You didn't explicitly say that, and you probably wouldn't advocate for that. However others have come extremely close to advocating for that, and it is the result of the policies espoused by those who are "taking this seriously" in many places.
No problem. It’s a stressful time. We’re all entitled to feel a bit tense once and a while.
I have decided that so much of what we have done is pure hubris. People love the idea they are in control, even when they are not.Cure worse than the disease? Study says UK lockdown linked to thousands of excess deaths
Thousands of Britons who suffer heart attacks and strokes are dying at home instead of seeking medical treatment, a new study has found, as new government figures show 75,000 are projected to die as a result of lockdown measures.www.rt.com
Total “COVID“ deaths in the UK so far: about 41000.
The government has used its power to destroy far more and kill far more people than this virus ever could.
BUT THE SCIENCE!!!!! THE SCIENCE SAID WE MUST LOCK DOWN!!!! IT'S THE ONLY WAY!!!!!!
www.spiegel.de
And make sure if you do have to go out, you recite the correct slogans and say their names. That is the only accepted reason to be on the streets.
The UK isn't re-locking down everything. They are changing the closing time for bars and restaurants and limiting the number of people allowed to gather together.
Well we'll see what happens, and if people obey the limits.
Not at all accurate, the building is not on fire and the store actually has windows.
Well we're going into the colder period of the year which makes transmission easier. The number of positive cases is going up (although today's figure was slightly lower). The point is what these people are doing isn't gonna improve the situation. These images and videos will only make those in power think that the public aren't taking the virus seriously.
Maybe some of the reasons people are not taking it seriously is the constant mixed messaging, low cases rates...even lower death rates, the constant pyschological scare tactic reinforcment policies of the goverment and msm, the ever increasing members of the medical profession speaking out against the offical narrative....and people's natural desire to assemble and be in close contact with other humans?
Because it does not fit in with the fear agenda being played out?
His argument seems to be pretty opaque, since he neither refers to a specific theory of liberty that can explain the kinds of tradeoffs that might be justifiable, nor does he say what governments should do when faced with a potentially catastrophic threat that spreads through human-to-human contact. Even if you believe the coronavirus is a giant hoax agreed in secret by left and right wing governments to take over our lives, you still have to answer the question of what we should do if such a threat were real.
www.thetimes.co.uk
Parliament’s bars exempt from 10pm coronavirus curfew
Parliament’s bars will not be subject to the 10pm curfew or have to gather customers’ details despite the imposition of tougher rules on pubs last Thursday, The Times has learnt.
Facilities serving alcohol on the parliamentary estate are understood to be exempt from the earlier closing time on the basis that they fall under the description of “a workplace canteen”.
The regulations announced by Boris Johnson last week state that “workplace canteens may remain open where there is no practical alternative for staff at that workplace to obtain food”.
Bar staff and customers in the Palace of Westminster will not be required to follow stricter rules on face coverings introduced for other licensed premises. Nor will visitors to parliamentary bars be asked to supply a name and number on entry, with all responsibility falling to a team that acts as the point of contact for any suspected or confirmed coronavirus cases among MPs and staff on the estate. MPs do not have to register their presence in parliament and are only advised to stay away if they have symptoms.
The House of Commons authorities have promised to keep the arrangements under review. However, one parliamentary source called the exemptions “a massive own goal”.
Trade unions representing bar staff in parliament are expected to complain that their members are being put at risk by being excepted from the new regulations.
A handful of parliament’s bars reopened before the summer recess, including the Pugin Room, Strangers’ Dining Room, the Adjournment and the Members’ Smoking Room.
Several safety measures have been introduced for areas where MPs congregate, including “enhanced cleaning regimes”, a rule allowing one person per table in Portcullis House, and Perspex screens at the tills.
A spokeswoman for the House of Commons confirmed the current regulations on hospitality venues do not apply to parliamentary facilities. She said: “We continue to follow social distancing and cleaning measures as a Covid-secure workplace in order to reduce the transmission of the disease through social distancing signage, one way systems, socially distanced seating arrangements, contactless payments, marshalling and additional cleaning.”
The recent rise in infections across the country has nonetheless prompted further scrutiny of working practices at Westminster, with senior figures calling for the reintroduction of digital voting over fears that social distancing is not being observed.
MPs must vote in person under the present system unless they certify that they have a medical or public health reason to be absent, such as self-isolating, which entitles them to a proxy.
Karen Bradley, Tory chairwoman of the procedure committee, urged the government to end in-person voting, saying: “People are worried and scared, not just for their own health but for the health of Commons staff.”
Another former cabinet minister told The Times that the arrangements were ridiculous, adding: “We’re risking parliament being a centre of infection.”
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the Commons, has resisted any return to digital voting, which was trialled at the height of the pandemic’s first wave. “The effectiveness of our scrutiny and the efficiency of our law-making was sadly diminished,” he told MPs last Wednesday.
Tory whips are also understood to be opposed to a return to digital voting over fears that MPs are harder to monitor away from the parliamentary estate.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker, has started patrolling the division lobbies to ensure MPs are socially distancing.
And fear is a system needed for humans to save them selves , it’s connected to decision making , without fear you probably wouldn’t survive certain situations. The human psyche is a wonderful machine .
So is hope, love , rational , common sense.....people would listen more if there was some percevied balance. Why no daily messaging of eat well, get some vitamin D, get some exercise and also making sure that the right foods are made avialable to the public at prices everyone can afford?
