Flocking to the south west now??

[Flossie44]

So will people be flocking to the South West now?? Having seen the graphs and figures??

I'm in Bournemouth which counts as South West and our cases per 100,000 are worse than many London boroughs

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There is actually a lot of bad feeling around down here - I was in supermarket earlier and checkout lady bemoaning all the influx of visitors buying up loads of booze 🤪

My local hospital in the SW has declared a major incident as the covid numbers are so high in the hospital is affecting care for all.

I wouldn't come down here and assume it's normal.

I guess this is the place to be?

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-university-coronavirus-cases-hits-4624141

I’m a covididiot 😳

We’re (hopefully) down SW for the week pending no cases in DD’s school.

We are self catering in a nice place, and intend on doing naff all for the week other than relax and eat takeaways.

It’s been booked for ages and we don’t want to cancel. We’re not in a high risk area so can travel and it’s a change of scenery to where we are. A few wet and windy walks will make it a typical British holiday that we all actually need right now.

Come and visit but please don’t snap up any houses whilst you’re down Prices in my area have increased by 40-60,000 in the last couple of months. The estate agents are explaining this simply as “People from London”. 🙈

It's the equivelant of the central belt (Scotland) flocking to the North East in our circuit break.
Should have travel bans in place to stop it.

People in the SW must be doing something right
Yes, people in the countryside are being very good by not crowding together.

When you look at the figures in the large towns and cities all of a sudden the SW doesn't look so good

Just to be clear, I was being sarcastic above.

Cases in SW are low because of the low population density (=not crowding together)

I'm in Bournemouth which counts as South West and our cases per 100,000 are worse than many London boroughs
Me too

When I asked the question..it was in interest. I actually LIVE in Cornwall myself!!
I was merely interested if we will now be inundated with visitors due to our figures

I was merely interested if we will now be inundated with visitors due to our figures

The people who are prepared to travel either need to visit friends and relatives despite the virus, or are completely unconcerned about virus levels other than in the context of restrictions it will impose on them. People will not be choosing areas to visit to get away from it.

“The people who are prepared to travel either need to visit friends and relatives despite the virus, or are completely unconcerned about virus levels other than in the context of restrictions it will impose on them. People will not be choosing areas to visit to get away from it.“

Really??

During the summer, it was heard often down here that visitors were here to ‘get away from it’ and ‘wanted to relax away from Covid’. It was often reported in local news that hospitality were faced with such arguments from visitors

Really - don't bother it is bucketing down today

I occasionally do a day trip to Cornwall at this time of year to remind me why I left and pre-empt any thoughts of return. Not necessary in this weather, though.

Okay nobody go to Cornwall ever again 🙄

+Okay nobody go to Cornwall ever again 🙄*

Tad dramatic?!

Maybe remind yourself that we are in a pandemic??

It's pissing it down in St Ives

If anyone is coming from the north, please drop off oatcakes and Wrights Pies

Yeah it's pissing it down here in Cornwall right now.

We also only have one A&E. One. For the whole county, full of elderly people.

On our local South West news they were saying that all the fears about tourists ,"bringing" Covid to Cornwall were unfounded.
.in our very touristy village there was a lot of fear around tourists coming back, but despite being rammed with tourists still this hasn't actually translated to a surge in cases amongst the local population.

Covid rules are being followed to the absolute letter though in all the shops and restaurants.

@Flossie44 we are already inundated and have been since July.

Well over 100 per 100,000 here now in Bath and Bristol.

I know Movinghouseatlast. It’s hideous down here. I too worry about our poor small hospital

With the amount of waterproof clothing people will have to wear it will be equivalent to full PPE!
Come on down if you want, just spend a fuck ton of money and keep our local business going! Cheers.

Deaths are actually higher in the south west than the north east, so I won’t bother flocking thanks.