Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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NilSatisOptimum
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In case you have not noticed restrictions have been steadily increasing from mask wearing to travel being more restricted by the week since Omicron arrival.
It hand to them, the ability to judge others make them feel superior and self entitled.
tsubaki
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“evidently fake”?
We have seen approaching 200,000 British citizens die from this disease. Hundreds of thousands more have spent time gasping for breath in hospitals with it. Millions more have actually had it, and felt what it was like.
This idiocy of trying to pretend this isn’t something that actually exists and isn’t a threat to us is such a worrying trend for our society. What more evidence do you need?
I agree the government have royally messed this up, especially with the self defeating nature of these restrictions, but the answer is sane policies rather than insanity.
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made my morning
tsubaki
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er - there was a wave of Christmas parties being cancelled over the past few days:
Tale of two Christmases: as UK firms cancel events, others want to party on
Omicron has led some businesses to call off events, but some fun-starved staff are determined to carry on regardless
er - there was a wave of Christmas parties being cancelled over the past few days:
Tale of two Christmases: as UK firms cancel events, others want to party on
Omicron has led some businesses to call off events, but some fun-starved staff are determined to carry on regardlessamp.theguardian.com
Ah right, luckily mine went ahead and so did everyone elses I know who work for other companies. Thoroughly enjoyed it too.
coollino
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Weird take, boomers have been the worst for following the rules out of the lot
I don't know one person thinks that. The only place I see people who think that is on twitter.
Anyone still wanting tough restrictions at this point baffles me
If people think there should be more restrictions then they are free to stay indoors and make their own choices. The rest of us want to get on with our lives and have accepted there will be a risk of this virus for the rest of our lives.
That's the problem with this country these days. Absolutely no initiative and everything thinks others should tell them what to do.
That's the problem with this country these days. Absolutely no initiative and everything thinks others should tell them what to do.
er - there was a wave of Christmas parties being cancelled over the past few days:
Tale of two Christmases: as UK firms cancel events, others want to party on
Omicron has led some businesses to call off events, but some fun-starved staff are determined to carry on regardless
Let's be honest, businesses may have cancelled their "official" christmas parties, but parties are still taking place, and probably more than usual years. In fact, I'm going to 3 or 4 smaller events instead of the normal big one. People are still going to have fun and can organise it themselves.
The push for further restrictions for a variant there is not yet evidence gives serious illness, is pretty ridiculous to be honest. This virus is never going away. If people think there should be a lockdown this year then they will think there should be a lockdown every year. That's what this is about - the attempt at normalising winter restrictions as some kind of moral duty. It cannot be allowed to happen, especially since the vaccines are working.
Ghost Rider
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I said it at the time but part of the problem , if not the government's lack of following their own rules, is what people choose to take as gospel.
Boris says stay in, everyone stays in for their safety. Boris says go out , people suddenly decide what he is saying is silly and we shouldn't be doing that. Which ties into your post about people making their own minds up, or the lack of when it suits them
So this current mask policy , because Boris said it people happy to explain away why it's a great idea (despite it going against the infection data for the past couple of months) but if he came out today and said mandatory masks are now over again, people would question it. Even though there is , and never has been , anything stopping them wearing them to begin with.
grandjoeblue
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er - there was a wave of Christmas parties being cancelled over the past few days:
Tale of two Christmases: as UK firms cancel events, others want to party on
Omicron has led some businesses to call off events, but some fun-starved staff are determined to carry on regardless
Each hospitality venue should be paid 30% of their standard December revenue by the government to make up for causing this.
tsubaki
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This is just chanting the same mantra over and over again and calling it “evidence”.
Doing what we are doing now is killing 700-1000 people a week, and hospitalising many more.
The vaccines are working to keep those numbers lower than they would be otherwise (if they didn’t exist), but they are not returning us to normal; indeed what the government are doing is hardwiring us into a society where (as a minimum) boosters are going to be required for everyone for the foreseeable future without ever ruling out the possibility that further restrictions won’t be needed (in the event something like this happens).
There’s also the continual stress being placed on healthcare systems, businesses and society caused by this, and the death rate.
None of these things are worth the cost we will have to pay for them - we won’t be any better protected now, never mind for the next one. There are much better ways of getting back to a much greater version of normality.
Yes I am aware of that, and you in turn responded to the question whereupon I responded to your response and asked you to back up your claims! Instead of doing this you responded by saying it was off topic!
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