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It would seem my input to this thread is redundant as I am retired and shall not be returning to work so I shall bow out.
Edit to add if this thread is in the wrong forum then the mods have had the ability to move it to the general chat forum all along just an observation.
I feel for all of you who have to return to a work environment and especially those of you who have to use public transport.
I think where possible I'd ditch that and buy a bike.
I'm retired and live in a very small Welsh village on a hillside.
Nothing like living in an overcrowded town or city.
I count my blessings ... Quite rural life .... own transport .... can and do stay in for days on end as I don't really have to be anywhere.
My biggest gripe is that the UK so far hasn't had a total lockdown for three months.
Should have happened at the start.
England closes Wales opens up.
Wales closes England opens up ... it doesn't make sense.
I went to Home Bargains yesterday and in one isle .... couldn't buy an electric blanket duvets or sheets but could buy pillows ... who on earth makes these dumb decisions?
I feel for all of you who have to return to a work environment and especially those of you who have to use public transport.
I think where possible I'd ditch that and buy a bike.
I'm retired and live in a very small Welsh village on a hillside.
Nothing like living in an overcrowded town or city.
I count my blessings ... Quite rural life .... own transport .... can and do stay in for days on end as I don't really have to be anywhere.
My biggest gripe is that the UK so far hasn't had a total lockdown for three months.
Should have happened at the start.
England closes Wales opens up.
Wales closes England opens up ... it doesn't make sense.
I went to Home Bargains yesterday and in one isle .... couldn't buy an electric blanket duvets or sheets but could buy pillows ... who on earth makes these dumb decisions?
I feel for all of you who have to return to a work environment and especially those of you who have to use public transport.
I think where possible I'd ditch that and buy a bike.
I'm retired and live in a very small Welsh village on a hillside.
Nothing like living in an overcrowded town or city.
I count my blessings ... Quite rural life .... own transport .... can and do stay in for days on end as I don't really have to be anywhere.
My biggest gripe is that the UK so far hasn't had a total lockdown for three months.
Should have happened at the start.
England closes Wales opens up.
Wales closes England opens up ... it doesn't make sense.
I went to Home Bargains yesterday and in one isle .... couldn't buy an electric blanket duvets or sheets but could buy pillows ... who on earth makes these dumb decisions?
Incredible really isn't it. Hindsight it's easy to say but "if" the WHO had stopped flights out of China at the start then maybe just maybe the virus might have been contained. Yet now all these months later we now have mutations which are more transmissible which have come in or gone out by international travel. It beggars belief really that the UK seems to be one of the worst performing nations with regard to cases and deaths and yet we are an Island!! A small island which gave us the best protection in wars and from potential invaders and yet the country gets done by a virus you can't even see!
However whilst the government must take it's share of the blame so must sectors of the population. To see stations packed the other day with people trying to get out of the capital before Tier 4 lockdown was shocking as not only are they putting themselves at risk by travelling on packed trains but they are potentially carrying the virus to other areas of the country and also straight into the homes of their families at Christmas,. Is it really worth staying with mum, dad, grandma or grandad at Christmas to place them at risk of ending up in hospital a few weeks later?! Not only that but some of the areas that they have travelled to are Tier 4 from Boxing Day so are they allowed to travel back home?
I try not to mention China to my son as he gets quite angry about it.
Does General Chat come up in the 'new posts' list?
All you have to do is Watch the thread, and you will receive a notification when there's new activity on it.
Thanks. Yes @Goonergal , that's what I meant. Sorry I wasn't clear.Yes I know, but now the thread cannot actually be seen in new posts or recent posts, as we did before it was moved to General chat.. I think that's what @lucylocket61 may have been asking.
Well that’s this post half dead then if others use the forum as I do. I for one only use recent threads and don’t check watched ones.No, you’ll need to keep the thread on watch to receive alerts about new posts.
I agree and this should have been done many months ago. It is obvious that the more the virus spreads the more mutations will result.What fills me with absolute dread is I if the new South African strain gets out here. They are saying it seriously affects the young. If that happens and we start seeing deaths in fit young people, rather then the so called expendable elderly and vulnerable, there is going to have to be a major rethink.