It’s Not Gunna Happen !

[Bobbisox1]

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-boris-johnson-says-its-looking-good-for-19-july-but-wont-rule-out-further-lockdowns-in-the-winter-12337719

I’ve stuck rigidly to the rules set out for us whilst many haven’t , I was in our local shopping centre on Saturday and for the first time I’ve noticed there were more NOT wearing a face covering then were.
Sorry Boris , you can’t keep locking us down!!!

[Bobbisox1]

I understand about variants ,when the Delta one goes another will take its place, it’s fact it will happen but living a life to be in and out of lockdown isn’t going to work

[gulliver1]

18.44 Shirley, Wasn't there a big music festival at Donington Park over the week end with thousands attending also.

[ummmm]

The restrictions have been lifted on funerals as well.

[burlyshirley]

I don't know gully, but I wouldn't be surprised. There is to be one in my home town in September, cancelled last year, but going ahead this year. It's all so confusing.

[jno]

Bobbi, mutations happen at random but they're more likely to occur in places where more people have the virus. That's why the most serious so far have come from England, Brazil and India, countries that have had a disproportionate number of cases.

So keeping the death toll down is a big thing but it isn't the only thing. It's also important to keep the number of infections down.

[Bobbisox1]

I get what you are saying jno and I’m giving yo a BA but I’m angry at the constant threats of a lockdown

[Smowball]

I walked to our local shops today to get a few things. On every supermarket and other shops, there was a sign saying no entry without a mask yet when I went in half weren’t and nobody said a word.

[Bobbisox1]

That’s what I’m seeing now Smo

[gulliver1]

Not to worry Boris will do whats best for him,
sorry, typo.. him should read us.

[jno]

thank you, Bobbi, I'm sorry I can't be more upbeat!

[douglas9401]

Some say that our Prime Minister just doesn't know when to keep it shut and that in itself is a big problem.

[Bobbisox1]

Arh, no bother, it does one good to be angry about something, get it off their chests…..and breathe :0)

[Smowball]

I’m still wearing mine but I have asthma so can’t really afford to get ill

[Bobbisox1]

I’m still abiding….for now

[New Judge]

//I’m still wearing mine but I have asthma so can’t really afford to get ill//

Then it's important you should realise, smow, that wearing a face covering does not protect the wearer from infection. The theory goes that it protects others around the wearer but most reliable studies undertaken before this all kicked off suggested otherwise.

[gulliver1]

Think there's more chance of being put in lockdown by some of the MODS on A/B than by Boris.

[jourdain2]

I've forgotten where this started, but there is a protest campaign. You are asked to send a clean mask, on which is written 'I'm out.', to Boris at 10 Downing St.. We've done it.

I can see there being lockdown after lockdown, delay after delay. First it was 'Vaccinate the vulnerable O.60s and we can relax the rules'. Yesterday I heard something to the effect that when 70% of the country is vaccinated we'll be OK. Then today I'm hearing the first bleatings about booster jabs for the vulnerable being needed. There will always be a reason.

Bobbi's right, enough is enough. We have to learn to live with it, like 'flu. More people died from 'flu recently than 'with Covid'. There will be mutations, viruses mutate and we cope with them, that's why 'flu jabs are annual.

[ParsleyDumpling]

bobbinwales, I would like to know who these tens or hundreds of thousands of people are, that you think are going to die? Nearly all the vulnerable people have been vaccinated (along with most of the adult population). Why are lockdowns still needed, all that happens is whilst we all hide infections drop, we are allowed to live our lives again, infections rise. It is a never ending merry go round, one that we need to get off, now. I will ask this question again, because no one that keeps on saying we may need to lockdown in the future, or it is too early to open up fully, has yet to answer it. How many people have to die, that don't have Covid, just to stop the now very few that do die from Covid? We have a world beating vaccination program, and we are not allowed to reap the benefits of it, that is wrong.

[Peter Pedant]

// Bobbi, mutations happen at random//

no spread - no mutation basically

spready spready then lots of chances to mutate

first observation of Boris retreating from - "I wd rather see bodies pile in the street than lock down again...."

presumably as the scientists trilled " I dont think you realise Prime Minister it is possible that exactly that will happen!"

keeping the death toll down is a big thing.... vaccine has completely unexpectedly unlinked cases to high death rate .....

Alot on the internet on this to keep you off the streets
Covid being mRNA is inherently unstable BUT has a proof reading ( corrects mistakes) which keeps the mutation rate down BUT also allows the LENGTH of rna to be much longer than a normal rna virus blah blah blah it goes on and on for hours

[burlyshirley]

19:52 - totally agree !!