Location: London, UK
COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak
Lockdown
Lockdown is being eased slightly as of tomorrow (June 1st). Gatherings of up to 6 people are being allowed in gardens with social distancing still in place.
I think that this is ok, as long as people stick to it. It does seem a bit early to go any further than this when the daily mortality rate is still incredibly high compared to our neighbours who have much stricter rules still in place.
In the UK on Saturday 30th May, 146 people died. In Ireland, where lockdown isn't being eased to the same extent as the UK until the 8th of June, they had 9. I appreciate that it is one of the lower figures for the UK and the Ireland has a much smaller population (5million compared to the UK's 66million) but still, that's 146 people who have died in potentially avoidable cases.
What's upsetting me is the rhetoric that "they were old" "they had underlying health conditions" "they were key workers" - are any of those a reason to deal someone a death sentence? Almost like it's their own fault?
Thousands have died and continue to die - I don't think we can be casual about this in any way. None of us are above contracting it or passing it on. We have to be socially responsibile and think about our country and it's people. We can get through this, but only if we work as a team.
Lockdown is being eased slightly as of tomorrow (June 1st). Gatherings of up to 6 people are being allowed in gardens with social distancing still in place.
I think that this is ok, as long as people stick to it. It does seem a bit early to go any further than this when the daily mortality rate is still incredibly high compared to our neighbours who have much stricter rules still in place.
In the UK on Saturday 30th May, 146 people died. In Ireland, where lockdown isn't being eased to the same extent as the UK until the 8th of June, they had 9. I appreciate that it is one of the lower figures for the UK and the Ireland has a much smaller population (5million compared to the UK's 66million) but still, that's 146 people who have died in potentially avoidable cases.
What's upsetting me is the rhetoric that "they were old" "they had underlying health conditions" "they were key workers" - are any of those a reason to deal someone a death sentence? Almost like it's their own fault?
Thousands have died and continue to die - I don't think we can be casual about this in any way. None of us are above contracting it or passing it on. We have to be socially responsibile and think about our country and it's people. We can get through this, but only if we work as a team.
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