it's not. They serve alcohol and social distancing is a problem in those settings AND people's voices get louder as a night wears on. Also, it's indoor, it's people in a confined space, it's people seated for hours in the same place, it's an airborn virus.

All the criteria that Van Tam just stated were reasons pubs and betting offices are getting shut apply to restaurants....which is why they were shut until July.

Davek spitting sense here