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"Signed a petition to end this nonsense (my opinion so don't need slagging off for it) it's there for anyone else that wants to sign it Just google "end the lockdown" Make a change " End it when? | |||
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"Signed a petition to end this nonsense (my opinion so don't need slagging off for it) it's there for anyone else that wants to sign it Just google "end the lockdown" Make a change " So what evidence are you basing your opinion on? | |||
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"I won’t be signing that. " Ditto.. | |||
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"There's no law that states opinions must be shared. Sometimes it's better to keep them special." Why? Everyone else shares them here. Wouldn’t want a forum to become an echo chamber would we? | |||
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"It is in my opinion that I agree with what the petition states.. So I signed it in support End it by 9th of May and basically continue protecting the vulnerable. Maybe read it.. If you don't agree then that's fine, some do " I won't be signing but I agree with the sentiment. If we are still in a mess by may 9th then the approach isn't working | |||
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"It is in my opinion that I agree with what the petition states.. So I signed it in support End it by 9th of May and basically continue protecting the vulnerable. Maybe read it.. If you don't agree then that's fine, some do " problem is we wont know what situation we are in by then..I'd hope it would be lifted in some way then but then I have been anti lock down since the start ( wanted us to follow Sweden's way) But they wont keep it on longer than needed as its costing the country to much money x | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". " It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" " Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this." So sweden isn't following scientific advice? | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? " Correct | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". " | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown" I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. | |||
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"I woukdnt be signing it as I'm not an expert Yea I can read the reports etc but just because now the reports are starting to suggest the lockdown may harm more people than the virus ( just Google for the reports) I'm sure the people making the decisions have in depth reports and a bigger variety of sources than the ones thr papers publish to rule up the british public" unfortunately the medical and scientific bodies are advising the government, then the ministers yes them that have botched up everything ppe, the nhs for years, let down the nhs front line workers ( over 100 deaths)the care homes and there staff and were only just starting to get probable figures and other front line people, and there still letting people into the country not quarantine them , and these minister then dictate what we do??????? | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this." You quoted someone abusing another. It is best not to question posts being removed on the forum | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct" But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown" About 2 days, which is why we are being paid. I’ve literally been paid to sunbathe in my garden for the last month .. good for me .. also I’m sitting on a fair chunk of cash so waiting for the bargains to roll around once this is over | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. " Easy words, but when you can't feed your children and your house is being repossessed your view might change | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. " No, no. What you’re really saying is you’d rather take money from the government. That’s your choice. Unfortunately some of us do t have that choice. | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct" Based on which epidemiologist being more senior than Johan Giesecke? | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million." Ours is 255 per million | |||
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"Lock down has always been to help stop the NHS being over run. To not have a lock down or end it too early will not help the NHS." Correct and it isn't... Time to slowly start getting back to normal | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. Ours is 255 per million" The best comparison is here, on the island of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland went on lockdown 2 weeks ahead of Northern Ireland (which acted in line with the rest of the UK). ROI death rate 71 per million, NI death rate 117 per million, you do the math | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. Ours is 255 per million" But we've had the stronger strain, and ours is coming down. Swedens is starting to rise quite bad now. Denmark lockdown quite soon and theres is 55 per million, so it clearly works. | |||
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"Getting back to normal?? I've lost friends colleagues and a family member to this damn virus. These people would have loved to have been at home locked down. Bored broke Safe and healthy. So when people woke up this morning and thought of another boring day ahead... my friends and family wasn't that lucky. " I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.. As a side note, I lost my father to hospital pneumonia on 25th February.. The NHS stance is - sorry but its one of those things.. I was with him when he breathed his last breath.. Shit happens and no one nor governments can save every life by keeping millions at home.. Trashing the economy by being misguided (medics believe they can save everyone) and inept is not a solution as the consequences are going to be far more serious in the long run.. | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. Ours is 255 per million The best comparison is here, on the island of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland went on lockdown 2 weeks ahead of Northern Ireland (which acted in line with the rest of the UK). ROI death rate 71 per million, NI death rate 117 per million, you do the math" Northern Ireland population density 133 per square km, republic 57. Anyone can pick a country that suits their narrative. What I'm saying is that the goal is R1, there's no science that say lockdown does that better than other measures. The UK hasn't done any other measures so all we have is a fucked economy and the 4th worst death toll, pretty much the worst combination possible. | |||
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"Getting back to normal?? I've lost friends colleagues and a family member to this damn virus. These people would have loved to have been at home locked down. Bored broke Safe and healthy. So when people woke up this morning and thought of another boring day ahead... my friends and family wasn't that lucky. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.. As a side note, I lost my father to hospital pneumonia on 25th February.. The NHS stance is - sorry but its one of those things.. I was with him when he breathed his last breath.. Shit happens and no one nor governments can save every life by keeping millions at home.. Trashing the economy by being misguided (medics believe they can save everyone) and inept is not a solution as the consequences are going to be far more serious in the long run.. " Not everyone can and will be saved. But to limit the deaths is Importent. Not just to "save the nhs" it's so my sister who also tested positive wouldn't have been put at risk and caught it while at work (frontline). Life is going to be damn hard afterwards. Money is going to be tight. Life is going to be bad for alot of people. But we can re build. Its going to take years and a hell of alot of problems will arise.. But if my life and others can be saved then it's going to be possible. We probably wont have the luxerys we are used to.. But being alive is the luxury that I want. | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. Ours is 255 per million But we've had the stronger strain, and ours is coming down. Swedens is starting to rise quite bad now. Denmark lockdown quite soon and theres is 55 per million, so it clearly works. " I'm not sure it's fact we've had the stronger strain. We do primarily have type B as opposed to type A predominant in America and type C predominant in Italy. | |||
