I think we’re very lucky if climate is making a difference.
because good weather, protests,
the world is a bleeping scary place right now.
because good weather, protests,
the world is a bleeping scary place right now.
Tbf we haven’t seen an increase from the first bank hol weekend with hot weather when it was VE DayThis gorgeous sunny weekend will be a marker , let’s see what the result will be in a fortnight.
Do what you need to do and don’t feel bad about it.I've made the decision to go sit my mum and dad next weekend socially distanced in their garden. I'm doing this as I feel there's going to be another spike and before all us get locked back down. It'll be 11 weeks on Saturday since I saw either of them and I need it to be honest. Not sure if it's allowed for those shielding but using my own judgement. Need to see them before having it taken away for months again
I think we’re very lucky if climate is making a difference.
because good weather, protests,
the world is a bleeping scary place right now.
The numbers aren't falling they are reaching a plateau, and yet the government are telling people there's no need to shield anymore, they are rushing things back to normal while the threat from the virus is still too great. Their plan was to only relax measures once the threat and daily deaths etc were both low or there was a vaccine but they seem to have scrapped that and returning to normal regardless.Forgive me for being silly but why is this a bad thing?
Yep, "that thousands of people would come out to demonstrate in the middle of a pandemic shows how angry and raw people are, and how prescient so many of these issues still are, despite decades of lip service from the establishment."I’m the nicest way possible this is completely different. POC have dealt with hundreds of years of systemic racism and the death of George Lloyd couldn’t go without something being done. Is it a perfect time NO but when exactly is the perfect time to fight for rights because women were told it was a bad time, black Americans were told it was the wrong time in the 60s. It is always the wrong time to some people.
Revolution is messy and it always will be but it is required to get society to a point where everyone has respect regardless of skin colours.
Edit: I am aiming this at the tweet if you don’ agree with said tweet, cool
At no point have I said this shouldn’t be happening, at NO POINT.I’m the nicest way possible this is completely different. POC have dealt with hundreds of years of systemic racism and the death of George Lloyd couldn’t go without something being done. Is it a perfect time NO but when exactly is the perfect time to fight for rights because women were told it was a bad time, black Americans were told it was the wrong time in the 60s. It is always the wrong time to some people.
Revolution is messy and it always will be but it is required to get society to a point where everyone has respect regardless of skin colours.
Edit: I am aiming this at the tweet if you don’ agree with said tweet, cool
I said at the bottom I aimed that at the tweet and said if you didn’t agree then cool.At no point have I said this shouldn’t be happening, at NO POINT.
right now every country is fighting a pandemic and racism.
One doesn’t go away because of the other.
I hope we experience change in both areas. But this is the covid thread, and my point is only about gatherings right now.
please don’t think it’s a judgement, it’s an observation, that’s all.
Wow, that is a big return . There will be many families monitoring this closely to see how it pans out.Despite the loosening of restrictions I still think many will choose to stay in. I’m going to watch and wait. I can work from home and I’ve opted to keep my reception age son home from school for a couple more weeks at least until I see if there is any impact to schools returning. His school have got 80% of R, yr1 and yr 6 returning apparently so that’s a lot of children (3 classes per year group). I may go and sit At a distance in my mums large garden but not sure about seeing my bf yet as it’ll be too hard not to hug him and it will be painful for us after three months.
My phone apparently didn’t agree with his name being that*George Floyd.
Morale is important, don’t underestimate how important morale is.
damn emoji keyboard doing an autocorrect.
Could this possibly be partially explained by the fact that these people would have died anyway? Wishful thinking maybe but seems a stretch for it to go down to 0 for example because people die every day and if in a care home or hospital etc they’ve got more chance of getting it (or being assumed to have it!)I'm scared and exhausted by all this.
we are in the south west and our area has had about 400 positive Covid cases out of almost 300k residents so I think a lot people think low risk however the R rate is higher in the south west so I’m still being cautious. my office is unlikely to have us back on the premises in months so I have the luxury of being able to wait and see a bit luckily.Wow, that is a big return . There will be many families monitoring this closely to see how it pans out.
Normally we do shifts. Not all staff are back yet so it was easier to have everyone working the long day 715 till 615. That way when numbers drop, staff can start cleaning and closing rooms down ready for next day so we don't need to wait till 615 to cleanThat’s brutal. I can’t believe they won’t phase you back in after all that time.
it’s not something I would have tweeted,I said at the bottom I aimed that at the tweet and said if you didn’t agree then cool.
from what I understand a plateau for a extended period of time is quite dangerous, especially if your plan is to lift restrictions.Could this possibly be partially explained by the fact that these people would have died anyway? Wishful thinking maybe but seems a stretch for it to go down to 0 for example because people die every day and if in a care home or hospital etc they’ve got more chance of getting it (or being assumed to have it!)
it was me. I’m fully aware that every year it’s a different flu strain and different bugs etc and getting once doesn’t mean you get it all the time. I know how illness works. That’s literally common sense.Can’t find where it was mentioned earlier but it isn’t true that kids need to get viruses to build immunity to other viruses later in life. So if they get a sickness bug, it doesn’t stop them getting a different sickness bug. It just stops them getting that same sickness bug. Same with viruses. Obviously there are exceptions - chickenpox for example, once caught typically gives life long immunity. Unknown at the moment for Covid.
It’s a frustrating myth. Better off letting your kid dig around in the mud and build their microbiome than willingly sending them towards snotty kids to ‘build their immune systems’