Covid Rules Collapsing

[life on mars]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60319947

[blue matt]

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lets get life back to normal

[Eric Cartman]

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I don't think you need to go to far to join the dots between Boris removing restrictions and the letters not coming in. Calling it 'living with Covid' feels like a bit of an own goal in the making too. At least it will make the people too selfish to stick a mask on for 5 mins in the supermarket feel emboldened by their brave stance though, I despair.

[the other bob wilson]

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Just the two hundred and seventy six deaths today

[Dorcus]

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Just the two hundred and seventy six deaths today

Perhaps LOM didn't notice those in his raven excitement.

[JamesWales]

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You guys can stay locked up if you want, it's entirely up to you.

Likewise anyone who wishes to can and should continue to wear a mask.

[jon1959]

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You guys can stay locked up if you want, it's entirely up to you.

Likewise anyone who wishes to can and should continue to wear a mask.

Why do you think that posters who support maintaining some Covid rules want to 'stay locked up'?

We have not had a full lock down at any stage.

However Covid continues to be a major risk (to anyone - but especially the elderly or vulnerable) and sensible precautions could prevent hundreds of premature and distressing deaths every day.

Your faux libertarianism, your invention of alternative opinions, and your constant government apologist stance is just ludicrous.

There is a sensible middle ground if only you would look for it.

Get a grip FFS!

[JamesWales]

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Why do you think that posters who support maintaining some Covid rules want to 'stay locked up'?

We have not had a full lock down at any stage.

However Covid continues to be a major risk (to anyone - but especially the elderly or vulnerable) and sensible precautions could prevent hundreds of premature and distressing deaths every day.

Your faux libertarianism, your invention of alternative opinions, and your constant government apologist stance is just ludicrous.

There is a sensible middle ground if only you would look for it.

Get a grip FFS!

As covid has become less deadly so restrictions have reduced. So it becomes less deadly still does it not make sense to continue to remove restrictions?

You can stay at home if you wish. You can wear a mask if you wish. Same as it ever was for the elderly and vulnerable.

And as for 'invention of alternative opinions' and ' 'constant government apologist' line, that's not true is it? I think Boris should resign and have said it dozens of times, but thanks for making that up!

The reality is we need to live with this as we do other illnesses. As it stands my local surgery isnt even open. People have to go more than 2km to the doctor's, so I think we need to recognise the restrictions even currently in place also have their impacts.

As stated, if you are concerned you can keep yourself inside and continue to wear a mask etc

[AfricanBluebird]

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As covid has become less deadly so restrictions have reduced. So it becomes less deadly still does it not make sense to continue to remove restrictions?

You can stay at home if you wish. You can wear a mask if you wish. Same as it ever was for the elderly and vulnerable.

And as for 'invention of alternative opinions' and ' 'constant government apologist' line, that's not true is it? I think Boris should resign and have said it dozens of times, but thanks for making that up!

The reality is we need to live with this as we do other illnesses. As it stands my local surgery isnt even open. People have to go more than 2km to the doctor's, so I think we need to recognise the restrictions even currently in place also have their impacts.

As stated, if you are concerned you can keep yourself inside and continue to wear a mask etc

I think it would be sensible to have everything opened up but perhaps have mandatory mask wearing.

Here in Uganda I think we have sensible restrictions. Everything is now open but mask wearing still required on public transport and in shops. Also, temperature checks done before entering anywhere. But everywhere is pretty much open.

But yeah, I don't advocate for any more restrictions than those.

It does seem thar Omicron ripped through Kampala in December and January so everyone, even the unvaccinated, have some level of immunity, I guess we don't know how long for..

I think people here have just decided to live with it... We don't have the.money for furlough etx (well we do but it sits in the pockets of the MPS).

[Eric Cartman]

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As covid has become less deadly so restrictions have reduced. So it becomes less deadly still does it not make sense to continue to remove restrictions?

The 7 day average for deaths hasn't really changed for a month now, what source do you use?

[JamesWales]

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I think it would be sensible to have everything opened up but perhaps have mandatory mask wearing.

Here in Uganda I think we have sensible restrictions. Everything is now open but mask wearing still required on public transport and in shops. Also, temperature checks done before entering anywhere. But everywhere is pretty much open.

But yeah, I don't advocate for any more restrictions than those.

It does seem thar Omicron ripped through Kampala in December and January so everyone, even the unvaccinated, have some level of immunity, I guess we don't know how long for..

I think people here have just decided to live with it... We don't have the.money for furlough etx (well we do but it sits in the pockets of the MPS).

It's very interesting to read what is happening in other countries, thanks for posting.

Do people generally follow the rules on mask wearing? It's still required on the trains here, and I'd say 80-90% oblige at the moment.

The problem is more that the trains don't turn up!

[adz-a32]

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lets get life back to normal

But things are still not normal, by 2019/pre-corona standards.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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It's very interesting to read what is happening in other countries, thanks for posting.

Do people generally follow the rules on mask wearing? It's still required on the trains here, and I'd say 80-90% oblige at the moment.

The problem is more that the trains don't turn up!

Indeed. It's a problem when train crews have Covid.

[adz-a32]

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As covid has become less deadly so restrictions have reduced. So it becomes less deadly still does it not make sense to continue to remove restrictions?

You can stay at home if you wish. You can wear a mask if you wish. Same as it ever was for the elderly and vulnerable.

And as for 'invention of alternative opinions' and ' 'constant government apologist' line, that's not true is it? I think Boris should resign and have said it dozens of times, but thanks for making that up!

The reality is we need to live with this as we do other illnesses. As it stands my local surgery isnt even open. People have to go more than 2km to the doctor's, so I think we need to recognise the restrictions even currently in place also have their impacts.

As stated, if you are concerned you can keep yourself inside and continue to wear a mask etc

I agree that we need to live it as we do with other illnesses. We cook our chicken to prevent salmonella, we have good sewage to prevent cholera, some places require quarantine for illnesses such as mumps and measles.

So I think we should mask up, have good ventilation and quarantine measures.

Also the mask is to protect other people btw, so your point of making masks seem individualistic is invalid.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Also the mask is to protect other people btw, so your point of making masks seem individualistic is invalid.

Absolutely. From day 1 the point of the mask wasn't self protection at all.