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Previously on "Lockdown Lite"

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  • NigelJK
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    There was this, which appears to be repeating itself in Manchester

    Also I saw an NAO statistic that 40%+ ICU beds were unoccupied, but can't locate ATM.

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  • vetran
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    Drugs related so carry on stabbing each other!

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View Post
    More teenagers are alive in London today because they are not stabbing each other




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    Perhaps they're in Spain: Six Brits arrested over Costa del Sol bar knife fight which left a man with his 'guts hanging out' | Daily Mail Online

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    FTFY

    Knew I should of quoted the Mail!

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    I think there's been an increase in shootings.

    Socially distanced murder....
    Just wait until they get a .50 cal Barret.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Knife crime in the capital, which has been despite the continual crisis of Dick’s commissionership since 2017, is down by more than 50%, and stab wounds among people under 25 have fallen by 69%. Across the UK, police have reported huge falls in crime.
    FTFY

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by NigelJK View Post
    There are currently 1000s of ITU beds unoccupied.

    Care to provide your source for that claim?

    Given that the NHS England reports they had 4,125 adult critical care beds in total in October 2019, I'd like to see who is saying there are thousands of them unoccupied. (source: NHS Monthly SitRep Timeseries February 2020 all HTC)
    I chose October as it was the highest level since February 2019 (when it was 4,157). Over the last 10 years, the average is 3,920 adult critical care beds.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    I think there's been an increase in shootings.

    Socially distanced murder....

    both down apparently

    Falls in gun and knife crime a 'silver lining' to pandemic, says Met chief | UK news | The Guardian

    Knife crime in the capital, which has been the continual crisis of Dick’s commissionership since 2017, is down by more than 50%, and stab wounds among people under 25 have fallen by 69%. Across the UK, police have reported huge falls in crime.
    but bike crime up

    Bike thefts increase by 50 per cent since beginning of lockdown

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  • NigelJK
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    Going back to original statements from HMG the purpose of lockdown is not to protect the vanishingly small %age that might die from it. It is to stop the NHS from being overrun (in the NHSs estimation) so they wanted to slow the spread until the numbers worked. There are currently 1000s of ITU beds unoccupied.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View Post
    More teenagers are alive in London today because they are not stabbing each other




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    I think there's been an increase in shootings.

    Socially distanced murder....

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  • GhostofTarbera
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    Originally posted by quackhandle View Post
    I see groups of teenagers all together, no 2m SD.

    People in shops, supermarket isles packed.

    WTF? More of a Lockdown Lite now.

    Sod this, I'm off on holiday.

    qh
    More teenagers are alive in London today because they are not stabbing each other




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  • AtW
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    There was never a lockdown - 40% of private transport was running ffs, 40%!

    So now Italy gets 500 cases per day and we get 3-4k., yet schools about to get open - total madness

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  • quackhandle
    started a topic Lockdown Lite

    Lockdown Lite

    I see groups of teenagers all together, no 2m SD.

    People in shops, supermarket isles packed.

    WTF? More of a Lockdown Lite now.

    Sod this, I'm off on holiday.

    qh

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