"Hospitals are always this full over the winter"

rang our young uns insurance to see about learning to drive in lockdown, said he be covered to go to shops, or any essential journeys, just daft rules, we could be out all day and just make sure I got my cropper shopper bags in car

 

I drive countrywide wide every day and the roads a lot quieter but not as quite as the first lockdown

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-covid-introducton-spain-first-wave-b761018.html

coulda woulda shoulda

 

read up alot about deaths since covid, every year 3.1 million children die from under nutrition in the world, how bad is that and just ignored

 

I've noticed a difference. Its not nearly as quiet as lockdown one but it's still significant. I live on Dodworth Road, about quarter of a mile or so up from the town end roundabout. The main route into town from the M1 and A628. I drive to work every day and a usual day sees the traffic queueing from the roundabout almost to my drive and it's difficult to get out unless someone lets me out. Now, I get out easily and there is rarely any queue at all to the roundabout. My 5 mile drive to work is at least 5 minutes faster.

 

I'm always so entirely humbled by hospital staff. So much selflessness in the face of so much pain, anguish, death and despair.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/08/inside-covid-intensive-care-unit

 

Where have you been where people are ignoring world poverty?

 

in the west, 124 million obese kids and 800 million starving in 3rd world

 

Yes? Your point?

 

We have seen a strategy that uses fear as it's primary weapon of choice, this fear has led to people with serious conditions not getting medical help and has contributed to excess deaths and real harm.

 

do not start an argument pal ,I am feeling quite happy, if you can not see that point you must be taking pee

 

This is true.

First lockdown I almost had the M1 to myself.

This week it's been hard to notice any difference.

Big car park next to work is 80% full - only the non-essential retailers vehicles missing. First time round it was less than 5% full.

 

2 main factors at play this time.
Firstly a lot more places of work have remained open for a myriad of reasons.
Secondly a general fatigue amongst a section of the population against restrictions. Which in fairness the experts did predict, they just didn't think it would take this long to reach.

 

My daughter's primary had 15 kids at school during the first 'lockdown'. This time it's got 130 and is 30% full.

The list of 'key workers' has grown significantly and I expect a few parents are taking the piss, to the point where the school are doubling down on asking them to show paperwork. Both myself and my wife qualify but we never even discussed sending her back. The school has been amazing in organising online and in school lessons, food and packs for parents. They even offered to deliver them to houses if parents couldn't, or wouldn't go to pick them up.

 

Here's the list of essential workers


Health and social care

People who work in health and social care are deemed critical workers.

This sector includes doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers.

Education and childcare

Teachers, school support staff, childcare staff, social workers and other specialist educational professionals are all classed as key workers.

The same applies to childcare workers, support and teaching staff, social workers and specialist education professionals.

Key public services

Those who work in key public services are critical workers, including those essential to running the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering vital services.

It also includes people responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters providing public service broadcasting.

Local and national government

People who are working to deliver the coronavirus response in government services are deemed critical workers.

This also includes those working in essential public services such as the payment of benefits.

Food and other necessary goods

Those who work in food production, processing, distribution and delivery, and those essential to the production of other key goods, are critical workers.

Public safety and national security

Police, support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel, and fire and rescue service staff are all key workers during the pandemic.

It is the same for National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff, and other national security roles, including contractors and Armed Forces personnel.

Transport and border

People who keep air, water, road, rail passenger and freight transport services operating during the coronavirus response are all critical workers.

That includes those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

Utilities, communication and financial services

Staff needed for essential financial services provision, including those working in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure, are classed as key workers.

It is the same for those who work in the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors, information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies, waste disposal sectors, postal services and payment provider services.

People working in civil nuclear, chemicals and telecommunications are also included as key workers, such as network operations, field engineering, c all centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services.

 

1.9 billion obese kids in the west?

There's only 7 billion people in the world. Only 2.2 billion kids in the world.

That means that every child in the west is obese and there's only 300 million kids not in 'the west'.

I'm gonna need a source.

 

Well our place is shut to the public now but everyone comes to work.

Last time the staff all stayed at home.

Seems as though many are like us.

 

It was crazy with cyclists last March they were everywhere when i was driving to work and not single or a couple it was like having a pelaton in the road.

 

is that what they say when getting a happy meal