Yeah just cancel Christmas it's a load of ****e anyway.. People's priorities are ridiculous these days.
It's not just the one day though. They will see it as a 2 week period before and after Christmas where the economy can boom. Tie them over until the new year and review it then. It literally is kicking the can down the road.
we can’t keep opening up and shutting down society indefinitely though. Apparently the immunity for this virus only works for a short while so the vaccine will too.
And it’s the psychological aspect for a lot of people of seeing family and celebrating together. The mental impact on people and family is extremely important and should not be underestimated.
Its not that simple though. Mental health issues are through the roof and suicide rates are way higher than usual, partly due to the impact of lockdown. My daughter has seen 2 of her friends commit suicide this year due to isolation. It's a terrible conundrum finding the balance beteeen containing a global pandemic that takes lives vs the impact of lockdown (both economically and wellbeing). As I said, it's a no win situation - regardless of who is in government. I agree, the government have made errors of judgement, have given mixed messages and messed up communication, have made decisions that impact particular social groups and appear to havemade ridiculous decisions about key things like Track & Trace (quite possibly ti line certain.pockets). But the bottom line is, nobody would be able to make the right decisions in this situation that will please everybody.
No. You have to take people with you in this situation, rightly or wrongly. With every “stick” (the lockdown) you need a “carrot” (Christmas). The problem, IMO, has been the lack of a clear plan and selling that plan to the Public. The plan needs to show what has to be done and why from start to finish albeit without a set timescale. Also the plan needs to make sure that people are not losing out in comparison to everyone else.
The Government are incompetent, but ultimately, it is the citizens of this country to blame in some respect. They are told time and again how it spreads. They are told how infectious it is. They are asked to make sacrifices to stop all this. What do they do? 'Flu kills more people.' 'It only has a 1% death rate.' 'It won't affect ME.' 'Well I am not going to listen to scientists because it inconveniences ME.' 'Why should put MY life on hold?' This country created that mentality. Selfish, self entitled ****s who do not give a **** about other people.
exactly. Virtually all governments are in the same boat. There isn’t a manual for this. Tock and a hard place. With dark nights and a north of gym closures I’m personally gonna find it tough as the gym was my way of de stressing. I’ll literally be closing my laptop after work and staring at walls for a month.
Jimmy Saville and treat for a child in the same sentence. A bit like Ted Heath and children's homes...
So, it looks like my golf course will shut but the Premier League will.continue. ****ers, one rule for one blah blah blah.
