COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Tim of the Oak]

Here are some questions that I have been thinking about as I sit on the bus with my face mask on.

1. Where is this lockdown that I keep reading about. Yesterday I was in the pub and today I’m walking on Ilkley Moor (all socially distanced).

2 Why did nobody compare the UK with Sweden before Covid.

3. Why do people who compare the UK to Sweden object to any praise New Zealanders’ receive for their handling of the pandemic.

4.When did people start valuing over 60s less than the rest of the population.

5. Why do schools with a couple of cases seem to send the year home? I can understand a school closing for a big outbreak.

 

[True_Blue69]

Here are some questions that I have been thinking about as I sit on the bus with my face mask on.

1. Where is this lockdown that I keep reading about. Yesterday I was in the pub and today I’m walking on Ilkley Moor (all socially distanced).

2 Why did nobody compare the UK with Sweden before Covid.

3. Why do people who compare the UK to Sweden object to any praise New Zealanders’ receive for their handling of the pandemic.

4.When did people start valuing over 60s less than the rest of the population.

5. Why do schools with a couple of cases seem to send the year home? I can understand a school closing for a big outbreak.

I noticed the other day you said New Zealand was an example of how to deal with a pandemic. What did they do different to us? I thought they locked down in the same way but as they are not as densely populated and don't have as much travel etc it was easier to contain? It obviously worked well for them so far.

Sweden's approach has also worked for them by the looks of things and the experts are saying the epidemic is likely to be over for them. They said all along its about the longer game and not what happens in the next 6 months, but what happens in the next 2 years. A Danish expert said as much yesterday here https://www.thelocal.dk/20200919/swedens-pandemic-may-be-finished-danish-researcher

Why did nobody compare Sweden to the UK before covid, why would anyone have done unless we played them at football or something and people compared population numbers. Why did we not compare ourselves to any nation before covid?

 

[lancs blue]

I noticed the other day you said New Zealand was an example of how to deal with a pandemic. What did they do different to us?

New Zealand more or less sealed themselves off from the world by closing their borders to most non-NZ citizens for months. We were allowing visitors or returning Brits in from known covid hotspots for weeks with no monitored quarantining.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Herd mentally sounds great to a degree on paper but, bear in mind people catch flu at the most once a year....the following year everyone starts from scratch and can catch it again, we still don't know if Covid has just one hit at us.

 

[Chippy_boy]

younger people have been through lockdown long enough and now they simply don’t care - they want to go out and enjoy themselves. It’s the harsh reality.

Selfish, inconsiderate fuckers is the harsh reality.

When you think of the sacrifices our grandparents went through in WW2, and these wankers can't even stay home a bit, and stand 2m apart in a pub. Utter cunts the lot of them.

 

[True_Blue69]

Selfish, inconsiderate fuckers is the harsh reality.

When you think of the sacrifices our grandparents went through in WW2, and these wankers can't even stay home a bit, and stand 2m apart in a pub. Utter cunts the lot of them.

Please don't compare this to WW2, ridiculous comparison.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Haha, excellent!

 

[mosssideblue]

Please don't compare this to WW2, ridiculous comparison.

The sacrifice people made for the better of the country is a valid comparison imo.

 

[Marvin]

Can kids gets tests through their schools? This suggests they can do so now. Could alleviate pressure/queues etc

gov.uk

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I noticed the other day you said New Zealand was an example of how to deal with a pandemic. What did they do different to us? I thought they locked down in the same way but as they are not as densely populated and don't have as much travel etc it was easier to contain? It obviously worked well for them so far.

Sweden's approach has also worked for them by the looks of things and the experts are saying the epidemic is likely to be over for them. They said all along its about the longer game and not what happens in the next 6 months, but what happens in the next 2 years. A Danish expert said as much yesterday here https://www.thelocal.dk/20200919/swedens-pandemic-may-be-finished-danish-researcher

Why did nobody compare Sweden to the UK before covid, why would anyone have done unless we played them at football or something and people compared population numbers. Why did we not compare ourselves to any nation before covid?

We’ve (or at least our media and politicians) have compared ourselves with Germany (and West Germany) before that for as long as I can remember (re. the economy, sport etc). There have also been a lot of comparisons with France over the decades too so a comparison with Sweden wouldn’t be unrealistic if there were sound comparisons to be made. Btw: Outside Stockholm Swedes tend to have lots of space relative to their population too.

I am glad New Zealand’s approach has been working and it’s the long game like you said. I am also glad that the outlook in Sweden (whose track record on Covid had been depressing compared to it’s neighbours) is looking more hopeful too.