there seems to be significantly more vehicles on the road today.
Tony.
Tony.
Don't know about you but,
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You see some areas and there's no traffic at all. I suppose we all need our cars for shopping etc, but, it seems little reduced from a normal weekday out on the main roads around here in the middle of the day. The car park at the local shops is always rammed - people haven't worked out that you can actually walk there! That said, we've little traffic passing us away from the main routes and most of that is commercial stuff.
We have been trying to fit in the exercise with shopping ( 2 of the three reasons for going out).
We walk to shops with rucksack and bags, buy enough to last a few days, walk home.
We look forward to our walks out now ! Along with eating it is the
Highlight of our day!
We walk to shops with rucksack and bags, buy enough to last a few days, walk home.
We look forward to our walks out now ! Along with eating it is the
Highlight of our day!
Just watching the news and a Govt. spokes person said in view of the warmer weather this weekend they state you can drive up to 5 mins to a walk spot.
Later talking about the Lakes and Snowdonia from 2 weeks ago that Hope have said they will release tracking details from mobile phones to the police, so in case you missed it "LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT HOME" do these news people have any sense at all? People will switch their phones off unless they need to use them.
Tony.
Later talking about the Lakes and Snowdonia from 2 weeks ago that Hope have said they will release tracking details from mobile phones to the police, so in case you missed it "LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT HOME" do these news people have any sense at all? People will switch their phones off unless they need to use them.
Tony.
I think after tonight's briefing stating "we are instructing people to stay home" from "we are advising" I hope will make a difference. Sadly we will still get the morons that won't.
I wish people would listen
Then this virus would go quicker
I just want to world to go back to normal
It will never be as it was Shelly.
Tony.
Tony.
No your right Tony
Hopefully we will learn a lot from this killer virus!
Like just what is important in life !!!
Pretty quiet down the road where I live ,
But it is a dead end after all
But it is a dead end after all
A pandemic was already classed as the No1 risk. It’s just successive governments have consistently chosen to ignore its likelihood and impact. Only one or two countries were in any way prepared. Rather than the government just trying to placate everyone afterwards with self congratulation there needs to be a full and open public enquiry which gives mandatory actions within three to six months. This kind of event is too sensitive to leave to any politicised organisation’s machinations. It is the government’s job to protect us all. Planning for any future occurrence has to be done for the common good independently and government legally bound to plan for it using those inquiry outcomes as a starting point not a target. Then we will not just learn but act. The key message is act early. Political wavering over the economy as focus led by theoretical responses based upon an outdated and flawed model of a less deadly virus transmission then an assumption that everyone behaves for the common good have put us in this perilous position. With inadequate health care provisions at every level we’re on the back foot playing catch-up.
There are so many things to learn.
I totally agree @Redline What amazes me is the lack of contingency planning. I know the pandemic is a rapidly changing situation with an almost hour-by-hour fluidity but Govts across the world don’t look to have any plans in place for such an emergency.
And “Stay at Home” means exactly this.
As to vehicles: not many on my road yesterday; I’ll wait to see what volume today brings.
The roads were quiet travelling west into Cornwall yesterday, but with all sites closed now any visitors wouldn't have anywhere to stay.
Still busy here.
Tony.
Tony.
Oh dear!Still busy here.
Tony.
Put a sign up outside your place: Go Home! Stay Home! Save Lives!
A strip of wallpaper on sticks will do.
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I would think it would be a Royal Commission rather than a Public Inquiry. Either way these things tend to take years to happen so something more urgent would be required in the interim as this thing could come in a 2nd or 3rd wave. I'm not so sure it won't be down to the government only in the short term as a learn as you go thing, probably with wider cross-party consultation.
Let's not forget that any lessons learned should include the things the government has done well. And there has been plenty of examples there. Personally I think the lack of testing is scandalous. And the lack of PPE equipment as well. But they moved very quickly to shore up personal financial welfare for example. And if a government is judged on it's ability to influence public behaviour then they have generally succeeded very well.