I’m from the east of England but there is always discussion of the north not following the rules (don’t wear masks, don’t socially distance, not sticking to the rules regarding meeting others)
Is it true? Is that why rates are worse up north? Or is it something else? I just don’t understand why it’s always been so bad up north once lockdown 1 eased off, I keep seeing people saying it’s not that bad but surely the rates would reflect that?
There have been many articles that were written about why places like Blackburn, Burnley and Oldham have had higher rates.
- Social deprivation, multi-generational families living together.
- People working in none Covid secure places such as factories.
- High levels of people of BAME origin.
The vast majority of people 'Up North' do wear masks and do socially distance.
But when you get Covid in a house of 8+ people who have three or four different generations living there who go to work and school, it flies round. Those children are mixing with other children who live in similar conditions and the cycle goes on and on.
Three generations of one family from one household died a couple of weeks ago in Blackburn - you can see by the graphs which areas it is affecting and they mostly all have the same demographic.