How seriously are you taking social distancing?

Is it PotG? · May 9, 2020

Pubs will be open again soon

The Clamp · May 14, 2020

700 bus today rammed full of, you guessed it......old buggers. One old boy even sipping a can of Fosters. Silly old fools.

Deleted member 22389 · May 14, 2020

The Clamp said:
700 bus today rammed full of, you guessed it......old buggers. One old boy even sipping a can of Fosters. Silly old fools.

We will have our answer is 14 days.

Blue Valkyrie · May 14, 2020

bashlsdir said:
We will have our answer is 14 days.

Hopefully the bus driver is ok.

The Clamp · May 14, 2020

bashlsdir said:
We will have our answer is 14 days.

What answer is that?

Bakero · May 14, 2020

The Clamp said:
What answer is that?

Presumably, whether the easing of the lockdown causes the R number to increase.

The Clamp · May 14, 2020

Bakero said:
Presumably, whether the easing of the lockdown causes the R number to increase.

Well it’s certainly increasing the risk to me and other key workers.

Either way, people who don’t have to get to work shouldn’t be using public transport. That hasn’t changed. Non Essential journeys on public transport are still banned. And as usual, 95% of the people breaking the rules are retirement age.

loz · May 14, 2020

The Clamp said:
Well it’s certainly increasing the risk to me and other key workers.

Either way, people who don’t have to get to work shouldn’t be using public transport. That hasn’t changed. Non Essential journeys on public transport are still banned. And as usual, 95% of the people breaking the rules are retirement age.

I have also noticed even during the 1st 3 week lockdown when most were taking it really seriously, the only ones popping to the shops 3 times a day were the older generation.

I asked my 87 year old mum what she thought of the lockdown and TBF she had a point, stuff and nonsense was the reply...we have had a world war, Polo outbreaks, Mumps and measles, bird flu, SARS Smallpox, Hong kong flu, 3 day weeks, a few recessions, the Suez crises and the Cuba nuclear missile crises and in all those I never was made a prisoner in my own home....with the parting shot, If I die I die !

So perhaps a lot of the old have treated this with a fair bit of cynicism ?

The Clamp · May 14, 2020

loz said:
I have also noticed even during the 1st 3 week lockdown when most were taking it really seriously, the only ones popping to the shops 3 times a day were the older generation.

I asked my 87 year old mum what she thought of the lockdown and TBF she had a point, stuff and nonsense was the reply...we have had a world war, Polo outbreaks, Mumps and measles, bird flu, SARS Smallpox, Hong kong flu, 3 day weeks, a few recessions, the Suez crises and the Cuba nuclear missile crises and in all those I never was made a prisoner in my own home....with the parting shot, If I die I die !

So perhaps a lot of the old have treated this with a fair bit of cynicism ?

Most of the generation I see out and about a lot are the 65-80 range.

Kinky Gerbil · May 14, 2020

loz said:
I have also noticed even during the 1st 3 week lockdown when most were taking it really seriously, the only ones popping to the shops 3 times a day were the older generation.

I asked my 87 year old mum what she thought of the lockdown and TBF she had a point, stuff and nonsense was the reply...we have had a world war, Polo outbreaks, Mumps and measles, bird flu, SARS Smallpox, Hong kong flu, 3 day weeks, a few recessions, the Suez crises and the Cuba nuclear missile crises and in all those I never was made a prisoner in my own home....with the parting shot, If I die I die !

So perhaps a lot of the old have treated this with a fair bit of cynicism ?

Backs up what the older folk tell me in Asda tbh.

NorthstandRacoon · May 15, 2020

loz said:
I have also noticed even during the 1st 3 week lockdown when most were taking it really seriously, the only ones popping to the shops 3 times a day were the older generation.

I asked my 87 year old mum what she thought of the lockdown and TBF she had a point, stuff and nonsense was the reply...we have had a world war, Polo outbreaks, Mumps and measles, bird flu, SARS Smallpox, Hong kong flu, 3 day weeks, a few recessions, the Suez crises and the Cuba nuclear missile crises and in all those I never was made a prisoner in my own home....with the parting shot, If I die I die !

So perhaps a lot of the old have treated this with a fair bit of cynicism ?

With all due respect, that attitude is a little selfish. Lockdowns are not for fun, they are issued based on science to save lives. If a lot of the elderly have this attitude then I'm not surprised they are the age group with the most deaths (obviously it's mainly because they are old). But that's not the point, it's spread via social contact and minimising that social contact stops the spread. It's not rocket science.

darkwolf666 · May 15, 2020

The Clamp said:
Well it’s certainly increasing the risk to me and other key workers.

Either way, people who don’t have to get to work shouldn’t be using public transport. That hasn’t changed. Non Essential journeys on public transport are still banned. And as usual, 95% of the people breaking the rules are retirement age.

Where are all these old people going?

Blue Valkyrie · May 15, 2020

darkwolf666 said:
Where are all these old people going?

They ride around with their free bus pass all day.

It's very common.

darkwolf666 · May 15, 2020

Blue Valkyrie said:
They ride around with their free bus pass all day.

It's very common.

Take their passes away if they don’t have good reason to be out...

The Clamp · May 15, 2020

darkwolf666 said:
Where are all these old people going?

Pottering. Bus driver said some of them just get on and ride around.

Weststander · May 16, 2020

2 pints for £5 on Brighton beach, bringing relief to those wanting a beer away from home.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18454647.two-fiver-nightclub-selling-beer-brighton-beach/

Notters · May 17, 2020

The woman on BBC news who drove an hour and a half to get to the Dorset coast then surprised to see so many people there :facepalm:

Billy Seagull · May 18, 2020

Birling Gap yesterday

I can’t ever remember seeing that many cars up there before. Letting the British public using their common sense is going well, unsurprisingly.

https://twitter.com/bbcsussex/status/1262252830368378880?s=21

Is it PotG? · May 18, 2020

Billy Seagull said:
Birling Gap yesterday I can’t ever remember seeing that many cars up there before. Letting the British public using their common sense is going well, unsurprisingly.

Common sense is not so common - Voltaire

Bold Seagull · May 18, 2020

2nd spike on the way. Relaxed rules, BUT, tracing still not properly in place, testing still lacking effective numbers, Covid symptoms list behind the current worldwide research.

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