Imagine

[Canary42]

Just imagine if the Deniers who want all anti-Covid measures dropped for "the sake of the economy" had been around in mid-1940 :-

"OK, 9 months is quite enough, the measures this country is taking are damaging the economy, stop fighting and let Adolf run rampant through the country."

Good job Joe Public had more stamina in those days than today's snowflakes.

[New Judge]

The difference is that Hitler had plans to invade and occupy this country and that would have had a profound influence on every person here. As far as we know, the virus has no such plans and, looking at the figures, its influence will have an effect on only a very small minority of the population.

Other than that, your analogy is spot on.

In fact, if this had been 1940 the population would not expect the government to "keep them safe" from each and every disease. They would have taken whatever precautions they thought fit but they would have "Kept Calm and Carried On" (as they did when faced with the possibility of invasion in 1940).

To illustrate further that your analogy is flawed, in 1940 everything remained open and in service. Schools, shops, pubs, restaurants, West End Clubs, theatres, cinemas all operated as normally as they could. Sporting events were curtailed mainly because the would-be participants were in the armed forces. Those events that did take place were attended by a live audience.

In fact, the situation in 1940 was precisely the opposite to today. The population did not hide itself away, the economy did not almost shut down and life went on as normally as it could (bearing in mind that most of the male population was away and that the country was being bombed almost nightly).

BTW - people who want to see the anti-Covid measures relaxed are not "deniers." They usually fully accept the virus exists.

[andres]

The difference back then in 1940 was that the enemy wore a uniform. They were visible . When they approached our
shores we had warning sirens and were able to take shelter.
Unlike today where we are struggling against an invisible virus with no clear knowledge of how to fight it.

[sherrardk]

The two things aren’t comparable.

Today’s ‘snowflakes‘ have been lockdowned to protect the vulnerable and old (who were ‘Joe Public in those days‘).

[AuntPollyGrey]

What a load of tripe. If you want to believe the 'dads army' version of what it was like in the War then go ahead -except its wasn't all like that - there was plenty of people trying to dodge the system, black market spivs etc. I'm not saying that was ok, just that not everyone was accepting, jolly and 'carried on' regardless.

[Rosie29]

Well said APG.

[New Judge]

//...there was plenty of people trying to dodge the system, black market spivs etc. I'm not saying that was ok, just that not everyone was accepting, jolly and 'carried on' regardless.//

Of course there were. But life went on as normally as it could.

[AuntPollyGrey]

NJ and that's what people in 2020 are trying to do -with different challenges.

[bednobs]

does anyone else think that deniers should be spelt denyers to distinguish it from tights? :)

[bobbinwales]

In many ways yes judge. We had lights out tho at night and no proffesional football. And some times we wore masks (gas masks) so there was some similaritys. But there was no social media and less conspiracy theorys and less misstrust and most peopel did as the were told/asked

[Cloverjo]

Bednobs, I always read it in the tights way too :)

[douglas9401]

Sheer madness.

[ToraToraTora]

have a day off canary, this is nothing like the war and if it was you'd be on the side of the enemy anyway.

[Peter Pedant]

you dont have to imagine
there was a peace party
led by Lord Halifax apparently

[cheers of who he den etc]

[Peter Pedant]

there was also a coin called a denier
silver
from Latin denarius
which was the common coin of commerce in the Angevin Empire

(screams of who dat, where dat and god knows what)

came in two flavour -long and short cross I think