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Students here in Sheffield have been told to leave within 24 hours of getting their negative test result. I wish I could also get a test before Christmas, as I'm sure many others do.
I'm trying hard to get the word "mockdown" to catch on.The answer is “what lockdown”?
We haven’t had a second lockdown. Loads of shops are still open. Kids are at school. People are still going to work. The roads are still packed with traffic. Parks are packed with people.
well non-essential shops, gyms and pubs are closed, and i cant meet my friends outside or parents inside, so there is a degree of lockdown and it has very slowly reduced cases - R is probably below 1 in most placesThe answer is “what lockdown”?
We haven’t had a second lockdown. Loads of shops are still open. Kids are at school. People are still going to work. The roads are still packed with traffic. Parks are packed with people.
It's not just Sheppey that's fucked (although Sheppey East's 1109.1 per 100k is particularly eye catching). The whole north Kent coast, spreading into east London has been deteriorating in recent weeks. Thanet, Medway, Gravesend and Willmington are all over 400 per 100k. So are Deal and Dover, round the corner away from the estuary. The whole area was tier 1 before lockdown.The whole of the UK is leaving lockdown with better results than it started with (maybe not Sheppey but most of the UK).
Conor Burns knows all this, so his tweet is just posturing.well non-essential shops, gyms and pubs are closed, and i cant meet my friends outside or parents inside, so there is a degree of lockdown and it has very slowly reduced cases - R is probably below 1 in most places
the government has created huge resentment here, not because of their incompetence or corruption - the electorate seem endlessly forgiving on that score, in part because its not reported enough by the supine press - but they've miscommunicated their own plans. we're in strong degrees of restrictions right up to march now. they gave an impression of a little lockdown which will finish on the 2nd
Not doing a two week circuit breaker like SAGE said where everything stopped, - schools included - was another massive fuck up
well non-essential shops, gyms and pubs are closed, and i cant meet my friends outside or parents inside, so there is a degree of lockdown and it has very slowly reduced cases - R is probably below 1 in most places
the government has created huge resentment here, not because of their incompetence or corruption - the electorate seem endlessly forgiving on that score, in part because its not reported enough by the supine press - but they've miscommunicated their own plans. we're in strong degrees of restrictions right up to march now. they gave an impression of a little lockdown which will finish on the 2nd
Not doing a two week circuit breaker like SAGE said where everything stopped, - schools included - was another massive fuck up
I was just reading an article in the Graun where they're interviewing some landlords talking about their 'covid secure' premises as it happens.They're constantly reeling out a load of lockdown skeptics, giving Tory MPs and business owners far, far too much time on how the lockdown is 'unfair' or doesn't work etc.
These tory anti-lockdown rebels are going to be morally responsible for quite a few deaths ...
(pity we can't prove it well enough legally to put them in the slammer)
The posturing from politicians on all sides does throw up a lot of shite - the narrative of the North being punished and suchlike from northern council leaders & MPs today is unlikely to aid compliance to necessary restrictions, but is likely to aid their reelection chances.
The whole of the UK is leaving lockdown with better results than it started with (maybe not Sheppey but most of the UK).
Covid restrictions is a whole different question. They are needed.
Good point. The idea is their parents pick them up, because of course every single student has two parents with cars, who live within driving distance, and are available to come and fetch them...I'm sure the 24 hour thing and the need to book transport in advance will work together just fine.
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As good an analogy as I’ve heard so farThat ridiculous lack of understanding is like hurtling down a hill with the brakes only very gently applied, then belatedly being forced to press the brakes harder as a result, and then being shocked that afterwards, whilst still travelling down the hill, further applications of the brakes are still required to keep the car below a certain speed. Dont worry the drunk driver cried to his passengers, this black ice of winter will slow us down!
well lets not forget that tens of thousands are worried about becoming bankrupt/lose jobs because of not being able to trade/reduced takings during decemberWhy are people so thick. I'm actually pleased to be in tier 3, even though it's boring.
Ok, fair enough. I hope we don't end up with all the nice independent pubs/restaurants closed down and only Wetherspoons leftwell lets not forget that tens of thousands are worried about becoming bankrupt/lose jobs because of not being able to trade during december
i realise i misundestood the tweetThat ridiculous lack of understanding
As good an analogy as I’ve heard so far
i realise i misundestood the tweet
i took it to mean how can you end lockdown with more cases than before starting it - which seems to be the case in london
Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford is giving a press conference about the new restrictions being introduced.
He says in the last few days, figures have started to rise again.
The overall rate is 187 cases per 100,000 people in Wales and it is rising - last week, the rate was 160 cases and falling.
It shows "once again how quickly things can change with coronavirus".
The R figure - the number of people that one infected person will pass on the virus to, on average - could be as high as 1.4 in Wales today, says Drakeford, with the ground gained during the firebreak "eroding".
There is concern about the rise in under-25s in particular, he says.
Extending them nationwide to somewhere around March should do it.And in Scotland, discussions about whether to extend the school holidays have leaked.
Covid in Scotland: Talks held over extending Christmas holidays
It has been suggested that all schools could close on 18 December and reopen on 11 January.www.bbc.co.uk