Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
agreed.
this gov't is too much "in hock" to the business world, which needs people working to keep their profits up, people can't work if they have to look after their sprogs, ergo keep the schools open.
a problem with that approach is that older children are also catching covid ...
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There was plenty of suggestion about how to keep schools open more safely to avoid the social fallout caused by closing them. But the government will not even acknowledge the issues because then they'd have to act, they are deliberately concealing the evidence.
2hats
Dust.
Was it really?
A problem with that approach is that, like adults, children of all ages can catch and spread SARS-CoV-2. A small number of children develop COVID-19 (risk of developing serious disease/dying typically dropping with age; for deaths between/across sub-15 y.o. age cohorts the difference is close to negligible).
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Doodler
You're quite nice when you smile
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
A copy of this newspaper should be shown to every one of those Tory rebel MPs, then it should be rolled-up and shoved up their arses.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
Major incident declared at Royal Stoke as 38 38 Covid patients in critical care
The level four alert affects critical care as more Covid patients are sent across the West Midlands
elbows
Well-Known Member
Even Gove is forced to resort to saying sensible things when trying to appeal for sense from the deluded tory backbenchers.
Covid: Hospitals could be overwhelmed without new tiers, says Gove
Michael Gove warns MPs strict rules are still needed in England despite lockdown ending on 2 December.
www.bbc.co.uk
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Doesn't anyone wear masks in London?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Not when they are marching against wearing them.
maomao
普費斯
There'll be plenty of anti mask nutters there but it's an anti lockdown march and there'll be plenty who are okay with masks but not other restrictions too. In my experience masks aren't widely worn outdoors nor are they required to be.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Father Xmas gets arrested 
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
There were people crossing through the march and obviously not on it who didnt have masks on.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Compulsory here if you cant socially distance on the streets
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Oh great, swans are dying all over the place, because of an outbreak of bird flu in the UK.
Poultry farms are being locked down.
Just fuck off 2020.
news.sky.com
Poultry farms are being locked down.
Just fuck off 2020.
Bird flu: Swan deaths in UK investigated for link to European outbreak - reports
Some dying swans were found spinning in circles and bleeding from the nostrils, according to a report.
news.sky.com
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Maybe this needs it's own thread. An uncontrolled bird flu pandemic would be a civilisation ending event, luckily it doesn't transmit efficiently between humans really.Oh great, swans are dying all over the place, because of an outbreak of bird flu in the UK.
Poultry farms are being locked down.
Just fuck off 2020.
Bird flu: Swan deaths in UK investigated for link to European outbreak - reports
Some dying swans were found spinning in circles and bleeding from the nostrils, according to a report.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Not here except indoors in certain circumstances, and even then, not really. I mean technically the guidance is to distance at all times, but you are actually required by law to wear masks in shops too and loads of people don't and nothing happens to them.
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
In Brixton lots of the staff don't, even in the major retailers.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Staff are exempt from the law anyway, it's just customers.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
In some areas, which seems to be areas of fairly high infection rates, judging by posts on here & media reports.
Around here over 99% of people do, which I am sure is part of the reason we are now down to under 40 cases per 100k.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
No they are not, that changed well before lockdown 2.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I am pretty sure that they still are. Either that or literally every shop here, including the big chains, is breaking the law constantly.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Bad news all round ..Oh great, swans are dying all over the place, because of an outbreak of bird flu in the UK.
Poultry farms are being locked down.
Just fuck off 2020.
Bird flu: Swan deaths in UK investigated for link to European outbreak - reports
Some dying swans were found spinning in circles and bleeding from the nostrils, according to a report.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Well you are wrong, and yes they are breaking the law.
Again, around here shop staff are wearing masks, unless behind plastic screens on the tills, and even then some are.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
This is the point where you cite the actual law. I could well not be up to date.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Here if you haven’t got a mask they won’t serve you and the local Police inspect premises . I haven’t ever seen anyone kick off about it , they just go. By and large bars remind you to put a mask on moving about inside , some stricter than others . Don’t have to wear a mask in bars or cafes if you sit outside in the sheltered area. Fortunate where I am that infections are very low .Tbh it’s the economic downturn with long term lay offs that mean the bars and cafes don’t have many people in them .
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