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What about the psychological affect of people partying on as if corona virus had never happend? It looks as if Europe is spiralling close to a 'Covid 2.0' sequel, with a spike in new infections mostly in the 28 to 40 demograph.

Meanwhile in Pommieland, inspired by Britain's lycra fan Prime Minister, the UK Government is encouraging the English to get the economy moving by offering £50 vouchers to repair unloved bicycles, so citizens can "embrace cycling". After all, you'd need to be a nut to use public transport... cough cough cough.
Sounds too good to be true? At time of writing, there are NO vouchers available because there are not enough cycle repair shops or 'qualified mechanics' signed up to implement the scheme. This de-railer is possibly because those who would sign up, are unwilling or unable to indeminify their recon' work to the sum of (from) £2M.
So carry on using the bus, on balance it's safer than being hit by one.

bd139:
Or just stay the fuck at home if you can where you don’t have to go on a disease ridden shit box. Incidentally I called them that before Covid :)

nctnico:
Yeah. Public transport is the ideal place to spread whatever virus is around. I doubt I'll be able to avoid it any longer though but I'm worried what August is going to bring regarding Covid-19 spreading numbers. I (kinda) intend to start using the train again in September but I'm not convinced it is a good idea.

Meanwhile I'm on a holiday in (mostly) France. Face masks and disinfecting hands is required inside shops, restaurants and hotels. I'm wondering what all the hand desinfectant is going to do long term. The measures in hotels are all over the place. Some have the breakfast buffets open as usual, some reduce the number of people at the buffet, others serve breakfast like in a old style shop (point what you want and they put it on your plate) and others require to fill in a form and tell what time you want to have breakfast. At breakfast you get a pre-defined table and a tray with what your ordered.

Biggest problem now is that there is a curfew in Belgium right in the area we need to cross to get home and that same area has been labelled as a no-go zone for people from the NL. I guess we'll just need to make sure to fuel up the car and don't stop anywhere in Belgium.

jonovid:
all this co v id 19 stuff is simply not making any sense,  any more, with all the fearmongering in the mainstream media
just 3o minutes of this type of Tv news , is enough to make most people depressed.
will my privacy be violated if I shop at one of your _____ stores?
so will I be confronted by barrier tape & witches hats at the doorway?
will I be harassed by your team members for not wearing a hazmat suit or balaclava?
will I be refuse service if I do not look like a bank robber?
government recommendations are just that a recommendation, not compulsory

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--- Quote ---government recommendations are just that a recommendation, not compulsory
--- End quote ---

Why do you think they have recommendations? They want to achieve some effect and that will (probably) happen if people follow the recommendations. If people ignore them because they are not compulsory then whatever they want to achieve (probably) won't occur.

Recommendations tend to be a short-term more-or-less requirement. If you prefer, I'm sure they could waste time and effort on drafting yet another law which will be unenforceable and come into force just after the horse has bolted and then remain on the books to catch you out.

A recommendation is preferable over a mandatory requirement because you can have special exceptions without problems. But they have to be special - if you basically ignore it all just because, then it's likely to be made mandatory and lead to hassle for everyone. Not to mention, in the 'co v id 19' case, ignore-able by those who have got fucked in the meantime.

The only issue should be: is this a reasonable way to achieve that end, and is it an end I want to be part of. Yes? Just do what they recommend.

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