Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Jebus_lives]

All these lockdowns, restrictions, masks, social distancing everywhere across the world and we are not achieving anything.
More 'New cases' everyday everywhere.

Are we getting to a point where we have to live with it rather run from it and wait for it to disappear.

Its crippling life itself and I don't mean people who have it, very soon potentially getting Covid will be the least of our problems.
Its ok saying 12,000 new cases and 100 deaths but what about the other 60 million peoples lives its destroying. This shouldn't be about the death count anymore.

Don't think anywhere is running from it or waiting for it to disappear.

 

[peteblue]

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Typical Kopite.......

 

[Jebus_lives]

I guess the question I would pose is with the majority of people wearing masks etc numbers are still rising.

The majority of the people have been wearing them since we were told to and quite a few wore them before then and yet numbers still go up.

It certainly makes you wonder if the cases are more specific than we realise and stem for the vast majority from no mask areas such as schools , pubs and such. Not so much gyms and resturants but places where you can't wear masks , could that be the trigger rather than a blanket ban on most things?

That's because largely people are assuming it's all they have to do and the increase in mask wearing has coincided with greater movement and more prolonged time spent with people (supermarkets, workplace, pubs, restaurants).

 

[whiteshadow]

I think if you took away social distancing and masks then you'd see the numbers spike even higher

Japan is pretty much back to "normal", but everyone wears masks and follows the guidelines, so they don't have anywhere close to the issues we do and are thus able to stay on top of it still

People just need to gut it out and follow the guidelines when out and about. If we do that most of the other issues will sort themselves out

Wearing a mask for 10 minutes when you do your weekly shop is hardly a harship and it will not only save lives but get us through to the other side quicker

Too many people don't follow the guidelines then just blame the government for it going wrong.

Amazing how many people live in denial and refuse to take any responsibility for their own actions when they can blame it on someone else.

 

[JLW]

I think if you took away social distancing and masks then you'd see the numbers spike even higher

Japan is pretty much back to "normal", but everyone wears masks and follows the guidelines, so they don't have anywhere close to the issues we do and are thus able to stay on top of it still

People just need to gut it out and follow the guidelines when out and about. If we do that most of the other issues will sort themselves out

Wearing a mask for 10 minutes when you do your weekly shop is hardly a harship and it will not only save lives but get us through to the other side quicker

Gut it out for how long? another 6 months, a year?

Sorry mate but other issues like a destroyed economy, job loses etc dont just sort themselves out.
For each passing month is probably an extra year added to get out of this mess.

How many people now are more worried about the their future instead of Covid?

 

[degsy]

Typical Kopite.......

I did notice.

 

[Kenshin]

That's because largely people are assuming it's all they have to do and the increase in mask wearing has coincided with greater movement and more prolonged time spent with people (supermarkets, workplace, pubs, restaurants).

But if the mask works as advertised then it would in fact restrict numbers catching the virus right? Because it would be much harder to transmit between people as the mask protects everyone else also in a mask.

Whereas if the mask works then it would be scenarios not involving masks that help the virus spread between people quicker , so pubs , schools , general out and about foot traffic where people don't wear them on such a high number.

 

[peteblue]

It’s all bloody crazy, we’ve got Boris closing down regions by the day, Starmer wanting to close the whole country by Friday, Burnham only willing to close down if he’s given enough money, Scotland First Miniature now coming up with 5 tiers (of course), Wales in total lockdown, and the ONS saying that death rates are about the norm for this time of the year........

 

[Deckard2049]

Figures lay bare toll of pandemic on UK children's mental health

Investigation finds rises in school safeguarding reports, eating disorder treatment and sleeping pill prescriptions

www.theguardian.com

More mental health issues occurring in the younger generations.

 

[Jebus_lives]

But if the mask works as advertised then it would in fact restrict numbers catching the virus right? Because it would be much harder to transmit between people as the mask protects everyone else also in a mask.

Whereas if the mask works then it would be scenarios not involving masks that help the virus spread between people quicker , so pubs , schools , general out and about foot traffic where people don't wear them on such a high number.

It does work 'as advertised'. It's a measure that reduces the spread and should be used alongside others. I think the problem is people are advertising them as working like a Hazmat suit.

 

[JLW]

It does work 'as advertised'. It's a measure that reduces the spread and should be used alongside others. I think the problem is people are advertising them as working like a Hazmat suit.

How do you explain now we have more cases than ever before when
we have less human contact than ever before
we have less places open than ever before
we have less crowded areas than ever before
and more importantly we have worn more masks worn than ever before

So where's the evidence that mask works, logic says it should but the figures says it doesnt.

 

[roydo]

How do you explain now we have more cases than ever before when
we have less human contact than ever before
we have less places open than ever before
we have less crowded areas than ever before
and more importantly we have worn more masks worn than ever before

So where's the evidence that mask works, logic says it should but the figures says it doesnt.

I guess if they released data showing where folk caught it, as in a shop/school/whatever, then some of that might become clearer.

Me? As baffled as most others.

 

[JLW]

I guess if they released data showing where folk caught it, as in a shop/school/whatever, then some of that might become clearer.

Me? As baffled as most others.

They were all open at the beginning along with footy stadiums, concerts, other sporting events, weddings etc.. and we never reached these figures.
So why are we all walking around with a muzzle on for the past 6 months?

 

[Jebus_lives]

How do you explain now we have more cases than ever before when
we have less human contact than ever before
we have less places open than ever before
we have less crowded areas than ever before
and more importantly we have worn more masks worn than ever before

So where's the evidence that mask works, logic says it should but the figures says it doesnt.

More testing?

 

[Jebus_lives]

They were all open at the beginning along with footy stadiums, concerts, other sporting events, weddings etc.. and we never reached these figures.
So why are we all walking around with a muzzle on?

What about a compromise...take your muzzle off if you're willing to hold your breath the entire time when you don't wear it?