The south should be demanding a lockdown now

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Why wait, our rates are growing exponentially, a short lockdown now could bring rates down. Why wait until we are as fucked over as Manchester.

Agree with @PhilCornwall1 fuck all cases here and actually I'd like my business to survive, teetering on the edge of going bust at present so don't need any lockdowns.

🙄 no thanks.

Rates are going down where I am (about 10-20% less cases each day), and were never high. Southeast btw, not that far out of London.

Why? because the previous national lockdown worked so well? if you want to lock yourself down, just do so...

With a national lockdown for 2 weeks all you will achieve is that 2 weeks after the lockdown ends you will be back in exactly the same position, only with more people in the dole, people who missed out on treatment for other conditions like cancer and people whose mental health has declined even further.

It is more important to get testing and track and trace finally right and continue to keep people working from home and to look at whether keeping universities open is really working than to keep believing in the nonsense that national lockdowns actually achieve anything.

No

Everyone needs to follow the ducking rules for whatever tier you are in

But they won’t, because after all they know best, so we continue. So lockdown those areas who have issues at the moment not the whole country

What do you expect a lockdown to achieve ?
based on evidence

No, they dont work. Fatality rate c0.05%, average age of those who die 82 - why the crazy panicking? Get a grip!!!!

What do you expect a lockdown to achieve

Mass redundancies
Mass unemployment
Child poverty
Increased domestic violence
Spiralling mental health issues
Disrupted education
Rule ‘fatigue’

@Stircrazyschoolmum

What do you expect a lockdown to achieve

Mass redundancies
Mass unemployment
Child poverty
Increased domestic violence
Spiralling mental health issues
Disrupted education
Rule ‘fatigue’

Exactly this. It's bad enough we've been put into tier 2 when numbers don't warrant it. I do not want a southern lockdown it can piss right off!

No. Thank you.

I'd prefer businesses to survive and kids getting an education.

The death rate is still very very low!

I know why don't we all go and live in a cave on our own until we die so that no one ever dies of covid again?

No I won't call for a lockdown.

Why don't you and everyone else who want 'lockdown now' get on with it. Self isolate. Let everyone else on with our lives.

our rates are growing exponentially

Not in my neck of the woods.

Manchester is not "fucked over" at all

i shall just carry on with social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing.

South of where?

Number 3 in that list didn’t work when we had our “3 week lockdown to flatten the curve” in March/April/May/June so why would it now?

OP

What data has led to this conclusion please?

No, I do not want us to go into a lockdown. Of a national one comes in will be roetty pissed off that we have to lockdown despite the very low numbers.

Agreed. It’s beyond a joke!

Our rates are not rising exponentially. In fact they are barely rising at all where I am.

No!!! Lock yourself down if you want. But the economy cannot be fucked even more!

Oh, yippee! Why not follow Wales and let the government dictate what we are allowed to buy, while you're at it?

Yes, let's hurt our economy even more! Let's increase debt to way over 100% of GDP! So that our children can pay huge taxes for decades...!