I agree with Pharma.
We have not really had anything like this before,not even the flu epidemic after WW1 .
It is new, mysterious ,insidious even and if those in authority seem to be floundering does it help when people break rules,advice, guidelines?
Call them what you will.
Do you seriously think the Government is taking advantage of the Covid 19
situation to underhandedly impose restrictions on us for their future benefit.?
What planet are you on, ?I bet it is flat!
I am doing all I can to minimise my own chances if contracting the disease, but also my children ,grandchildren and great grandson need consideration .
I have had many years of life ,four of my family are under thirty,one just four.
They and my children deserve to live out their lives happily.
It is selfish attitudes and behaviour that are responsible for the rise in cases
making countrywide lockdown a possibility again .
Against professional knowledge and advice only a fool would think they knew better, and baulk against such informed advice.
If it was wrong, top Doctors and Specialists would be up in arms ,and be giving different advice and asking for other means to try and control it.
I do not like being seen as a gullible fool because in the absence of great knowledge on my part I follow what people in authority who have been advised by those who do have knowledge, advise and yes even impose .
It has been a shambles ,yes, confusing changes , mixed messages I agree.
But what good does it do to flout all rules, advice etc. because someone thinks there is a sinister plot to control the populace in the future ?
That feeling comes through in your post.
I will continue to act as if we are still in lockdown , and hopefully not cause my family any worry or put them in any danger .
It is hard,very hard, but as I said in another post ,my generation grew up
obeying ,toeing the line, having a social conscience .
So many great thing cane out of that attitude, yesterday was the anniversary
of The Battle of Britain ,when 19 year olds fought in one of the most strategic engagements of WW2.
Perhaps they would have selfishly gathered ,against the rules, but in the
end -their end- no one can say they were selfish.
Include me out.!
Viktoria.