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Drive by birthday party

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LimitIsUp · 26/03/2020 00:44

Whilst this is rather lovely and I am so glad the little boy had such a great birthday surprise ...

www.facebook.com/470911516262605/posts/3098318673521863/?vh=e

I am confused. Isn't it non-essential travel?

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LimitIsUp · 26/03/2020 01:01

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Isadora2007 · 26/03/2020 01:07

Yep. Non essential travel and just dumb. Get a group party going on an online platform like Zoom and let the kid interact with his friends!
Stupid.

LimitIsUp · 26/03/2020 08:23

I was surprised that the BBC featured it as a good news story!

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EarringsandLipstick · 26/03/2020 08:30

Why is it dumb? 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's a lovely idea and hardly causing any major issue, as I'm sure they are all local.

You really need to understand why non-essential travel is in place - to limit the spread of CV. This isn't in any way likely to spread CV.

QuimJongUn · 26/03/2020 08:34

You really need to understand why non-essential travel is in place

It's also in place to reduce the risk of accidents putting further pressure on the NHS.

LimitIsUp · 26/03/2020 09:53

I understand perfectly why the rule is in place. I also understand that travel should only take place as proscribed by the government. As far as I know this does not include a drive by birthday party!

When people reinterpret and bend the rules to suit themselves then others will follow their example.

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EarringsandLipstick · 26/03/2020 13:52

For goodness sake! The UK seems veer between wild negligence in their behaviour & being able to understand 'the rules'.

No one was going to be harmed, in any way, by a short drive past a house, giving a quick wave to a young boy. No one.

I'm glad that in Ireland we responded quickly (so we are now 2 weeks into this) and while we equally have restrictions, we're not spending ages debating very small issues and recognising the significance of the actions instead.

LimitIsUp · 26/03/2020 16:11

news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-these-are-the-very-limited-reasons-britons-can-leave-their-homes-11962612

EarringsandLipstick, would you like to tell me to which of the following four permitted reasons for leaving the house does a drive by party apply? I'd really love to know:

1)Shopping for basic necessities like food and medicine, with Downing Street saying you should do this "as infrequently as possible" and use food delivery services "where you can"
2)One form of exercise a day, such as a run, walk or cycle. This can be done alone or with members of your household
3)Any medical need, to give care or to help a vulnerable person
4)Travelling to and from work, but only if this is "absolutely necessary" and cannot be done from home

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EarringsandLipstick · 26/03/2020 18:06

You're missing the point LimitsUp

The rules are designed to give clear guidance. They can't do otherwise. However if people use their sane, rational minds, they can understand that a local drive, past a house to wave at a little boy can't and won't do any harm.

So, you might ask, why have any rules at all? Because logistically, it would be impossible not to have any.

But the spirit of the rules is to make sure people are safe and the virus is not being spread and it's not by those actions.

In Ireland we are doing the same thing but with an approach based on humanity and pragmatism. We started quickly 2 weeks ago, and now it is more stringent, but it happened largely organically. Shops shut without direction, largely.

Yes, there were issues here too with people going in greater numbers to eg parks / lakes. The problem wasn't that people were doing this but the limited parking spaces were totally congested & that was a problem. So car parks shut - a simple solution which means people locally can still go, but others can't drive there. That's the kind of logic missing here, instead all this shrieking about it's not essential.

And I'm sounding cross & testy I know. But when simple acts of kindness are taken apart like this, I do feel cross. No-one was adversely affected here!

BunnytheBee · 26/03/2020 18:08

Oh that’s sweet

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