COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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Just had a text confirming that I have to stay at home but loads of caveats to that, it's a bit wishy washy lots of wiggle room and there is no way on earth that these recommendations will stop the spread of this virus. They are even moving the at risk criteria about to suit them, noticing that they have removed diabetics from the at risk group.

Children can be ferried about from house to house, people can still go to work if the employer decides they can and people crammed onto trains and buses, you can go shopping. have exersize ,it's IMO a cocktail for tragedy just because there isn't the will to nail peoples feet to the floor.
BBC News headline on my other window is 'UK in lockdown as strict curbs on life brought in'. We are not in lockdown.

Why isn't the will there? Incompetent or calculating? I am cynical enough to think calculating but I don't get why a government would deliberately try and lose more lives.

I don't get it.

Just going to get on with my day now. I can't alter anything so I'll just concentrate on those things I can do.
 
Just had a text confirming that I have to stay at home but loads of caveats to that, it's a bit wishy washy lots of wiggle room and there is no way on earth that these recommendations will stop the spread of this virus. They are even moving the at risk criteria about to suit them, noticing that they have removed diabetics from the at risk group.

Children can be ferried about from house to house, people can still go to work if the employer decides they can and people crammed onto trains and buses, you can go shopping. have exersize ,it's IMO a cocktail for tragedy just because there isn't the will to nail peoples feet to the floor.
They haven’t mate, there’s now extremely vulnerable and vulnerable. The 1.5 million are the extreme.
 
No not really. A whole range of places got shut yesterday, explicitly. A list of them. Some may look for wriggle room, some sraff may challenge it, it will soon get sorted.
Others are allowed to operate. The big message is don't go out unless you really have to, dont socialise. and that will be what makes the big difference when the public start to really buy into it.
Well if BJ closes the loopholes during the day I will accept that but my suspicion is they were left open deliberately. Why? Mitigation of the virus.

All along he explains this stupid strategy of gradually pushing down on the virus with more and more pressure as the situation demands. It's a controlled process but its flawed. The sooner you go into total lockdown the better. Step by step is not so good as one giant leap. This is like BJ on the triple jump runway plodding along through the sandpit whilst Jonathan Edwards soars over it.
 
Walked to the local Coop this morning for milk and bread - came home empty handed. : (. Noticed white van man was there in force - no idea if their roles are essential but seriously doubt it.
 
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