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"If the government ended lockdown tomorrow what would I do ? I wouldn't be going to the pubs, I wouldn't be eating out, I wouldn't be visiting friends for a party. I may, and just may visit my son down south, but mostly I would stay home, stay safe, and work when i have to. Oh yeh much as I am at the moment. I have relatives in south America, where he is they have fewer cases and fewer deaths, and lockdown is much more severe and the penalties for breaching it are also. This needs to be stopped, we cant provide a cure, or a vaccine, but WE can stop (or reduce) the spread of this damned thing ! who would anyone want to be out and about at the moment. NO ONE EVER DIED OF BOREDOM ! " Well said that man...we’re too soft in the UK re lockdown and punishments. As for boredom...when it’s nice and sunny, all anyone wants to do is be at home and not in office/work...now most of us can do that, you get folks wanting do dick about. Me thinks when this is all over and they do finally left the lockdown, there’ll be so many parties etc..the virus will come back with a vengeance....I mean they still haven’t found a cure that works yet. I suggest if folks wanna break the lockdown..go for it..but then take their details and if they fall sick, don’t treat them...I mean enough of our frontline workers are laying the price ..and for what. They should have all just stayed home with their own families...at least they may still be alive. | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. Ours is 255 per million The best comparison is here, on the island of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland went on lockdown 2 weeks ahead of Northern Ireland (which acted in line with the rest of the UK). ROI death rate 71 per million, NI death rate 117 per million, you do the math Northern Ireland population density 133 per square km, republic 57. Anyone can pick a country that suits their narrative. What I'm saying is that the goal is R1, there's no science that say lockdown does that better than other measures. The UK hasn't done any other measures so all we have is a fucked economy and the 4th worst death toll, pretty much the worst combination possible. " That statistic takes no regard of rural/urban populations. Your cognitive dissonance will not allow you to consider any information that doesn't fit your narative. But it's absolutely aparant to anyone who thinks objectively, that of course the R1 will rise proportionally the more interactions there are | |||
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"Well said, _otsolittlesecret. My condolences on your losses and my compliments on your eloquence in relating their effect. Sadly, too many people are STILL all about 'me, me, me' and are too arrogant and too selfish to accept that mere common sense and empathy for others, let alone history and scientific evidence is more important than their bank balance or, as some on here are STILL meeting strangers for sex, their sex lives. Freedom is nothing without responsibility. " Thankyou. I'm out everyday working scared that I'm at risk. I havnt seen my children in weeks or my mum. I know not everyone will agree and that's up to them, but mixing with others will keep this virus very much alive and spreading and killing. I will gladly give up anything to keep my family safer. I genuinly can't believe the amount of messages I get from people complaining they are bored... I'm absolutely heartbroken to hear that as my friends don't have that luxury. And any of these days while I'm out at work could be the day i lose that luxuery too Stay safe please | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. " Here speaks a man with plenty of money or no brains | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock" so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock" Money is less important than human life. | |||
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" That statistic takes no regard of rural/urban populations." Exactly my point. Using your logic then we would conclude that trump is doing a fantastic job in South Dakota. | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. Here speaks a man with plenty of money or no brains " I don't have plenty of money. So I'll take the "no brains" option. I'm comfortable with my opinion than human life has more value than money, therefore your arbitrary insults don't have any meaning to me. | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. Here speaks a man with plenty of money or no brains I don't have plenty of money. So I'll take the "no brains" option. I'm comfortable with my opinion than human life has more value than money, therefore your arbitrary insults don't have any meaning to me." I heard on a podcast yesterday that very poor countries may not have the luxury to lock down and will just have to hope for the best. I'm glad that we have the option of lockdown, recession/depression, and rescue package, rather than likely carnage. | |||
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"It is in my opinion that I agree with what the petition states.. So I signed it in support End it by 9th of May and basically continue protecting the vulnerable. Maybe read it.. If you don't agree then that's fine, some do problem is we wont know what situation we are in by then..I'd hope it would be lifted in some way then but then I have been anti lock down since the start ( wanted us to follow Sweden's way) But they wont keep it on longer than needed as its costing the country to much money x" I have a friend who lives in Sweden, she moved there from Wales about 10 years ago. She completely disagrees with how the Swedish government are handling things, basically it’s business as usual. Homeschooling is illegal in Sweden but she has chosen to take her 3 children out of school for the moment to reduce any risk to her and all her family. One of her daughters has asthma which has seen her hospitalised a few times. Her 45 year old ex partner, father of her two youngest children, shares custody of the girls. He had a heart attack last year and had to have a triple bypass. If he catches Covid there is a very high chance he will not live to see his 8 and 9 year old girls grow up! Her decision to remove her kids from school has caught the attention of the authorities and so far, they are leaving her alone and providing school work for the children. However, she has very serious concerns that at some point she will find herself in big trouble as what she has chosen to do to protect her family is breaking the law | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious?" The sensible way would be to look at the entire deaths for 2020 to prevent these false comparisons where you have people who lost a few months of their life to 'coronavirus', whilst you ignore all the people who die of other things because the country stopped. To answer your question, if there were less than 650,000 deaths in 2020 then it wouldn't even be the worst year in the last 30. Lockdown will not give you much less than 650,000. It will destroy the economy. There are other measures that would give you the same or better death toll. | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. Here speaks a man with plenty of money or no brains I don't have plenty of money. So I'll take the "no brains" option. I'm comfortable with my opinion than human life has more value than money, therefore your arbitrary insults don't have any meaning to me." so human life is worth more than money try telling that to people how don't have any, if you had really seen that and not just on the news you would understand. When you have nothing life means nothing. | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. Here speaks a man with plenty of money or no brains I don't have plenty of money. So I'll take the "no brains" option. I'm comfortable with my opinion than human life has more value than money, therefore your arbitrary insults don't have any meaning to me.so human life is worth more than money try telling that to people how don't have any, if you had really seen that and not just on the news you would understand. When you have nothing life means nothing. " When you have nothing you fight like hell to get something. And fortunately in the UK we have the resources to keep everyone fed. | |||
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"It is in my opinion that I agree with what the petition states.. So I signed it in support End it by 9th of May and basically continue protecting the vulnerable. Maybe read it.. If you don't agree then that's fine, some do problem is we wont know what situation we are in by then..I'd hope it would be lifted in some way then but then I have been anti lock down since the start ( wanted us to follow Sweden's way) But they wont keep it on longer than needed as its costing the country to much money x I have a friend who lives in Sweden, she moved there from Wales about 10 years ago. She completely disagrees with how the Swedish government are handling things, basically it’s business as usual. Homeschooling is illegal in Sweden but she has chosen to take her 3 children out of school for the moment to reduce any risk to her and all her family. One of her daughters has asthma which has seen her hospitalised a few times. Her 45 year old ex partner, father of her two youngest children, shares custody of the girls. He had a heart attack last year and had to have a triple bypass. If he catches Covid there is a very high chance he will not live to see his 8 and 9 year old girls grow up! Her decision to remove her kids from school has caught the attention of the authorities and so far, they are leaving her alone and providing school work for the children. However, she has very serious concerns that at some point she will find herself in big trouble as what she has chosen to do to protect her family is breaking the law" Retail visits down 41%, work place visits down 24%, travel down 36%. Hardly "business as usual". | |||
