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paulca:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 10, 2020, 08:34:43 pm ---The whole concept is broken.

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maginnovision:
It all made sense... Until Box. Funniest line in the whole movie. First time I saw it I laughed for at least 10 minutes.

PlainName:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 10, 2020, 08:34:43 pm ---Ah care homes. Like a cruise, as deadly as a cruise but crap scenery and the destination is a hole in the ground.

The whole concept is broken.

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What would be a better (workable) solution?

Zero999:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 10, 2020, 05:05:27 pm ---What is troubling me right now is "They think it's all over".  The UK is dropping quarantine for travellers, relaxing lock down even more.  Northern Ireland had it under control, but they too are relaxing traveller quarantine.

However globally the virus is accelerating not dropping.  It will not end well.

We went into lock down when there was 20k new cases per day.  Now there are 200k and we open the borders and tell people to come on in and mix, go to the pub have parties.

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I wouldn't say that most people here feel that it's all over.

On the surface, it may seem as though the UK is going back to normal, but look a little deeper and it's not the case. Pubs and restaurants are only allowed to open, if they meet strict criteria, quarantine is only relaxed for those travelling from countries with low COVID-19 figures and gatherings of more than 30 people are still against the law.

It can be argued that the drastic lockdowns seen in most of the world were overkill. Sweden came under a lot of criticism for not implementing a full lockdown, as most other countries did, but it's not true they did nothing. Secondary schools were closed, public gatherings limited to less than 50 and people were advised against non-essential travel. Although lots of the criticism aimed at Sweden was valid, mainly the lack of protection of the elderly, they did flatten the curve. Now it seems as though many other European countries, such as the UK have moved in a similar direction to Sweden by opening up most of the economy, whilst maintaining some social distancing.

Unfortunately it's too early to say who was right and who was wrong. We'll only know that at the end of the pandemic.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---Secondary schools were closed
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Over-16s only, so basically those about to leave or heading into further education. Below 16 they were all open.


--- Quote ---they did flatten the curve
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Highest per capita death rate in Europe. Worse than ours, even!

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