Possible 2nd lockdown for Leicester?

[Voll Blau]

1 minute ago, Ian Nacho said:

Fuming because I’m outside the area but my barber is inside

 

Can't he get some longer scissors?

[worthosoriginals]

2 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

Fuming because I’m outside the area but my barber is inside

 

For crimes against 

haircutting by any chance? Bit harsh, surely he should have just been fined

[Leicester_Loyal]

We're being made an example of purely to show what could happen to other places if they don't follow social distancing rules etc. This will just make pubs outside of the lockdown area even busier, probably causing an even wider spread of the virus.

[Guest Electric Yetis]

8 minutes ago, Stadt said:

An overreaction 

Interesting. Where can I find this chart?

[Captain...]

3 minutes ago, Stadt said:

An overreaction 

I think a reaction is absolutely warranted, if you see a spike you need to react quickly and clearly.

 

The problem is this has been neither quick nor clear. The plan should have been in place from the moment easing started how to spot and how to react to a spike. Then you get none of this confusion or complaining, you want to get normal life back you need to sit tight a little bit longer and do everything you can.

 

I'd rather an overreaction right now than risk a full blown second spike nationwide.

 

Question for all of you in the area: Have you been outside today? Did you wear a mask?

[Happy Fox]

Does Anstey have a barber shop? 

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

3 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

We're being made an example of purely to show what could happen to other places if they don't follow social distancing rules etc. This will just make pubs outside of the lockdown area even busier, probably causing an even wider spread of the virus.

I wouldn't be surprised if roadblocks or checkpoints are put in place by the weekend, when the lockdown first came about the police were doing loads of random checks for a couple of days here in Loughborough

 

I think it'll be fairly strict to show that localised lockdowns can work

[yorkie1999]

6 minutes ago, Stadt said:

An overreaction 

This is the whole problem with stats and percentages compared to raw data, According to that, it's gone from 4 to 6 people, not a lot, but that's a 50% increase which if we take that through the whole population, that's 34 million people. We're doomed.

[Captain...]

3 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

We're being made an example of purely to show what could happen to other places if they don't follow social distancing rules etc. This will just make pubs outside of the lockdown area even busier, probably causing an even wider spread of the virus.

This is why they need a wide area to lockdown, those on the edge, like Birstall are probably fine and if they go to Rothley or Loughborough it's probably not an issue, but if you have Birstall open as normal then people will possibly head there from higher risk areas.

 

Also I'm hoping pubs are taking contact details for bookings and would turn down any bookings from lockdown areas.

[Captain...]

3 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

This is the whole problem with stats and percentages compared to raw data, According to that, it's gone from 4 to 6 people, not a lot, but that's a 50% increase which if we take that through the whole population, that's 34 million people. We're doomed.

Exactly it's showing the R rate to be 1.5 which is bad news.

[worthosoriginals]

6 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

Does Anstey have a barber shop? 

No, shaving chimps is illegal 

[bmt]

I'm not in the area but I do actually have some sympathy with those who won't obey this lockdown.

 

When London needed to be locked down to stop the nationwide spread, it wasn't. It was delayed long enough for all middle class Londoners to spread across the whole country, and then the whole country was locked down instead. Why should we be treated differently?

 

Government ministers, advisors, and the mayor of Leicester have all broken lockdown rules. Why should we act any differently?

 

 

[bmt]

2 minutes ago, Captain... said:

Exactly it's showing the R rate to be 1.5 which is bad news.

The R rate is bollocks though. If one person infects 2 the R rate is 2 but its an extremely containable scenario. You have 3 infected people.

 

If 100 people infect 180 the R rate is 1.8 and you're in the shit. You have 280 infected people.

 

It only is meaningful in context.

[nnfox]

24 minutes ago, Stadt said:

An overreaction 

Yes and no, but I do believe there is a certain political point to this.  It sets an example. The government are basically saying "Abide by the rules, stop being idiots, or we will slap a lockdown on you".

[StanSP]

 

[Dahnsouff]

14 minutes ago, bmt said:

I'm not in the area but I do actually have some sympathy with those who won't obey this lockdown.

 

When London needed to be locked down to stop the nationwide spread, it wasn't. It was delayed long enough for all middle class Londoners to spread across the whole country, and then the whole country was locked down instead. Why should we be treated differently?

 

Government ministers, advisors, and the mayor of Leicester have all broken lockdown rules. Why should we act any differently?

 

 

Tell you what, you go with that and let me know how that works out for you 

I will grab some popcorn and watch from the home counties.

[Jimothy]

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/health/disappointment-for-millions-who-had-booked-holidays-in-leicester-20200630197985

 

[yorkie1999]

5 minutes ago, nnfox said:

Yes and no, but I do believe there is a certain political point to this.  It sets an example. The government are basically saying "Abide by the rules, stop being idiots, or we will slap a lockdown on you".

All 2 of you!

[Captain...]

14 minutes ago, bmt said:

I'm not in the area but I do actually have some sympathy with those who won't obey this lockdown.

 

When London needed to be locked down to stop the nationwide spread, it wasn't. It was delayed long enough for all middle class Londoners to spread across the whole country, and then the whole country was locked down instead. Why should we be treated differently?

 

Government ministers, advisors, and the mayor of Leicester have all broken lockdown rules. Why should we act any differently?

 

 

It wasn't for the benefit of middle class Londoners  it was to the protect the economy and create herd immunity. Which was an equally stupid reason. Why we didn't react when other countries did is beyond me. Now we have gone through the pain of a protracted lockdown and record numbers of deaths we really shouldn't be risking another by not reacting to local outbreaks.

[MonmoreStef]

This lockdown is only to be reviewed in two weeks.  Could be longer. Going to be hell watching the tv from the weekend watching the rest of the Country enjoying themselves shopping and drinking in beer gardens. 

[egg_fried_rice]

Must smart a bit for those of you on Leicester to be hearing the PM saying "We cannot continue to be prisoners of this crisis" after slapping a lockdown on you hours earlier.

[Spudulike]

30 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

We're being made an example of purely to show what could happen to other places if they don't follow social distancing rules etc. This will just make pubs outside of the lockdown area even busier, probably causing an even wider spread of the virus.

... or it could be that Leicester's infection rate is 3 times higher than the next highest City. 

[bmt]

7 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Tell you what, you go with that and let me know how that works out for you 

I will grab some popcorn and watch from the home counties.

I don't live in Leicester. I understand the frustration is what I was saying.

[Captain...]

3 minutes ago, MonmoreStef said:

This lockdown is only to be reviewed in two weeks.  Could be longer. Going to be hell watching the tv from the weekend watching the rest of the Country enjoying themselves shopping and drinking in beer gardens. 

Try and console yourself with the fact that you are greatly reducing the chances of you or anyone you care about getting a potentially fatal disease. All of this will just make the first pint you have in a pub taste all the sweeter.

[bmt]

6 minutes ago, Captain... said:

It wasn't for the benefit of middle class Londoners  it was to the protect the economy and create herd immunity. Which was an equally stupid reason. Why we didn't react when other countries did is beyond me. Now we have gone through the pain of a protracted lockdown and record numbers of deaths we really shouldn't be risking another by not reacting to local outbreaks.

I wasn't saying it was... but it just led to people spreading it by leaving the city (those who could afford to).