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Twoapenny:
Do you look at the 'Dear Pandemic' website as well, Hopsie? I find that one very useful, I like the way they explain things in easy to understand terms but they also put the links to the science stuff at the bottom so you can check those bits if you want to as well (they're all scientists so they're good at assessing risk and crunching the numbers).
Anyway - in positive news, I just had the plumber round to do the boiler, he's a local chap and he said that his business has thrived during the lockdowns and he really enjoyed having more time at home with the kids and the kids loved being home educated. He also said that all the other people he knows who are either small traders or self employed have all seen a real boom in business while all of this has been going on, as people have shopped local and/or online, rather than going to the big retail parks. It was just nice to hear someone say actually, while it's been awful for some, we've all done pretty well and we know plenty of others have as well. Made me feel hopeful for the future and was nice to hear someone say they enjoyed being home with their kids more :) xx
Hopalong:
That is a nice story, Tupp! Plumbers rule.
Thanks for the website suggestion, I appreciate it!
Finally figured out that what's recently been confusing me is the conflicting statements coming from our CDC (less rigorous caution) vs the WHO. The CDC got tragically politicized and is still trying to come back from that. I could be wrong but the WHO strikes me as more objective/scientific.
My laptop cursor got paralysed and I'm terrible on the tablet, so I'll hush for now....
Hugs
Hops
Twoapenny:
We've got the same problem here, Hopsie - the new health secretary is adamant all masks, social distancing and lockdown restrictions will be gone by mid July while all docs, science people and WHO are saying significant risk, we're in a fourth wave here and so on. The problem we have here is that I don't think people will tolerate another or an extended lockdown now. The former health secretary had to resign after he was caught snogging his aide during (a) work time, (b) no contact Covid rules and (c) they're both married to other people. He's one of a number of high up people that simply haven't bothered to follow the rules. They've got 20,000 plus turning up for football matches, Ascot, G7 summit (in which they were all pictured not observing social distance) but they're still not letting people accompany their loved ones to hospital and visits to care homes etc are still restricted. It is all very hypocritical and I just don't think people will put up with it for much longer. We're lucky that we can stay home a lot and if we do go anywhere we can go at quieter times but a lot of others just don't have those choices. I'm keeping everything crossed that the vaccines do their thing and keep the severe cases low but I guess just by a numbers game the more people that catch it the more that will be poorly from it.
Twoapenny:
And I've just peeked at the local numbers and they've gone up another two hundred cases locally in the last two days. Definitely looks like we'll be staying in regardless of what else happens now.
Twoapenny:
Do you think 'old fashioned' attitudes have been more adept at dealing with the pandemic? I was just thinking today about how differently people have handled it. Some have adapted quite quickly and have just got on with it - they've seemed to me (just among the people I know) to be the people who don't need to be out all the time and have the ability to be 'make do and mend' about their lives - whether it's just coming up with games or activities for the kids to do, being able to knock up a meal out of left overs and odd and ends in the fridge, or being able to change their businesses and/or take on a different job for a while. They always feel to me like things that are considered old fashioned now (ie, not sorted out by your phone/Facebook feed, home delivery etc). It's across the age groups; I know younger people who've got on like that as well but I just wondered if consumerism/being used to having things done for you has made it harder for some people to cope?
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