I think that's part of the problem, restrictions on people's lives and lockdowns should be a last resort, but it's becoming the point where they're almost a first resort, being done at the first sign of trouble, and we should do it "just in case". They've become far too normalised. Hearing...

When it comes to other nations, to be honest, it feels like them going further is as much about getting one up on Boris/The Tories/The English as it actually is to do with public health. If Boris had decided to keep masks and other restrictions in July, I could have seen Sturgeon announce she was dr...

Reading this rule change in Northern Ireland really makes me glad I don't live there as this would directly negatively affect me: The exemption from wearing a face covering where it causes severe stress will be removed and the onus of proving an exemption on medical grounds will be on the individual...

Probably for the best, as you've seen in the other thread getting into it myself has damaged my mental health. Especially the (mostly ex-Digitalspy) crowd on AV Forums, I think the WHO could declare the pandemic over and they'd find some way to tell us why it's actually a disaster. And don't read th...

Jonwo wrote: ↑Wed 22 Dec, 2021 15.03 as no one can be that negative all the time!

Read pretty much any internet forum or social media discussion of covid, then come back and say that. I've come across countless people who make BM11 look like the eternal optimist.

And now someone's actually died from it, expect complete over the top hysteria now. Even more so than we've already been having.

Doesn't matter we've been averaging over 100 covid deaths a day for months, this one death is going to be treated like it heralds disaster.

With the headlines about "first UK Omicron patients admitted to hospital" and predictable hysteria, I notice none of the important questions have been answered, or even asked, such as how many have been admitted, how old are they, do they have any health problems, have they been vaccinated...

Also totally agree that militant mask wearers are the rudest. I work in hospitality and the most aggro we’ve had has been from people who think we should be confronting anyone not wearing a mask. I suspect these same people are also very vocal #BeKind types. The most eye opening was during the peri...

The "yellow star" comparison is certainly not the right one to be made for reasons already pointed out, though I do understand the point you're getting at. For me it's a mixture of having to advertise something I don't want advertising, along with the fact, as Will said, so many people hav...

I've witnessed non mask wearers confronting people who do wear masks though - more than once. Yes, I've had that thrown at me several times already by various people, as I said earlier. It's completely unhelpful whataboutery. Pointing out the opposite extreme can be just as bad doesn't make it any ...

Considering the data coming out of South Africa now about hospitalisations and long term immunity, and the surges seem to be coming close to peaking in some parts of the country, it's hard not to be positive. As long as the world loses this idea of obsessive over case numbers if they're not leading ...