AIBU to think that these are the areas where people are ignoring lockdown

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Just 31 councils have a rising covid rate, I guess people aren't doing lockdown as effectively in those areas

There are so many factors - these could be areas with more factory working etc, so people are still going into a place of work.

Or have a higher prevalence of the demographics having more susceptibility to covid.

Not everything and everyone and everywhere are exactly the same.

New strain of the virus
More people getting tested

Could be loads of reasons why.

What lockdown though. 🤷🏻
This is not a lockdown. This is disorganised mess. There is basically same traffic around me (road to school so quite busy at times) like outside of lockdown. Maybe 25% less.
That's not lockdown...

YABU.

Infections in my area spiked last week, and have now come back down again. It’s because, collectively, all 180,000 residents decided to misbehave for a week. We then decided, collectively, to behave.

Or it could be for dozens of reasons as the PP have suggested. Plus care home outbreaks, hospital outbreaks and outbreaks in large workplaces.

A lot of those areas look rural. I suspect they are just later than the rest of the country in reaching their peak.

What a wanky post. YABU.

Congratulating an area on doing well/ being good is like congratulating them on it being Tuesday. By Friday they could be in a much worse position.

I know schools that were smug in having no cases... until they did.

So many factors at play outside of people's control, and so much crossing of areas for work, shopping, schools etc. The virus and transmission ebbs and flows.

We just all have to try to do our part.

More people who can't work from home? Factory work/agriculture are a lot harder to do over zoom ...

Actually I can tell you for nothing that Shropshire was lower than rural mid Wales a month ago. You are clueless about context.

I'm not surprised to see Leicester on that list. They've never been out of lockdown/tier 3 not even last summer.

I imagine a lot of people there who were following the rules before have just said "fuck it" now. Feel really sorry for them tbh

Can't really see the list properly.

Nobody asked this when cases soared in London...

Don’t be so ridiculous

No. Pathetic little post. There are lots of variables.

A lot of those areas are very rural and sparsely populated.

Ridiculous post OP.

I live in one of those areas with rising rate and it’s still below most areas rates, as it has been throughout the pandemic. We have also had several care homes with outbreaks and a food production plant with an outbreak which will account for most of the cases. You sound like one of those curtain twitchers who is happily going along now with the government narrative of we as individuals are all to blame for the virus spreading. YABU and goady.

A lot of it will be demographics, for example Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East of England. It also has a high proportion of keyworkers - Newcastle NHS Trust is one of the largest with 14,000 employees, there is also a large "ministry" site (HMRC, DWP, and other agencies) which employs around 15,000 people. Considering the population is just under 300,000 that's 10% just on those two workplaces. There are a lot of people work in manufacturing, digital technology, GlaxoSmithKlein, Proctor and Gamble, etc many of whom will have jobs that are essential and that can't be done at home. This will mean they're using public transport (Nexus, Stagecoach, Arrival, and Go Northern are also big employers), their children are in school, etc. The city also has pockets of deprivation with all the associated health and social impacts that brings.

Its not as simple as "these are the areas not obeying the rules".

Yeah ignorant fuckers going to work, selfish bastards.

Our area is on there- mostly rural with an older population. Community testing has been introduced so lots of asymptomatic cases are now being picked up, plus more cases coming from the hospital. I haven’t seen much indication of people not following lockdown.

I wouldn't read too much into the data. There is an area near to me which basically consists of 2 villages surrounded by rurality. Their rate per 100,000 population is in excess of 2000! I'm assuming it's because there is also a prison within the area where I've heard there's a widespread outbreak on virtually all wings. So in that case it's got nothing to do with the locals not sticking to the rules.

I live up the road from St Helens, but just over the Liverpool border. People in St Helens are relying on warehouse/factory work at the moment. The people I know who have lost their jobs in the travel industry have managed to get jobs in Whiston and St Helens Hospitals (all live in Knowsley) . It's a Borough which suffers from low incomes and so people are still working and travelling on public transport.

I think we need to look at tougher mask enforcement. But with the new strain it might not be possible to stop rising infections.

They’re behind on this peak, many places have peaked, some places reach their peak later. In nearly all areas the growth is slowing down though which is a good sign. Also it’s missing other information - hospital capacity, types of industry still open etc

So ridiculous.
You can follow all the "rules" and still be exposed to Covid.