Coronavirus outbreak

[tom73]

Yes limiting numbers is really the only way but it's going to have to be very clear then that you can't be expected to go into work.
If it's not your kids day for school then or many face the sack.

 

[kingrollo]

Personally I think the calculation method of r should be made public and bound in legislation that it does not change.

Let's remember how this govt attempted to reduce the number of children in poverty.

 

[delb0y]

What has stopped you riding up until now? It has been allowed all along, hasn't it?

Yes it has, but I've been using my daily exercise walking the dog (which apparently counted as one's daily exercise) rather than cycling. Now I can do both :-)

 

[tom73]

He is talking to the morons, Get real ffs.

Sadly the virus is not limited to the morons or morons effect on pubic health.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Doesn’t even really work for that particularly well. You are not going to be able to go to work with your 5 year old at school and your 7 year old at home by itself

Wouldn‘t they be at the same primary school?

 

[Rocky]

Sadly the virus is not limited to the morons or morons effect on pubic health.

You also can’t run a major economy, or deal with a pandemic, with common sense alone. Clear, evidence based, rules and guidelines are needed. There seem to be a paucity of these emerging at the moment. Boris is hugely out of his depth.

 

[snorri]

Nicola Sturgeon has said their relaxing of exercise rules does not include sunbathing or bbqs. But then I thought isn’t it currently expected to be around -1C in Scotland with some snow so non issue for now...

It was snowing here today at sea level but not lying, although there is a goodly fresh covering on the hills.

 

[classic33]

Wouldn‘t they be at the same primary school?

Depends, catchment areas have been fluid over the last few years.

 

[Rocky]

The BBC are reporting this as a conditional plan.

What is it conditional on? I’m really confused.

 

[Rusty Nails]

You also can’t run a major economy, or deal with a pandemic, with common sense alone. Clear, evidence based, rules and guidelines are needed. There seem to be a paucity of these emerging at the moment. Boris is hugely out of his depth.

As I said earlier, all fur coat and no knickers.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The BBC are reporting this as a conditional plan.

What is it conditional on? I’m really confused.

It's conditional on whether your R's in gear.

 

[midlife]

Conditional on the 5 tests I presume?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

What I really disliked about the speech was its bombastic delivery. Totally inappropriate for our times to me.

The content was rather confused too.

"We're going to have 5 levels. I'm not going to tell you what they are though. But I *can* reveal that on this 5 point scale, our current level is four. No three. And a half-ish"

 

[Rocky]

It's conditional on whether your R's in gear.

There seems to be confusion in government about cause and effect where R is concerned.

How do we beat the infection? We drive R down. How do we drive R down? We beat the infection.

 

[kingrollo]

You also can’t run a major economy, or deal with a pandemic, with common sense alone. Clear, evidence based, rules and guidelines are needed. There seem to be a paucity of these emerging at the moment. Boris is hugely out of his depth.

He's just has the wrong skillset for this. His skill is the likeable bumbling buffoon who fecks up now and then - but underneath it all he's ok .

He's struggling with the serious stuff though.