Coronavirus outbreak

[Levo-Lon]

Lockdown is obviously over in Peterborough

Cycling home from one side of the city to the other from work I've noticed a big difference this week.
Yes it's been sunny but it seems people have decided to ignore the rules.
Considerable increase in people about, sunbathing, small groups, cars being driven to areas to walk dogs...

Couple of weeks ago police were out in force preventing this.

Orton mere was a joke ,there was about 12 people on the River bridge, Nene valley railway crossing was busy, 2gates..I think Mr Policeman needs to come back.

 

[ozboz]

I have just watched this , just as a matter of interest what do others on here think of this Woman’s response ,

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jh6ddgDsoo4&feature=youtu.be

 

[alicat]

I didn't listen to it all the way through but she's bang to rights and she should just have got quietly home the first time that they approached her. "When you're in a hole, stop digging."

 

[Tail End Charlie]

One of the "I know my rights brigade".

 

[newfhouse]

I have just watched this , just as a matter of interest what do others on here think of this Woman’s response ,

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jh6ddgDsoo4&feature=youtu.be

I’m as liberal as they come, but now is not the time for playing games like this. I thought the cops were exceptionally patient but she painted herself into a corner and left them with no choice. She may or may not be right about the enforceability of the regulations. The way to deal with that is to provide details, accept the FPN and then use the court process to test whether she was in breach or not.

 

[tom73]

She is right within the law but not the spirt.
She lost her argument early on when she said along the lines of if I catch it , it only effects me.....
No it effects everyone she's just being a selfish total knob.
In the end she got arrested for being a prat and she most likely carried it on in custody.
Staff have better things to do than deal with the likes of her.
I've said it before but it's fact people like her are killing people.

 

[johnnyb47]

Wow. Why on earth didn't she just go home as requested. The police have got a difficult job as it is, without people like that arguing about the fine in,s and outs of the law. They just want to minimise the risks of this virus from spreading. She said if she catches it, that would be her problem. Its not though is it. She puts the NHS at greater strain and everyone around her at risk. She may inenvertanty become a carrier of this disease without even knowing. This is just one case of selfishness and the risks would be miniscule, but what if we all behaved like this. The spread of the virus would be much more likely.
As for exercising the mind by watching the sun set what a load of cobblers. To me it means she wants to de stress by by sitting on a public bench and enjoy the sun set. Surely the choice of going to the police station to de stress is more stressful than watching the sun set
Why didn't she just go home. An hour and half sitting on the bench is more than ample time in this day and age instead of trying to play the police at there own game.
18000 people have died in the uk so far and the police and medics are doing what can say are an amazing job trying to deal with such unprecedented times. There using there best judgement and really don't need awkward people like this trying to run rings around them. Yes it does feel like house arrest sometimes with big brother watching over us, but its only being done for our own safety.
We all have our different views and will understand if others take offence to mine but to me i think this lady has acted disgracefully.

 

[tom73]

So 1000's of former HCP's and student HCP's out of a sense of humanity came back to work.
Some have sadly died now it turns out they are not entitled to death in service payment.
They stepped up to help others now it's the turn of the state to do the same.

 

[Electric_Andy]

What a thoroughly annoying woman. I thought exercise was limited to 1 hour anyway, but the rules seem to have changed. it is quite obvious that PHYSICAL exercise is permitted outdoors because you can't really walk or jog indoors. You can meditate indoors though, or in your garden/balcony if you have one. if you don't, then there's plenty of ways around it (meditation tracks on all types of media, sunset screensaver apps on your TV etc). I don't think the Police approached it in the right way though. They gave her a warning 45 minutes previously. They should have just said "go home now or you'll get a ticket". Pandering to people like this, at a time of international crisis, only sends a soft touch message to people. Imagine if someone was drink driving, and the police just gave them a warning and said "well we've warned you before that you are over the limit...just finish that 6th beer and please go home". I know we don't want draconian attitudes from the police about everything, but this seems very clear cut to me.

 

[newfhouse]

I don't think the Police approached it in the right way though. They gave her a warning 45 minutes previously. They should have just said "go home now or you'll get a ticket". Pandering to people like this, at a time of international crisis, only sends a soft touch message to people.

I think the officers adopted exactly the right approach, in line with the four E’s:
https://www.met.police.uk/advice/ad...9/coronavirus-covid-19/the-new-police-powers/

 

[AndyRM]

She's a dick. I cannot stand people like her.

 

[oldwheels]

Standing outside it the coop queue yesterday a couple of obvious tourists came strolling along the middle of the street. How do we know they are tourists? Until they reached the coop they inspected all the shop windows and continued doing this after they had passed. Their dress style identified them as non local and they looked Italian but certainly Mediterranean appearance.
As the queue was stretched out for about 200 meters with at least 2 metres separation the mutterings were quite loud which must have reached them but they swept on regardless.
How on earth did they evade the check points?
The ones seen a few days ago seem to have vanished either into hiding or "persuaded" on to the the next ferry.

 

[MarkF]

Good news this morning.

Test data reassuring for frontline helathcare workers.

Whatever happened to modesty & professionalism?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...staff-dancing-fooling-coronavirus-crisis.html

 

[davidphilips]

I have just watched this , just as a matter of interest what do others on here think of this Woman’s response ,

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jh6ddgDsoo4&feature=youtu.be

What a thoroughly annoying woman really hope she was finned, my thoughts are she shown no regard either for the lockdown or respect for the police.

 

[Levo-Lon]

What a thoroughly annoying woman really hope she was finned, my thoughts are she shown no regard either for the lockdown or respect for the police.

To be fair a taser and throw in river would be better..pity we have to be seen as considerate to these shyte people