We've had 10 confirmed cases (out of ~900k people) since June 1st. In a few days, masks will be mandatory in all indoor public spaces and businesses. Bit odd that we didn't mandate it weeks ago when we had active cases, but better late than never, especially as there is real concern that students arriving from abroad* will fail to observe quarantine and we'll end up back in the muck again. *(if 'abroad' sounds like a loaded term, in this case it mostly means 'from the tire fire that is the United States')
Weirdly I may have had the misfortune of meeting her . Some woman came up to me in Poole when I was working on the beach and she just started telling me all this bullshit. Basically what you’ve just written above. I had to walk away and leave my colleague listening to her because she was dead serious and I couldn’t take it
You meet these nut cases all the time. I met a nutter the other day who was so ****ing stupid that she thought leaving the EU was a good thing. I have never been able to tolerate imbeciles and had to walk away. My father told me "Son never argue with fools".
Seeing Johnson making comments about “not understanding about covid-19 in the way they would have liked, in it’s early stages”, is making my blood boil. He could see what was happening in China, as early as Jan/Feb. Then he could see the devastation being caused in both Italy and Spain, which gave him enough forewarning to react more quickly than he did. His own comments made it clear that herd immunity was a preferred choice, and still is in my opinion, which explains the half arsed way he and his government have responded to the virus. And now the bastard, when asked if he “found it hard to say sorry”, comes out with “I am sorry if I don’t apologise. Put it that way.” WTAF is that supposed to mean? 4+ more years of this government is unbearable.
There is a Politics thread . Please use it . Be interesting to see if your post remains or is moved to the correct place
I see that holiday makers, returning from Spain, will now have to quarantine for 14 days, which could cause a few problems. Those who can’t afford to take 2 weeks additional leave, on SSP, might be tempted to ignore the direction. It might also lead to others cancelling holidays and causing more financial issues for the airlines and holiday companies. As far as I can see, Spain’s increase in new cases relates mainly to 2 regions in the north of the country, where discussions are ongoing with the French with regards to closing the road border. I put on here a week or two ago about a surge in cases for the (iirc) 20-40 age group, which has been linked to the re-opening of clubs. Someone in Spain said that new cases there are in the region of 2500 a day, but not masses in the resort areas. In the UK, the average daily new case figure between 5-18 July was 1884, which has flatlined, with a North/South trend starting, whereby there is a slight growth in the North.
I never understood why people rushed to go abroad again. I decided when we first when into lockdown that I would not travel again till 2021....and then only after i saw what happened to the foolhardy who had already risked it.
Note that they are all about the same age...but still interesting. Things change all the time, so think they did reasonably ok...most people will be au fait if it mattered to them, for example a wedding or holiday.
We have a holiday that we booked in Jan to Santorini in October. At the moment it looks on, but I wouldn’t be heartbroken if it was cancelled.
All everyone has to do is say they have a holiday home they want to make covid friendly. That’s how Boris dad got away with it.
I have stored that one up in the memory bank. Having said that I have far too much respect for other people than to put myself at risk of catching covid and passing it on. I recently spent two weeks trying to get a key cut for my Spanish property, as locksmiths here don’t tend to carry the blank double sided plates, with a groove in one side. Most I showed it to thought it was a long safe key. The key has been sent to Spain so that a friend could attend to an in house matter that I would otherwise have had to fly over to deal with.
So far myself and Mrs SR have cancelled 2 holidays abroad. Instead we have booked a cottage with a hot tub in Staffordshire and then the week after, a caravan in Skegness. Very happy to holiday in the uk this year, because I have to shield like your wife I wouldn’t feel safe in an airport or on a plane ATM.
