Covid Wish It Wld Finish!

[eve1974]

Covid covid covid. Sick (no pun) of How Covid has altered our lives worldwide. I, (like many) kinda thought world wld have a grip on it by now (naively) but I’m finally realising that it’s here for a long time yet!

[Bobbisox1]

Normal likeminded people do Chelle , Teacake singled out the North East in her vitriol but that's because I live there and I'm used to it's spiteful attacks and can cope with them
Well done you by the way

[Sqad]

////How long, realistically do people expect the health of the vast majority of the general population (and the economy) to be sacrificed at the alter of Covid? It may be a harsh thing to say, but the question needs to be asked and answered (honestly) quickly.////

Well said parsley. I might add that people disobeying government recommendations are passively hastening total herd immunity by whatever definition one might use.
Just own upto it.

[ParsleyDumpling]

Why is that FF?

Many thousands more people are now testing positive for Covid on a daily basis (of course we don't know the figures before increased testing, since apparently a lot of these positive results are in people showing no or very little symptoms). These vastly increased numbers of positive tests are not resulting in thousands of admissions to hospital and resultant deaths. How can anyone know if thousands more people have to die to get herd immunity? Again I have to ask, why is this unacceptable? Surely if we are to survive anything, herd immunity has to be the way to go, even with a safe vaccine (if we ever get one), everyone can't be protected or saved.

[teacake44]

I say again, there's thousands of single moms, and its funny how some don't stop at one child even after the first mistake.
(Single out the north east) The government singled out the north east as being a hot spot for the most night life and pubs, hence the new restrictions.

[fiction-factory]

I don't need to justify it, ParsleyDumping. It's the consensus view in Sage and epidemiologists in England, Scotland, Wales, N Ireland. I assume you missed Chris Whitty's explanation and have missed the growth in Covid admissions and uptick in deaths in other countries and now here. Or you disbelieve the experts and their followers, so nothing I say will change your mind

[Bobbisox1]

12-17
Yeahhhhhh fane at last for us then :0))))

[teacake44]

Just pointing out the truth!! if that irritates you then so be it. Closing the pubs or shutting them early will keep the crime rate down, drunken driving, litter reduced, and young girls getting into trouble that will stay with them for most of their lives. All sounds like a good plan to me, ( for a change)

[dannyk13]

Teacake @ 12.17 This has nothing to with the OP.

[Bobbisox1]

// fame///:0)))

[teacake44]

danny, wrong, ( how covid has altered our lives) in the OP.

[Old_Geezer]

You are unlikely to see anything like that number of deaths from Covid before herd immunity kicks in, ff. For a start those deemed to be vulnerable would mainly opt to stay out of it. And it'd be the government's responsibility to ensure old folks' homes aren't being dumped on. Furthermore one has to get to HI at some point, all that's presently happening is it's being stretched out to take longer getting there; and, not that it's a relevant argument either way, but the reality is that in a population of 66,650,000 100,000 is 0.15%. And compare that to heart disease that kills 170,000 a year.

[Curvylady]

Having read the whole thread it seems mostly a sensible discussion and then along comes teacake44, what a nasty person this is.

[dannyk13]

Teacake //danny, wrong, ( how covid has altered our lives) in the OP.//
The OP does not mention single mothers which is what you were making aspersions about.

[dannyk13]

Curvy lady //teacake44, what a nasty person this is//
As many on here would agree with you.

[teacake44]

12.56 You won't be the first or the last to call me names, for spelling out the truth, you can turn you head away form trouble and problems, but that won't get rid of them like some think, We've all been bought back down to earth with covid whether one likes it or not. Its also stopped us doing the bad things we have been doing to the planet and to ourselves if you think about it in depth. But if name calling is all you have to offer , then so be it.

[teacake44]

12.58 Its about the reduction in pub opening/ closing, going onto late night mistakes, it all follows from one thing to another. So pubs opening and closing will alter our lives. Since when did you start sticking to an OP thread, Ridged or anyone else?

[Deskdiary]

FF - if you’re going to bandy about completely unsubstantiated numbers , that were merely worst case scenario guesstimates at the start , then you do have to justify them.

[Theland]

I think the virus will continue to lurk around looking for fresh victims to infect, and any lockdowns and restrictions will only slow its progress until everybody has been exposed.
And then there is the possibility of the virus solving into something similarly dangerous.
The global effects already seen are the beginnings of an economic meltdown, unemployment, mass protests and violence. In other words, a complete breakdown of society, and anarchy.

[teacake44]

17.04 And its been coming for a long time, we've treated the planet like a dustbin, and still doing so despite the continual warnings. Invading wildlife habitat, polluting the air to the point of choking in some countries, we are getting what we deserve big time, greed and selfishness, I'm all right jack for has long as it lasts attitude.

[ParsleyDumpling]

We have seen a huge surge in positive tests, but not the resultant hospital admissions and deaths. If it is the thought of the thousands that MIGHT die that is causing people to worry over Covid, then why is it OK to sacrifice thousands more to an early death from cancers and other conditions, that are currently not being treated, because of Covid?