What A Bright Spark

[DonPeffers]

Just now, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

 

If necessary, yes, that was the implication of this weeks news.

Could any economy and society endure the human and financial burden of lockdowns every 5-10 years? 

 

If science can beat the coronavirus and if we can prevent new strains developing that would be best.

I do wonder what the long-term financial implications will be regarding this lockdown.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Just now, DonPeffers said:

Could any economy and society endure the human and financial burden of lockdowns every 5-10 years? 

 

It's a matter of last resort, and in that situation, could it afford not too?

[Captain Colonial]

14 minutes ago, Blatman said:

To me Boris was quite clear.

Interesting use of the word “clear”.  I watched it and felt so befuddled by his speech that it was like he was behind me in a revolving door and managed to get out in front of me.  Everyone else I’ve spoken to felt the same.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

But why should it be every 5 to 10 years? Historically, we've been somewhat overdue such a world wide event, and there will eventually be others, separate and unconnected to the current one, but while things like that may be sometimes referred to 1 in 100 (year) etc events,  there's no guarantee of when they will occur, just that are likely to do so.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Just now, Captain Colonial said:

Interesting use of the word “clear”.  I watched it and felt so befuddled by his speech that it was like he was behind me in a revolving door and managed to get out in front of me.  Everyone else I’ve spoken to felt the same.

 

Indeed, immediate analysis was really all over the place, rather than advising to just wait for the published documents.

[Blatman]

Immediate analysis by the press was more about bemoaning for the sake of it.

If he'd given a list of things in a bullet point fashion the press would still have said they were confused because any list or announcement was never going to be complete and there will always be gaps in the guidance no matter how many pages it extends to.

 

He said quite clearly that if people are able to go to work they should be encouraged to do so. This should trigger business owners to start looking at IF they want to open and HOW they go about it. The exception was shops and hospitality.

 

The commute should avoid public transport if at all possible. I would like to see what local authorities are doing to support that goal. Maybe easing parking restrictions for a few weeks, or reducing or removing parking costs?

 

The guidelines have been ever so slightly relaxed with regards to going outside and meeting people but I had some things to say on that elsewhere. Suffice to say that the announcement hasn't actually changed the LAW in any way at all. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Act 2020 remains un-amended despite yesterdays "changes".

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

4 minutes ago, Blatman said:

He said quite clearly that if people are able to go to work they should be encouraged to do so.

 

This was one of the big issues on the Sunday night, many were left wondering if they were supposed to just turn up on the Monday morning. 

 

We're past that stage now, as we have much more clarity, but while i intensely dislike a lot of the knee jerk Boris/government bashing in what is an impossible situation, some things do have to be taken responsibility for too. 

[DonPeffers]

57 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

But why should it be every 5 to 10 years? Historically, we've been somewhat overdue such a world wide event, and there will eventually be others, separate and unconnected to the current one, but while things like that may be sometimes referred to 1 in 100 (year) etc events,  there's no guarantee of when they will occur, just that are likely to do so.

It took nearly 10 years to get over the 2008 Financial Crisis and just when it was announced austerity had ended we were shortly afterwards into the covid crisis with huge financial implications for all taxpayers/workers etc.

 

52 years ago was a deadly flu and flu vaccine is a best guess and cannot guarantee avoiding infection.

 

With an ever more crowded world and more exotic animals on sale in markets new virus strains could emerge more rapidly than before hence the need for China and parts of Africa to be on top of this.

 

With severe 'once in a 100 year' floods occurring too often we hope for many years without another deadly pathogen.