is this realy happening

[o-no]

The scientists have suggested that more people will die from the lockdown than from the virus.

That's just not true. Are these your indian conspiracy site scientists?

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Would be nice to know what the governments actual plan is.

[o-no]

There are three possibilities I can think of

1) They have no idea
2) They have an idea but they don't want to tell us, because not everyone will like it, or there are problems they haven't figured out yet
3) They want to wait to see what other countries do first

[Dunners]

It could be a bit of 2 and 3.

[Orient Punxx]

Government doesn’t really need a plan.

Given we’re behind other countries any plan can be based on their experiences of coming out of lockdown.

My wife and I were totally flippant about getting “it” at the outset.

Both of us have had it since and the Wife is back working in the local hospital.

Our symptoms were relatively mild although for me I exhibited for over 2 weeks.

Now we know how deadly this thing is - if we weren’t certain that we’d had I would be sh*tting myself about getting it.

[BoniO]

The scientists have suggested that more people will die from the lockdown than from the virus.

Why do you keep coming out with this sh*t? You're a busted flush mate, nobody is listening to you.

[Long slender neck]

Government doesn’t really need a plan.

Given we’re behind other countries any plan can be based on their experiences of coming out of lockdown.

My wife and I were totally flippant about getting “it” at the outset.

Both of us have had it since and the Wife is back working in the local hospital.

Our symptoms were relatively mild although for me I exhibited for over 2 weeks.

Now we know how deadly this thing is - if we weren’t certain that we’d had I would be sh*tting myself about getting it.

Were you tested for it?

[Orient Punxx]

No - 100% certain we had.

Testing wasn’t available for the Wife then - would be now.

[Millennial Snowflake]

There are three possibilities I can think of

1) They have no idea
2) They have an idea but they don't want to tell us, because not everyone will like it, or there are problems they haven't figured out yet
3) They want to wait to see what other countries do first

It would help if the British public weren't acting like utter pricks and actually followed the lockdown guidelines correctly.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

There are three possibilities I can think of

1) They have no idea
2) They have an idea but they don't want to tell us, because not everyone will like it, or there are problems they haven't figured out yet
3) They want to wait to see what other countries do first

It would help if the British public weren't acting like utter pricks and actually followed the lockdown guidelines correctly.

Aah, it's our fault.

The vast, vast majority of people are adhering to the guidance. It's offensive, as well as wrong, to suggest otherwise.

[Millennial Snowflake]

There are three possibilities I can think of

1) They have no idea
2) They have an idea but they don't want to tell us, because not everyone will like it, or there are problems they haven't figured out yet
3) They want to wait to see what other countries do first

It would help if the British public weren't acting like utter pricks and actually followed the lockdown guidelines correctly.

Aah, it's our fault.

The vast, vast majority of people are adhering to the guidance. It's offensive, as well as wrong, to suggest otherwise.

Offensive? Get over yourself.

There are loads of people in London showing blatant disregard for social distancing measures. Every day I had someone coming too close to me. I get that London is crowded and it's virtually impossible to stay 2m apart from others at all times, but there's a significant number clearly not taking the guidelines seriously.

Obviously it's the government's fault that people need to be told what to do eh?

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Why are you out and about so much?

[Max B Gold]

Why are you out and about so much?

He's a free spirit. They will never take his freedom.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

I find it really interesting that there's an expectation that such a HUGE change is adhered to IMMEDIATELY by EVERYONE!

If an underground line is on strike for one day, loads of people struggle to adjust to either getting up earlier, or taking another route. Change is tough, even on a small scale.

All of a sudden almost all of our liberties are taken away. Everyone is now expected to do something that none of us have EVER done, for a single day, in our life times. A complete change to routine and basic freedoms.

I think as a nation we've done extremely well which such a huge ask.

I am all for the 'lockdown' at the moment (should have been earlier, obviously). But the people bleating on about people not following it, or saying that anyone sun bathing should be arrest or shot simply have no real understanding on how dramatic this is and how bad humans are with change.

[JimbO]

I wish it all was a dream/nightmare, it scary alright, I’ve been laid off and my wife work in a supermarket on checkouts, it’s doing her in mentally, Christ I wish it was over right now, but I guess we will all just have to hang in there as best we can.

Obviously people are thanking the NHS, but I've seen that people are also leaving notes of appreciation out for binmen etc. Hopefully your wife is getting people thanking her too, but you can certainly tell her thank you from me.

Most of our bin men ( apparently in my area their down a couple of teams as seven of them have gone down with it ) have been thanked and my missus certainly thanks the super markets. I wouldn't want to work in one at the moment and they seem to be doing well in coping from what she tells me.

I'm just hoping that when all this is over people are just generally a bit more tolerant and respectful of each other, but i'm not holding my breath.

