COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked
A place for any general discussions on COVID but not related to the club or its sites.
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It’ll all be Size 6 WN, or “Short Leg”. 🤣 M&S garment sizing has become a lucky dip nowadays. Getting two identical items in same size turns into a lottery. They are specialising in super short body length knitwear for men at the moment. One wash and you have a woolly male sleeved boob tube! Sis got my OH a Long (body length) in latest jumper, sleeves wouldn’t look out of place on an a Orangutan😂 He’s a mere 6ft, so heaven help any male taller.
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We had a Christmas card from the folks at a campsite (France) we had booked this year, that was subsequently cancelled. They still have our money for a two night stay, but have said they’ll honour it against any future booking. At this stage I don’t have any plans for crossing the water, I’m going to wait and see how it all pans out, or should that be ‘pains(F)’ 🙂
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Just seen latest case figures for today😱
I am just having less than charitable thoughts about all those who escaped via the London train stations last night.☹️
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I got that but I ain't got nowhere to go to get my glad rags on so no point in spending my dosh. We've saved quite a lot of money through not going anywhere this year.
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I believe the main pictures came from St.Pancras. Trains that leave that station, apart from those going across the Channel, are mainly to those areas that are in Tier 3 or 4, such as East Midlands or Kent. So where were these people escaping to? Unless they weren't from St.Pancras.😟
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One young couple said they didn't want to be "holed up" in a flat with their toddler so were heading to parents on the coast, Lincs I think. Thereby hangs the route out for the virus too. Sad when others are doing the right thing and staying put.
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St Pancras heads straight through Midlands to Yorkshire (Sheffield) and beyond. Plus other routes as well. Paddington, tickets sold out by 7pm apparently, all heading SW. ☹️
Note to those in charge.......make sure you shut the field gate before you let the cattle loose.....🤨
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So, let me see if I've understood this🤔.
HMG know that this virus mutates and infects people at a significantly higher rate than its dirty little cousin. They ask/advise people where its most prevelant not to travel but that's it? No lockdown? No stay in your own County/Administrative area? And if they take the mutating acne ridden football lookalike to other low level areas it's the publics fault not theirs?🤔
Which bit of the "Governing Manual" didn't they read.
At one point of this pandemic we here in Wales were restricted by law to stay within our own county. Can be done.
Feel sorry for those folks in Tiers 1&2 having to now face the threat of this even more infectious virus.
Shame on those in power.
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Maybe the people in Wales were prepared to behave. Many of Those is the south east clearly were not and we don't have the police force numbers able to enforce it. I blame the selfishness of the people well before the Government. Of course many will be very afraid and keen to get away at any cost, to hell with anyone else.
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The tier 4 restrictions/rules tell people that they are not to travel outside their restricted area, ,but then as posted elsewhere ,it is those who are in denial about the seriousness of the situation, give no thought that they may well be one of the main routes of the infection,
In less liberal countries ,any person with tickets to destinations beyond the restricted tiers would have been refused permission to travel,unless they could prove their was essential,
When Wales had the last lockdown as our friends in Barry advised no body it seemed was stopped from leaving or entering the country
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I’d just like to make the point that not all people living in a tier 3 or 4 have COVID, likewise living in a tier 1 or 2 doesn’t mean they don’t!
Such narrow thinking doesn’t help anyone.
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F, I’m afraid in a country that has suffered 67,000 deaths due to this pandemic to your ‘such narrow thinking doesn’t help anyone’ I’d say-oh yes it does it’s keeping a lot of us ‘narrow thinkers’ alive.
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So if you lock down tier 1 and 2 areas and put a wall around them, then no one within would catch COVID, If only that was true.
my point was, the I’m alright Jack, sod the rest attitude won’t save you. Everyone has a part to play.
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Pssst LLM-Brue said ‘stay at home unless it’s an emergency’ so yes that does include ‘medical staff, blue light service staff, carers & farmers are generally at home(on the farm)🤷🏻♂️. Happy to help👍🏻
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It isn’t possible the wall idea☹️. ‘Sod you Jack I’m alright’ is & will save you👍🏻. It is saving me. Everyone does have a part to play-true, ‘people must stay at home’ that’s Govt advice & i’m following it.
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Everyone should take responsibility for ensuring the safety of both themselves and others.
Very true, I just hope that those who provide establishments where people can "escape to" close down for the foreseeable future and help to stop the spread of the virus. One thing you can be sure of the Police are unable to stop it - neither the will nor the way.
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Worth bearing in mind that many of the people that use St Pancras live within commuting distance of London so they won't all be long distance travellers and could just be going back to their normal homes. Much of the route north to Bedford will be in tier four. Also anyone who regularly uses London stations knows they often don't open the platforms until the train is there which causes the scenes you see on the television. Had those people been spaced out on the platform it would not have looked so bad. I am not suggesting that many might have been travelling unnecessarily but you also have to consider the wider picture.
David
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I think it was the fact that tickets heading out were sold out within hours for a lot of routes DK that was the give away for what was happening. Yes, some folks had pre booked, already committed to getting home before, but then the ticket lines were inundated after the announcement. The picture I saw was for a train that terminated in Leeds, so folks getting off all up the country. Mind, trains are only one route of travel, lots of others as well.
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~~ too late again !
