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Relaxation of restrictions Part II
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It's difficult to know what people want on this thread at times.
On the one hand we are supposed to protect the at-risk groups and let everyone else go about their business, but then we are also opposed to asking over-70s to stay at home?
We give out about empty hospitals being prepared for large amounts of Covid patients, while at the same time we think the risk is overstated and we should just get out and about spreading it.
We give out about the number of deaths in nursing homes, while at the same time appear happy to accept large numbers of deaths as the price for reopening everything.
I saw a Harvard doctor being interviewed on TV recently when talking about Trump and his supporters pushing for reopening before the virus was under control. He simply asked would the supporters of this approach have the courage to say exactly how many deaths in patients and hospital staff they were happy to accept as the price of this rush to reopen.
How about this?
"OK folks, here's the facts. This is a serious situation where you are at a very real risk of becoming sick or even dying in some cases. But thankfully those cases are very rare overall and can be reduced further by taking precautions such as social distancing, increased hygiene and using common sense.
If you have an underlying illness, are over 70, or worried about your own situation, do contact your family GP for advice. It may in those cases be better to limit outside interactions entirely or unless absolutely necessary.
However, the good news is that the vast majority of people are not at high risk here. That's not to say you can become complacent - you still need to use cop on, take precautions and avoid unnecessary interactions with the at risk people I mentioned above - but you can move about, work, and interact under those conditions.
Again though, in all cases people need to be careful, use common sense and look after yourselves and others"
Not quite Leo's speechwriter quality but you get the idea
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Your big plan is instead of telling people what they should be doing in the face of a new pandemic, you're going to tell them to use "cop on" and "common sense"?However, the good news is that the vast majority of people are not at high risk here. That's not to say you can become complacent - you still need to use cop on, take precautions and avoid unnecessary interactions with the at risk people I mentioned above - but you can move about, work, and interact under those conditions.
Again though, in all cases people need to be careful, use common sense and look after yourselves and others"[/I]
Not quite Leo's speechwriter quality but you get the idea
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Delighted to see my dad heading out for a walk again after 5 weeks at home....he used to go to the local park up until they asked the over 70's to cocoon and happy to see him now able to go again He doesn't complain but I know he really missed it and it was affecting his mental health, so this will make a huge difference to him. 0
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How about this?
"OK folks, here's the facts. This is a serious situation where you are at a very real risk of becoming sick or even dying in some cases. But thankfully those cases are very rare overall and can be reduced further by taking precautions such as social distancing, increased hygiene and using common sense.
If you have an underlying illness, are over 70, or worried about your own situation, do contact your family GP for advice. It may in those cases be better to limit outside interactions entirely or unless absolutely necessary.
However, the good news is that the vast majority of people are not at high risk here. That's not to say you can become complacent - you still need to use cop on, take precautions and avoid unnecessary interactions with the at risk people I mentioned above - but you can move about, work, and interact under those conditions.
Again though, in all cases people need to be careful, use common sense and look after yourselves and others"
Not quite Leo's speechwriter quality but you get the idea
Unfortunately the problem with using the term common sense is that this may not be as common as many would like to think as I know from personal experience.0 -
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ChelseaRentBoy wrote: »Some of the stuff on here is ridiculous. A coup today, yesterday a poster compared the current government to the nazis and others have classified us as a police state.
Surely people aren't serious with this stuff?
Hahaha yes
I visit this thread to give my eyebrows some exercise. 0 -
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