[RedDwarf 1881]

sitting hear just wondering is this just a dream
or is this something you only see in a movie. i am not
embarrassed to say its worrying to say the least not just for me and
the wife and all the family as well. god knows what it must be like for family's
with love ones who have to work. this is like a horror story.

I've been saying to friends that it feels like we're living in the Twilight Zone. It's like we've gone into some sort of parallel universe. It's hard to believe what's going on .

[Millennial Snowflake]

I find it really interesting that there's an expectation that such a HUGE change is adhered to IMMEDIATELY by EVERYONE!

If an underground line is on strike for one day, loads of people struggle to adjust to either getting up earlier, or taking another route. Change is tough, even on a small scale.

All of a sudden almost all of our liberties are taken away. Everyone is now expected to do something that none of us have EVER done, for a single day, in our life times. A complete change to routine and basic freedoms.

I think as a nation we've done extremely well which such a huge ask.

I am all for the 'lockdown' at the moment (should have been earlier, obviously). But the people bleating on about people not following it, or saying that anyone sun bathing should be arrest or shot simply have no real understanding on how dramatic this is and how bad humans are with change.

The lockdown has been in place for 3 and a half weeks mate. Hardly immediate

[Rich Tea Wellin]

I find it really interesting that there's an expectation that such a HUGE change is adhered to IMMEDIATELY by EVERYONE!

If an underground line is on strike for one day, loads of people struggle to adjust to either getting up earlier, or taking another route. Change is tough, even on a small scale.

All of a sudden almost all of our liberties are taken away. Everyone is now expected to do something that none of us have EVER done, for a single day, in our life times. A complete change to routine and basic freedoms.

I think as a nation we've done extremely well which such a huge ask.

I am all for the 'lockdown' at the moment (should have been earlier, obviously). But the people bleating on about people not following it, or saying that anyone sun bathing should be arrest or shot simply have no real understanding on how dramatic this is and how bad humans are with change.

The lockdown has been in place for 3 and a half weeks mate. Hardly immediate

The lockdown was enforced with immediate effect and people were expected to change their habits with immediate effect.

Again, 3 weeks in and i don't see many people breaking it. There's always gonna be some idiots but again, the point still stands. 3 and a half weeks to adapt to something that none of us have had to do in 30, 40, 50 years of our lives is an incredibly short amount of time.

[o-no]

I don't disagree that change is hard (for some especially), but that seems to be just making excuses for those who are disinclined to make the effort.

It really isn't that difficult to minimise the amount of time you spend out of the house/around other people if you try and plan a bit. It is dull, and it will affect the mental health of some, but this requires a joint effort and I'm afraid 'some idiots' don't get a pass from me on this one.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

No one is excusing the handful of idiots.

I'm just wanting to praise the vast, vast majority who have changed their behaviour and taken the guidance.

[Dunners]

It's not often the slovenly alcoholics get praised as role models, so let's not waste the opportunity.

[Millennial Snowflake]

I find it really interesting that there's an expectation that such a HUGE change is adhered to IMMEDIATELY by EVERYONE!

If an underground line is on strike for one day, loads of people struggle to adjust to either getting up earlier, or taking another route. Change is tough, even on a small scale.

All of a sudden almost all of our liberties are taken away. Everyone is now expected to do something that none of us have EVER done, for a single day, in our life times. A complete change to routine and basic freedoms.

I think as a nation we've done extremely well which such a huge ask.

I am all for the 'lockdown' at the moment (should have been earlier, obviously). But the people bleating on about people not following it, or saying that anyone sun bathing should be arrest or shot simply have no real understanding on how dramatic this is and how bad humans are with change.

The lockdown has been in place for 3 and a half weeks mate. Hardly immediate

The lockdown was enforced with immediate effect and people were expected to change their habits with immediate effect.

Again, 3 weeks in and i don't see many people breaking it. There's always gonna be some idiots but again, the point still stands. 3 and a half weeks to adapt to something that none of us have had to do in 30, 40, 50 years of our lives is an incredibly short amount of time.

Doesn’t matter if it’s a minority, the numbers are still significant enough for it to put people’s lives at risk, such is the contagiousness of the virus.

So what’s your solution mate? It isn’t an easy change to make, but having sympathy with others in a crisis doesn’t stop people dying...

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Just realised that the reason I'm not seeing much/any evidence of people flouting the guidance is that I'm adhering to it myself. If I'm not out and about, I'm not going to see it.

Maybe those who seem to see people ignoring the instructions are out and about a little bit too much themselves? Although I'm sure they have perfectly valid reasons for being out and about, obviously.

[Dunners]

"I'm stuck in traffic" = I am the traffic.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

"I'm stuck in traffic" = I am the traffic.

Whoa, that's deep.