Coronavirus Pandemic

[WMUG]

Was gonna go to Bulgaria to visit my girlfriend's nephew for his first Christmas.

They've just announced they're stopping all flights from the UK until the 31st

[Letters]

A colleague left for France on Saturday, her mum lives in...I think it’s Belgium.
Her and her boyfriend are driving there.
She got out of dodge just in time.

[Marc Overmars]

Spending Xmas eve with the in-laws and Xmas day with my family. Nothing has changed our minds about that tbh.

[GP]

Samesies

[Niall_Quinn]

It's fun playing the, hey, they said this but what about this, game. But under it all, the government is ordering people to stay at home. So that's probably the main focus tbf. Yes, yes, they're doing it to save you from a virus you need to be fake tested for to know you even have it. So thanks for that. But the locking people up in their own homes bit is still troublesome in a supposedly free country, is it not? I know that 65% of unthinking fuckwits will say, but it's to keep us safe. You can't do anything about those cunts. They are what they are. But, once the old inconsistencies game has got boring, and surely it is boring by now, sane people need to come up with a better plan than moaning if this shit is going to be stopped.

[Ollie the Optimist]

It's fun playing the, hey, they said this but what about this, game. But under it all, the government is ordering people to stay at home. So that's probably the main focus tbf. Yes, yes, they're doing it to save you from a virus you need to be fake tested for to know you even have it. So thanks for that. But the locking people up in their own homes bit is still troublesome in a supposedly free country, is it not? I know that 65% of unthinking fuckwits will say, but it's to keep us safe. You can't do anything about those cunts. They are what they are. But, once the old inconsistencies game has got boring, and surely it is boring by now, sane people need to come up with a better plan than moaning if this shit is going to be stopped.

I’m sure the thousands who have died or have been in intensive care on ventilators because of Covid are pleased to know it was only a fake virus.

Imagine what would have happened to them if it was a real virus

[Letters]

but the locking people up in their own homes bit is still troublesome in a supposedly free country, is it not?

It is.
Although you know as well as I am that no-one is actually being locked anywhere.

I know that 65% of unthinking fuckwits will say, but it's to keep us safe.

Well, that is certainly the government's motive. I have provided evidence for this over and over again. You have provided none to the contrary.
Your MO is to state things without evidence and when asked for some you refuse to provide any. The evidence is as follows:
1) The rules vary by area. For the majority of the country they can have a family Christmas albeit in a limited way. Only in areas where the numbers are highest are they asking people to stay at home. If this is a move towards authoritarian government then why would the rules vary by area?
2) Most countries around the world no matter their political leanings have implemented similar measures to ourselves. In many they have been far stricter. Earlier in the year you commended our government for not being as extreme as some other countries. So has there been a sudden lurch towards authoritarian government in almost every country simultaneously or are they all responding to the same thing?

And note once again that I am not saying the response this year has been correct, but it is a response none the less.

But, once the old inconsistencies game has got boring, and surely it is boring by now

I don't know what you mean by that. Do you mean things like me pointing out how you seem to simultaneously believe that we have an authoritarian government who are "locking people up in their own homes" and have several times this year you have noted how people are going about their day to day business with no regard to the rules. You yourself have made it clear, as have others on here, that you'll do what you like on Christmas Day.
So which is it?
Where's the army keeping us in our houses? Where's the curfew and checkpoints?

sane people need to come up with a better plan than moaning if this shit is going to be stopped.

OK, cool. What's the plan then?

[Niall_Quinn]

I’m sure the thousands who have died or have been in intensive care on ventilators because of Covid are pleased to know it was only a fake virus.

Imagine what would have happened to them if it was a real virus

See how it works?

[Ollie the Optimist]

See how it works?

See how what works?

[Globalgunner]

A nurse in the US was given the vaccine and interviewed on live TV 10 mins after. She almost immediately collapsed in front of the cameras. Not a good sign