Anyone in Glasgow?

[vetran]

it would decrease the risk if the people in the hotel never left, but since they can go in and out, I don't think it would decrease it.

They are hopefully in some sort of managed isolation and being medically monitored so they are far less likely to die from the things that usually kill the homeless.

OK gathering 30 homeless people in a hotel isn't great for social distancing but being fed well and getting some medicine will put them & others at less risk of disease generally.

[PCTNN]

Yes. It's a very stupid question. And no it wouldn't increase the risk, it would probably decrease it.

it would decrease the risk if the people in the hotel never left, but since they can go in and out, I don't think it would decrease it.

[vetran]

Stupid question but how is it safer to gather all the homeless in one hotel? Wouldn't this mass gathering increase the risk of spreading covid?

sometimes there is only one way.

If the homeless have a place its better than what they have now...

[NotAllThere]

Stupid question but how is it safer to gather all the homeless in one hotel? Wouldn't this mass gathering increase the risk of spreading covid?

Yes. It's a very stupid question. And no it wouldn't increase the risk, it would probably decrease it.

[minestrone]

When in Rome...


Anyway, they all got thrown out their flats a few months ago and put up in there, so it is a fairly new thing. It will be total carnage of a blame game this. I believe it was the home office who did it, but the SNP know a "they should all get flats" line will not go down well, esp. when a lot of people are really hard up.

[GigiBronz]

BBC and some other news outlets put quite an emphasis on the fact that asylum seekers were hosted there and that people were not aware they were hosted there.

Got the love how brainwashing and enraging population works in the time of misinformation.

It is a sad disturbing incident, it probably could have been avoided. Outlining and directing rage and making a bad example out of what could have been a good cause, not quite sure it is.

Weren't we just about a week ago on and on ... how all lives matter? Or maybe just not all, not those that we don't like: eastern Europeens, Turks, asylum seekers.

What matters the most is how you say the message and how the average Joe perceives it. But I guess that is not what the outlets have in mind with their spin. Not at all

[d000hg]

Seems like every time I check the news there's a new shooting or stabbing or police being attacked. And that's aside from all the BLM stuff and the population acting like idiots.

Is it national lockdown cabin fever, or something more severe?

[PCTNN]

It may be a response to Covid as many homeless people are now in hotels because of the pandemic. The hotels are less discriminatory because they have no customers.

Stupid question but how is it safer to gather all the homeless in one hotel? Wouldn't this mass gathering increase the risk of spreading covid?

[NotAllThere]

Kind of crass liberal response we expect from you.

Kind of "whooooosh" response we expect from you. But never mind.

[vetran]

I've stayed at that hotel a couple of years ago. Didn't notice it crawling with asylum seekers, but then again I'm not that good at spotting English accents in Scotland...

Looks like its desperately trying to recover after you brought down the tone! Maybe even NLyUK can get rooms by the hour?

'Three dead' after stabbing attack in Glasgow - BBC News

It is understood that the Park Inn Hotel is currently being used to house asylum seekers.

It may be a response to Covid as many homeless people are now in hotels because of the pandemic. The hotels are less discriminatory because they have no customers.

[eek]

I've stayed at that hotel a couple of years ago. Didn't notice it crawling with asylum seekers, but then again I'm not that good at spotting English accents in Scotland...

I've been advised that it's been housing some of Glasgow's homeless during the Covid crisis (after all there aren't that many other potential customers)

[DimPrawn]

I've stayed at that hotel a couple of years ago. Didn't notice it crawling with asylum seekers, but then again I'm not that good at spotting English accents in Scotland...

Kind of crass liberal response we expect from you.

#TerroristLivesMatter

There you go, stick that on your facebook page.

[WTFH]

Major incident is declared in Glasgow as armed police swoop on busy street | Daily Mail Online



oh dear.

I've stayed at that hotel a couple of years ago. Didn't notice it crawling with asylum seekers, but then again I'm not that good at spotting English accents in Scotland...

[vetran]

Major incident is declared in Glasgow as armed police swoop on busy street | Daily Mail Online

Knifeman 'kills three people' and leaves policeman fighting for life in attack at Glasgow hotel used to house asylum seekers before he is shot dead by armed officers as major incident is declared

• Police Scotland declare 'major incident' following reports of multiple stabbings before suspect shot dead
• Video from aftermath shows a police officer lying injured on the pavement with bleeding man holding neck
• BBC report three found dead in stairwell Park Inn hotel, West George Street, used to house asylum seeker
• Six people are reported injured and are in hospital, including one critically injured police officer

oh dear.