COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[give it to gordon]

Why did sports direct think it could stay open ? Any news on halfords ?

 

[twosips]

well their not standing 2 meters apart

How are they meant to?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Well 1+1+1+1+1 = 5 so probably not unless you can find a minister and witnesses from your own household.

I thought he said weddings are banned

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Bastard. I needed some Lonsdale jogging bottoms.

I wanted a big mug ffs!

 

[Eds]

Construction company I used to work for still have several sites in London open!

Sites have to be made safe and secure but if people can work outside and keep a safe distance from each other then apparently they are ok to continue.

 

[SilverFox2]

Totally agree with this.

The work point has left me pretty angry actually.

I can only imagine this is unfolding that quickly that they can’t get the measures in place to pay companies right this second, if all work stops.

I genuinely think this is like a man drowning but the water continues to rise and rise and the more he struggles to do the right things the more it rises.

I don’t necessarily blame them for it, no PM has had this for 75 years.

Don't know but I wonder if this is the price that is paid when every step of the way has to be approved via HOC?
Great that a Gov is made accountable but would a Parliament that seemed hellbent on not agreeing on say Brexit matters really believe that a virus requires draconian measures say even a week ago?
HOC already needs to reschedule to allow massive bills to become law.

Just an opinion.

 

[Eds]

It's been tightened but they left open half the employment sector.

This tactic of gradually tightening of the valve tells me that they are still following their initial policy of a controlled infection.

If they had wanted to reduce transmission to the bare minimum they would have done so. This is not an oversight. We're still following the mitigation strategy, they've just tightened it somewhat. The death toll will end up higher than it otherwise would have been because of this. The public are ready for a lockdown. There is no excuse not to do it.

Good to see you supportive as ever and with, it appears, an insight into the government’s policy and decision making

 

[give it to gordon]

I thought he said weddings are banned

He did

 

[sir baconface]

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.

There’s nothing in the instructions to stop white van man working is there?

 

[nmc]

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.

We have a government that is very uncomfortable with all this... I don’t blame them but they need to be more decisive and more assertive. They are moving along reluctantly, slowly ramping this up. If they’d locked down last week when they ditched the crazy herd immunity strategy we could have avoided the worst maybe. Now we are heading for Italian level infections and whilst the hope is that our pandemic will be more regional spread than Italy’s I fear inside the M25 maybe be a blood bath with services completely overwhelmed. If just one person on those tube trains has the virus - how many will be infected by the end of the day... it’s madness.