The hysterical media forcing lockdown restrictions again on Joe public.Originally Posted by goats
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The hysterical media forcing lockdown restrictions again on Joe public.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53602362
And announced by the tories on Twitter - going to be difficult to blame the naughty media for this one!
The good thing about how the English Government have handled this is that they have come out of lockdown in a well constructed way. Opening schools, pubs, shops, gyms, travel abroad, tourists into the UK (no testing at airports, that would be crazy) and reducing the distancing to 1m (which effectively means nothing for many of us who can't tell the difference between 1m, 1 foot or 2m). All of these "easing of measures" because "we were beating the virus" were announced more or less daily at the end of June and the start of July. Because of this reasoned approach, the Government can pinpoint the cause of the spike to one of about 10 things.
"Why isn't Drakeford opening up the pubs?" cried our thirsty friends. One bright chap from Smallsville spent an enlightened trip to the far off land of Bishop's Stortford, where cafes were bustling, and pubs were full.
..and they still are. The good doctors and scientists who now run the 6th largest country on a day-to-day basis are delighting in a Government that reacts with remarkable speed to action anything and everything they are guided, nay instructed to do, without question or scrutiny. The increase in testing has identified more 'new cases', Leicester's peak for instance was consistent with a testing regime carried out in late June. But the Scientists [I don't think you can refer to the 'government' at the moment', have vitually banned UK citizens going to holiday destinations that have and infection rate of 1.2% compared to 14.6% in the UK, and had NO recorded cases yesterday. It is truly. totally, utter madness..
It's a fair point. I've long said that cancer kills too many people - we simply have to stop testing for it and get those numbers down. Stupid doctors.
By "6th largest" I assume you are talking about the economy. Which is a bit odd seeing as this is not an economic crisis, but a medical one.
But, in your enlightened madness you have come up with an ingenious plan, a plan which probably would be accepted by the loonies in the Tory party.
If we reduce testing, we will reduce the number of "new cases" (your quotations, not mine). If we reduce testing to 0 then, "new cases" will be at 0 and the whole thing will just go away.
It is truly, totally, utter brilliance.
There is little common sense in opening everything up in a short period of time (as the Government have done, the Welsh and Scottish Governments receive the exact same scientific evidence and interpret it differently to Johnson, but similarly to each other). In doing so, new spikes are oddly being attributed to people gathering at home indoors.
This is no longer allowed. So, instead of John popping into Ben's house to have a chat and a drink, John and Ben are now popping into the pub with hundreds of others, generating tax revenues and, potentially, increasing the chances of a spike.
Now that is truly, totally, utter madness.
It's not very difficult to see where this started to unravel. The Government were, in my opinion, getting it right when they were following the science. However, Cummings got caught acting like the privileged elite he tells us to vote against and, instead of acting, the Government went on singing "It's Good News Week" and distracting the media's attention from an obvious affront to the rules that beaten housewives and single parents had to abide by.
I am quite happy to be living in "Smallsville" at present.
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