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Agree DC may not have been the focal point I make him out to be, but it was a period of time when people's reserve was wilting, and it was probably a point that tipped many simple minded folk towards the "if he can do it, why can't I" mentality.

I'm not banging on about anything, and I certainly have no agenda, apart from keeping me and my family safe. The rot set in somewhere, and I think Barnard Castle was a good starting point. I can't be arsed to trawl back through the the press at the time, but I am fairly sure the feeling then...

Maybe I miss-spoke, like Boris, maybe I should have said maybe the reason the figure was so low, was maybe because people took their lead from Dominic Cummings and his Barnard Castle trip - now that can't be seen as a fact - maybe!

So why aren’t people following the guidelines, why are only 18% of people following the self isolation rules correctly? What has made people so ignorant?

Sorry for your loss, hope it goes as well as it possibly can.

Never claimed it as a “fact” which you well know, but you use it as a deflection from the disgraceful numbers...

Of course there isn't, that's my (and many others) hypothesis...

This was touched upon on the TV this morning that people, in particular those on low-income, need to be financially insentivised to self isolate. Many can't afford to take 2 weeks off work, unpaid or on SSP, or are being pressurised by bosses to go to work!

I appreciate that, but at the moment the inconsiderate minority are making things difficult. Everyone may have their own opinion on where the various governments of the world are going wrong, but respect for your fellow human being and their health shouldn’t be too big an ask. To be honest, my...

Here, mind you it is a mainstream newspaper so clearly can’t be trusted to be accurate... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-self-isolation-uk-rules-symptoms-police-fines-b594240.html

Bernard Castle did SO much damage to the government’s credibility and has now resulted in just 18% of people following self isolation rules.

When My wife can go shopping and not worry about who she is standing next to, as they might kill her! Is that a good enough answer yo your “killer question”.

I apologise unreservedly for my profanity. I just get fed up of people talking about fear, when they have no idea what is going on in people's lives and minds Due to her compromised immune system my wife fears dieing of Covid, this fear has already led her to treatment for depression and who...

The problem, as with so many of your posts, it contains words like, may, likely, possibly, all uncertainties. What is known is that those with pre-existing conditions, like those with heart conditions you mention, if they become hospitalised with Coronavirus then their outlook isn't good. I...

No, the fear is if you don’t observe the guidelines you are a selfish **** and you could kill others. After 6 months, why is that so difficult to understand.

So you wouldn’t take a vaccine unless you thought you were going to die? Your moral stance loses a bit of credibility there. Why do you feel the need to constantly “educate” people, especially when you just pick out elements of something that at first glance seem extreme... For example, if...

So what exactly are you saying, or are you just arguing because you can, throwing snippets out there then see who takes the bait...

Yes, is the simple answer, people can be stupid, while we can be civilised.

Agree, despite what some people appear to believe we don’t live in a country like that!

And you get this idea of mandatory from where? Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, behind the grassy knoll.