Twitter account offers opinion following the PMs latest "support" to a struggling leisure industry.
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Cobi Budge":17iakbvx said:Encouraging people to visit cinemas - stuffy, small, indoor spaces - whilst simultaneously saying that being in an outdoor, expansive sports stadium is too dangerous, seems absolutely absurd.
HC Green":2438naio said:Cobi Budge":2438naio said:Encouraging people to visit cinemas - stuffy, small, indoor spaces - whilst simultaneously saying that being in an outdoor, expansive sports stadium is too dangerous, seems absolutely absurd.
The danger is not being in an outdoor, expansive stadium, the danger is from how people get to and from the stadium and what they do before and after the event.
The cinema is a controlled environment with lots of COVID mitigations in place. Whereas at the end of a game as an example I doubt it would be easy to enforce or implement social distancing at the squeeze point behind the corner of the Lyndhurst and Devonport.
Similarly for London Clubs how would social distancing work on the tubes and trains after matches?
Cobi Budge":109pi1yf said:HC Green":109pi1yf said:Cobi Budge":109pi1yf said:Encouraging people to visit cinemas - stuffy, small, indoor spaces - whilst simultaneously saying that being in an outdoor, expansive sports stadium is too dangerous, seems absolutely absurd.
The danger is not being in an outdoor, expansive stadium, the danger is from how people get to and from the stadium and what they do before and after the event.
The cinema is a controlled environment with lots of COVID mitigations in place. Whereas at the end of a game as an example I doubt it would be easy to enforce or implement social distancing at the squeeze point behind the corner of the Lyndhurst and Devonport.
Similarly for London Clubs how would social distancing work on the tubes and trains after matches?
What you’re describing is identical to the situation with the utterly barmy 22:00 curfew though - potentially the most ridiculous measure introduced yet. Masses of people all going home at the same time. So the inconsistencies are very clear to see.
Cobi Budge":1eea7z5v said:HC Green":1eea7z5v said:Cobi Budge":1eea7z5v said:Encouraging people to visit cinemas - stuffy, small, indoor spaces - whilst simultaneously saying that being in an outdoor, expansive sports stadium is too dangerous, seems absolutely absurd.
The danger is not being in an outdoor, expansive stadium, the danger is from how people get to and from the stadium and what they do before and after the event.
The cinema is a controlled environment with lots of COVID mitigations in place. Whereas at the end of a game as an example I doubt it would be easy to enforce or implement social distancing at the squeeze point behind the corner of the Lyndhurst and Devonport.
Similarly for London Clubs how would social distancing work on the tubes and trains after matches?
What you’re describing is identical to the situation with the utterly barmy 22:00 curfew though - potentially the most ridiculous measure introduced yet. Masses of people all going home at the same time. So the inconsistencies are very clear to see.
HC Green":3hmf8ubx said:Cobi Budge":3hmf8ubx said:HC Green":3hmf8ubx said:Cobi Budge":3hmf8ubx said:Encouraging people to visit cinemas - stuffy, small, indoor spaces - whilst simultaneously saying that being in an outdoor, expansive sports stadium is too dangerous, seems absolutely absurd.
The danger is not being in an outdoor, expansive stadium, the danger is from how people get to and from the stadium and what they do before and after the event.
The cinema is a controlled environment with lots of COVID mitigations in place. Whereas at the end of a game as an example I doubt it would be easy to enforce or implement social distancing at the squeeze point behind the corner of the Lyndhurst and Devonport.
Similarly for London Clubs how would social distancing work on the tubes and trains after matches?
What you’re describing is identical to the situation with the utterly barmy 22:00 curfew though - potentially the most ridiculous measure introduced yet. Masses of people all going home at the same time. So the inconsistencies are very clear to see.
Pubs don’t have tens of thousands leaving en masse in very congested areas. No comparison at all.
Eddie":1pzyhatu said:The poster who said that the danger lies in getting to and from the ground is spot on - and I'm not talking about Covid, but road accidents.
I invite people to examine the statistics on this - of which there's plenty. For a normal healthy person, of any age, you'd struggle even to become seriously ill with Covid, let alone die.
The risks that you run driving and all sorts of other things are off the scale compared to Covid.
I'm 77 and I'd be there (HP, that is) tomorrow, if they'd let me.
if you smoked you probably ignored the dangers as well!Eddie":38ipjytj said:The poster who said that the danger lies in getting to and from the ground is spot on - and I'm not talking about Covid, but road accidents.
I invite people to examine the statistics on this - of which there's plenty. For a normal healthy person, of any age, you'd struggle even to become seriously ill with Covid, let alone die.
The risks that you run driving and all sorts of other things are off the scale compared to Covid.
I'm 77 and I'd be there (HP, that is) tomorrow, if they'd let me.