Coronavirus Pandemic

[Niall_Quinn]

Another day in London and surrounding areas, and another day where the reality shows no correlation whatsoever to the media bullshit.

Just finished clapping for the NHS. This week they really helped us out and we appreciate it a lot.

[Letters]

Another day in London and surrounding areas, and another day where the reality shows no correlation whatsoever to the media bullshit.

How so?

[Letters]

Yeah social distancing shit is here for a long time to come realistically.

How is that going to work though, in practice?
No sports events or concerts, no theatres, no pubs, no social gatherings, etc.
Long term we can't function as a society like that.
They're trying to avoid the "second peak" so any return to normality has to be gradual, but there has to come a point - and I'd suggest that point is quite soon - when some things have to start again. Businesses aren't going to survive months and months of this, more people will die from not getting treatment or diagnosis for other conditions.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I don't think it'll be the case there are no sports events or concerts, no theatres, no pubs, no social gatherings, etc.

However I'd imagine they will have reduced capacities.

Arsenal will still declare 60,000 though of course.

[Mac76]

How is that going to work though, in practice?
No sports events or concerts, no theatres, no pubs, no social gatherings, etc.
Long term we can't function as a society like that.
They're trying to avoid the "second peak" so any return to normality has to be gradual, but there has to come a point - and I'd suggest that point is quite soon - when some things have to start again. Businesses aren't going to survive months and months of this, more people will die from not getting treatment or diagnosis for other conditions.

I agree with all of that, the joke is everyone with a non-CV related condition is not getting it seen to, apparently most A&E departments are quiet and that new hospital is basically empty.

On live events etc they'll have to allow venues to open but only selling every third or fourth seat or table etc, and having strict limits on people in pubs etc

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Yeah it completely depends to what extent the "distancing" is. People can take being 2m apart in a shop, or queuing due to reduced capacity, or even being on a form of rota for office work, but if it continues that you simply can't socialise with anyone outside of your home, can't go to a pub, restaurant or whatever then that just won't last. At some point soon people are just going to either ignore en masse or completely crack up. And again, at what point does it tip the other way that the majority of people are putting their lives, incomes, livelihoods on hold when no one can offer any sort of idea of what the result of it all is.

At some point very soon, someone is going to have to make the hideous decision that at what point do we consider the loss of possibly tens of thousands of lives give way to the loss of millions of jobs, livelihoods, futures and due to that ultimately lives, when the repercussions of just sitting here waiting for the all clear could last decades?

[Letters]

I would have thought small social gatherings should be one of the first things to be relaxed.
We see MrsL’s family quite a lot. They’re healthy, we are healthy so why can’t we meet up?
I guess the answer is “you could be non symptomatic” which is a fairly reasonable argument.
But given that most people aren’t commuting or going out all the time the spread should still be much slower.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If everyone thinks the same though, everybody will be going to small social gatherings.

They'll possibly ease some parts of the country back than the others. London was supposed to be 2 weeks ahead of the rest of the country so them first presumably.

[Letters]

If everyone thinks the same though, everybody will be going to small social gatherings.

Hmm. I suppose. Obviously things like commuting and festivals/concerts/theatres are obvious places where spreading could happen quickly.
If people can keep working at home but still go out a bit more then that might not cause much of a "second peak".
These are admittedly difficult decisions.

[Mac76]

If everyone thinks the same though, everybody will be going to small social gatherings.

They'll possibly ease some parts of the country back than the others. London was supposed to be 2 weeks ahead of the rest of the country so them first presumably.

I can just imagine the fuss all the moaning northerners will make if restrictions get relaxed in London first, and just think they won't even be able to blame the EU or all them foreigners this time ...