Should've stopped all commercial flights from India as soon as the variant became rife.
Really don't get why there was a few days grace between the announcement and the deadline
I don't think we will back in lockdown again but the 21st June date is surely looking very optimistic now
Also, where's my fucking vaccine? We were doing so well with the over 50s but the over 40s have dragged on
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I’m sure he’s doing his best!
If that was true there would be no rowing back on pledges to end lockdownGot my text to book my second jab yesterday and I’m booked in for next Sunday.
First one was on Paddy’s Day so that’s 9 1/2 weeks from first to second.
I know this Government has fucked up massively, and continues to do so, with their handling of the pandemic but the vaccine roll out, in my opinion, has been a massive success.
If only that was true
Semantics possibly but if you want to take it literally then the vaccine roll out has been a success.If that was true there would be no rowing back on pledges to end lockdown
Sadly I think it is.
Got my text to book my second jab yesterday and I’m booked in for next Sunday.
First one was on Paddy’s Day so that’s 9 1/2 weeks from first to second.
I know this Government has fucked up massively, and continues to do so, with their handling of the pandemic but the vaccine roll out, in my opinion, has been a massive success.
Being a fucking fanny that is scared to make bug decisions is not doing his best.
Being a fucking fanny that is scared to make bug decisions is not doing his best.
What metrics are scientists using to decide what is totalitarian? Why are scientists being asked and not political theorists?
What metrics are scientists using to decide what is totalitarian? Why are scientists being asked and not political theorists?
You can tell by a title that something is going to be proper batshit.
Fair enough, they actually look like a reasonable organisation.Pretty shocking from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviour (SPI-B) about the tactics they used.
Just look at the government adverts. Trying to scare at every occasion.
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One SPI-B scientist told Ms Dodsworth: “In March [2020] the Government was very worried about compliance and they thought people wouldn’t want to be locked down.
“There were discussions about fear being needed to encourage compliance, and decisions were made about how to ramp up the fear. The way we have used fear is dystopian.
“The use of fear has definitely been ethically questionable. It’s been like a weird experiment. Ultimately, it backfired because people became too scared.”
Another SPI-B member said: “You could call psychology ‘mind control’. That’s what we do… clearly we try and go about it in a positive way, but it has been used nefariously in the past.”
One member of the committee warned that “people use the pandemic to grab power and drive through things that wouldn’t happen otherwise… We have to be very careful about the authoritarianism that is creeping in”.
Another admitted: “Without a vaccine, psychology is your main weapon… Psychology has had a really good epidemic, actually.”
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Another member of SPI-B said they were "stunned by the weaponisation of behavioural psychology" during the pandemic, and that “psychologists didn’t seem to notice when it stopped being altruistic and became manipulative. They have too much power and it intoxicates them”."
Pretty shocking from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviour (SPI-B) about the tactics they used.
Just look at the government adverts. Trying to scare at every occasion.
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One SPI-B scientist told Ms Dodsworth: “In March [2020] the Government was very worried about compliance and they thought people wouldn’t want to be locked down.
“There were discussions about fear being needed to encourage compliance, and decisions were made about how to ramp up the fear. The way we have used fear is dystopian.
“The use of fear has definitely been ethically questionable. It’s been like a weird experiment. Ultimately, it backfired because people became too scared.”
Another SPI-B member said: “You could call psychology ‘mind control’. That’s what we do… clearly we try and go about it in a positive way, but it has been used nefariously in the past.”
One member of the committee warned that “people use the pandemic to grab power and drive through things that wouldn’t happen otherwise… We have to be very careful about the authoritarianism that is creeping in”.
Another admitted: “Without a vaccine, psychology is your main weapon… Psychology has had a really good epidemic, actually.”
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Another member of SPI-B said they were "stunned by the weaponisation of behavioural psychology" during the pandemic, and that “psychologists didn’t seem to notice when it stopped being altruistic and became manipulative. They have too much power and it intoxicates them”."
During the height of the pandemic I would often watch the news and read online news services. Now I don't. I would imagine the media are now noticing a drop off in revenue as things start edging towards normal and I can't help but feel this 'Indian variant' is being hammed up as much as possible to instill fear and panic and to boost their flagging sales / clicks.
Is there actually any serious information out there that suggests we should be particularly concerned because i'm really struggling to be that concerned. Cases are low, deaths are low, vaccines seem to be working and are being administered quickly. The outlook is looking much more positive than it did 3 months back.
The Prime Minister went on national TV and said he was concerned about it. I get that it’s news that no-one wants to hear, let alone believe, but I don’t get the narrative that the media is deliberately overplaying this. Would people rather find out about it now or next month?
Covid is not going anywhere and we have to live with it. We should not be pressing pause every time there is a new variant.The Prime Minister went on national TV and said he was concerned about it. I get that it’s news that no-one wants to hear, let alone believe, but I don’t get the narrative that the media is deliberately overplaying this. Would people rather find out about it now or next month?
Covid is not going anywhere and we have to live with it. We should not be pressing pause every time there is a new variant.
You only have to look online to see news stories of 'scientists' coming out of the woodwork saying it is more transmissible yet chances are its no different and less deadly
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One benefit for me from this pandemic is the new working approach moving forward (my company has termed it 'agile working')I have heard a few WFH people saying they’d be fine if restaurants and cinemas never reopened. Fine, live indoors forever then
One benefit for me from this pandemic is the new working approach moving forward (my company has termed it 'agile working')
I want other things back to normal though, really don't get why you wouldn't
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I could quite happily never go to the cinema again if new releases continue to be made available, albeit at a premium price, on streaming services. Its a shit experience with people chatting, messing with phones, munching on snacks etc.Comments like
‘I’ve learned how to cook so I don’t need a restaurant’
‘I’ve got Netflix and Amazon so I don’t need a cinema’
Wow I really love the cinema big screen and stereo surround sound meI could quite happily never go to the cinema again if new releases continue to be made available, albeit at a premium price, on streaming services. Its a shit experience with people chatting, messing with phones, munching on snacks etc.
One thing I do hope we'll see as a result of WFH increasing is an increase in coffee shops, cafes, restaurants etc in residential areas. Don't believe people genuinely want to be stuck in their houses 24/7 never seeing anyone. I'd love to be able to walk to a coffee shop or pop out for lunch but there's nothing local enough to walk to. Been reading a bit about the concept of 15 minute cities and if we move towards that I think quality of life for a lot of people would improve.
I could quite happily never go to the cinema again if new releases continue to be made available, albeit at a premium price, on streaming services. Its a shit experience with people chatting, messing with phones, munching on snacks etc.
One thing I do hope we'll see as a result of WFH increasing is an increase in coffee shops, cafes, restaurants etc in residential areas. Don't believe people genuinely want to be stuck in their houses 24/7 never seeing anyone. I'd love to be able to walk to a coffee shop or pop out for lunch but there's nothing local enough to walk to. Been reading a bit about the concept of 15 minute cities and if we move towards that I think quality of life for a lot of people would improve.
Some jobs just can’t be WFH though and it irritates me a bit that those having such easy times of lockdown are fine with long established things to do being gone for good.
Its funny as most working class jobs cannot be WFH but those who can will gladly grab it and ignore those who cant
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