Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Tim of the Oak]

I think it's always been like this. Even in the second world war there were rule breakers and black marketer's selling food at vast profit while people were going hungry. I would guess it's worse now there appears to be a hell of a lot of vacuous people these days. The "I'll do what I want!" brigade. Nobody stops my little Johnny having his birthday party/me meeting my friends/going on holiday/having my hair/nails done!

Dubai was a loophole they exploited. It's never been a country high on my list to visit, is it worth doing for those who've been? If all the bars and shopping malls are open as normal there, everyone mingling then our governments should have banged them all straight into quarantine on their return, as much as they squealed. They'd have plenty of me time then.

You are right. Yes there have always been rule breakers. A big difference with war analogies is that the allies version of nationalism and freedom was for the collective good.

It’s not like the self interest “freedom” ideology so loved by many these days eg who think they are superior not wearing a mask in a supermarket or abusing health workers outside hospitals.

 

[Indaparkside]

What else should be shut down that the public enjoy from the safety of their own homes?

Porn, my arms killing me

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Porn, my arms killing me

I believe you’ve been reported for doing stuff on your walks in Heaton Park

 

[Indaparkside]

I believe you’ve been reported for doing stuff on your walks in Heston Park

Hypocrite that Roy Keane:)

 

[bluetonium]

NHS offering the jab now to extended family of NHS workers if they are over 70, vulnerable or in the same bubble and haven't been offered already, but only where they can, not as a rule. It's the Pfizer one and they come in such large packs and short shelf life that they use them or throw them away. May be helpful for some on here but don't take it as an absolute.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

What else should be shut down that the public enjoy from the safety of their own homes?

All other sport too.

 

[Northernstorirs]

I'm watching BBC breakfast and some knobhead members of the public are asking about refusing one brand of vaccine in favour of another. Dickheads, they should be grateful they have the opportunity to receive a vaccine regardless of what brand it is.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

All other sport too.

Remember the players wish to play and not do so can be harmful to them.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Remember the players wish to play and not do so can be harmful to them.

Sorry, my mistake football is different.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Sorry, my mistake football is different.

It is to a degree unless you want historical clubs folding because of a relatively small risk from Covid to athletic, young people. Clubs need to pay their bills and we don’t want lots of them ending up like Bury.

Lots of other people take a manageable level of risk including postal workers, shop keepers etc