Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Simon Buttle]

I'd say a fair few thousand, a fair, fair few, will ultimately die because of the impact of the on-off lockdowns, yes.

Whether that's in months, or in a few years.

Obviously, that depends on how the government get us out of this. Do I trust this bunch to not just return to austerity for the next 10 years? Do I hell.

Then stop things like HS2 which are a total waste of money and could have paid for Covid with what it's cost by now.

 

[peteblue]

The word lockdown should never have been uttered. They've effectively just opened up more of the hospitality sector from 2nd of December on. It's a sleight of hand. The bulk of the economy has been open for business since the national lockdown ended in June.

I dont see where the hue and cry comes from over tiering. Unless someone's life revolves around going to the pub or restaurant or gym, what effect can it have? The gatherings rules are not going to be applied rigorously. People will meet up when they want.

We've had it rammed down our throats for decades that the services sector is the be all and end all of our lives. The spiv economy must roll on as a matter of course. Well it isn't essential, as we're all now finding out.

I’ve said it before but it’s probably worth saying again. Not everyone lives in a city, or even a town. People in rural areas have almost no facilities. We have a church, primary school, a small shop and a pub. You rarely see a bus. For some people, certainly the older ones but also for the young families, life does indeed revolve around the pub. Not for getting pissed and causing mayhem before going to a takeaway or a club, but for just seeing someone to talk to or have a game of dominoes. In these places the pub is the centre of the community.

Years ago we could use the school facilities and outside areas for a fete or whatever, but that’s no longer allowed of course. People can’t really have a get together in the shop and the church only opens on Sundays and for funerals. There is only the pub and it’s car park and grounds.

Cities and Towns have everything, rural communities have the pub and that’s it.....

 

[roydo]

rural communities have the pub and that’s it

And each other.

 

[whiteshadow]

Get the oxford vaccine into peoples arms next week. This whole regulation process takes too long, too much red tape.

Don't think it will take them long. They had already started the approval process during phase 3 trials.

 

[peteblue]

And each other.

and we’re not now allowed to meet them...

 

[roydo]

and we’re not now allowed to meet them...

There is that. Are we allowed a cheery wave when they walk their dog down the lane? Or are riding their horse?

But I will deffo stop Phil the Postie asking me how Mrs R is coming along from next week, the murderer.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Surely we are at the end of the last lockdown? Its an absolute disgrace if they put the country back into a full lockdown in January. We need this vaccine injected into the 70+ population this month and deaths wil drop to basically zero overnight.

 

[Brennan]

Then stop things like HS2 which are a total waste of money and could have paid for Covid with what it's cost by now.

HS2 is not a waste of money.

It also wouldn't put a dent in the government debt incurred by Covid.

 

[COYBL25]

There is that. Are we allowed a cheery wave when they walk their dog down the lane? Or are riding their horse?

But I will deffo stop Phil the Postie asking me how Mrs R is coming along from next week, the murderer.

Does he wear shorts and have tats on his calves ?

If so, he tell him to keep looking over his shoulder, as there’s a piece of rope hanging from a lamp post with his name on it.

 

[roydo]

Does he wear shorts and have tats on his calves ?

If so, he tell him to keep looking over his shoulder, as there’s a piece of rope hanging from a lamp post with his name on it.

Wears shorts. Even today, and it was baltic this morning.

 

[peteblue]

There is that. Are we allowed a cheery wave when they walk their dog down the lane? Or are riding their horse?

But I will deffo stop Phil the Postie asking me how Mrs R is coming along from next week, the murderer.

If you are in tier 1 or 2 you are allowed to wave, if in tier 3 you are not allowed to wave or even look at the person or the dog. It goes without saying that the mass murderer riding the horse should be strung up if not wearing a mask.

If they ever find out that the Covid is actually being spread around the country via the mail system then Phil and his band are toast.....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It looks like there is going to be a proper argument about these new tiers and restrictions....

Tears over the tiers you reckon?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

If you are in tier 1 or 2 you are allowed to wave, if in tier 3 you are not allowed to wave or even look at the person or the dog. It goes without saying that the mass murderer riding the horse should be strung up if not wearing a mask.

If they ever find out that the Covid is actually being spread around the country via the mail system then Phil and his band are toast.....

Did you know that Royal Mail is essentially Czech now?

 

[degsy]

Then stop things like HS2 which are a total waste of money and could have paid for Covid with what it's cost by now.

How many £Billions is it now 80?
All to get from the NW or Leeds to London 25 mins?? quicker

 

[COYBL25]

If you are in tier 1 or 2 you are allowed to wave, if in tier 3 you are not allowed to wave or even look at the person or the dog. It goes without saying that the mass murderer riding the horse should be strung up if not wearing a mask.

If they ever find out that the Covid is actually being spread around the country via the mail system then Phil and his band are toast

I find it very hard to believe that horse riding is an acceptable and permitted form of leisure activity or exercise.

The rider and horse should`ve been shot on sight.

The rider strung up in a gibbet at the entrance to the village as a warning and the horse turned into horse pasties, to help feed the village serfs and proles.