| If you’re London based 14:26 - Dec 19 with 27113 views | clive_baker |
And planning to spend Christmas elsewhere, I would go now. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 14:32 - Dec 19 with 5284 views | SpruceMoose |
Or as an alternative stay home during a pandemic. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 15:04 - Dec 19 with 5213 views | clive_baker |
| If you’re London based on 14:32 - Dec 19 by SpruceMoose |
Or as an alternative stay home during a pandemic. |
Sounds sensible, but some people sadly are more vulnerable. | |
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| If you’re London based on 15:49 - Dec 19 with 5117 views | Illinoisblue |
My brother in Surrey was planning to spend Xmas in Ipswich with my mum (who’s on her own). Guessing that won’t be happening now. Which is the right thing but boy does it suck. Shame on everyone who fell for the lovable clown Boris routine. An incompetent charlatan who should have resigned in shame months ago. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 15:53 - Dec 19 with 5087 views | factual_blue |
| If you’re London based on 15:04 - Dec 19 by clive_baker |
Sounds sensible, but some people sadly are more vulnerable. |
Whilst that is undoubtedly true, even more are stupid. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 15:54 - Dec 19 with 5090 views | Steve_M |
Seems like many have left already, even in a normal year people are travelling in numbers from last weekend before Christmas.
I was provisionally going back to Ipswich but looks like it’ll be Christmas on my own. I wouldn’t mind but the covid rate in Ipswich is higher than in Camden. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:07 - Dec 19 with 5029 views | Pendejo |
So... It looks like I will have to keep my dad in London for Xmas, in our over crowded 2nd floor flat rather than his spacious house with a big garden. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:10 - Dec 19 with 5006 views | clive_baker |
| If you’re London based on 15:49 - Dec 19 by Illinoisblue |
My brother in Surrey was planning to spend Xmas in Ipswich with my mum (who’s on her own). Guessing that won’t be happening now. Which is the right thing but boy does it suck. Shame on everyone who fell for the lovable clown Boris routine. An incompetent charlatan who should have resigned in shame months ago. |
Sorry to hear that.
My uncle was meant to be visiting my parents for Christmas. He’s had a very challenging year mentally and he was really looking forward to it. Saddens me that he’ll be on his own, but needs must I guess. | |
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| If you’re London based on 16:27 - Dec 19 with 4911 views | Stenvict |
I reckon 90% of people have already made plans, and are unlikely to change them. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:27 - Dec 19 with 4910 views | BlueBadger |
| If you’re London based on 15:54 - Dec 19 by Steve_M |
Seems like many have left already, even in a normal year people are travelling in numbers from last weekend before Christmas.
I was provisionally going back to Ipswich but looks like it’ll be Christmas on my own. I wouldn’t mind but the covid rate in Ipswich is higher than in Camden. |
It's fooking awful here at [redacted]. 80+ inpatient cases and counting... |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:29 - Dec 19 with 4893 views | Pinewoodblue |
Silly post they are currently not allowed to travel, except in certain circumstances, and couldn't overnight in any case unless for work, and a few other specific reasons. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:30 - Dec 19 with 4875 views | Sarge |
| If you’re London based on 14:32 - Dec 19 by SpruceMoose |
Or as an alternative stay home during a pandemic. |
How nice it must be to live with any of your family. | | | |
| If you’re London based on 16:30 - Dec 19 with 4875 views | lazyblue |
Or just stay where you are now instead of making it worse for everybody else! | | | |
| If you’re London based on 16:31 - Dec 19 with 4877 views | J2BLUE |
Absolutely livid. My mum is away for a 3 night break in a tier 2 area from 27th. I was hoping it would be cancelled. Sounds mean but ffs we're playing with fire.
I was really hoping they would bump everyone up a tier. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:35 - Dec 19 with 4835 views | Ace_High1 |
| If you’re London based on 16:31 - Dec 19 by J2BLUE |
Absolutely livid. My mum is away for a 3 night break in a tier 2 area from 27th. I was hoping it would be cancelled. Sounds mean but ffs we're playing with fire.
I was really hoping they would bump everyone up a tier. |
Still think we missed a trick - from yesterday 2 week lockdown taking us to NYD. Schools closed anyway and most industries close down for most of that period.
