Europe's Covid masters - Page 3

Davidastbury wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 11:42am:

Hi, Supermarkets are the worst with about a third of shoppers maskless and having  to ask  people standing right behind you at the checkouts to move back.

The impression you get here in the UK is that the pandemic is over and carry on as normal. 

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No surprise then that according to the news yesterday our infection rate is double the whole of the EU... 

David.

Grannyrose wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 10:01am:

Testing in the U.K. is non stop.

In London, in the tube stations you can see big signs up telling you to get tested if you aren’t feeling well. Signs directing to to test centres.  There are test centres all over the country and free of charge. If a country carries out as many daily tests as they do in the U.K. then you a...

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...re going to have a pretty accurate account of the number of infectious people. 

It saddens me to read so many unnecessary and rude comments about how the U.K. is governed. I wouldn’t like their job and doubt that I could do any better. People’s attitudes are all wrong. Remember this famous quote “ ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”.  If we all behaved like decent human beings and stopped moaning, we’d be far better off and happier too.

dinnerout wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 11:52am:

Yes David, this is exactly what my friends and relatives are saying - the mindset change you refer to. I don't see much mindset change here on the Costa Blanca north. Everyone is still observing the rules 

Anecdotally my sister in Scotland has tested positive today and is the most meticulous person you could meet - the kind that wiped supermarket trolley handles before any pandemic appeared....

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My nephew in England has gone down with it too. I suspect some element of vaccine hesitancy in the young is driving this and of course it may be that there are variants in circulation that are much easier to catch.

Steve

Boca J wrote on Tue Sep 7, 2021 6:31pm:

Are you suggesting that UK's figures are genuine, rest of Europe's is fake ? Hard to believe that.

Boca J wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 10:27am:

It's rude to believe that Spain or other EU countries are not doing enough testing. You wonder how it's possible to have 278 million tests when total population is only 67 million. I seem to remember when millions of test kits were sent to peoples addresses and were counted as actual tests when t...

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...hey didn't even know if anyone received them or took the test, let alone returned them.

Now which test figure is more honest, Spain's 60 million or 278 million ?

Some of the comments seem to come from people with Brexit mentality.

Davidastbury wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 12:06pm:

Wouldn't believe anything that came from the UK government.

Boca J wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 12:21pm:

Same here. You upset Granny now with your rude comment.

Boca J wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 10:27am:

It's rude to believe that Spain or other EU countries are not doing enough testing. You wonder how it's possible to have 278 million tests when total population is only 67 million. I seem to remember when millions of test kits were sent to peoples addresses and were counted as actual tests when t...

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...hey didn't even know if anyone received them or took the test, let alone returned them.

Now which test figure is more honest, Spain's 60 million or 278 million ?

Some of the comments seem to come from people with Brexit mentality.

dinnerout wrote on Wed Sep 8, 2021 11:52am:

Yes David, this is exactly what my friends and relatives are saying - the mindset change you refer to. I don't see much mindset change here on the Costa Blanca north. Everyone is still observing the rules 

Anecdotally my sister in Scotland has tested positive today and is the most meticulous person you could meet - the kind that wiped supermarket trolley handles before any pandemic appeared....

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My nephew in England has gone down with it too. I suspect some element of vaccine hesitancy in the young is driving this and of course it may be that there are variants in circulation that are much easier to catch.

Steve