Quote Originally Posted by tforturton View Post
We can't carry on like this. We can't keep locking down individual towns or counties, in some vain attempt to stop this virus spreading. It's clearly not working, because as soon as one area comes out of lockdown, it starts up again - like everyone knew it would. We can't all go back to work, or out to eat, or to visit our favourite shopping centre, and not expect it to spread. We can't all go away on holiday (home or abroad), and not expect that someone will bring it back.

The problem here is that the government has painted itself into a corner, due to its previous actions. It's almost impossible now, for them to say "Okay, we might have got this wrong. Let's try something else". Because it might be time now to stop with all these lockdowns, and just let everyone get on with it. Protect the vulnerable (and properly, not like the previous care home fiasco), and let everyone else take their chances. It's beginning to look like Sweden had it right all along.

These viruses have been around before. Hong Kong flu, swine flu, chicken flu, etc etc. It's part of life, and we have to learn to live with them. So my advice to Boris would be that we need to change course. Before it really is too late.
Putting aside everything that the Government should be doing.

Every individual, irrespective of age, demographic and ethnicity needs to treat this more seriously and accept that they carry a responsibility to fight it.
Nobody is immune, everybody could be a spreader.
With the right attitude wearing a mask, maintaining a distance are not difficult to do. Observing and implementing rules on gatherings, travel may be upsetting for some but not as much as burying somebody.
I’m not advocating a total lockdown, but individual responsibility and therein lies the problem. There are just too many people who do not think it applies to them or feel that they can interpret it differently.
It’s not just the “young” who can be and have acted irresponsibly.

We all want to get back to attending City matches. It’s not going to happen soon nor should it or any other crowd event. It’s time to stop bleating about loss of privilege and to work to rebuild it. “We are in this together”