Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

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I've taken my dog for an afternoon walk these last two days and what an eye opener it was yesterday! There were more people out walking than you used to see pre virus including a group of about eight women, most of whom I would say were over seventy or very close to it, chatting away without observing social distancing with what looked like the oldest one walking arm in arm with a younger woman who I assumed might be her carer - I've mentioned before that the view that the virus had not really found its way up here is quite a common, but wrong, one, I can only assume that many of those I saw yesterday must believe it.

but the may have been all form the same care home, like a family can go out together?

[the other bob wilson]

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We desperately need a webpage, email address or better still a dedicated phone line where people can easily report deliberate social distancing breaches of the like you witnessed.

As I think you implied, deepest Rhondda is beyond the final frontier.

Your relocation there from the nation's capital city could be compared to a resident of Monte Carlo deciding that a move to Mansfield might prove to be a culturally enriching one.

I understand that for your first month there you had to communicate with the locals through an adapted form of sign language. They spoke impenetrable gibberish while they mistook your accent for that of a Norwegian.

From what I hear some six weeks later because of your desire to assimilate you sounded like Dai Bando out of the film How Green Was My Valley.

In the last year or so, I've either learned to understand gibberish or I've started talking like a native because I can understand every word they say now .

[the other bob wilson]

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but the may have been all form the same care home, like a family can go out together?

No, they weren't because I know three of them who live close by (one is two doors from me and another six) - they all seemed to know each other as well, so I'd guess they were all from around here (the local care home is about a mile away).

[Heisenberg]

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but the may have been all form the same care home, like a family can go out together?

People in care homes are being shielded. There's no chance that a group of them are going outdoors together.

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People in care homes are being shielded. There's no chance that a group of them are going outdoors together.

There should be no chance.

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No, they weren't because I know three of them who live close by (one is two doors from me and another six) - they all seemed to know each other as well, so I'd guess they were all from around here (the local care home is about a mile away).

Be fair, you could have mentuioned that in your original post lol

[the other bob wilson]

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Be fair, you could have mentuioned that in your original post lol

And my reply is, be fair I didn't think anyone would suggest that the local care home's annual excursion would be a trip to Tynewydd green .

[the other bob wilson]

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/13/british-people-lockdown-coronavirus-crisis

[Heisenberg]

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There should be no chance.

You think the staff are letting groups of incredibly vulnerable people leave the homes... Putting themselves and the staff at greater risk? Think about what you're saying.

Care homes are in proper lockdown, the residents aren't even seeing each other inside. Source: I work in the public sector dealing with older people.

[Hilts]

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but the may have been all form the same care home, like a family can go out together?

You think groups from Care Homes are going out the same as a family.?

[Swiss Peter]

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I thought I saw that this article had been posted on here yesterday, but as I can't find it, I'll post it now - apologies if I missed it;-

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/12/uk-takes-a-pasting-from-worlds-press-over-coronavirus

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Good article, but can't help feeling the Frankfurter Allgemeine is misreading things here if it thinks “Once the nation has returned to normal, more citizens than before may question faith in British exceptionalism. That will not immediately drive them back into the arms of the European Union. But it could at least increase pressure on the Johnson government to prolong trade talks with the EU and not to fail with a gesture of arrogance.” Not much evidence of that at the moment. Unfortunately.

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You think the staff are letting groups of incredibly vulnerable people leave the homes... Putting themselves and the staff at greater risk? Think about what you're saying.

Care homes are in proper lockdown, the residents aren't even seeing each other inside. Source: I work in the public sector dealing with older people.

Read what I actually wrote. I never said I think of believe anything. It was a tongue-in cheek response to TOBW's comment about a gaggle of old ladies going past him. Actually I don't believe it would happen for one minute quite obviously. But don't let that stop you having a pop please!

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You think groups from Care Homes are going out the same as a family.?

Another one. Read my reply to heisenberg. Of course I don't believe it and I never suggested in what I wrote that I do believe it, you are just so quick to jump you don't read what as actually been written.

[the other bob wilson]

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Good article, but can't help feeling the Frankfurter Allgemeine is misreading things here if it thinks “Once the nation has returned to normal, more citizens than before may question faith in British exceptionalism. That will not immediately drive them back into the arms of the European Union. But it could at least increase pressure on the Johnson government to prolong trade talks with the EU and not to fail with a gesture of arrogance.” Not much evidence of that at the moment. Unfortunately.

I agree with you Peter.

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Why is the WHS and government saying it will take until the end of the month to set up and activate a Test Track and Trace system? Apparently they have to recruit the people and do all the preliminary work, suggesting that to date they haven't done anything.
Are they not using the phone app?