Coronavirus (2021) thread

[SB Blue]

Driving for a walk is not contributing to the spread of this disease or the crush in the hospitals. It's Christmas and all other unnecessarily socialising that is doing it.

It will be contributing to the overall strain on the NHS though, increased traffic will mean more accidents and some of those will inevitably require attendance by emergency services. It might not be a large number and I would accept that some people may need to drive to reach somewhere appropriate for their exercise, however, 30 miles is excessive.

My son is learning to drive, in addition to driving instructors having to stop, government guidance is not to take him out for lessons ourselves as it’s not an essential journey, same principle.

 

[hammocity]

Good for Morrisons, just announced that they are banning shoppers who refuse to wear a mask. Hope they challenge those claiming to be exempt with "Covid doesn't care who is exempt if you are that weak you shouldn't be out in public places"

CEO is a Blue as well, good on him.

 

[Healdplace]

529 all settings deaths

 

[manchester blue]

Just seen that wimpy shadow health secretary saying that the government are “delaying the vaccination roll out to NHS”. Thank God he didn’t get the gig. The UK has vaccinated more people than the rest of Europe combined. The government have got a lot wrong but when something is going well I would have a lot more respect if they would say that and stop cheap political point scoring.

 

[Nellies left peg]

you would moan if he didn’t go.

Why travel from London to Bristol for a photo opportunity surely not essential?

 

[sky tot]

Just seen that wimpy shadow health secretary saying that the government are “delaying the vaccination roll out to NHS”. Thank God he didn’t get the gig. The UK has vaccinated more people than the rest of Europe combined. The government have got a lot wrong but when something is going well I would have a lot more respect if they would say that and stop cheap political point scoring.

Well said sir , saved me posting the same

 

[manchester blue]

Press doing their usual gotcha questions. Kate Ferguson at the Sun what a twat?

Was it her who asked why they’re not doing 24 hour vaccinations?

I wish they’d asked if she would like to take her 90 year old relative, or clinically vulnerable relative at 3 AM to be vaccinated.

Maybe later in the programme it would work but for now it was a really stupid, ill thought out question.

 

[Healdplace]

No testing updated today so no positivity rating. Gov UK are pretty useless at giving an England testing update - never over weekends or Mondays. All the other nations achieve this amazing feat. England never have.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Why are they trying to catch them out all the fkin time!! Just give it a rest!!

And all this - "are restrictions going to get harder?? ", how about we do this - if you think they should get harder than tighten yo on what you do. You don't need to wait for someone else to tell you.
Some people are one of those that sit in bed thinking "christ, if someone doesn't shout me soon I'm going to be late for work!"

Take things into your own hands and don't wait to be told. If you don't need to go out then don't ffs!

Yep, it’s fucking frightening!

I never realised this before Covid but it appears that a worrying amount of people can’t think or act for themselves. They can’t take responsibility for anything, they have to be told what to do and have their hand held all the way. I don’t know how some people make it from one day to the next!

A few times over the last year I’ve put myself into more strict restrictions if I’ve felt the govt’s rules at that particular time weren’t strong enough. I thought that would be a common sense thing to do that many people would also enact for themselves.

 

[ctwrd]

Yep, it’s fucking frightening!

I never realised this before Covid but it appears that a worrying amount of people can’t think or act for themselves. They can’t take responsibility for anything, they have to be told what to do and have their hand held all the way. I don’t know how some people make it from one day to the next!

A few times over the last year I’ve put myself into more strict restrictions if I’ve felt the govt’s rules at that particular time weren’t strong enough. I thought that would be a common sense thing to do that many people would also enact for themselves.

The problem is not people being able to think for themselves, it’s those (including a lot on here) who think others need to be told what to do.

Us plebs cannot make our own judgements because the media, government and aloof Bluemooners know better