acnumber9
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Big questions to be asked of the school there.No idea. Maybe the headmistress/master agreed to it? They may have been a guest? Might be a family members wedding?
Big questions to be asked of the school there.No idea. Maybe the headmistress/master agreed to it? They may have been a guest? Might be a family members wedding?
Definitely.Big questions to be asked of the school there.
'That guy from the RCPCH' whose statement was blasted all over Twitter, and hosted on the very same platforms as the original story was. Should there have been greater fact checking of the original story? Sure. But, the idea you think it's proof that there's some conspiracy to only report negatively in order to 'scaremonger' is so, utterly, frankly, laughable that I don't really think you believe it in your heart of hearts. Why on earth would the media give him a platform if they were only interested in exaggerating bad news?If that guy from the RCPCH didn't come out and correct that statement parents up and down the land would be currently panicking over false information.
If that's not scaremongering I don't know what is, I'm sure you won't be the last to come up with such mental gymnastics to defend that though.
Exactly right.Every adult attending should have been fined as has been suggested. I believe the wedding planner has the biggest fine, you the couple getting married would be as well. If the parents paid for it, they should be getting a whacking big fine. They know it is illegal. To fine so few it ridiculous, if you were a guest you knew you were breaking the law. The fact they covered the windows confirms they knew.
The fact the school have come out and said they just hired it out to an outside agency and didn't know what it was going to be used for. It is up to them to make sure they know.Exactly right.
If anything is to be salvaged from this rediculous behaviour, it has to be those responsible being made an example of.
Nice one, I`m taking my father in law tomorrow too , he is 81 and got Alzheimers , will be a huge relief , even more when my mother in law gets done who is 77 but not had a date yet.My Mum who I live with now during this is having her first vaccine tomorrow she's 82 and in decent health.
I've hardly left the house since March I couldn't bear passing it on by taking any risk.
I am so relieved am nearly in tears. I know we have more time to go yet but at least this is something.
They blocked the windows too so that no one could see inside, which means they knew it was wrong.
It is, there a lots of couple who have had to cancel their weddings as they and the venues know it is the right thing to do. This lot are just selfish.They blocked the windows too so that no one could see inside, which means they knew it was wrong.
400 people for a wedding though that’s bonkers
You might have a point in that one example but I say to you that by saying everything is scaremongering you are doing more harm than good.’people need to realise the severity of what’s going on.If that guy from the RCPCH didn't come out and correct that statement parents up and down the land would be currently panicking over false information.
If that's not scaremongering I don't know what is, I'm sure you won't be the last to come up with such mental gymnastics to defend that though.
Well that’s terrific. The gift that keeps on giving. Data on which that claim is based seems sketchy though.Boris announcing that the new variant of the virus may not just be more contagious, it may also be leading to a higher mortality rate.
How the feck do you find 400 idiots willing to break lockdown to attend a wedding ?They blocked the windows too so that no one could see inside, which means they knew it was wrong.
400 people for a wedding though that’s bonkers
What data is it based on?Well that’s terrific. The gift that keeps on giving. Data on which that claim is based seems sketchy though.
If you are a member of an affluent and like minded community, it shouldn't be difficult.How the feck do you find 400 idiots willing to break lockdown to attend a wedding ?
Analysis of 8% of deaths.What data is it based on?
I'm at the verge of breakdown with it now.Just feck off already. Piece of shit virus.
Especially when the police now say that it was not 400, but 150. Not too far out.....If you are a member of an affluent and like minded community, it shouldn't be difficult.
Hang in there. Doesn’t feel like but we’ve got the cnut on the ropes. All pandemics end and this one is heading towards the end now.I'm at the verge of breakdown with it now.
I really hope you are right.Hang in there. Doesn’t feel like but we’ve got the cnut on the ropes. All pandemics end and this one is heading towards the end now.
I hope that it was on purpose.Hang in there. Doesn’t feel like but we’ve got the cnut on the ropes. All pandemics end and this one is heading towards the end now.
It doesn't have to be an organised conspiracy to be damaging. It seems to me that increasingly, even previously reputable news sources are now so keen to get "news" out there via social media, or online for rapid consumption they're playing fast and loose with facts. And frankly, scary stuff garners more clicks. Seems perhaps its no longer about quality reporting, but simply being first, or getting the most traction.'That guy from the RCPCH' whose statement was blasted all over Twitter, and hosted on the very same platforms as the original story was. Should there have been greater fact checking of the original story? Sure. But, the idea you think it's proof that there's some conspiracy to only report negatively in order to 'scaremonger' is so, utterly, frankly, laughable that I don't really think you believe it in your heart of hearts. Why on earth would the media give him a platform if they were only interested in exaggerating bad news?
Shockingly, it is perhaps the case that a lot of bad news is being reported because it's a pretty fecking bad time. The BBC playing 24/7 Hello Kitty montages instead of reporting on the news, or whatever it is you'd rather they did, isn't going to change that.
The metaphors are more mixed than you think!I hope that it was on purpose.
No ones disputing that, or the general point about a decline in quality of reporting. The BBC should be held to higher journalistic standards than reporting the opinions of idiots as news.It doesn't have to be an organised conspiracy to be damaging. It seems to me that increasingly, even previously reputable news sources are now so keen to get "news" out there via social media, or online for rapid consumption they're playing fast and loose with facts. And frankly, scary stuff garners more clicks. Seems perhaps its no longer about quality reporting, but simply being first, or getting the most traction.
I'd suggest that the BBC (who a lot of people will implicitly trust), then before you go on to national radio before millions and tell people that their kids are more likely to be hospitalised with coronavirus than they were during the last wave, you'd better be certain that is accurate. You might consider whether the opinion of one nurse, in one hospital is enough to rely on.
I can't see how this example is in any way defensible. It's dreadful journalism.
You are absolutely correct that the BBC should be reporting bad news but they should do so accurately. Inaccurate reporting just erodes confidence in the media. Some will take the view that if they're wrong on this,. what else are they wrong on?
Ahh yes. Thanks. Just seen on channel 4 news too.Analysis of 8% of deaths.
The world recovered from the Spanish flu mate and then had the roaring 20’s. We’ll have our own roaring 20’s soon enoughI'm at the verge of breakdown with it now.
Did seem that way with the figures and even personal experience. Before New Year’s Day I didn’t know anyone (outside work) who’d had the virus. 22 days into January I know about a dozen. To quote heavy d, “we’re fecked”.Boris announcing that the new variant of the virus may not just be more contagious, it may also be leading to a higher mortality rate.
Guessing it was a cultural wedding, for example an Indian wedding which are normally hugeHow the feck do you find 400 idiots willing to break lockdown to attend a wedding ?
It was at an Orthodox Jewish school. The headmaster of that school died in April from covid.Guessing it was a cultural wedding, for example an Indian wedding which are normally huge
Oh I see. So presumably a Jewish weddingIt was at an Orthodox Jewish school. The headmaster of that school died in April from covid.
Orthodox jews are apparently behind most of the big outbreaks in Israel. Completely refusing to comply with social distancing measures. Which is extremely frustrating for the rest of them.It was at an Orthodox Jewish school. The headmaster of that school died in April from covid.
Just to clarify the terminology, I believe in Israel it has been the ultra-orthodox rather than the orthodox whose response to the pandemic has been problematic. There is actually a significant distinction between them, although I’m not sure how it manifests in the UK.Orthodox jews are apparently behind most of the big outbreaks in Israel. Completely refusing to comply with social distancing measures. Which is extremely frustrating for the rest of them.