nlogax
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I thought the Chancellor looked for statesmanlike personally. Made me kinda wish he was standing one podium over almost...
Sunak really made his mark today. He'll be running the country in under five years.
I thought the Chancellor looked for statesmanlike personally. Made me kinda wish he was standing one podium over almost...
I thought the Chancellor looked for statesmanlike personally.
Imagine being upstaged by the work experience lad.............
Sunak really made his mark today. He'll be running the country in under five years.
I'm not sure meteoric is the right word for his rise from obscurity. I'm not sure there is a word in fact!!
Tories, paying the wages of the scum. Incredible. They have almost gone, overnight, to universal basic income.
I know right? In the lead up to the announcement I did say to myself "he's not about to announce some form of UBI is he?" now that's quite a shift in just a few weeks that such a thing felt not outside the realms of possibility for a Tory chancellor to announce!
If you really believe that allowing (say) 250,000 deaths on the premise that the cost of the government action designed to prevent those deaths would wreck the 'property of the country'*, then consider the 'do nothing' alternative which which would probably result in a total breakdown of society. That might be insurrection, possibly a civil war on a level not seen here since 1651. After an event like that, the 'property of the country' might be destroyed for generations.Half a million is less than 1% of the country’s population. The average death rate is already around 1% so if we assume that some of those who would die of Coronavirus would have died anyway (especially as Coronavirus will affect those with existing conditions more than others) then the overall death rate this year would still likely be less than 2%.
So to answer the question: yes, I contend it is something that while devastating should be accepted in order to assure the property of the country which in the light of the latest government action has been wrecked - which in turn will cause untold misery for millions, social deprivation and early deaths.
He still needs to be firmer on people not staying at home. They are morally deficient and will kill people.
Not necessarily, but they do need to be managed as they are quite capable of causing somebody else's death by their action.Try explaining that to someone who has Autism or ADHD, people who need routine. Have you ever tried living with someone with those conditions? Sometimes you/they need to go outside to cool downotherwise they have meltdowns etc...
Or are they morally deficient too?
Try explaining that to someone who has Autism or ADHD, people who need routine. Have you ever tried living with someone with those conditions? Sometimes you/they need to go outside to cool downotherwise they have meltdowns etc...
Or are they morally deficient too?
Try explaining that to someone who has Autism or ADHD, people who need routine. Have you ever tried living with someone with those conditions? Sometimes you/they need to go outside to cool downotherwise they have meltdowns etc...
Or are they morally deficient too?
Cafes, pubs and restaurants must close from Friday night - except for take-away food - to tackle coronavirus, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. All the UK's nightclubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres have also been told to close "as soon as they reasonably can". Mr Johnson said the situation would be reviewed each month./
Yes - if they are going to the pub when told not to.
Anyway going for a walk on your own is no issue as I am sure you know.
That is wonderfully generalistic. It is perfectly possible to explain to somebody with Autism about this sort of thing. I chose autism specifically because I am autistic, and I understand.Try explaining that to someone who has Autism or ADHD, people who need routine. Have you ever tried living with someone with those conditions? Sometimes you/they need to go outside to cool downotherwise they have meltdowns etc...
Or are they morally deficient too?
Why are hairdressers, barbers, nail bars, tattoo studios etc etc still open?
Ok, so take me for example. I suffer from asperger's syndrome. So does that make me morally deficient because of the methods I use to calm myself down from a melt down?
Absolutely not.
But if it helps, and if you don't do already, look at pictures of your favourite buses, watch Youtube videos. That way you can still "touch base" and have some degree of exposure, if only on a computer screen
I've been doing that (and uploading old photos where I can to my site) most of the time and I've been coping - just. It doesn't help when I see some photos online of things like the Cheltenham specials and know I wouldn't have been able to even get out of the house.
Worst thing is nobody in my family drives -except my late father who was a bus driver at one stage! (I did take some lessons but found I got easily distracted by buses - otherwise I would have been able to drive to somewhere popular with buses and just parked up in a locked car with my camera!)
At least the warnings for social distancing etc have come early(ish) which would hopefully give some people on the ASD spectrum some time to adjust and make some preparations for themselves. I appreciate it can be very difficult to have to adjust to a new routine.
I'd imagine compliance will be high among ASD people, following rules strictly and to the letter is a common trait. More likely I'd think of getting upset that others aren't.
We all will. At least for the next 12 weeks.I agree in part, however, many will struggle coming to terms with a change in routine and moving away from their comfort zones
Ok, so take me for example. I suffer from asperger's syndrome. Sometimes when I'm that pent up, that stressed, that to calm down I have to go out somewhere that there is buses, like a bus station or somewhere where I can either snap off a few pictures or ride a few buses.
The last few months being off work with an injured leg (following a burst haematoma) I have been at my wits end (literally - I've been struggling to cope) as because of the dressings, I haven't been able to get my shoe on my one foot (except for one or two occasions).
The thought of being stuck at home for 12 weeks (because of being diagnosed - at the same time as I was in for a couple of days - with diabetes), and not being able to go out to work, not being able to go out somewhere to calm myself down, caused me to go almost go into a meltdown (the third one in nearly 4 months!).
A walk around the clock in a regimented 2 meters away from the person in front/behind won't help me calm down.
My brother has ADHD. The only way he can cope is by drawing so he can easily go to another room to calm down if he has a melt down, or can walk to the field over the road with a fold up chair and his sketch pad, but I can hardly do that. In fact, drawing stuff is something I am really shocking at!
So does that make me morally deficient because of the methods I use to calm myself down from a melt down?
I'd imagine compliance will be high among ASD people, following rules strictly and to the letter is a common trait. More likely I'd think of getting upset that others aren't.
No one said that any of this was going to be easy, we all have to make sacrifices for the greater good.
As someone with autism, you have no idea how difficult it is for people with ASD to adjust to such a drastic change.
If anyone think this is not a crisis this should disabuse them quickly. A Conservative chancellor has just gone on TV and said don't worry I will cover your wages if things get bad, no matter the cost.