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"think i'll skip it... I did sign a petition the other day though.... it was the one the said instead of the govt giving overseas people an extra yr to leave the country (how nice of them) that all those non-british people working in essential key worker roles should be given indefinite leave to remain as a thank you for helping us in this time of crisis..... feel free to sign that one!!! " now that one I will sign !Imagine how the NHS would be coping without the nurses from Europe or even further away; they wouldn't (not that I have any evidence for that before anyone shoots me down). | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown I'd rather not be paid, than have a single more death. Here speaks a man with plenty of money or no brains I don't have plenty of money. So I'll take the "no brains" option. I'm comfortable with my opinion than human life has more value than money, therefore your arbitrary insults don't have any meaning to me. so human life is worth more than money try telling that to people how don't have any, if you had really seen that and not just on the news you would understand. When you have nothing life means nothing. " I disagree. I would rather that my friends, family, myself and everyone I know, to be alive and poor than to be rich and dead. I'm not suggesting you should think the same way as me, and I am not insulting you because. 1. I am comfortable with my opinion, and 2. I am comfortable with you having an opposing opinion. | |||
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"I don’t know though, this petition may gain some traction. I can just see Dominic Raab giving today’s update “...well, we were following scientific advice, then some middle aged northern males weighed in with their famous opinions, and that changed our whole outlook”. " Worked for Brexit! | |||
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"I don’t know though, this petition may gain some traction. I can just see Dominic Raab giving today’s update “...well, we were following scientific advice, then some middle aged northern males weighed in with their famous opinions, and that changed our whole outlook”. " "And if some more pensioners die, plus a whole lot of NHS staff and a chunk of mothers, father's, daughters and sons scattered throughout the community as well, so what?" | |||
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"I don’t know though, this petition may gain some traction. I can just see Dominic Raab giving today’s update “...well, we were following scientific advice, then some middle aged northern males weighed in with their famous opinions, and that changed our whole outlook”. Worked for Brexit! " BOOM! | |||
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"It is in my opinion that I agree with what the petition states.. So I signed it in support End it by 9th of May and basically continue protecting the vulnerable. Maybe read it.. If you don't agree then that's fine, some do problem is we wont know what situation we are in by then..I'd hope it would be lifted in some way then but then I have been anti lock down since the start ( wanted us to follow Sweden's way) But they wont keep it on longer than needed as its costing the country to much money x I have a friend who lives in Sweden, she moved there from Wales about 10 years ago. She completely disagrees with how the Swedish government are handling things, basically it’s business as usual. Homeschooling is illegal in Sweden but she has chosen to take her 3 children out of school for the moment to reduce any risk to her and all her family. One of her daughters has asthma which has seen her hospitalised a few times. Her 45 year old ex partner, father of her two youngest children, shares custody of the girls. He had a heart attack last year and had to have a triple bypass. If he catches Covid there is a very high chance he will not live to see his 8 and 9 year old girls grow up! Her decision to remove her kids from school has caught the attention of the authorities and so far, they are leaving her alone and providing school work for the children. However, she has very serious concerns that at some point she will find herself in big trouble as what she has chosen to do to protect her family is breaking the law Retail visits down 41%, work place visits down 24%, travel down 36%. Hardly "business as usual". " The local authorities and in particular in the Kommun where she lives are trying to encourage people to get out and behave as if there were no pandemic, even to the point of encouraging gatherings of large numbers of people by advertising carnivals and the like. However, it appears that many people have more sense than their local authority and they are choosing to stay at home, to implement their own lockdown as it were. My friend is of the opinion that Sweden need more formal measures to halt Covid before it gets as bad as Italy, Spain, and Uk. One thing to consider though. Maybe if the British public had shown some sense when we were first advised about social distancing and followed it instead of flicking in huge numbers for family days out at the seaside and having bbq’s in the park etc, we may not have needed such extreme measures as we have now! | |||
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"It is in my opinion that I agree with what the petition states.. So I signed it in support End it by 9th of May and basically continue protecting the vulnerable. Maybe read it.. If you don't agree then that's fine, some do problem is we wont know what situation we are in by then..I'd hope it would be lifted in some way then but then I have been anti lock down since the start ( wanted us to follow Sweden's way) But they wont keep it on longer than needed as its costing the country to much money x I have a friend who lives in Sweden, she moved there from Wales about 10 years ago. She completely disagrees with how the Swedish government are handling things, basically it’s business as usual. Homeschooling is illegal in Sweden but she has chosen to take her 3 children out of school for the moment to reduce any risk to her and all her family. One of her daughters has asthma which has seen her hospitalised a few times. Her 45 year old ex partner, father of her two youngest children, shares custody of the girls. He had a heart attack last year and had to have a triple bypass. If he catches Covid there is a very high chance he will not live to see his 8 and 9 year old girls grow up! Her decision to remove her kids from school has caught the attention of the authorities and so far, they are leaving her alone and providing school work for the children. However, she has very serious concerns that at some point she will find herself in big trouble as what she has chosen to do to protect her family is breaking the law Retail visits down 41%, work place visits down 24%, travel down 36%. Hardly "business as usual". The local authorities and in particular in the Kommun where she lives are trying to encourage people to get out and behave as if there were no pandemic, even to the point of encouraging gatherings of large numbers of people by advertising carnivals and the like. However, it appears that many people have more sense than their local authority and they are choosing to stay at home, to implement their own lockdown as it were. My friend is of the opinion that Sweden need more formal measures to halt Covid before it gets as bad as Italy, Spain, and Uk. One thing to consider though. Maybe if the British public had shown some sense when we were first advised about social distancing and followed it instead of flicking in huge numbers for family days out at the seaside and having bbq’s in the park etc, we may not have needed such extreme measures as we have now!" There's some myth that british people don't follow lockdown. 87% are following it all the time or nearly all the time. 2% less than half the time. Our Google data isn't all that different to Italy. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious?" No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option" Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. " Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. " No they wouldn't! It's not a choice between lockdown or nothing. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy" That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. " It sends the wrong message not to discuss how the lockdown will be lifted | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. It sends the wrong message not to discuss how the lockdown will be lifted" Absolutely, give people the facts ffs. People will only speculate otherwise except the lockdown lovers. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. It sends the wrong message not to discuss how the lockdown will be lifted" I disagree. Everyone wants to jump to the next step. We haven’t overcome this one yet. I do find increasingly that people appear to have little patience if they are asked to wait for something | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. It sends the wrong message not to discuss how the lockdown will be lifted I disagree. Everyone wants to jump to the next step. We haven’t overcome this one yet. I do find increasingly that people appear to have little patience if they are asked to wait for something " Yeah it's only people's lives, careers and houses on the line, why can't they take a chill pill | |||