2 weeks, like Spain had earlier in the year - you cannot leave home for ANY reason unless medical emergency.
That would stop the spread. |  | | |
| If you’re London based on 16:36 - Dec 19 with 4824 views | StokieBlue |
| If you’re London based on 15:04 - Dec 19 by clive_baker |
Sounds sensible, but some people sadly are more vulnerable. |
If the new strain really is up to 70% more infectious it's awful. C19 is very contagious anyway, they really need to try and stop the new variant expanding although over the long run that is of course impossible.
What they can do is slow the transmissions to other areas and thus reduce the hospitalisations.
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| If you’re London based on 16:41 - Dec 19 with 4778 views | LeoMuff |
They must be seriously spooked by this new variant to be announcing this. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:45 - Dec 19 with 4736 views | Mr_J |
| If you’re London based on 16:27 - Dec 19 by Stenvict |
I reckon 90% of people have already made plans, and are unlikely to change them. |
This. From what I've seen anecdotally people have been fed up for a while and will know that there isn't the manpower to enforce tier 4 rules. |  | | |
| If you’re London based on 16:48 - Dec 19 with 4692 views | MonkeyAlan |
That's exactly what you shouldn't be doing. This is part of the reasons numbers arnt going down, because people keep bending the rules to suit themselves. |  | | |
| If you’re London based on 16:51 - Dec 19 with 4675 views | Vic |
| If you’re London based on 15:49 - Dec 19 by Illinoisblue |
My brother in Surrey was planning to spend Xmas in Ipswich with my mum (who’s on her own). Guessing that won’t be happening now. Which is the right thing but boy does it suck. Shame on everyone who fell for the lovable clown Boris routine. An incompetent charlatan who should have resigned in shame months ago. |
Not sure what else he’s supposed to do! Don’t think it’s really fair to blame or mock him for needing to change th8ngs as things evolve. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:54 - Dec 19 with 4646 views | clive_baker |
| If you’re London based on 16:27 - Dec 19 by Stenvict |
I reckon 90% of people have already made plans, and are unlikely to change them. |
Really? They’ll be breaking the rules, which I would suggest isn’t advisable.
I’ve significantly changed my plans, as will many people. People need to take some personal responsibility. | |
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| If you’re London based on 16:54 - Dec 19 with 4636 views | lowhouseblue |
| If you’re London based on 16:41 - Dec 19 by LeoMuff |
They must be seriously spooked by this new variant to be announcing this. |
if it adds 0.4 to r then there is little prospect of r ever falling below 1 in the areas with this variant. there is therefore the potential for rapid spread which out paces hospital capacity. which has always been the biggest fear in government. so in that sense it does seem scarey. |  |
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| If you’re London based on 16:55 - Dec 19 with 4639 views | TractorWood |
| If you’re London based on 16:48 - Dec 19 by MonkeyAlan |
That's exactly what you shouldn't be doing. This is part of the reasons numbers arnt going down, because people keep bending the rules to suit themselves. |
My observation is that most people are just ignoring the endlessly changing rules. Not particularly on purpose but just through fatigue.
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| If you’re London based on 17:01 - Dec 19 with 4570 views | factual_blue |
| If you’re London based on 16:45 - Dec 19 by Mr_J |
This. From what I've seen anecdotally people have been fed up for a while and will know that there isn't the manpower to enforce tier 4 rules. |
Neighbours will help enforce the rules.
The Stasi knew this. | |
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| If you’re London based on 17:02 - Dec 19 with 4558 views | clive_baker |
| If you’re London based on 16:30 - Dec 19 by lazyblue |
Or just stay where you are now instead of making it worse for everybody else! |
My post was more in reference to the impending announcement, rather than advice, albeit poorly worded I agree.
Hugely sympathetic to those this impacts, especially those who are more lonely and vulnerable and particularly reliant on Christmas, especially with so much uncertainty so late in the day. It’s felt entirely avoidable. Given the data it’s for the best though. | |
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| If you’re London based on 17:02 - Dec 19 with 4553 views | StokieBlue |
| If you’re London based on 16:45 - Dec 19 by Mr_J |
This. From what I've seen anecdotally people have been fed up for a while and will know that there isn't the manpower to enforce tier 4 rules. |
Did you understand anything that the scientists just said?
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