Off Topic Coronavirus

I think attitudes to social distancing have a lot to do with your own personal circumstances. For me it is not a big problem because I live in a very rural area and have a large garden - I can also work from home. So making a moral judgement about those who live in high story flats together with a couple of kids would be unfair. The nearest beach to me is 250 miles away and so the idea of visiting it doesn't crop up - the closest ecquivalent would be the Rhine promenade. The only thing that needs to be pointed out is that the harder a lockdown is, and the more we observe it, the sooner it will all be over. But we need to recognise that social distancing is easier for some people than for others.

 

Well it's a huge pity that you cannot see a context or the foresight to contemplate any circumstances which don't suit your fundamental position.

 

Someone should probably trawl this thread for any older posters dismissing the virus or arguing against lockdown. Not me, obviously. Too lazy.

 

A pity for whom?

As I've already explained on here, I'm highly confident that I and my family have all already had the virus some months ago, so there really weren't any circumstances that would have changed my mind about our outing.

 

Not many people know this bloke is only 22.

 

Half the UK thinks it's had the virus and I'm afraid you speak of your confidence in one post and your judgment in another. Also you put far too much faith in your own experience and therefore disregard what is clearly covered on the news and current affairs reporting. "I haven't witnessed it myself so until I do I will disregard it." Forgive me but unless you can tell us that you have a scientific background and or have been tested, I find neither a reason to convince me that your views about the risks to others posed by the virus are anything but bonkers. Can I just ask, put aside Dominic Cummings and ineptitude by HM Government, why does the medical profession and the scientific world say the risks are real? Are they all stupid, hoodwinked or part of BH's great reset grand conspiracy to take us all back into the middle ages?

 

Some strange leaps there, but if half the UK thinks it's had the virus, I think most of it may be right. I suspect that many more people will have already had it than we are told. As I've already described, everyone in my household had mild symptoms in the space of three or four weeks back in late-February/early March, and my wife had an antibody test last week that confirmed that she had had Covid-19. I therefore consider it's safe to assume that we all had it and that we are not currently infectious or infectible.

As for my disregarding what I haven't witnessed, I suspect that I have more first-hand experience of distancing in our parks and on our beaches than you do, yet you're prepared to tell me that you know better than I. I prefer to believe what I've seen over what I'm told. Yes I've seen the media coverage of crowded public places, but it's much exaggerated in my opinion and often uses camera angles that give a false impression. I don't deny that risks from the virus exist, but I believe them to be overstated.

If you consider that bonkers, that's your prerogative.

 

So you don't have a scientific background then, don't trust anything that you are told, and think it's all exaggerated. I didn't quite get whether you think the medical profession and the vast amount of scientists have been hoodwinked as to the seriousness of it or are part of the global effort to take us down a false path. And you spend a lot of time on beaches and parks conducting reach or witnessing the evidence of hoax and exaggeration. That is bonkers. But thank you for confirming it's my prerogative to think so. I doubt I'm alone so let's just leave it there because you are beginning to embarrass yourself.

 

Do you trust everything you're told without question? I have no doubt that the virus is a real danger, but yes, I believe that its seriousness (and in particular the danger from proximity to people in open-air settings) has been exaggerated and that the reaction to it, certainly in this country, will have done more damage than the virus itself.

You keep yourself tucked away and I'll get on with my life.

Sleep tight.

 

Well I'm certainly out and about. If the virus was ravaging through the country i would be expecting the country to shut down. Boris hasn't shut it down so I'm staying alert but assuming it's all good to go wherever is open

 

As long as you remember “Hands, Face, Space” you’ll be fine. If not you’ll probably die.

 

whats your take on climate change
do you think its all because of man or has it been exagerated

 

sorry I meant all because of person

 

You don't have to be able to read Danish to see the point here @YorkshireHoopster, just look at the images that would have had you and @rangercol frothing at the mouth and then look at the reality.

https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2020-04-26-hvor-taet-er-folk-paa-hinanden-disse-billeder-er-taget-samtidig-men-viser-to?emci=15c47163-628e-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid={{ContactsEmailID}}

 

The latest musings of Eva Braun.

 

Havent read this thread for a few days, some interesting stuff! I have meant to have been shielding, however I decided to make a decision based on my mental health of being confined to home working that I would go out and play tennis at our village courts, would go to the village shop with mask to get Alcohol and would sit in my mates garden for some sanity away from my family. I did share my house with my wife and daughter, and they both kept reasonably isolated, although did see a friend outside. Everyone will have their own expectations of what to do and what is expected, mine is to keep it quiet and look after your mental health. Sadly to many people, the thought process is it wont affect me, or I have had it so why should I give a ****, and all professional advice goes ignored. Unfortunately this attitude will ultimately lead to a 2nd lockdown in the near future

 

Current testing and contact tracing is inadequate to prevent a second wave of coronavirus after schools in the UK reopen, scientists have warned.

Increased transmission would also result from parents not having to stay at home with their children, they say.

Researchers said getting pupils back to school was important - but more work was needed to keep the virus in check.

 

Post Covid exam results in Scotland today. Lots of trepidation about the marking system as no exams were taken. Grades issued on teachers guidance, course work and prelim results. SQA then validated these against the standing of the school in the performance table for previous years, so they are expecting an increase in appeals.

Junior got his Higher results (same as A Level).....

An A in Music Technology, and a B in Business Management, so gets into the University of his choice - thank ****!

 

Well done to him Steels - clearly the brains of the family!