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Here, or the other thread?


Are pictures like this (Soho, yesterday) real? or does the lens foreshorten the space between people?
This is Soho, but plenty of other images in other towns showing similar. To me, this isn't respecting distance, even if outside, and I'm not surprised at rising numbers.

If I saw somewhere like this, or the pub gardens I go to were that busy, I'd walk away.

Or am I just being too cautious?
swittle
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The president of Bolton University showed a BBC TV NW Tonight reporter around parts of the campus one day last week - much thought & work had clearly gone into virus security but the missing element was the students, staff and admin & support staff - Grast_girl rightly highlights additional risks to library, IAG and security workers, for example, as well as public facing staff in the wider community.
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The lens forshortneing probably does make it look worse than it is, but I wouldn't chose to join them
jennywren
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My brother lives near Soho. He’s told me about similar scenes that have been going on for weeks.
DocM
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i wouldn't join them, but looks like plenty off people would. I agree some forshortening by camera, maybe strictly speaking the seats are distanced appropriately and realistically perhaps the risks are quite small as its outside. TBH probably wouldn't be somewhere id fancy without Covid though
Bazoaxe
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I guess being outdoors the risk is lower, but I agree with others that its not a situation I would choose to be in
jennywren
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Because all the side streets are closed to allow for outside tables my bro says it’s like a festival with people wandering around in big groups, stopping to speak to other groups etc He feels uncomfortable and goes a different way if he can.
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My son's back to uni next weekend - they are going to be in 'households' of 4 (though his is a 5) and I don't think there supposed to mix with other households
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and they've been offered covid tests every week (pooled household tests) to try and cut down on asymptomatic transmission.
DocM
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that sounds sensible

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There is a separate discussion thread for debating the grander scheme of things here: fetcheveryone.com/forum/coronavirus-discussion-thread-61609

Go there if you want to talk about whether it's real, whether the government are trying to control us, etc, etc.

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information, discussion and support about the unfolding Covid-19 outbreak
NO politics please
And above all please be kind and respect others points of view and concerns.

microbiologists view byFlatlander
Science of coronavirus
fetcheveryone.com/blog/37839/2020/3#blog403867
coronavirus testing by Flatlander
fetcheveryone.com/blog/37839/2020/4#blog405255

information for ashtma sufferers
asthma.org.uk

information for pregnancy
rcog.org.uk

imperial article
imperial.ac.uk
imperial.ac.uk

Government advice gov.uk

advice for those with RA and autoinmmune diseases
nras.org.uk

diabetes advice
diabetes.org.uk

explaination of the maths of the growth of the epidemic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg&fbclid=IwAR3exg0rG_Bz3gPqjXY3rcFajqVSk-cOK5lQGVkYcuzoMOdNEp7VTgH-Kac&app=desktop


tips to help you cope
drive.google.com

Advice to stay at home
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

planning for and what to do if you are ill
covid-at-home.info
support for self isolates
nhsvolunteerresponders.org.uk

Ft coronavirus tracker
ft.com

A good article about dealing with the feelings of grief that the current situation has given us hbr.org

advice on self isolation for indivuals with symptoms or and their household
gov.uk

seven day rolling averages
ourworldindata.org

A sustainable exit strategy document
institute.global

susceptibility to covid by flatlander
fetcheveryone.com/blog/37839/2020/5#blog406151

bromage article
erinbromage.com

government guidelines 11th may for England(NI, Scotland and Wales linked at the bottom of article)
gov.uk

breathing practice
physiotherapyforbpd.org.uk

lancet articles
thelancet.com

help with mask anxiety
psychologytoday.com

tracker
travellingtabby.com
theguardian.com
video of droplet dispersal
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