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UK Government 2020: It seems that most people are catching coronavirus in private homes. makes pubs shit to be in with distancing rules and masks etc people

by _uwiz 6y ago

UK Government 2020: It seems that most people are catching coronavirus in private homes. makes pubs shit to be in with distancing rules and masks etc people start to socialise at home more It seems that most people are catching coronavirus in private homes. closes pubs earlier people start to socialise at home more It seems that most people are catching coronavirus in private homes. close everything else, make meeting up outside illegal people start to socialise at home more It seems that most people are catching coronavirus in private homes. I literally cannot come up with an explanation for this that isn't conspiratorial. For all of Boris' fluff, I don't believe that our Government is this incompetent or stupid - there has to be an ulterior motive here.

tinus_hn 6y ago
Yeah it’s like ‘30% of infections are happening in bars’ so let’s close the bars. Well now ’30% of infections are happening in gyms’ so let’s close these. Wow now that everything is closed, 60% of infections are happening at home! Let’s restrict that! Its just dumb.
- dTal 6y ago
  Are you implying that the total number of infections is held constant somehow, and restrictions merely move them around? Because that's false. Restrictions work.
  - tinus_hn 6y ago
    Statistics show a different reality but even then, if everything outside the house is closed it stands to reason that the percentage of infections inside the house would grow by a lot. Simply because there are no others. And it turns out to be pretty tempting, once infections start rising again (despite the restrictions) to use these percentages to impose even more draconian restrictions.
Nursie 6y ago
Socialising inside a home was restricted pretty early. Those socialising at home are breaking the law, it's just not something that can be enforced very easily. Our government demonstrably is this incompetent. Not just on coronavirus.
oarsinsync 6y ago
> I literally cannot come up with an explanation for this that isn't conspiratorial. For all of Boris' fluff, I don't believe that our Government is this incompetent or stupid - there has to be an ulterior motive here. I do believe the PM is this incompetent and stupid. He's demonstrated a total lack of belief in anything, and is utterly spineless. (Un)fortunately, the same cannot be said for some of his staff. There's a certain special advisor who drove to a castle (and got a raise) who has an interesting history when it comes to his views on eugenics.
michaelt 6y ago
> It seems that most people are catching coronavirus in private homes. It comes as no surprise to me that, if one person in a household gets infected, everyone else would too. What's the government supposed to do about that? Social distancing on the sofa?
- _uwiz 6y ago
  They should probably ban milk.
- tinus_hn 6y ago
  If you think outside the box there’s plenty of things to do: * quarantine the infected person outside the home * develop protocols to avoid infection of the others * use medication that blocks people from getting infected * use measures to block infecting the others It is kind of strange that in this situation somehow the government is justified in taking no action. While in others apparently they are obligated to act.

by _uwiz 6y ago

tinus_hn 6y ago

Yeah it’s like ‘30% of infections are happening in bars’ so let’s close the bars. Well now ’30% of infections are happening in gyms’ so let’s close these. Wow now that everything is closed, 60% of infections are happening at home! Let’s restrict that! Its just dumb.

dTal 6y ago
Are you implying that the total number of infections is held constant somehow, and restrictions merely move them around? Because that's false. Restrictions work.
- tinus_hn 6y ago
  Statistics show a different reality but even then, if everything outside the house is closed it stands to reason that the percentage of infections inside the house would grow by a lot. Simply because there are no others. And it turns out to be pretty tempting, once infections start rising again (despite the restrictions) to use these percentages to impose even more draconian restrictions.

Nursie 6y ago

Socialising inside a home was restricted pretty early. Those socialising at home are breaking the law, it's just not something that can be enforced very easily. Our government demonstrably is this incompetent. Not just on coronavirus.

oarsinsync 6y ago

> I literally cannot come up with an explanation for this that isn't conspiratorial. For all of Boris' fluff, I don't believe that our Government is this incompetent or stupid - there has to be an ulterior motive here. I do believe the PM is this incompetent and stupid. He's demonstrated a total lack of belief in anything, and is utterly spineless. (Un)fortunately, the same cannot be said for some of his staff. There's a certain special advisor who drove to a castle (and got a raise) who has an interesting history when it comes to his views on eugenics.

michaelt 6y ago

> It seems that most people are catching coronavirus in private homes. It comes as no surprise to me that, if one person in a household gets infected, everyone else would too. What's the government supposed to do about that? Social distancing on the sofa?

_uwiz 6y ago
They should probably ban milk.
tinus_hn 6y ago
If you think outside the box there’s plenty of things to do: * quarantine the infected person outside the home * develop protocols to avoid infection of the others * use medication that blocks people from getting infected * use measures to block infecting the others It is kind of strange that in this situation somehow the government is justified in taking no action. While in others apparently they are obligated to act.