Coronavirus - the new strain IX

[gintonic]

Or in 'The North' as people in London like to call it.

 

[Kirk]

Everyone inside the M25 can now work (from home) on reapplying for EU membership. Scotland, Wales and NI welcome to join.

 

[mandryka]

 

[Seanm]

London lockdown: M25 could become 'border point' and millions of over-50s told to shield under 'nuclear' plans to avoid second lockdown

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/m25-border-shielding-second-lockdown-a4514461.html

Last time we heard rumours like this it turned out to be the government intentionally leaking misinformation that was then amplified online. The very modest amount of “panic buying” this resulted in then filled the headlines for a few days. It really helped establish the narrative that the public are irresponsible, selfish idiots, which has done a lot of work for the team of murderers running the country and continues in a more targeted way (BAME communities are causing the 2nd wave!) to this day.

I mean it might be true this time, just mentioning it for context.

 

[Seeker_UK]

My apologies. I actually meant 'The Southeast', not That London.

 

[Colin L]

Perhaps they might consider another border, just North of Carlisle over to the east coat. "They can call it the containment zone"

 

[Caledon1297]

Australian state of Victoria declares ‘disaster’ and implements strict curfew as cases surge

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...toria-state-of-emergency-curfew-a9650026.html

 

[datay]

Or in 'The North' as people in London like to call it.

My ex-gf was born in Tottenham where she went to primary (then on to South Hampstead Girls and Oxford so not exactly a cockernee sparra) but she had an amusing take (I grew up south of Manchester): "If they're not from London and they don't speak like pirates, they're from the North."

 

[gavreid]

They also call people 'provincials' if they live between about Watford Gap and London...

When I lived in Manchester I'd call the locals scousers (if I could get away with it) if they called me a cockney - I'm from Warwickshire originally which is much further from London than Liverpool is from Manchester

 

[Ponty]

Getting bored of all the misinformation and inconsistencies. Sod it, thinking of heading to France once the schools are back. Sister and her family are out there now along the south west coast in their Motorhome, say it’s great, no issues at all.

 

[droodzilla]

Regular testing of all care home residents is set to be delayed by two months:

https://twitter.com/ScouseGirlMedia/status/1289979916474253312

Personally, I'll be surprised if the government even meets this target.

And who cares about old people anyway?

 

[russel]

Regular testing of all care home residents is set to be delayed by two months:

https://twitter.com/ScouseGirlMedia/status/1289979916474253312

Personally, I'll be surprised if the government even meets this target.

And who cares about old people anyway?

I think they care about old people but just about the healthcare and pension costs.

 

[lordsummit]

Major incident declared as Greater Manchester Covid rates continue to rise
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...king-major-incident-declared-greater-18704165

It’s looking grim round this way. Only Rochdale on the decline

 

[droodzilla]

Scarecrows. Somewhere in Chesire, apparently.

 

[Tony L]

Major incident declared as Greater Manchester Covid rates continue to rise
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...king-major-incident-declared-greater-18704165

It’s looking grim round this way. Only Rochdale on the decline

It is just bonkers. I have no idea how anyone in the government thought that wouldn’t be the outcome of easing lockdown. Sadly it is *exactly* what I was expecting.

PS Anyone still want to reopen schools?

 

[mandryka]

it is *exactly* what I was expecting.

Everyone was expecting that easing lock-down would have consequences like this. That's why they took baby steps and made it clear that they'd put the breaks on if things got out of control. It would be more worrying if we weren't seeing these sorts of measures. What impresses me is that they say they can identify the flair ups so quickly and identify the causes so precisely -- people meeting in households in Manchester, work conditions in Leicester -- and so nuance their reaction.

 

[Joe Hutch]

Everyone was expecting that easing lock-down would have consequences like this. That's why they took baby steps and made it clear that they'd put the breaks on if things got out of control. What impresses me is that they say they can identify the causes so clearly -- people meeting in households in Manchester, work conditions in Leicester.

And pubs everywhere. As Joe P pointed out, shouting is a great way of spreading the virus, and people's voices get louder as they get drunker. In most pubs I've been in, you have to shout to make yourself heard anyway, even when sober.

 

[stephen bennett]

Personally, I'll be surprised if the government even meets this target.

Or any target.

Stephen

 

[Seeker_UK]

PS Anyone still want to reopen schools?

Not if it means my local has to shut. Obvs.

 

[wacko]

Everyone was expecting that easing lock-down would have consequences like this. That's why they took baby steps and made it clear that they'd put the breaks on if things got out of control. It would be more worrying if we weren't seeing these sorts of measures. What impresses me is that they say they can identify the flair ups so quickly and identify the causes so precisely -- people meeting in households in Manchester, work conditions in Leicester -- and so nuance their reaction.

What impresses me is that you can find some good in these people. You see a full glass when it is empty.