05-11-2022, 03:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2022, 03:22 PM by backsidebaggie.)
(05-11-2022, 02:26 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Yeah just checked - hospitalisations got up to 33k in Jan 2021. It's easy to say that most weren't affected or didn't care if it was going to (a bit like smoking really) but it did put tremendous stress on the health service and those working in it.
I’m not sure they didn’t care. I think people thought if they’re not ill, going round their mates ain’t making much difference. And as cases dropped and dropped anyway through Feb, as it got busier and busier out and about, then the pattern of a wave seemed to play out pretty much the same whether people locked down or ignored it and went out, so more and more did it. It was hilarious when they brought back the rule of 6 as most had been visiting people for weeks at least.
I think most isolated if ill, and went out round family and friends houses if they were well. I was absolutely staggered to read on here people didn’t go and see their family, especially as you could be very cautious and take LFT’s to pretty much make sure you were safe. But each to their own.