Neighbor Is Not Complying With The Social Distancing

[newbie99]

My neighbor next door is not complying with the law and I reported them on the police web chat.
A visitor has been drinking in the garden with the neighbors all night.
The neighbors is in their 50s probably still young and not fear of the virus.

[birdie1971]

Spicerack - “This didn't go very well at all.”

If you're referring to the way the OP's post went then I would agree with you 100%

Who the hell are we as a people if we're so willing to report our friends and neighbours to the state (police) if they deviate from government guidelines? I find this notion terrifying. The concept of a 'police-state' can only exist with the obedient compliance of the general populous. Neighbours reporting on neighbours. Family members reporting on family members. The dream of every fascist authoritarian who ever lived.

The OP's statement is either a trolling of this website (which – if true – is actually rather clever) or is genuine. If it's the latter, I fear for the future of this country and it's people.

[birdie1971]

Cloverjo

I wouldn't worry too much about 2m distancing. This arbitrary figure has absolutely no basis in science. It was dreamt up by those in government. Literally plucked out of thin air. Airborne viruses don't abide by a 2m distancing rule.

[Spicerack]

Several ABers have wished death on people who broke Government guidelines or even questioned them.
You've every right to fear for the future, birdie.

[Buenchico]

>>> I wouldn't worry too much about 2m distancing. This arbitrary figure has absolutely no basis in science. It was dreamt up by those in government

Yup! The World Health Organisation's recommendation is to maintain a distance of just 1 metre between yourself and others:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

Most countries in Europe have either gone along with that 1 metre figure or extended it to 1.5 metres.

[birdie1971]

"Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

- Benjamin Franklin

[birdie1971]

Buenchico -

I can't work out if you're agreeing with me or not!

Regardless, the WHO has been demonstratively negligent in handling this crisis. Their pronouncements simply cannot be trusted with the communist (and needless to say, China mouthpiece) Tedros Adhanom at the helm.

[Buenchico]

Communist? I think not!

Tedros was a leading member of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, which overthrew the Communist People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1991.

The WHO declared a 'public health emergency of international concern' at a time when there were only 82 known cases (and not a single death) outside of China, on 30 January. It seems a little harsh to blame them for the subsequent inaction of many governments around the world.

[Buenchico]

A link relevant to the original post on this thread:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52525463

[Mozz71]

Sadly Buenchico, now Mr Trump has stated that the WHO are in the pocket of the Chinese, some people will be instantly convinced that it is the truth.

[birdie1971]

Buenchico - “Tedros was a leading member of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, which overthrew the Communist People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1991.”


Indeed...

However, they (and he) were formally, the “Marxism–Leninism” party of Ethiopia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_People%27s_Revolutionary_Democratic_Front

They (and him) may have gone through many incantations, but they remain at their heart a communist sympathising outfit.

Also, Ethiopia has been the recipient of billions of Chinese Yen right when Tedros was in power in that country. China lobbied the UN vigorously to get Tedros (the only leader of the WHO without a medical qualification to his name) into his current position precisely because he was a China stooge and therefore beholden to the regime.

[Buenchico]

Oh, do you mean that same Mr Trump who said on March 10 (a full FORTY DAYS after the WHO's announcement): “We’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.”?

[birdie1971]

Mozz71 - “now Mr Trump has stated that the WHO are in the pocket of the Chinese, some people will be instantly convinced that it is the truth.”

Yes. Because it is the truth.

Teredos is beholden to the Chinese. See my above post.

[birdie1971]

Buenchico - “Oh, do you mean that same Mr Trump who said on March 10 (a full FORTY DAYS after the WHO's announcement): “We’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away”

Are you addressing me?

[Buenchico]

What have you got against communists anyway?

>>> the only leader of the WHO without a medical qualification to his name

If you mean that he's not qualified to patch up your broken arm or treat your tonsilitis, I'd have to agree. However for someone who's in a leading position in the fight against infectious and contagious diseases, I'd have though that his MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases (from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and his PhD in Community Health (from the University of Nottingham) would be regarded as more relevant qualifications anyway.

[Buenchico]

>>> Are you addressing me?

Nope! Sorry! That was to Mozz71.

[birdie1971]

Buenchico

I'm sorry. You've lost me to some degree. I can't be sure to whom you are talking.


You say, “... What have you got against communists anyway?”

If you're talking to me I would say, “Oh, I don't know really... maybe universally distributed misery, enforced poverty and restricted freedom of movement to name a few.”

So nothing important then eh?

If you're talking to me, then what is it about communism that you personally find so appealing (bearing in mind that if it were ever implemented, you'd be just as disenfranchised as me)?

[Buenchico]

Where would you rather live, Birdie? The USA or Cuba? It's a no-brainer for me!
https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/5/08-030508/en/

[Old_Geezer]

IMO if the neighbours want to risk their health social drinking in their own garden with their neighbours then that's their lookout. It's not like they're running amok imposing on others unbidden. I can't see the point of telling tales for something that minor. I'd mind my own business were I in your shoes.

[Peter Pedant]

// Be warned, under FOI rules in the US snitchers have been snitched on.// {Might happen here.}

right in substance but not in detail - it would be data protection and not FOI ( companies and company and ministry data)

and yes if someone writes a document wiv Peter Pedant on it, I may well have a right to the info. and you can work out who done it

I had a rat letter from the council
Colins mad widow had dobbed me into the council before contacting me. actually her address was on the rat letter ( thats not me I thought oh -- - its HER ) - the council hadnt quite realised that it was a neighbour doing in another neighbour without even going round first - - rather than a tenant complaining about a do-nothing landlord

always do it anonymously
or by telephone - using a telephone box if you can find one ! and wivva funny voice

[iluvmargie]

Blimey, if I reported some of my neighbours to the police for breaking the rules, I'd never be off the 'phone! All around me they are having friends and family visiting and BBQ's in the gardens. One family even brought along a new born baby! I don't approve, but I can't report them. Am I wrong? I actually know someone who told the police about the baby, but I haven't seen them since to find out what happened.