What Excuse Will The Government Use When Daily Covid Deaths Are Zero?

[dave50]

Better to be safe? Protect the NHS? Their credibility is being pushed even now with deaths being negligible. Judging by the number of people out shopping and drinking yesterday it seems most are voting with their feet already. I dont think there is any way back to lock down now with all the promise of things going back to normal, even if infections rise, I would hope the people wouldn't stand for it, especially as all the elderly and vulnerable have had the jab.

[mushroom25]

here's your starter for ten - a one-third increase in cases since last week.....
https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/12/covid-deaths-uk-another-13-people-die-as-3568-people-test-positive-14398050/

[emmie]

they will never be zero, flu claims thousands of lives every year, covid will continue i think to do the same. not everyone is going to have the vacination, and this virus is mutating as virus's do.

[Atheist]

Dave; surely the govt aren't deliberately seeking to impose lockdown for no reason? What would be the point of the govt damaging the economy?

[naomi24]

Are they looking for an excuse and if so, why?

[emmie]

we will have to learn to live with covid 19. As we have learned to live with flu.

[Sqad]

No excuses, just facts.
If the public don't comply with Government recommendations, then almost certainly there will be further outbreaks and future lockdowns.
It is nowhere near over......only 50% of the population is vaccinated with a vaccine that at best, very best is 80-90% effective and that is without the appearance of new variants.
The game is far from over.......

[emmie]

Flu

" FACT: Healthy individuals usually recover within a week, but for some the disease can lead to hospitalisation, permanent disability or even death. FACT: Flu kills. An average of 8000 people die from flu in England each year

[Rosetta]

ditto what sqad said

[ToraToraTora]

I don't understand the question "what excuse....?" excuse for what?

[emmie]

with the best will in the world sqad i don't think people will wear another lockdown. Its been killing our people i know, but its also been killing our economy, that;s something that can't go on

[mushroom25]

if the government are following science like this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-40ac92b1-1750-4e86-9936-2cda6b0acb3f
then we'll be living with some COVID restrictions (social distancing, masks, etc) indefinitely, probably years into the future.

[Canary42]

It's obvious for what they seek an excuse - for the complete failure of Brexit to return the wonderful benefits they so falsely promised.

[ToraToraTora]

go and scoff another punnet of sour grapes canary!
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1747856.html

[Atheist]

On yer bike TTT! :-)

[Atheist]

TTT when do you actually do your exercise?

[woofgang]

mushroom25 "if the government are following science like this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-40ac92b1-1750-4e86-9936-2cda6b0acb3f
then we'll be living with some COVID restrictions (social distancing, masks, etc) indefinitely, probably years into the future."

yes this has already been said many many times, by JVT among others, I think Chris Whitty said it too, that there will be ADVICE in the future at certain times about things like social distancing and masks, that some people may choose to continue to take precautions after they aren't generally required and that all of us should continue to do stuff that we should have been doing all along like proper frequent handwashing, proper tissue disposal and letting fresh air into houses and workplaces.

[Peter Pedant]

what a dumb question

[Cryptical]

What would you rather have.
A lockdown or rampant deaths happening?

[ToraToraTora]

11:52, BA right there.

[emmie]

watching the news yesterday of the people going about their shopping, and visits to the pub, which you can now do, there were little evidence of mask wearing, or socially distancing that i could see - i know you can't drink whilst supping your ale, but even being interviewed no one thought to slip on a mask or be sufficiently away from their neighbours -