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Being stuck in our homes for most of the day the Thursday evening clapping in the streets for the NHS comes as something of a relief. It is just nice to get out of the house and also to exchange a few words with neighbours.
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Every Thursday my street is as quiet as the cemetery next to it.
I do live on a council estate. I don’t know whether that has any bearing on it. Maybe it’s a very middle-class thing?
https://twitter.com/Nigella_Lawson/status/1250857872948420610?s=19
https://twitter.com/JesseLehrich/status/1250595619397386245?s=09
Or perhaps they haven’t heard about it?
https://youtu.be/JrARKkMzBX8
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs
https://twitter.com/MsHelicat/status/1250891449685639168?s=20
https://twitter.com/MsHelicat/status/1250891725398315008?s=20
It seems to me that this document misses the point completely, in failing to understand the reasons for the “lockdown”. Which, put simply, are to maximise social distancing, backed by the law where necessary.
Anyone who practices social distancing whilst not within the confines of their house, should not be falling foul of the law simply by some largely arbitrary interpretation of what constitutes a “reasonable” excuse for being outside.
Fundamentally, IMO, the question of “reasonableness” should only become an issue where breaches of social distancing are being observed. There is no sensible reason, to take the example quoted, for buying paint and brushes to be a breach of the law, but buying materials to fix a fence should not. There should be no issue with sitting on a park bench, should doing so result in no social distancing breach. We are not required by the law to be prisoners in our homes. We are required to take sensible precautions when leaving them. That is not the situation suggested by the police “guidance” which seems to focus on Govt wording, rather than Govt purpose/intent.
But this has been discussed before....
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/1250809334289833986?s=19
https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1250822193509994497?s=20
Lots of chat (at a distance) about another three weeks. I detect an acceptance of that, but suspect pushing it beyond into another month will be challenging.
We wait to see whether enough voters will buy that crap, but I can't rule it out.
The House of Commons Commission said ministers will be quizzed via Zoom for the first time in the House's 700-year history.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52299514
It may have escaped her notice that Trump is POTUS and basically doesn't believe the plague should effect any aspect of life.
Afraid I am of the view that the voters will buy the crap at least in the swing states.
This could not have happened ten or maybe fifteen years ago.
Why There Aren't Enough Masks, and How to Get More
https://www.flexport.com/blog/why-there-arent-enough-masks-and-how-to-get-more/
... One PPE vendor that we know did $80M in revenue last year, and currently has $2B or more worth of demand for his products. They would need a 50% down payment to lock in this capacity. Even in normally functioning credit markets, this would probably be unrealistic for a business of their scale to secure. There is a lot of risk in the production process when scaling manufacturing capacity 20x. And banks have difficulty quantifying this risk, since they are not manufacturing or quality control experts. In the midst of a pandemic that has spooked lenders, getting this degree of financing is likely impossible without some form of government guarantee....
The US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that, throughout the pandemic, the country’s healthcare system will require 3.5 billion units of PPE."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)
https://youtu.be/ppWPuXsnf1Q
Your actor example is covered under fair comment in media law.
Minneapolis-St Paul
San Francisco-Oakland
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"U.K. Paid $20 Million for New Coronavirus Tests. They Didn’t Work.
Facing a global scramble for materials, British officials bought millions of unproven kits from China in a gamble that became an embarrassment."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/world/middleeast/coronavirus-antibody-test-uk.html
Other son is also applying.
All the rest are Slough.
I can call you a rum sort but not a criminal.
Do you grasp the difference?
I dont care for NYC. Prefer Boston. Downtown Chicago is cool. San Francisco is a dump. Seattle isnt much better. LA, i would prefer to spend a week in Staines. As a former professional gambler, I actually skipped tournaments rather than spend too much time in Las Vegas.
It is what is outside the cities that is much more spectacular. Yosemite, yellowstone, the great lakes, etc etc etc etc etc
Which is where “there is a lot of risk in scaling” comes in.
You cannot give me even now a defining line between x is an alcoholic being fair use and x is an alcoholic being libellious. Go on tell me where I can say a and where I can get sued
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wh
when can I say x is an alcoholic and get sued
draw that line for me with this specific example
The national parks and wildernesses in the States are indeed its jewels. I’ve not seen as much as you but can confirm that the Shenandoah is sublime, and the Colorado Rockies awe-inspiring.
Never been to Nottingham, but I haven’t heard good things.
I could give you the rest, but let’s be honest, are they any match for Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia?
x is an alcoholic and be fair use
x is an alcoholic and be sued
I am asking where the line is as a lay person because damned if I can work it out and I suspect what it amounts to is black at one end, white at the other and a huge grey area in the middle. The grey area is the problem because without legal training you really have no idea if you are veering into the grey