COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

Posted on 12/01/2021 09:22 by Takethedogalong

There are two situations at play here. One is rule based, the other is guidance based. The guidance based is open to some very broad interpretation, and is being so, causing confusion, distrust, bad choices.

Rules can be enforced, but you have to have the supporting infrastructure (staff, cameras, patrols, etc...) to do it, and there simply aren’t enough police officers across the country.

Guidance is what it is, a guide only. There for folks to twist, take up, drop, re interpret as they wish. Guidance is reliant upon an informed, compliant, cohesive, co operative, well intentioned community and individuals doing the right thing for the best results for all.

There are a lot more reasons that folks can leave home for this lockdown compared to the first. Some very eyebrow raising as well!🤔

Posted on 12/01/2021 08:37 by

I dont know what part of "stay at home" is so difficult  to understand.  I had to get up and shut the windows this morning to cut out the constant traffic  noise from a trunk road about half a mile away. The noise does carry especially  when the trees are bare but I am convinced its equally  as heavy as any time pre pandemic .  The heavy  handed fines and subsequent back down in Derbyshire have driven a "coach and horses " through any restraints  on those  looking for any excuse to travel for exercise. 

Posted on 12/01/2021 09:34 by Rufs

Yup, had fog horns for most of night, I do wish those ships in the Solent would show a little bit more consideration but i guess they are just working like lots of other people

Posted on 12/01/2021 09:30 by Rufs

3 in actual fact

common sense....and in a world were we have a global pandemic and close on 90k deaths in the UK alone.....common sense is key

Posted on 12/01/2021 09:05 by JohnM20

By allowing people to drive a few miles to green open spaces to exercise will actually reduce the concentration per square mile of people and thus reducing social contact compared with insisting that they walk from home to exercise. Simple logic and common sense really.

In March our local council made all their car-parks in the city's parks free so that people could go to get exercise and reduce the strain on the NHS for non-covid  matters particularly mental heatlth. 

Posted on 12/01/2021 10:13 by SteveL

To some extent that is true. However, you do get a bottleneck on the paths away from the car parks. In the first lock down that was closed and there were no problems for us locals walking from home into the forest. Now on a nice day and particularly weekends the first few paths are crowded, although once away from those you see very few, as most only walk a small circuit. At busy times we now go to Clumber Park (about 5 miles) There you have about 2 miles of Lime tree Avenue to park on and can walk directly away from the car onto unpopulated paths. You can book, but then you get herded into a large field and the area round the lake gets very busy. 

Posted on 11/01/2021 23:11 by

BBC attacking the PM again I see. However he started his bike ride he was within the current rules as the BBC realised no doubt, but chose not to acknowledge I imagine.