Just drove past a packed Preston Park

sherlock1969 said:
Behave. He's broken the rules. Whether you agree with the rules or not is irrelevant.
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You could go for a walk 50 times a day and you wouldn’t increase your chances of catching Covid if you kept your distance.
Don’t know why so many on here have an issue with this, sitting at home and limiting exercise will have a terrible impact on anyone’s mental and physical health.
 
JM14 said:
You could go for a walk 50 times a day and you wouldn’t increase your chances of catching Covid if you kept your distance.
Don’t know why so many on here have an issue with this, sitting at home and limiting exercise will have a terrible impact on anyone’s mental and physical health.
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Statistically you would be increasing the risk but bottom line is, the rules are there, they are not for individual interpretation, that creates anarchy.
 
JM14 said:
You could go for a walk 50 times a day and you wouldn’t increase your chances of catching Covid if you kept your distance.
Don’t know why so many on here have an issue with this, sitting at home and limiting exercise will have a terrible impact on anyone’s mental and physical health.
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Completely irrelevant. We know the rules. People should follow them. It's only for a little while longer. Well, unless all the rule breakers get it extended.
 
JM14 said:
You could go for a walk 50 times a day and you wouldn’t increase your chances of catching Covid if you kept your distance.
Don’t know why so many on here have an issue with this, sitting at home and limiting exercise will have a terrible impact on anyone’s mental and physical health.
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Because they want to argue the toss and act all self righteous and show indignation at “packed out” local parks

hope this helps
 
We never saw a spike after the much published VE day / Brighton beaches / BLM marches etc.

The real issues was opening of shops and eating out / pubs. I'm afraid any normality will cause a rise in cases.

I think the chances of catching it walking around the park or along a beach are remote. We know it will spike again once everything opens up.
 
I really wonder once (hopefully) they pull the trigger and say there are no restrictions, what topic some people will find to get on their high horse about and point accusing fingers at the wider general public about.

One thing this pandemic has done is revealed a proportion of the population that have nowt better to do than look down their noses at other people and this has exposed them for what they are.
 
Tommy_Dickfingers said:
I really wonder once (hopefully) they pull the trigger and say there are no restrictions, what topic some people will find to get on their high horse about and point accusing fingers at the wider general public about.

One thing this pandemic has done is revealed a proportion of the population that have nowt better to do than look down their noses at other people and this has exposed them for what they are.
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And an overwhelming majority of them inhabit this board 🤦🏽‍♂️
 
Tommy_Dickfingers said:
I really wonder once (hopefully) they pull the trigger and say there are no restrictions, what topic some people will find to get on their high horse about and point accusing fingers at the wider general public about.

One thing this pandemic has done is revealed a proportion of the population that have nowt better to do than look down their noses at other people and this has exposed them for what they are.
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That's all a bit melodramatic isn't it?

'Exposing people for what they are'?

There's numerous and more significant things this pandemic has revealed than folk being concerned about the inadvertent spread of the virus. If you haven't noticed that you must have been walking around with your eyes shut for the last 12 months.
 
BoroFur said:
That's all a bit melodramatic isn't it?

'Exposing people for what they are'?

There's numerous and more significant things this pandemic has revealed than folk being concerned about the inadvertent spread of the virus. If you haven't noticed that you must have been walking around with your eyes shut for the last 12 months.
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It's as melodramatic as people sitting down to start a thread 'exposing' people for going out to enjoy the sunshine and then have people follow it up with certain phrases.
 
We have been told at every stage of this pandemic that the risk of transmitting the virus outdoors is extremely low. I'm not sure what the problem is here unless everyone is going indoors? We see worse car parks at supermarkets every day with people piling in to shop for stuff.
 
uncle_rico said:
No one is saying people shouldn’t be outside, but people driving to be somewhere with thousands of other people is not on. We’ve coped with walking to the local shop or around the block for the last 11 months, so it is possible to stay local and get some fresh air and a change of scenery. It’s not difficul.
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I honestly don't think there's any danger - like people have said the stats last year at the packed beaches/BLM protests etc proved it.

If you've made do with walking to the corner shop for 11 months thats your choice surely? Unless of course you have your reasons, personal or otherwise, in which case I sincerely apologise.

Some people simply can't do this because of location/mental health/kids crawling up the walls/tension at home etc etc - the list goes on.

As above, if making do with what you have been doing is your choice - then it kind of sounds like you're looking down on people for going out and enjoying themselves.
 
MolteniArcore said:
We have been told at every stage of this pandemic that the risk of transmitting the virus outdoors is extremely low. I'm not sure what the problem is here unless everyone is going indoors? We see worse car parks at supermarkets every day with people piling in to shop for stuff.
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We are also told and shown that the LAWS are that people should observe social distancing and not meet up with people outside of their bubbles yet they are doing so and that is the issue not that people are going to parks.

Transmission of the virus outdoors is lower if the LAWS are followed not if everyone just does what they want because they think they know better or just don't care.
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
We are also told and shown that the LAWS are that people should observe social distancing and not meet up with people outside of their bubbles yet they are doing so and that is the issue not that people are going to parks.

Transmission of the virus outdoors is lower if the LAWS are followed not if everyone just does what they want because they think they know better or just don't care.
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And how do you categorically know that people who visited the park or the beach at the weekend are breaking the LAWS?
 
Tommy_Dickfingers said:
And how do you categorically know that people who visited the park or the beach at the weekend are breaking the LAWS?
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I haven't said anyone at the weekend was breaking the laws.

Its quite simple. If your not complying with the law (its posted below for you) then you are breaking the law.

I walk my dog once a day and see groups of people meeting up, standing in groups of several people all in close distance, all breaking the law as it stands
  • exercise with your household (or support bubble) or one other person (in which case you should stay 2m apart). Exercise should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.
 
It's a tricky one isn't it? Especially with the definition of local not being clear. There is such a fine line between getting some daily fresh air and hanging round in groups. I was cycling past craven cottage on Saturday and the park was entirely full. It was unpleasant so we had to get out and take the long way home. But, a lot of people seemed to be socially distancing and not many were gathering in groups. It just looked like a lot of people.

Some of us don't have gardens so any fresh air that isn't on my balcony has to be taken outside. Also anyone with a dog has to go out for the dogs sake. I'm torn here. I worry about gatherings but I also struggle with lockdown restrictions and realise for physical and mental health people need to get out a bit
 
SmallTown said:
It's a tricky one isn't it? Especially with the definition of local not being clear. There is such a fine line between getting some daily fresh air and hanging round in groups. I was cycling past craven cottage on Saturday and the park was entirely full. It was unpleasant so we had to get out and take the long way home. But, a lot of people seemed to be socially distancing and not many were gathering in groups. It just looked like a lot of people.

Some of us don't have gardens so any fresh air that isn't on my balcony has to be taken outside. Also anyone with a dog has to go out for the dogs sake. I'm torn here. I worry about gatherings but I also struggle with lockdown restrictions and realise for physical and mental health people need to get out a bit
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I don't think any right thinking person would not accept that people have to go to parks etc for exercise/fresh air.

What is avoidable though is either deliberately or by chance meeting up with people you shouldn't meet up with and not observing social distancing.

I walked my dog yesterday, There was a group of 7-8 other dog walkers all stood in close proximity to each other talking whilst the dogs ran around. Looking at the ages and ethnicity of those people then its vey difficult to see how it was one household bubble so by definition they are breaking the law. Whether they don't know the law or don't care about it I don't know.

The virus is harder to transmit outdoors but that doesn't mean it cannot be spread especially if people are in groups in close contact and that is the issue, not people going out but people being in close contact.
 
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