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Author	Snoith
Comment	I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, is it a necessary thing? I'd say yes. I think if everyone had followed the current rules correctly, we probably wouldn't need to bring in these measures, but have a feeling that most people bent the rules when it suited them (and quite a few who completely ignored them). I've seen a few groups obviously breaking the 2 household rules, and previously the 3 household rule, and loads breaking the 2m rule (in fairness that's hard to maintain all the time, but obviously some people try harder than others at that one). Big groups of of 6 different households at a table then mixing with the next table etc was always going to cause issues. Every time I've driven past bananamoon it looks like a free for all. Seen some restaurants/cafes/bars that were following the rules/some that paid lip service/some that didn't seem to care. Seen some people having people over to their houses/flats and not caring about rules, heard of parties going on. Genuinely feel bad for the business and people who tried their best to follow the rules, and a bit pissed of at those who didn't and are now moaning about the new restrictions. I think the 16 day lockdown is necessary to try to reduce transmission rate (if this doesn't work we're in real trouble, as it will need a stricter lockdown) - and these measures are to prevent having to close schools and other workplaces. The decision is based on a big increase in transmission and if it continues it will overwhelm ICUs and then any emergency medical condition becomes much more life threatening. It's also trying to lower the spread as if it keeps increasing it could be very difficult to bring it back under control without a very strict 3/4 week circuit breaker lockdown. Heard people say, but the Sweden model is working - thing is, as a country we're nowhere near the levels of social compliance that swedes are, so like a naughty wean we need more supervision/rules. Also Sweden have a much higher death rate to countries of similar sizes. It was also (and still is) a massive gamble to take on a virus we still know very little about.
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Created	Fri 9th Oct 2020 12:49am
Status	normal ()

I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, is it a necessary thing? I'd say yes.

I think if everyone had followed the current rules correctly, we probably wouldn't need to bring in these measures, but have a feeling that most people bent the rules when it suited them (and quite a few who completely ignored them).

I've seen a few groups obviously breaking the 2 household rules, and previously the 3 household rule, and loads breaking the 2m rule (in fairness that's hard to maintain all the time, but obviously some people try harder than others at that one). Big groups of of 6 different households at a table then mixing with the next table etc was always going to cause issues.

Every time I've driven past bananamoon it looks like a free for all.

Seen some restaurants/cafes/bars that were following the rules/some that paid lip service/some that didn't seem to care.

Seen some people having people over to their houses/flats and not caring about rules, heard of parties going on.

Genuinely feel bad for the business and people who tried their best to follow the rules, and a bit pissed of at those who didn't and are now moaning about the new restrictions.

I think the 16 day lockdown is necessary to try to reduce transmission rate (if this doesn't work we're in real trouble, as it will need a stricter lockdown) - and these measures are to prevent having to close schools and other workplaces.

The decision is based on a big increase in transmission and if it continues it will overwhelm ICUs and then any emergency medical condition becomes much more life threatening. It's also trying to lower the spread as if it keeps increasing it could be very difficult to bring it back under control without a very strict 3/4 week circuit breaker lockdown.

Heard people say, but the Sweden model is working - thing is, as a country we're nowhere near the levels of social compliance that swedes are, so like a naughty wean we need more supervision/rules. Also Sweden have a much higher death rate to countries of similar sizes. It was also (and still is) a massive gamble to take on a virus we still know very little about.