Coronavirus

A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is lacing up its boots. Probably the whole way round in a world of boomer Chelsea fans following one too many Union Jack Twitter accounts.

 

.....Alright Watty?

 

All good mate. Look after yourself. There’s a virus out there.

 

And you mate.Got to extra careful at my age.

 

You lived through the Blitz. You’ll be fine.

 

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Get your bog roll now and keep an eye out for high profile government employees at your local castles.

 

I’m old enough to remember Starmer being attacked by the Tory cabinet for apparently playing politics by saying he’d have taken the SAGE advice and had the 2 week lockdown they recommended back on the 23rd September

Yet here we are.....

 

A second coronavirus lockdown would be a "government failure - not an act of god", Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The drastic action could take an "immense toll on people's physical and mental health and on the economy", the Labour leader warned.

 

He actually said ‘a sign of’ and this was back in September, he was referring to the complete failure of track and trace and the overall Govt actions in trying to control the spread to that point.

The 2 week ‘circuit break’ recommended by SAGE might have made a potential full lockdown now, unnecessary.

 

Personally I’m shocked that the ‘sit on our hands and hope it goes away’ method has now failed a second time.

 

Track and trace is all good and well. But do you trust joe public to follow the rules and not nip to shops/supermarket/chippy while being told to isolate?

I dint and this is why we are at this stage of a second national lockdown.

people to willing to nip to a friends, have a cuppa. Especially if like my arms they don’t have the listed symptoms(she tested positive and has none apart from loss of taste, four days after being told to isolate)

just a general rant, not a rant at your comment BTW.

 

Doesn't help when those in power don't appear to take it seriously, either. Poorly handled all round.

 

****, if I used those in government(national and local) as guides on how to live a sensible life.....

 

They don't either, though. Who's going to take the advice of people that don't follow it themselves? Makes it pointless.

 

Then you have to realise that even if the people at the top break the rules, you don’t have to. As my old mum would say, if they jumped off a cliff, would you.

Youngest at schools dad wanted her to come round a few weeks ago while can still. Sent her with a bottle of sanitiser to be safe.

he took it off her. He doesn’t believe it’s real(Covid)

but then again he had a leg amputated as he though his natural medicine approach was better for his diabetes.

 

Here it comes....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54762048

 

Just took my mum to ED. Had symptoms for 8/9 days but tested negative last weekend. Been breathless for past few days and 111 advised her go up there.