France going into national lockdown

Because just about every bugger was already locking themselves down - most schools and many offices had already shut.

 

I will if you promise to keep it between us?

 

Really? A couple of weeks before the lockdown? Football stadiums were full, Cheltenham went ahead, pubs and restaurants were full.

 

This is it. We didn’t lock down properly the first time, rendering it all pointless. This what we’re doing now is just a confusing mess. Even tier 3 restrictions are not enough to make a difference so what’s the point?

The government just trying to make it seem like they’re doing something imo

 

The last high-level competitive game in the UK was 12th March (Rangers vs Leverkusen) - with St Mirren v Hearts and Liverpool v Atletico 11th. Cheltenham Festival was 10-13th March. The UK lockdown started on 23rd March.

My last day traveling with work was the 10th, which consisted of a round trip to Gatwick for a flight delayed for 6+hours due to fog before heading home again. We stopped all travel that week and closed the offices.

So much of life had stopped well in advance of the lockdown.

 

Reports now that R is above 2 in London, the South East and the South West - and potentially as high as 2.8 in London

 

Can’t help wonder if the Govt instead of providing money for areas that are locked down etc could be more proactive by encouraging businesses to take it more seriously to keep them open.
As an example:
Make it mandatory that every business has to comply with certain regulations to be open.
This could be done by using HSE/Private H&S advisors to attend and make mandatory procedures, which are then if needed monitored regular with fines for companies who do not comply.
Most businesses I see have basic procedures in place that are more customer facing than about their staff.

 

Agreed, I do gym classes and at no time am I closer than the above guideline. It is actually well run by Metrodome so much so I'm starting to sweat sanitizer. I'd rather be there than a supermarket

 

They did. They still closed them.

 

To lock the whole country down completely would be very difficult, no matter what prison staff, nhs workers, fire and police, supermarket workers and many more would still have to work. As soon as the country opened up again airports etc the virus would grow and we would be back to square one as we are now.

I remember back in March when the country 1st locked down hardly anyone was leaving the house the media were blowing the whole thing out of proportion asif bodies would be lining the streets.... thankfully this wasnt the case.

 

If I were vulnerable or worried about catching the disease, Whitby wouldn't be somewhere I'd go. If possible, I wouldn't take public transport. I'd keep out of supermarkets, shop at smaller shops. I realise this isn't possible for everyone, but we can all take responsibility for ourselves and others without being locked down. Protecting yourself doesn't mean you have to isolate yourself. If the government and the media focused on education rather than sensationalism we'd all be better off, whichever route was taken regarding restrictions.

 

So the government didn't need to do anything at all? The public saw off the peak without restrictions.

 

Not what I said. I said that the number of people going out and about dropped off rapidly in the week(s) before lockdown commenced. This helped to reduce infections and lower the peak - which still saw far too many people die Up until that point though, there was no support for business or individuals meaning people had to have supportive bosses or take a financial hit.

 

Running out of control here after numbers of new daily infections were under 1k. Easing restrictions and all the 'Movidas' ( basically people going out on the town at night many ignoring restrictions) means we are now in the region of 25k plus per day. Bars closing at 6 should help but obviously there is a time lag and things are getting worse before they get better.

 

But if we had the peak of infections before lockdown does that mean it was unnecessary to actually lockdown? Or that lockdown is basically useless?