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"I encourage people to take a look at it and read the reasons that those who have signed it are giving " I've not signed it but many of the reasons given by people who signed it are a little mind boggling | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. " Epidemiologists, just like everyone else, have different views on the best ways to tackle a pandemic, and none of them can claim with absolute certainty that they are correct, however senior they may be. Time will tell. Personally, I think we should have carried on with tracking, tracing and quarantining, instead of abandoning that approach in favour of 'herd immunity'. Had we done that, we probably wouldn't be in the situation we are now, but it is what it is, and signing a petition won't change anything. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. It sends the wrong message not to discuss how the lockdown will be lifted I disagree. Everyone wants to jump to the next step. We haven’t overcome this one yet. I do find increasingly that people appear to have little patience if they are asked to wait for something Yeah it's only people's lives, careers and houses on the line, why can't they take a chill pill " Why the eye roll? We are supposed to be adults able to have a discussion. I didn’t tell anyone to take a chill pill. I would rather have my life than a house but then we all have different values in life. And I say that as a person with the same concerns as every else. | |||
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"The economy has to come into play at sometime. If people werent being paid I wonder how long they would be ok with the lockdown" I’m not being paid. My work has dried up and I’m living off savings but why would I risk the health of myself and others when it flies in the face of scientific fact? Staying home, staying safe, protecting the NHS Once we are free I will be spending my money with self employed businesses and the super swing clubs we have that will need to get back on their feet. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. It sends the wrong message not to discuss how the lockdown will be lifted I disagree. Everyone wants to jump to the next step. We haven’t overcome this one yet. I do find increasingly that people appear to have little patience if they are asked to wait for something Yeah it's only people's lives, careers and houses on the line, why can't they take a chill pill Why the eye roll? We are supposed to be adults able to have a discussion. I didn’t tell anyone to take a chill pill. I would rather have my life than a house but then we all have different values in life. And I say that as a person with the same concerns as every else. " Do you really not understand how patronising it is to tell adults to have patience and they'd panic if they knew the truth, when their livelihood is on the line. | |||
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"Signed. If we don't get back to something like normal in a few weeks there will be nothing left to unlock so how many people is an acceptable amount to lose to get back to your "Normal".... just curious? No more than will die of the effects of lockdown. Once lockdown starts leading to more longterm deaths through cancelled ops, mass unemployment and poverty and subsequent suicides then it is a worse option Which would be awful obviously however if we didn’t have lockdown then the numbers would be significantly higher and constant. Lockdown is pointless if you don't have a plan on how to unlock. As I see it the only point of lockdown is to wait for a vaccine that will be 18 months away. At that stage we will be a third world economy That isn’t the point of lockdown though. There is a plan. I can’t for a second believe that they wake up and say ‘today we will come out of lockdown’. Just because it isn’t spoken about it doesn’t mean it isn’t being discussed behind the scenes. I think it would send the wrong message if it is discussed too soon. It sends the wrong message not to discuss how the lockdown will be lifted I disagree. Everyone wants to jump to the next step. We haven’t overcome this one yet. I do find increasingly that people appear to have little patience if they are asked to wait for something Yeah it's only people's lives, careers and houses on the line, why can't they take a chill pill Why the eye roll? We are supposed to be adults able to have a discussion. I didn’t tell anyone to take a chill pill. I would rather have my life than a house but then we all have different values in life. And I say that as a person with the same concerns as every else. Do you really not understand how patronising it is to tell adults to have patience and they'd panic if they knew the truth, when their livelihood is on the line. " I don’t find what is happening patronising. We clearly have a different perspective there. | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. " Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory." Sweden does have twice the population though. | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. Sweden does have twice the population though. " And an older population compared to Ireland. | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. Sweden does have twice the population though. " So basic maths means Sweden are doing 50% worse? Not a ringing endorsement for a non lock down approach | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. Sweden does have twice the population though. And an older population compared to Ireland. " You also have to account for population density. The UK is a pretty packed island compared to Sweden. | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. Sweden does have twice the population though. So basic maths means Sweden are doing 50% worse? Not a ringing endorsement for a non lock down approach " It depends if they have less deaths caused by economic collapse | |||
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"Could be worse, you could be classed as one of the vulnerable people and be locked down for a minimum of 12 weeks, so a month is nothing. Only another 8 weeks of lockdown to go for me" Not to be a grey cloud but I'm not sure whether 12 weeks is optimistic. I don't expect to see those at high risk till Xmas at the earliest | |||
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"You also have to be cautious with death stats as each country will record deaths in slightly different ways. Only an end of year comparison of the growth in deaths per million will have anything close to a true reflection, but it will not take population density and relative population ages into account. " I think they are important points | |||
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"Signed a petition to end this nonsense (my opinion so don't need slagging off for it) it's there for anyone else that wants to sign it Just google "end the lockdown" Make a change " Stupid is as stupid does | |||
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"Could be worse, you could be classed as one of the vulnerable people and be locked down for a minimum of 12 weeks, so a month is nothing. Only another 8 weeks of lockdown to go for me Not to be a grey cloud but I'm not sure whether 12 weeks is optimistic. I don't expect to see those at high risk till Xmas at the earliest " It's 12 weeks minimum but yeah I see the vulnerable being in lockdown a lot longer and being one of the last back out, so for the majority of the country stop moaning a grin and bear it for a month or two, it could be worse | |||
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"Could be worse, you could be classed as one of the vulnerable people and be locked down for a minimum of 12 weeks, so a month is nothing. Only another 8 weeks of lockdown to go for me Not to be a grey cloud but I'm not sure whether 12 weeks is optimistic. I don't expect to see those at high risk till Xmas at the earliest It's 12 weeks minimum but yeah I see the vulnerable being in lockdown a lot longer and being one of the last back out, so for the majority of the country stop moaning a grin and bear it for a month or two, it could be worse" All very well for you to say but some of us like a bit of partying on here LOL. But I know what you mean. I for one try not to moan and just take the porridge dolled out. I have had a great life, done a lot more than most so a few weeks of inconvenience is not end of the world. Or....... maybe it could but who knows eh. C'est la vie. | |||
