Face coverings

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

2 hours ago, bmp01 said:

Read a few pages of this .....

 

Seems to me there might be a correlation between the attributes of the free minded UK population and how well the UK is doing in this pandemic.

 

Absolutely no point blaming anyone in authority (government or medical establishment) for not steering the ship in the right direction because 'we' pay no attention to it anyway. I'm not referring to individuals on here necessarily - but you can see it everywhere in society from the groups of teenagers 'behind the bike sheds' to the parents at the school leavers parties, the callers on the Jeremy Vine BBC radio 2, the beach invaders etc, etc,

 

On this particular challenge it seems our society is not best placed to achieve a great result. Individuals dont have a unified goal or the will power to weather the isolation (or what ever the requiement is) and crucially we dont have the dractonian penalties of the communist counties where the control of people becomes easier.

 

We're just set up different, good for some things not so good for this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obesity is a classic example of what I’m interpreting from what (I think) you’re saying....

[bmp01]

32 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Obesity is a classic example of what I’m interpreting from what (I think) you’re saying....

Nope not what I meant .... although obesity seems another thing were not good at (or good at depending on your persective).

 

In a nut shell, I meant we (in the uk) dont like to be told what to do, we dont like following rules or guidance (compared to other nations). 

[Stere]

Some  stuff on that topic in this article:

 

Are the British conformist or libertarian? Our face mask response is telling | Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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Face masks must become a social norm to have an impact on coronavirus, says professor of public health Richard Coker

 

[Johnsond]

22 minutes ago, bmp01 said:

Nope not what I meant .... although obesity seems another thing were not good at (or good at depending on your persective).

 

In a nut shell, I meant we (in the uk) dont like to be told what to do, we dont like following rules or guidance (compared to other nations). 

Not a bad trait I’d say. 

[Stere]

Yeah its working out well for the US ?

 

 

 

[struie]

On 25/07/2020 at 07:42, AngrySquirrel said:

Full NBC suit!

i quite liked wearing my nbc suit.

[Jack.P]

Some of these masks people are wearing look completely useless and total waste of time .also to add to that not much social distancing going on in shops now  so in a way it was more effective before with at least the social distancing rules being respected .

 

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, Stere said:

Some  stuff on that topic in this article:

 

Are the British conformist or libertarian? Our face mask response is telling | Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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Face masks must become a social norm to have an impact on coronavirus, says professor of public health Richard Coker

 

Bollocks to that Richard Coker ??. 
You truly love being told what to do it seems. 

[the village idiot]

13 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Bollocks to that Richard Coker ??. 
You truly love being told what to do it seems. 

We all spend a great deal of our lives doing what we are told, and on the whole it is a very good thing.

 

You would not want to live in a world where everyone just did what they thought was best for them.

 

Sometimes it is a good thing to make a stand against the prevailing winds, but often we can just build up a self righteous head of steam and start being a bit silly.

[Khriss]

54 minutes ago, Jack.P said:

Some of these masks people are wearing look completely useless and total waste of time .also to add to that not much social distancing going on in shops now  so in a way it was more effective before with at least the social distancing rules being respected .

 

This morning ..... drove to work, stopped off a garage fr usual delicious pasties ( large ) n coffee, in my orange, put mask on.... saw copper ( metropolitans finest )  walk into premises,  eyeballs me ( in my mask , n orange hiivis all overs )  fumbles fr his mask hastily,  Hmmm,  no one in said premises wearing masks      ?  K