I realise that l, there is more at play here than my health sherlock. I still struggle to breathe and seem to have rolling chest infections, always coughing stuff up. But and I mean but, the lives I have seen destroyed by what some are calling "protections" are vast, I don't personally believe what we went through was qorth it, just remember that restrictions don't mean the problem has gone either, it just gives us a short break.
Realistically what can we do at this stage?
My point is say we all wear masks, thats fine by the way. We install HEPA filters in all buildings, we do another round of jabs, and the infections are still really high, we then move to the "ok, let's put a capacity limit in shops and pubs" . Jobs are then lost again, furlough starts again. That doesn't bring it down so we then close all non essential retail again, stop the live sport and music again. That doesn't do much, what next? We lock down, another 3 months goes by, transmission drops again, we come back out even more screwed than before and carry on. But hey presto, 3 months later were back where we are now!!
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But say we wear masks, install HEPA filters in all buildings, improve ventilation and keep on with vaccines and infection numbers drop....
One of them is my mum
Hope she's ok!
Wont find out untiil 2 weeks after she is testing negative - another week.
Well I'm all for those measures sherlock. What I'm not in agreement with is to keep going with more measures afterwards until something sticks for a few months, but the above measures are a no brained. But unfortunately our govt will not do it, and even if they did we have groups in this country that will always call for more. Its that more part that really troubles me, but rest assured the "do nothing part" also troubles me
Then we're on the same page. And this is exactly why I'll refer to these measures as protections rather than restrictions.
OK, well perhaps we have crossed wires. The impression I got (most probably wrongly) was that you were in favour of any measures to reduce transmission, these specific ones i agree on and wouldn't call them restrictions either, some would argue that masks are a restriction but I diaagree
Sorry, to add, the reason I disapprove of the term "protections" is this is how sturgeon referred to a package of measures which did infact include restrictions on movement and who you could see, it was a very strange attempt to make people view something very extreme and damaging I the same way we view a seat belt. Perhaps I've let that bleed into my view on things we can all easily do lime wear a mask, for me the term protection has had a negative effect (I stress this is just me) as the word is synonymous with a time when people were trying to us psychology to chance a persons view on what I saw as very damaging measures, again I don't mean masks and non invasive measures
I spent over 2 years shielding, and believe me the absolute last thing I want to see is a return to that or lockdown in any form.
Its awful, I'm CV, not CEV, and its been hard and scary. I agree, in fact I think we've gone from one extreme (way too far) to thebother (way too little). That is down to having an inept government. Let's not forget, the only reason we "declared freedom" was because Boris got caught, if he hadn't we would still be under restrictions, as I believe back then covid restrictions were a "safe space for boris", as I say, he then got caught boozing and declared us all free!!! I hope thi gs i prove for you sherlock and everyone for that matter
Except vaccine effectiveness has waned to the point where the vast majority of the population are now effectively unvaccinated. And the boosters in October are only for those over 50.
When I was in hospital a couple of weeks ago I was swabbed for covid as I was potentially staying in overnight. It's protocol for those staying in a a bed. Luckily I didn't need to be kept in and I didn't test positive but had I tested positive I would have gone on the list as a covid patient in hospital yes?