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"This crisis could put us out of business but I will not sign this as the situation is bigger than one person and their circumstances" we really hope not xx | |||
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"I want the lockdown lifted just as much as many people do but only if its safe to do so, not because people signed this petition, if lockdown got lifted coz of this petition n the virus got worse everything that everyone has done, will be for nothing, especially all those people out there that risk there lives NHS n other nursing staff, ya key workers that keeps the supermarkets stocked up with food etc" Have a read what the petition states... It's bloody obvious that we won't be returning back to normal any time soon. But a portion of the population and their jobs and services have to.. Common sense | |||
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"It is in my opinion that I agree with what the petition states.. So I signed it in support End it by 9th of May and basically continue protecting the vulnerable. Maybe read it.. If you don't agree then that's fine, some do " So not evidence based then, that's fine to agree with none evidence based facts I guess | |||
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"Signed a petition to end this nonsense (my opinion so don't need slagging off for it) it's there for anyone else that wants to sign it Just google "end the lockdown" Make a change " Currently a petition to make hedgehogs a protected species has forty times more signatures than this.Sounds right to me, since hedeghogs are nice despite having lots of pricks, whereas the petition to end the lockdown just has lots of.... | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory." It's not triple. Ireland 148 deaths per million, Sweden 192. I know how to cherry pick countries that suit what I'm saying too, so I see your Ireland and raise you South Korea. | |||
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"I want the lockdown lifted just as much as many people do but only if its safe to do so, not because people signed this petition, if lockdown got lifted coz of this petition n the virus got worse everything that everyone has done, will be for nothing, especially all those people out there that risk there lives NHS n other nursing staff, ya key workers that keeps the supermarkets stocked up with food etc" I will not be signing Nor do I suggest lockdown should be ended for at least 18 34 months However I do ask Why does anyone think it is or will be "Safe" to come out of a lock down ??? I would also ask the question At what point of inevitable will people decide permanent lockdown is unacceptable ? It is quite plausible that a contagious disease could be amongst us for the rest of humanity The ONLY way to keep deaths low would be perpetual social restrictions No swinging ever No pubs ever No casual aquentence No casual hugging Ppe worn forever Else excessive people die What is the acceptable level of death from contagious diseases? If we can cope as many as we can cope with or if social restrictions save x then so be it ? Oh and if you think I have an angle I dont The moral can is open and I have zero idea It's now common rhetoric to day one life saved is worth all this I may or may not agree but what I do know is if the world followed its current shutdown then lives from other contagious diseases current and future will be saved And thus ????? | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. It's not triple. Ireland 148 deaths per million, Sweden 192. I know how to cherry pick countries that suit what I'm saying too, so I see your Ireland and raise you South Korea. " Did you even read what you replied to? Obviously not, so let me try again and Ill try and be a bit clearer for you. Sweden and Ireland have the same number of cases. This number is approx 16,000 each. This figure, because it is the same number of total cases, means there are some things we can compare and somethings we cant. "Raising me South Korea" not only makes no sense, has nothing close to an explanation behind it and it isnt comporable. In sweden you are 3 times more likely to die from the disease than in Ireland. Why? Because they are not taking the same measures to protect people at risk. There are different strains of the virus that exist, including at least 3 different ones in ireland, none have been shown to be more or less lethal than others. In Sweden the measures, or lack thereof, have resulted in extra deaths. 3 times as many as than if they had adopted the measures that Ireland had. If you have a specific disagreement with an actual logical argument Im always open to having my mind changed. Or you can just "raise me" timbuctu or some other place youve heard of. | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. It's not triple. Ireland 148 deaths per million, Sweden 192. I know how to cherry pick countries that suit what I'm saying too, so I see your Ireland and raise you South Korea. Did you even read what you replied to? Obviously not, so let me try again and Ill try and be a bit clearer for you. Sweden and Ireland have the same number of cases. This number is approx 16,000 each. This figure, because it is the same number of total cases, means there are some things we can compare and somethings we cant. "Raising me South Korea" not only makes no sense, has nothing close to an explanation behind it and it isnt comporable. In sweden you are 3 times more likely to die from the disease than in Ireland. Why? Because they are not taking the same measures to protect people at risk. There are different strains of the virus that exist, including at least 3 different ones in ireland, none have been shown to be more or less lethal than others. In Sweden the measures, or lack thereof, have resulted in extra deaths. 3 times as many as than if they had adopted the measures that Ireland had. If you have a specific disagreement with an actual logical argument Im always open to having my mind changed. Or you can just "raise me" timbuctu or some other place youve heard of." What you just said it utter nonsense. You have absolutely zero idea on the real actual case numbers to make that kind of comparison. Are you really not aware of why the reported case numbers only represent a small percentage of the real cases. Comparing deaths is the only meaningful comparison you can do between countries. | |||
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"Signed a petition to end this nonsense (my opinion so don't need slagging off for it) it's there for anyone else that wants to sign it Just google "end the lockdown" Make a change " I'm curious can you explain what you mean by "nonsense" | |||
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"I won’t be signing. Nor will I be getting a vaccine or my children " So when will you decided to start taking an extra risk ? | |||
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"think i'll skip it... I did sign a petition the other day though.... it was the one the said instead of the govt giving overseas people an extra yr to leave the country (how nice of them) that all those non-british people working in essential key worker roles should be given indefinite leave to remain as a thank you for helping us in this time of crisis..... feel free to sign that one!!! " That's good Fabio. They've currently not even given all NHS staff an extension of 1 year and they've done this by making statements on their website, which have been changed several times. Apparently it may require a statutory instrument, to ensure that they remain here legally. It's a better petition to be considered and I posted a few weeks ago about support for all NHS staff who are so generous to us all, to get free permanent residency permits. | |||
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"I won’t be signing. Nor will I be getting a vaccine or my children So when will you decided to start taking an extra risk ? " As in? How do you mean “extra “ risk? | |||
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"I won’t be signing. Nor will I be getting a vaccine or my children So when will you decided to start taking an extra risk ? As in? How do you mean “extra “ risk?" I assume you are currently adhering to the rules thus mitigating your risk That's not going away if they lift or not You're not taking a vaccination Thus at what point will your mind say that your vulnerable lungs are going to risk the big wide world by not following lock down style precautions Ie theoretically no meets for 2 4 6 years ever ?? Just curious how you're making your risk decisions | |||
