My daughter will have to cancel her wedding. She will lose a great deal of money which she can’t afford because she has lost so much already through not being able to work and getting no government help. Her memories of her wedding day whatever she does will be tainted by what could have been. She is one of very many young people who have had their lives damaged and will now be expected to pay for years. This government is corrupt and incompetent.
There's one district here where it's about 7 case per 100k. There are little pockets all over the country where there are no, or almost no cases. Not sure how it is on the Isles of Scilly just now but they've had vanishingly few all the way through. It seems to be about behaviour and local risks. If there are no large employers locally, no hospitals or factories or prisons, the rates tend to be lower on average
Isles of Scilly only has a small population (approx. 2,203) and is not the easiest place to get too so fairly isolated I would say!
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debs64, what would you have done in their place? My girls were lucky, both in retail, so kept their jobs. Most of my friends are nursing so of course they kept theirs too, although some have been seriously ill
Isles of Scilly only has a small population (approx. 2,203) and is not the easiest place to get too so fairly isolated I would say!
Yes, that's my point - there are other places in the UK where the rates probably are lower than most of London for lots of fairly clear reasons. B3 was asking why London is 'doing so well' and I'm guessing that's from the reports about the very large reductions in case numbers there. And I'm musing that it's because their rates went so high they can show such a big reduction. If there have only ever been 5 cases, it's harder to show a big % reduction until there are none. Where I am, the rates are fairly high for the region - about 60 to 70 per 100k. But that means there have actually been around 60 cases. An outbreak in a local factory affecting 10 people, say, causes a huge spike in our case rates.
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@Nanny Beach I probably would not have stolen millions of pounds from the British taxpayers by giving contracts to all my friends as a starter. I possibly wouldn’t have run the NHS into the ground because I was planning to sell it to the Americans. Then it just might have coped better with the crisis.
Maybe a little bit of clear leadership from people who actually care about the country they lead would be nice?
My daughter will have to cancel her wedding. She will lose a great deal of money which she can’t afford because she has lost so much already through not being able to work and getting no government help. Her memories of her wedding day whatever she does will be tainted by what could have been. She is one of very many young people who have had their lives damaged and will now be expected to pay for years. This government is corrupt and incompetent.
Would you prefer that she has her wedding and increases the risk of catching or spreading Covid for her and her guests - and their families?
If you honestly believe that a wedding in May is going to spread Covid to everyone but a wedding in June won’t then I see the sense, if you believe that a wedding with 50 guests will spread Covid but a wedding with 30 guests is perfectly safe then ditto.
I just have to listen to my daughter breaking her heart.
perhaps it would help if she tried to focus on the marriage rather than the wedding. it is, after all, only the first day of her married life. maye they could have a big first anniversary celebration instead.
A wedding is much more than the first day of married life, it’s a celebration of the union of two people in front of friends and family and a public commitment to a life spent together. It’s a ritual and a confirmation, promises are made and vows are spoken. It’s also a wonderful day that is remembered forever.
We all have memories good and bad of our own or other’s weddings.
She can’t really celebrate her first Anniversary if she is unable to get married.
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Where I am, the rates are fairly high for the region - about 60 to 70 per 100k. But that means there have actually been around 60 cases. An outbreak in a local factory affecting 10 people, say, causes a huge spike in our case rates.
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