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tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
I'm bulk buying toilet paper tomorrow. If there's any left.

Being serious I can't see many taking a blind bit of notice over the new restrictions.
No one is round here and not even been a week. Funny how many regular drinkers have now moved in together and no sign of ever having ordered food.
 
If Tier 1 are progressing to tier 2 - which in turn progress to tier 3 .....isn't that evidence enough that tier 1 & 2 measures don't work ??
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Most near me haven't taken any notice of the ones introduced in August, nor the others introduced in September. I doubt these will make any difference at all.
There's some near me have taken no notice of any restrictions in place over the last 226 days.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
From a few consultant s at BRI

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54718318

Wonder if they have been reading CC and decided to set the record straight 😁
This is the same hospital that has plenty of space in the ICU, due to the low number of Covid-19 cases currently being treated.
 

SpokeyDokey

68, & my GP says I will officially be old at 70!
Moderator
Well; if no one is taking notice of Tier 1, 2 etc etc then what will work?

If we lock down the whole country why would those ignoring the tier system suddenly become saintly and play by the rules?

Doesn't matter if it's Boris's rules or even if Jezza had won the GE and it was his rules - the result would be the same.

Some people are fed up and/or too stupid to play by the rules whatever they are.
 

PK99

Legendary Member
Location
SW19
Doesn't matter if it's Boris's rules or even if Jezza had won the GE and it was his rules - the result would be the same.

Some people are fed up and/or too stupid to play by the rules whatever they are.

On your first point, I find it profoundly disappointing that so many peoples attitude was politically conditioned from the get go.

On your second, the fact that too many have ignored the rules, or sought ways to circumvent them, from very early on, suggests to me that your "too stupid" option is the correct one.
 
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Unkraut

Master of the Inane Comment
Location
Germany
Some people are fed up and/or too stupid to play by the rules whatever they are.
Everyone is fed up, that's no excuse for no obeying the rules.

I think a major mistake was made in the UK at the beginning with the 500,000 possible deaths or whatever it was that was modelled. This inflated scare tactic - or at least that is how it will be perceived by those who distrust 'experts' - just doesn't ring true, another version of project fear. When it turned out to be inaccurate, notwithstanding as demonstrated by the same expert community, then all other warnings can be treated with a pinch of salt as well.

It doesn't help there have been too many high profile cases of the 'elite', those who set the rules, exempting themselves from obeying them. That's been an unmitigated disaster.
 
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