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"Those going on about deaths per million.. this is the amounts as of today Belgium. 525.12 Spain. 455.49 Italy 407.87 France. 310.45 United Kingdom 261.37 Netherlands. 227.26 Switzerland 173.54 Sweden 173.33 Ireland150.41 There are other countries and this is per million. " And that tells us what exactly??? Could you give us the numbers that require hospital treatment at the peak That's the numbers you need | |||
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"Those going on about deaths per million.. this is the amounts as of today Belgium. 525.12 Spain. 455.49 Italy 407.87 France. 310.45 United Kingdom 261.37 Netherlands. 227.26 Switzerland 173.54 Sweden 173.33 Ireland150.41 There are other countries and this is per million. And that tells us what exactly??? Could you give us the numbers that require hospital treatment at the peak That's the numbers you need " we have already had the peak apparently ... and I put the figures due to the number of people quoting them but incorrectly | |||
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"Those going on about deaths per million.. this is the amounts as of today Belgium. 525.12 Spain. 455.49 Italy 407.87 France. 310.45 United Kingdom 261.37 Netherlands. 227.26 Switzerland 173.54 Sweden 173.33 Ireland150.41 There are other countries and this is per million. And that tells us what exactly??? Could you give us the numbers that require hospital treatment at the peak That's the numbers you need we have already had the peak apparently ... and I put the figures due to the number of people quoting them but incorrectly " You have had A peak before the exponential expansion was stemmed | |||
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"Those going on about deaths per million.. this is the amounts as of today Belgium. 525.12 Spain. 455.49 Italy 407.87 France. 310.45 United Kingdom 261.37 Netherlands. 227.26 Switzerland 173.54 Sweden 173.33 Ireland150.41 There are other countries and this is per million. And that tells us what exactly??? Could you give us the numbers that require hospital treatment at the peak That's the numbers you need " Didnt realise Belgium was hit so hard | |||
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" You have had A peak before the exponential expansion was stemmed " We wont really know till years after this and we have many more figures to work with. The figures arent going to be much good till we test more... I've been reading a lot of the reports about then concerns of non covid 19 deaths... suicide attempts and deaths are already climbing along with other areas. I dont envy those having to make the decisions as it's a balancing act that I'd not like to try to do. I'll abide by the lockdown ( already got my own ways to get out within the rules) but doesnt mean I'm not worried about the impact of it being too much longer. And I'm meaning on people not financially as thats a whole other part of this | |||
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" Do you really not understand how patronising it is to tell adults to have patience and they'd panic if they knew the truth, when their livelihood is on the line. " While we have differing opinions on the lockdown, it is clear from the posts you make that you are a sensible, educated individual You might be able to take the truth in one go, absorb it and rationalise it and make sensible decisions off the back of it, however we really can’t credit everyone with the same intellect You only have to look at the panic buying that went on last month or some of the hysterical posts on these forums to see that there is a fine line to be found between keeping people informed to stop speculation, and keeping people calm and unpanicked ... I am not saying they have it perfectly right , just that because you could handle that information doesn’t mean everyone could Oh and the percentage you mentioned earlier of people staying home, i think it depends where you live, pretty sure that whole other 11% unnacounted for in your stats spend their days in the park across from my house | |||
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"Signed. It's not saying "let's have a free for all". It's saying "let's ignore the scientific advice and try to save some lives because it's too much trouble" Actually there's precisely zero scientific advice that lockdowns work better than other measures. So don't try to bullshit like lockdown = science. It doesn't. Go listen to Johan Giesecke, the worlds most senior epidemiologist and tell me lockdown = science. Giesecke is working with Sweden who are following his advice. Despite Ireland and Sweden having the same number of cases Swedens mortality rate is nearly triple Irelands. Not going very well for the Swedes really or Gieseckes theory. It's not triple. Ireland 148 deaths per million, Sweden 192. I know how to cherry pick countries that suit what I'm saying too, so I see your Ireland and raise you South Korea. Did you even read what you replied to? Obviously not, so let me try again and Ill try and be a bit clearer for you. Sweden and Ireland have the same number of cases. This number is approx 16,000 each. This figure, because it is the same number of total cases, means there are some things we can compare and somethings we cant. "Raising me South Korea" not only makes no sense, has nothing close to an explanation behind it and it isnt comporable. In sweden you are 3 times more likely to die from the disease than in Ireland. Why? Because they are not taking the same measures to protect people at risk. There are different strains of the virus that exist, including at least 3 different ones in ireland, none have been shown to be more or less lethal than others. In Sweden the measures, or lack thereof, have resulted in extra deaths. 3 times as many as than if they had adopted the measures that Ireland had. If you have a specific disagreement with an actual logical argument Im always open to having my mind changed. Or you can just "raise me" timbuctu or some other place youve heard of." We will only be able to see which course of action was right in a couple of years and after all the analysis has been done, Sweden may have high numbers now but deaths may drop sharply as the vulnerable catch it quicker than say Ireland or NZ who lockdown in a different way and so deaths carry on slower but longer, then of course there may be deaths due to financial problems, remember some make wild claims austerity caused 160,000. The fall out from corvid may well be far worse financially | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million." Sweden is now up to 192 deaths per million population, compared to the UKs 267. But Sweden has a population only 3/4 million greater than London | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. Sweden is now up to 192 deaths per million population, compared to the UKs 267. But Sweden has a population only 3/4 million greater than London" where was that source from as the one I just read said it was lower than that as of today. Thing is we wont know till years down the line if Sweden's actions worked or not x | |||
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"I'm also not signing something that goes against scientific advice. For some reason an admin removed my previous post saying this. So sweden isn't following scientific advice? Correct But there death toll is increasing, Sweden is currently at 118 per million and rising, Denmark next door 55 per million. Sweden is now up to 192 deaths per million population, compared to the UKs 267. But Sweden has a population only 3/4 million greater than Londonwhere was that source from as the one I just read said it was lower than that as of today. Thing is we wont know till years down the line if Sweden's actions worked or not x" Worldometers.info updated daily | |||
