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> Sometimes the perfect measure on paper doesn't work the way people imagine This is true. Here in Belgium all restaurants and non-essential shops closed. The

> Sometimes the perfect measure on paper doesn't work the way people imagine This is true. Here in Belgium all restaurants and non-essential shops closed. The day before this took effect, restaurants were packed with people going out while they still could. The day after, people went shopping and dining en masse just over the border in France and the Netherlands, where the same measures had not been taken.

mcv 7y ago
It's amazing how reckless some people can be. Shut down restaurants to stop the spread of the virus, so people go to restaurants further away, to spread the virus even more. You'd think shutting everything down would be a pretty clear signal, but apparently a lot of people just don't care.
- zozbot234 7y ago
  It's complacency. People think about the here and now, not what the situation will be 7 days afterwards or more, when these measures will actually have visible effects and may ultimately impact whether they catch the disease and/or can get effective treatment for it.
- rm_-rf_slash 7y ago
  I think to give these people a minimum benefit of the doubt, we as a species have never before dealt with a virus that can last on surfaces for days, incubate for several weeks, and remain in lungs for over a month beyond a “recovered” patient testing negative. Not to mention the known yet nearly impossible to measure asymptomatic spread. All of this is new in so many ways all at once. Frankly I think it’s so beyond our expectations of what a virus can be that many people simply don’t believe the facts.
angelbar 7y ago
Darwinism....
toyg 7y ago
This is why governments should admit Covid19 is a problem that requires strong coordination at EU level. Going alone, as we've done until now, is not going to work - the continent is too small and too joined-up nowadays. Von der Leyen seems to understand this better than most, certainly better than Macron and Merkel.

mcv 7y ago

It's amazing how reckless some people can be. Shut down restaurants to stop the spread of the virus, so people go to restaurants further away, to spread the virus even more. You'd think shutting everything down would be a pretty clear signal, but apparently a lot of people just don't care.

zozbot234 7y ago
It's complacency. People think about the here and now, not what the situation will be 7 days afterwards or more, when these measures will actually have visible effects and may ultimately impact whether they catch the disease and/or can get effective treatment for it.
rm_-rf_slash 7y ago
I think to give these people a minimum benefit of the doubt, we as a species have never before dealt with a virus that can last on surfaces for days, incubate for several weeks, and remain in lungs for over a month beyond a “recovered” patient testing negative. Not to mention the known yet nearly impossible to measure asymptomatic spread. All of this is new in so many ways all at once. Frankly I think it’s so beyond our expectations of what a virus can be that many people simply don’t believe the facts.

angelbar 7y ago

Darwinism....

toyg 7y ago

This is why governments should admit Covid19 is a problem that requires strong coordination at EU level. Going alone, as we've done until now, is not going to work - the continent is too small and too joined-up nowadays. Von der Leyen seems to understand this better than most, certainly better than Macron and Merkel.