| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks 09:22 - Feb 19 with 641 views | thebooks |
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/19/how-the-beach-super-spreader-myth-
Common sense, really — you’re outdoors, so there’s little risk.
Does show that making judgements based purely on how things look, sprinkled with a bit of “look at the plebs all flocking to the beach” snobbishness isn’t the right approach to policy, or reporting. |  | | |  |
| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:27 - Feb 19 with 598 views | BrianTablet |
What people then do is blame it on some weird conspiracy, fake news or the elite.
Why can't we accept that we can be wrong? |  |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:28 - Feb 19 with 593 views | Keno |
Im sire it was lovely, unless you happen to live in a quiet seaside area that was swamped by people who didn't park properly blocking drives, side roads and even restricting emergency access, left tonnes of rubbish everywhere and did cause an increase in infection rates in those quiet seaside areas which had actually done well in keeping rates down
No, it may not have had an effect nationally, but it did locally |  |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:29 - Feb 19 with 585 views | Guthrum |
Moreover, beaches are big places. People can - and did - spread themselves out.
Sure, you can take low-angle, foreshortened photos which make them look packed. but that doesn't necessarily reflect rality. |  |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:33 - Feb 19 with 565 views | Guthrum |
| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:28 - Feb 19 by Keno |
Im sire it was lovely, unless you happen to live in a quiet seaside area that was swamped by people who didn't park properly blocking drives, side roads and even restricting emergency access, left tonnes of rubbish everywhere and did cause an increase in infection rates in those quiet seaside areas which had actually done well in keeping rates down
No, it may not have had an effect nationally, but it did locally |
That is a good point. We had a foretaste of that here in Cheltenham, back last March. Friend of mine was able to go out for a walk for the first time the other day during his slow recovery from the Covid he caught in town during raceweek. | |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:37 - Feb 19 with 545 views | positivity |
| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:28 - Feb 19 by Keno |
Im sire it was lovely, unless you happen to live in a quiet seaside area that was swamped by people who didn't park properly blocking drives, side roads and even restricting emergency access, left tonnes of rubbish everywhere and did cause an increase in infection rates in those quiet seaside areas which had actually done well in keeping rates down
No, it may not have had an effect nationally, but it did locally |
the beaches may have been safe, it's all the infrastructure around it that is less so; loos, cafes, car parks etc |  |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:37 - Feb 19 with 542 views | bluelagos |
Couldn't agree more with your sentiments...
Anyhow - am off for a walk for you'll have to argue this one on your own :-) |  |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:45 - Feb 19 with 518 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:37 - Feb 19 by bluelagos |
Couldn't agree more with your sentiments...
Anyhow - am off for a walk for you'll have to argue this one on your own :-) |
Make sure you keep 2m from any approaching old people 😂 |  |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:48 - Feb 19 with 503 views | Keno |
| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:45 - Feb 19 by GlasgowBlue |
Make sure you keep 2m from any approaching old people 😂 |
And in Laggy's case 2m from the ground | |
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| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:51 - Feb 19 with 486 views | thebooks |
| Everyone piling onto beaches didn’t cause any COVID outbreaks on 09:28 - Feb 19 by Keno |
Im sire it was lovely, unless you happen to live in a quiet seaside area that was swamped by people who didn't park properly blocking drives, side roads and even restricting emergency access, left tonnes of rubbish everywhere and did cause an increase in infection rates in those quiet seaside areas which had actually done well in keeping rates down
No, it may not have had an effect nationally, but it did locally |
I think that’s a sligthly different point — I’m sure sudden increases in visits cause all sorts of problems with rubbish, traffic and whatever regardless of when they happen. | | | |
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