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" Do you really not understand how patronising it is to tell adults to have patience and they'd panic if they knew the truth, when their livelihood is on the line. While we have differing opinions on the lockdown, it is clear from the posts you make that you are a sensible, educated individual You might be able to take the truth in one go, absorb it and rationalise it and make sensible decisions off the back of it, however we really can’t credit everyone with the same intellect You only have to look at the panic buying that went on last month or some of the hysterical posts on these forums to see that there is a fine line to be found between keeping people informed to stop speculation, and keeping people calm and unpanicked ... I am not saying they have it perfectly right , just that because you could handle that information doesn’t mean everyone could Oh and the percentage you mentioned earlier of people staying home, i think it depends where you live, pretty sure that whole other 11% unnacounted for in your stats spend their days in the park across from my house " Well I'll take any compliment i get these days so thank you. Ok what you said was entirely sensible so let's speculate. 2% of society are being absolute cunts and I'm in not way defending people ignoring lockdown. As much as I bitch about it, I've been following the rules as much as humanly possible... you know what it's like trying to navigate a big supermarket. 11% are in the middle and some of them way well be breaking it to earn money. But there's a dangerous myth that the only reason the virus is still spreading is because of the 2-13%. Which means lockdown can never fail because the answer to a failed lockdown will be more lockdown. The reality is that we need to learn to keep our economy functioning whilst keeping R1. So here's the speculation: I speculate that the idiots who can't handle the news aren't very bright and don't run businesses, employ others or really make decisions that impact many other people. The worst they can do is get infected, infect others and end up in ICU. I speculate that there is a much larger group of people who need the info. Most people work for a small business, not a large one. These are the people that make or break the economy. I know lots of these people and I expect you do too. I don't know any of them that had more than 3 months wages to pay staff, even at 20%. Given 45 days redundancy period and 3 month rolling lockdowns, we are never more than a couple of weeks away from them pulling the plug on jobs. How tragic would it be if millions of people became unemployed just weeks before the government said "ok go out but not in groups bigger than 25 and keep your distance as much as possible" which would probably make most jobs viable. Every hairdresser, restaurant, yoga instructor would be given a lifeline. We can't be a lowest common denominator society. | |||
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" Do you really not understand how patronising it is to tell adults to have patience and they'd panic if they knew the truth, when their livelihood is on the line. While we have differing opinions on the lockdown, it is clear from the posts you make that you are a sensible, educated individual You might be able to take the truth in one go, absorb it and rationalise it and make sensible decisions off the back of it, however we really can’t credit everyone with the same intellect You only have to look at the panic buying that went on last month or some of the hysterical posts on these forums to see that there is a fine line to be found between keeping people informed to stop speculation, and keeping people calm and unpanicked ... I am not saying they have it perfectly right , just that because you could handle that information doesn’t mean everyone could Oh and the percentage you mentioned earlier of people staying home, i think it depends where you live, pretty sure that whole other 11% unnacounted for in your stats spend their days in the park across from my house Well I'll take any compliment i get these days so thank you. Ok what you said was entirely sensible so let's speculate. 2% of society are being absolute cunts and I'm in not way defending people ignoring lockdown. As much as I bitch about it, I've been following the rules as much as humanly possible... you know what it's like trying to navigate a big supermarket. 11% are in the middle and some of them way well be breaking it to earn money. But there's a dangerous myth that the only reason the virus is still spreading is because of the 2-13%. Which means lockdown can never fail because the answer to a failed lockdown will be more lockdown. The reality is that we need to learn to keep our economy functioning whilst keeping R1. So here's the speculation: I speculate that the idiots who can't handle the news aren't very bright and don't run businesses, employ others or really make decisions that impact many other people. The worst they can do is get infected, infect others and end up in ICU. I speculate that there is a much larger group of people who need the info. Most people work for a small business, not a large one. These are the people that make or break the economy. I know lots of these people and I expect you do too. I don't know any of them that had more than 3 months wages to pay staff, even at 20%. Given 45 days redundancy period and 3 month rolling lockdowns, we are never more than a couple of weeks away from them pulling the plug on jobs. How tragic would it be if millions of people became unemployed just weeks before the government said "ok go out but not in groups bigger than 25 and keep your distance as much as possible" which would probably make most jobs viable. Every hairdresser, restaurant, yoga instructor would be given a lifeline. We can't be a lowest common denominator society. " Fair points, i think it though it seems like it is based in lockdown vs no lockdown which I’ve already seen you comment are not the only options I think it will be phased not an over night change, i imagine hairdressers will be open quite a bit before restaurants , i would hope the information would be phased too, but don’t think that we would get more than a few weeks notice ... to be honest some companies will beed the notice to even get restocked and going again We are getting tiny snippets more just now and I know you think its not enough but there is probably a huge amount of debate going on in the background about what business can be phased in because its safe, what needs to be phased in with additional safety measures because its one step down from key workers , and if they come out with decisions prematurely and change their mind they will get lynched I also think while phasing seems like the sensible / safe trade off ... It will still cause uproar from the industries not included in the release of measures and alot of well if they can be out so can I | |||
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"I won’t be signing. Nor will I be getting a vaccine or my children So when will you decided to start taking an extra risk ? As in? How do you mean “extra “ risk? I assume you are currently adhering to the rules thus mitigating your risk That's not going away if they lift or not You're not taking a vaccination Thus at what point will your mind say that your vulnerable lungs are going to risk the big wide world by not following lock down style precautions Ie theoretically no meets for 2 4 6 years ever ?? Just curious how you're making your risk decisions " I’ll make my risk decision as I choose. I don’t go out anyway before lockdown (very occasionally) I have common sense and awareness, I won’t be having a vaccine as that’s my choice. I am starting back at work next week as a nursing assistant in mental health so I am well aware of risks. | |||
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" Fair points, i think it though it seems like it is based in lockdown vs no lockdown which I’ve already seen you comment are not the only options I think it will be phased not an over night change, i imagine hairdressers will be open quite a bit before restaurants , i would hope the information would be phased too, but don’t think that we would get more than a few weeks notice ... to be honest some companies will beed the notice to even get restocked and going again We are getting tiny snippets more just now and I know you think its not enough but there is probably a huge amount of debate going on in the background about what business can be phased in because its safe, what needs to be phased in with additional safety measures because its one step down from key workers , and if they come out with decisions prematurely and change their mind they will get lynched I also think while phasing seems like the sensible / safe trade off ... It will still cause uproar from the industries not included in the release of measures and alot of well if they can be out so can I (" Right now we have a sledgehammer approach which is frankly fucking stupid. We need to get past what's "essential" and start picking up the easy wins. How can anyone possibly argue against re-starting the premier league in closed stadiums. We're talking about a number of workers who wouldn't fill 2 schools and generate billions in tax revenues. It's frankly a no-brainer. It's got to be about risk vs reward, not just a blanket ban on everything non-essential. Yes we don't need 60,000 fans in stadiums but babies and bathwater. | |||
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" Right now we have a sledgehammer approach which is frankly fucking stupid. We need to get past what's "essential" and start picking up the easy wins. How can anyone possibly argue against re-starting the premier league in closed stadiums. We're talking about a number of workers who wouldn't fill 2 schools and generate billions in tax revenues. It's frankly a no-brainer. It's got to be about risk vs reward, not just a blanket ban on everything non-essential. Yes we don't need 60,000 fans in stadiums but babies and bathwater. " I would imagine there is alot more organisation goes on behind the scenes than just getting fans into the stadium normally but its not unrealistic for it to be done from home i guess. How do they make the revenue behind closed doors though? Is the tv revenue per game or per season (i genuinely have no clue) I guess it also kicks starts a whole load of gambling revenue back up again with people betting on sports on apps | |||
