The ‘whack a mole’ strategy in Leicester...
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South Korea, Germany and France (I think) have done some kind of local lockdowns.
Difference was these were micro local - people with the virus identified, people who came into contact identified and nipped in the bud really quickly.
Germany for instance - R rate shot up to almost 3 and with their quick action (waiting til Thursday FFS) got it below 1 in days.
Difference was these were micro local - people with the virus identified, people who came into contact identified and nipped in the bud really quickly.
Germany for instance - R rate shot up to almost 3 and with their quick action (waiting til Thursday FFS) got it below 1 in days.
Exactly.
Why are they locking everybody down, which they aren't by the way as it's just closing shops for good and letting a generation of kids down? Why not pinpoint the area in question using the guys who are on £15 an hour doing the track and trace?
It's a government flexing it's muscles plain and simple. For instance a lockdown of London will NEVER happen again when it's what they should have done at the very beginning and probably spared the rest of the country.
Why are they locking everybody down, which they aren't by the way as it's just closing shops for good and letting a generation of kids down? Why not pinpoint the area in question using the guys who are on £15 an hour doing the track and trace?
It's a government flexing it's muscles plain and simple. For instance a lockdown of London will NEVER happen again when it's what they should have done at the very beginning and probably spared the rest of the country.
The fact is that Leicester are experiencing a larger rise in number of cases than anywhere else is the reason for it. Someone mentioned the low number of deaths in the City in recent days - the deaths would come in a couple of weeks. As other have said this has been a requirement elsewhere, but i think it will be more prevalent in this country due to our governments approach to lifting the lockdown.
I don't think Finny that the government would go near the idea of trying to show they are protecting BAME communities - all local lockdowns are going to ultimately demonstrate is the inequalities across the country, which they will ultimately be blamed for.
I don't think Finny that the government would go near the idea of trying to show they are protecting BAME communities - all local lockdowns are going to ultimately demonstrate is the inequalities across the country, which they will ultimately be blamed for.
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I think the problem with Leicester is no different from anywhere else, in that the lockdown hasn't been enforced. This government have relied on people's common sense and it has been mis-judged. Had we locked down like Spain and Italy we'd be in a far better situation than we are now, much less deaths and a much less infections.
I've managed to cling onto my job by the skin of my teeth and finally things are looking okish. A second wave would be curtains for me so I'm increasingly frustrated that people aren't caring about the rules, and that the government have took a softly softly approach to enforcing them.
I've managed to cling onto my job by the skin of my teeth and finally things are looking okish. A second wave would be curtains for me so I'm increasingly frustrated that people aren't caring about the rules, and that the government have took a softly softly approach to enforcing them.
Leicester horse meeting today - its still going ahead.
* edit - 90 horses running across the card - long meeting of 10 races - horse boxes, travelling lads/driver - jockeys all travelling in from across the UK. Local would be Vets, Farrier, Cleaners, Hospitality, Taxis
plus tv and media.
* edit - 90 horses running across the card - long meeting of 10 races - horse boxes, travelling lads/driver - jockeys all travelling in from across the UK. Local would be Vets, Farrier, Cleaners, Hospitality, Taxis
plus tv and media.
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