Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Eds]

Starmer has said 'I hope the prime minister has been listening to the clear calls for tough national restrictions'. Maybe what he should have said is that he hopes the general public will follow the law and stop being twats

 

[Claytop]

Will this potential lockdown include the shutting of nurseries?

Hoping not as I think the transmission from them is very small compared to primaries & secondary schools but sadly I expect them to close.

 

[squirtyflower]

I don’t think the trajectory of the new strain, meaning an imminent lockdown being implemented, is hasty mate.

As I said to Cleavers, I have absolutely no issue with lockdown as it slows down the contagion. They can introduce it at 16:00 for all I care.
My concern is making everything criminal. Without due process, diligence and thought.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

One for the Israel fanboys

 

[Mayor West]

Can't see stopping shops selling things other than food and medicine working.
I'll be going for more than 1 outdoor exercise per day, so that's unenforceable too.

 

[grunge]

Without wanting to get into an argument here, have you seen the amount of air traffic there is in the UK (and Europe) just now, it's virtually nil, and who knows how many people are on these planes ?

Under current tier 4, the rules say "People should not leave tier four areas or travel abroad, except for limited reasons (including work and education)", so work travel is allowed, and I've said it before in this (or the old) thread that there are thousand who work in the oil, gas, and chemical industries who do have to travel for work.

for reference here.

snapshot right now.


For comparisson.

 

[BlueHammer85]

how long before a big sky news yellow headline of the new south africa variant discovered in the UK ?

 

[ell]

Lockdown? Right onto skyscanner for flights to Dubai.

 

[squirtyflower]

Can't see stopping shops selling things other than food and medicine working.
I'll be going for more than 1 outdoor exercise per day, so that's unenforceable too.

A lot of this depends on where you live.
If you are in the leafy suburbs then you will probably rarely come across a cop who’ll ask you what you‘re up to. You are probably near woods, fields the countryside and maybe have a garden.
However, some inner city folk won’t have access to these things, in general, and could be stopped from travelling to safe spaces to expertise.

 

[kaz7]

I just rushed down the bank before whatever comes in , shut ffs , covid hours i suppose

Town is errie , specsavers is open though, weirdly