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anyway, i am contextualising this in the field of trauma...whether we think we are or not, i think we have all been bent out of shape by this. hyper included. he's probably letting off steam.
 
Why have you not been wearing a mask? Do you not believe they reduce the transmission?

It's worth remembering that less than a year ago the official WHO advice was not to wear masks as they actually increased the risk of getting the virus.

That seems fucking crazy now but everyone seems to have forgotten about that. Countries like Vietnam, New Zealand and Korea completely ignored that advice and made them compulsory. Whoever was behind the WHO advice is hopefully not still in the job.
 
No, it's about all of us. Not me.

I'm bored of posting here now, good luck in your echochamber.
ah, echochamber. a word with worthy usages.

but i will follow global scientific consensus, rather than what hyper says on urban, thanks.

have i read all the science, of course i fucking didn't.

but i couldn't hedge my bets. had to make a choice.

you've played your cards, i played mine, echo chamber or not.
 
Zzz. Me giving up 1.5-2% of my life and >10% of my youth for the sake of a virus that has a 1% IFR.

You call it selfish, I think society at large has acted in a negative manner overall.

A few months made sense, this is madness.
I hope you get it bad
Because the logical thing for you to do if you're concerned about the virus is to stay indoors.
If not quite the practical thing, some of us have to go to work, fool
 
Really? My faith in humanity has been damaged by this whole thing. Panic buying, vaccine diplomacy, selectively enforcing Covid rules for granny sitting on a bench but not for e.g. BLM protests or mass seaside gatherings, the willingness of people to snitch on their neighbours for going out twice a day for exercise, some of the police overreach to individual cases (the two women walking in the woods, drones over the Peaks etc), the willingness of people to accept restrictions (not just sensible ones, but the stupid petty ones too like the Scotch egg farrago) while not knowing if/when they will be repealed, people posing as old ladies to jump the vaccine queue, people peddling deliberate disinformation about vaccines...it's not great, is it?
Wherever you get your news from positive stuff is mostly one item at the end, reporting on general compliance is nowhere near as interesting as reporting on rule-breaking because "Oh! Shock! Horror!" sells paper much better
That document you've linked to is very big.

Do you know where there might be more info on the bit you picked out ? (How holidays abroad are not allowed & your reason for travel must be filled in on some form before departing anywhere).

I would love to see my parents again, either me going there or them coming here, so a pointer to the info on what exactly the rules are would be great. It looks like the definition of holiday would include visiting parents.
use the search function.
Starts at page 38 section 125
No earlier than 17th of May, but dependent on the April 12th report.
 
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