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" Right now we have a sledgehammer approach which is frankly fucking stupid. We need to get past what's "essential" and start picking up the easy wins. How can anyone possibly argue against re-starting the premier league in closed stadiums. We're talking about a number of workers who wouldn't fill 2 schools and generate billions in tax revenues. It's frankly a no-brainer. It's got to be about risk vs reward, not just a blanket ban on everything non-essential. Yes we don't need 60,000 fans in stadiums but babies and bathwater. I would imagine there is alot more organisation goes on behind the scenes than just getting fans into the stadium normally but its not unrealistic for it to be done from home i guess. How do they make the revenue behind closed doors though? Is the tv revenue per game or per season (i genuinely have no clue) I guess it also kicks starts a whole load of gambling revenue back up again with people betting on sports on apps " It's the TV revenue. The income from matchday tickets isn't what the majority of clubs in the premiership rely on to be profitable. More games = more TV ads = more money for TV rights to screen the games. | |||
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"think i'll skip it... I did sign a petition the other day though.... it was the one the said instead of the govt giving overseas people an extra yr to leave the country (how nice of them) that all those non-british people working in essential key worker roles should be given indefinite leave to remain as a thank you for helping us in this time of crisis..... feel free to sign that one!!! " Now that's a petition I will look at signing. I don't agree with the opinion of the OP so won't be signing that. In my opinion, we need to stay in lockdown as long as is necessary, to reduce the death toll and pressure on hospitals. | |||
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" Right now we have a sledgehammer approach which is frankly fucking stupid. We need to get past what's "essential" and start picking up the easy wins. How can anyone possibly argue against re-starting the premier league in closed stadiums. We're talking about a number of workers who wouldn't fill 2 schools and generate billions in tax revenues. It's frankly a no-brainer. It's got to be about risk vs reward, not just a blanket ban on everything non-essential. Yes we don't need 60,000 fans in stadiums but babies and bathwater. I would imagine there is alot more organisation goes on behind the scenes than just getting fans into the stadium normally but its not unrealistic for it to be done from home i guess. How do they make the revenue behind closed doors though? Is the tv revenue per game or per season (i genuinely have no clue) I guess it also kicks starts a whole load of gambling revenue back up again with people betting on sports on apps " Premier League has to be voided. This whole thing will be worth it just to hear the scousers whining on about it for another 30 years of not winning the league | |||
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"I'm going to bet there are going to be a lot of people complaining in a few days when there wages arrive, if they arrive.. 80% of net pay less tax at a guess " Got mine today. But my 20% cut goes towards topping up wages of Furloughed staff so no complaints from me. | |||
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"think i'll skip it... I did sign a petition the other day though.... it was the one the said instead of the govt giving overseas people an extra yr to leave the country (how nice of them) that all those non-british people working in essential key worker roles should be given indefinite leave to remain as a thank you for helping us in this time of crisis..... feel free to sign that one!!! Now that's a petition I will look at signing. I don't agree with the opinion of the OP so won't be signing that. In my opinion, we need to stay in lockdown as long as is necessary, to reduce the death toll and pressure on hospitals. " What if it's necessary to destroy the economy? Isn't that something we should be able to at least have a debate about? | |||
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" Right now we have a sledgehammer approach which is frankly fucking stupid. We need to get past what's "essential" and start picking up the easy wins. How can anyone possibly argue against re-starting the premier league in closed stadiums. We're talking about a number of workers who wouldn't fill 2 schools and generate billions in tax revenues. It's frankly a no-brainer. It's got to be about risk vs reward, not just a blanket ban on everything non-essential. Yes we don't need 60,000 fans in stadiums but babies and bathwater. I would imagine there is alot more organisation goes on behind the scenes than just getting fans into the stadium normally but its not unrealistic for it to be done from home i guess. How do they make the revenue behind closed doors though? Is the tv revenue per game or per season (i genuinely have no clue) I guess it also kicks starts a whole load of gambling revenue back up again with people betting on sports on apps Premier League has to be voided. This whole thing will be worth it just to hear the scousers whining on about it for another 30 years of not winning the league " National league ended today. Seems they are going to declare some promotion and relegation anyway. | |||
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"I'm going to bet there are going to be a lot of people complaining in a few days when there wages arrive, if they arrive.. 80% of net pay less tax at a guess Got mine today. But my 20% cut goes towards topping up wages of Furloughed staff so no complaints from me." I get paid Friday but hopefully full pay. For how long. Who knows | |||
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"I'm going to bet there are going to be a lot of people complaining in a few days when there wages arrive, if they arrive.. 80% of net pay less tax at a guess Got mine today. But my 20% cut goes towards topping up wages of Furloughed staff so no complaints from me." I dont understand this ... have you taken a 20% cut while working to bring people at 80% back up to 100%? | |||
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"think i'll skip it... I did sign a petition the other day though.... it was the one the said instead of the govt giving overseas people an extra yr to leave the country (how nice of them) that all those non-british people working in essential key worker roles should be given indefinite leave to remain as a thank you for helping us in this time of crisis..... feel free to sign that one!!! Now that's a petition I will look at signing. I don't agree with the opinion of the OP so won't be signing that. In my opinion, we need to stay in lockdown as long as is necessary, to reduce the death toll and pressure on hospitals. What if it's necessary to destroy the economy? Isn't that something we should be able to at least have a debate about? " Have a debate about what ? Allowing hundreds of thousands to contract the virus and pass it on as opposed to all going the pub? | |||
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"I'm going to bet there are going to be a lot of people complaining in a few days when there wages arrive, if they arrive.. 80% of net pay less tax at a guess Got mine today. But my 20% cut goes towards topping up wages of Furloughed staff so no complaints from me. I dont understand this ... have you taken a 20% cut while working to bring people at 80% back up to 100%?" No. A large proportion furloughed will not even get 50%. The few of us still working means their wage is topped up to about 60%. | |||
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"think i'll skip it... I did sign a petition the other day though.... it was the one the said instead of the govt giving overseas people an extra yr to leave the country (how nice of them) that all those non-british people working in essential key worker roles should be given indefinite leave to remain as a thank you for helping us in this time of crisis..... feel free to sign that one!!! Now that's a petition I will look at signing. I don't agree with the opinion of the OP so won't be signing that. In my opinion, we need to stay in lockdown as long as is necessary, to reduce the death toll and pressure on hospitals. What if it's necessary to destroy the economy? Isn't that something we should be able to at least have a debate about? Have a debate about what ? Allowing hundreds of thousands to contract the virus and pass it on as opposed to all going the pub?" It's not about going to the pub is it. It's about people's livelihoods their house. Their family. If they can put food in their kids mouths. What people are saying is that there needs to be a fine balance . People cant survive on fresh air. People need to work. | |||
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