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Topic History of: New Strain Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Wyot
All the discussion about poor compliance does for me is highlight the foolishness of a Government pretending they can control an airborne virus, and people for believing them when they say they can.
One of the reasons you can't is that you can't control 70 odd million people. Why are people acting so surprised and outraged?
When did such an utterly ridiculous notion become commonly accepted as achievable, and seen as a reasonable discussion in sane society?
Rick
As I've said before, there's no focus on poor public compliance, just the government and scientists, but unless there's public compliance, no progress can be made. The media have failed shamefully in their job, because they simply will not bite the hand that feeds them and acknowledge that some members of the public are being idiotic.
If there'd been phone-in shows in the 1940s, maybe callers would have been moaning about blackouts: 'Why have I got to turn me light out? Where's the proof it does any good?? I'm not even convinced any planes are comin' over!'
5Live are the worst. They get endless callers moaning about restrictions as if they're there purely to cause grief, and not once do presenters dare to suggest they might not be needed if people had followed the previous guidelines. It's pathetic.
When, even now, you're getting masses of people going out 'for one last drink' before the new restrictions happen, and thus spreading the virus more rapidly than ever, why is there no criticism of the public? The ignorance on show is depressing.
hedda
I have a very good friend in her late 40s who is an NHS nurse.
2 months ago she spent 4 weeks isolating as she had Covid which she desribed as the most horrible version of Influenza like symptoms she has ever had.
When she finally returned to work in an NHS hospital she found her compatriots almost in despair, over-worked and often depressed by the sheer volume of work as Covid patients around them die.
Now she's had to leave after just 2 weeks as some pretty weird symptoms have returned including appalling lethargy that hits out of the blue and heart problems.
And that's under the "old" strain.
Green Man
robbiex wrote: Perhaps tier 5 will actually involve implementing some of the rules that have been introduced. The Under 35s seem to be taken absolutely no notice whatsoever of any of the rules. hanging out together, driving in cars together and mixing in each other's households. What is the point.
My biggest regret was not going to see his shows back in the day.
robbiex
Perhaps tier 5 will actually involve implementing some of the rules that have been introduced. The Under 35s seem to be taken absolutely no notice whatsoever of any of the rules. hanging out together, driving in cars together and mixing in each other's households. What is the point.
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