Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Nymzee]

Lets face it rules carry on like this and people will be hoping its their last christmas. This is no life, just about existing.

What's better: death or existence?

 

[Tigger]

Lets face it rules carry on like this and people will be hoping its their last christmas. This is no life, just about existing.

Obviously not hoping it's my last Christmas but totally agree, feel very suffocated at the moment.

 

[JLW]

What difference is that to any other year though?

I’m saying go and see your parents grandparents let them see there grandkids, some people won’t because of the virus. Next year that option might not be there.

 

[Nymzee]

I’m saying go and see your parents grandparents let them see there grandkids, some people won’t because of the virus. Next year that option might not be there.

That option might not be there next year because you've gone to see them this year.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Obviously not hoping it's my last Christmas but totally agree, feel very suffocated at the moment.

Only thing keeping me sane at present is strong broadband connection & pornhub.

Without those I think I'll have gone on a murder spree by now.

 

[JLW]

That option might not be there next year because you've gone to see them this year.

There’s also another thousand ways why someone might not be here next year! Not just one

 

[davek]

Yeah, cos thats all that is happening.

Non essential travel, WFH, no visiting, face masks, restrictions on numbers in shops/what you can buy, social distancing, no theatres/gigs/shows/cinemas, no fans at any sporting events.

Dead normal.

Non essential travel? What travel isn't essential? Do you think people are getting on buses in a pandemic to go touring their towns and cities for something to do?

People have been working from home throughout the pandemic period. What's changed there?

Face masks? They've been mandatory in shops for months. How is that new in this last month since "the lockdown"?

Restrictions on numbers in shops ^^^ ditto

Restrictions on what you can buy - much of retail is open (and I already said some of retail was shut)

No theatres, gigs, cinemas etc - who on earth has been doing that stuff en mass (or at all - gigs?!) before this "lockdown" never mind during it?

 

[Nymzee]

There’s also another thousand ways why someone might not be here next year! Not just one

But this one is in our control.

Their house getting hit by a passing plane isn't.

 

[roydo]

Non essential travel? What travel isn't essential? Do you think people are getting on buses in a pandemic to go touring their towns and cities for something to do?

People have been working from home throughout the pandemic period. What's changed there?

Face masks? They've been mandatory in shops for months. How is that new in this last month since "the lockdown"?

Restrictions on numbers in shops ^^^ ditto

Restrictions on what you can buy - much of retail is open (and I already said some of retail was shut)

No theatres, gigs, cinemas etc - who on earth has been doing that stuff en mass (or at all - gigs?!) before this "lockdown" never mind during it?

Cinemas were open, theatres were open, some gigs were trialled.

 

[davek]

Cinemas were open, theatres were open, some gigs were trialled.

Very very limited.

I see no storm of protest about those places and activities being restricted.

This is not a lockdown in any way comparable to the lockdown we had in March/April - and even that wasn't as stringent as some of the lockdowns on the continent.

 

[roydo]

Very very limited.

I see no storm of protest about those places and activities being restricted.

This is not a lockdown in any way comparable to the lockdown we had in March/April - and even that wasn't as stringent as some of the lockdowns on the continent.

It isnt that much different. It just feels more normal.

We didnt have to wear masks in the first one, for example.

 

[degsy]

Yeh unfortunately within a pandemic the minority actually massively impacts the majority for once.

And it won't just be the DHs, there will be a % of 'normal sensible people' who, for various reasons, will just see their arses and say sod it.

 

[davek]

It isnt that much different. It just feels more normal.

We didnt have to wear masks in the first one, for example.

There's much more access, and much more going on.

Hospitality is the only sector in a hard lockdown...and even there it's not complete.

 

[degsy]

It isnt that much different. It just feels more normal.

We didnt have to wear masks in the first one, for example.

Probably they were in short supply and weren't they diverted to hospitals...I think they made a virtue out of necessity.

 

[toffee82]

Yes but if you have no immune system then chances are you are very sick or have another condition that potentially can kill you.

It's not quite the same as someone just refusing the vaccine lol

People who simply refuse the vaccine put the other group at more risk is the point I was trying to make.