Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[Jordi Culé]

If anyone is interested, this is a pretty detailed breakdown of the situation in Wales with regard to the stats by area and it's dated yesterday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52380643

Overall, I'd say they definitely tell the tale of an improving situation and it's good to see that the very high infection rates in this country compared to the rest of the country are not being reflected in positions right at the top of the deaths by area figures. However, the analysis strikes me as a bit vague when it comes to the concerning infection rates which has Welsh regions dominating at the top end of the cases per 100,000 figures - my guess is that, while places like RCT and Merthyr have plenty of wide open spaces, the populations tend to be very tightly packed into rows and rows of small, terraced houses making spreading the virus so much easier.

I think you’re being kind Bob.

I’ve traveled Merthyr & RCT in relation to work and for the last month been constantly surprised how little responsibility some have practiced in relation to social distancing. I visited a block of flats Monday located near a town centre where the residents had had a party. I realise my observations are anecdotal but can’t help wondering if a lack of common sense or total disregard for anything isn’t keeping our infection rates higher than other areas.

None of the persons I work with (vulnerable group) have adhered to any social distancing or lockdown restrictions.

[CCFCC3PO]

I think you’re being kind Bob.

I’ve traveled Merthyr & RCT in relation to work and for the last month been constantly surprised how little responsibility some have practiced in relation to social distancing. I visited a block of flats Monday located near a town centre where the residents had had a party. I realise my observations are anecdotal but can’t help wondering if a lack of common sense or total disregard for anything isn’t keeping our infection rates higher than other areas.

None of the persons I work with (vulnerable group) have adhered to any social distancing or lockdown restrictions.

I think I have recounted the tales of my furloughed neighbours. They are absolutely loving it - 80% wages, 2 of them have declined the offer to return to work. I am working from home, hours and wages cut 40%, and they are getting 5-10 visitors most days with no Social distancing at all.

As he said to me "It's great innit, hopefully get another three months of this". It's almost like he is incentivised to maintain the spread of the virus. I live in a street of 11 houses (2 empty) and I would say of the 9 occupied, 3 have regular visitors with no social distancing. Two of those houses have people furloughed (in other words, being paid to stay at home and stop the spread), the other house is a recently retired couple.

These are semi-detached houses in a cul-de-sac - gardens front and back. The guy who is thinking "it's great innit" - the same guy that keeps knocking my door and talking about work we could do to improve our house, refused to go to work on safety grounds. The fact is, his workplace is likely to be safer than his home. They had a bbq with friends over on Monday night - that went into the early hours of Tuesday and a couple stayed over.

So, anecdotally, I think a few people couldn't really care less - in fact it's a great summer holiday for some.

[the other bob wilson]

I think you’re being kind Bob.

I’ve traveled Merthyr & RCT in relation to work and for the last month been constantly surprised how little responsibility some have practiced in relation to social distancing. I visited a block of flats Monday located near a town centre where the residents had had a party. I realise my observations are anecdotal but can’t help wondering if a lack of common sense or total disregard for anything isn’t keeping our infection rates higher than other areas.

None of the persons I work with (vulnerable group) have adhered to any social distancing or lockdown restrictions.

I've come across a lot more examples of people not keeping two metres away from me in the last fortnight after having no one do that for the first six to eight weeks of the lockdown, but, overall, my experience has been that people are largely keeping to it. That said, I was barely seeing anyone from late March to the beginning of May because I was just going for the one exercise period per day by walking my dog very early in the morning and so I was hardly getting much of an idea as to what was going on.

[Jordi Culé]

I've come across a lot more examples of people not keeping two metres away from me in the last fortnight after having no one do that for the first six to eight weeks of the lockdown, but, overall, my experience has been that people are largely keeping to it. That said, I was barely seeing anyone from late March to the beginning of May because I was just going for the one exercise period per day by walking my dog very early in the morning and so I was hardly getting much of an idea as to what was going on.

For some and as commented upon by other ‘lockdown fatique’ is growing. I’ll hold my hands up here as I’ve visited my parents although circumstances are dictating that so I’m being a hypocritical ****er.

For other groups, households and in the majority some areas, lockdown hasn’t really been a consideration. It’s interesting that areas of deprivation are being highlighted as places where the infection rate is higher and linked to social conditions, types of employment and poorer health, rarely mentioned though is social habits and lack of adherence to the restrictions.

Again, only anecdotal and from what I’ve observed.