COVID Crackdown in the U.K.

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Britain's government said Sunday it is introducing fines up to 10,000 U.K. pounds, or $13,000, for people who refuse an order to self-isolate, which will go into effect on Sept. 28. If everybody follows the rules then we can avoid further national lockdown," Hancock said Sunday.



Source: Self-isolation violators in UK will face fines up to $13,000 as coronavirus cases surge

Is the UK going into a second lockdown?

But Indonesia notched it up to the next level

Eight people who allegedly were caught not wearing masks in Indonesia must dig graves meant for people who died from novel coronavirus as punishment, a local official reportedly ruled.

The offenders were caught without masks in a village in the Cerme District in the East Java province of Indonesia and were ordered by a local leader named Suyono, whom the outlet identifies as the “Cerme sub-district head,” to dig the graves for COVID-19 victims at the Ngabetan Village Public Cemetery, according to a translation of Tribunnews.com.



“There are only three available gravediggers at the moment, so I thought I might as well put these people to work with them,” Suyono told Tribun News, according to a translation by USA Today. “Hopefully, this can create a deterrent effect against violations.”

Source: Indonesian official orders coronavirus victims' graves be dug by people busted without masks

It goes along with the saying, "the punishment fits the crime".

I remember a half century ago, I thought about moving to New Zealand. So doing research, I ordered a subscription to one of their local newspapers for a year. I came across an article where some hooligans were calling the police "pigs". They were brought before a judge. As punishment, the judge ordered them to clean the pigpens for a week so that they would understand the difference between pigs and policeman.

This whole business is so crazy and overdone; they never did it for other viruses etc and the only comparable one, which was far worse in terms of the fatality rate was the 1918 Flu.

I wear my mask in the stores and other public places as per the law, but not outdoors or among family as it's no good breathing in your own CO2 all the time. Besides, exposure to small doses of the virus ought to build up one's immunity - which is what the body's designed to do. I don't buy into any of the silly and childish conspiracy theories: extra precautions should be taken in enclosed spaces, but enforced lockdowns and the isolation of people who are healthy, are intrusive and unnecessary.

They need to speed up the production of a vaccine that works, as well as doing further research into existing drugs that might be proven efficacious.

I'm so sick of this bloody virus stuff now. I'm gonna stock up on supplies because this country is so unpredictable. They can't keep a straight story and everything is massively unorganised.

Only buy 36 rolls of toilet paper

^ Good point.

You end up saving money buying in bulk anyway haha

We are getting an update from the Govt tomorrow with new restrictions likely to come in.

All that is said so far is that pubs will need to close at 10pm.

We had a press conference from the top scientific advisors to the Govt today who have given the country some alarming statistics and warnings to soften us up for the restrictions tomorrow

We won’t have indoor dining in NYC until September 30th.

Wow that is a fancy one! (mask).

I naturally don't buy into the weird conspiracy theories that people with very little to do dream up in their idle hours, but have found some elements of the lockdowns a little harsh and extreme; at the time we in SA had the heavy level 4-5 lockdown from end of March until July, I felt trapped and at times I'd just burst out crying for no particular reason.

We are now in Level 1 so mostly business and leisure as usual, but masks mandatory for public places, sanitizing and distancing encouraged. There are still restrictions on how many can gather - up to 250 indoors in a large venue or 500 outdoors, and only 50% of regular capacity.

We had a total of about 650 000 tested positive altogether with around 16 000 deaths and almost 500 000 recoveries thus far. SO it looks like the heavy lockdown, though painful, did pay off but many businesses, especially small ones, unable to reopen. Most of them did, but a lot of economic damage was done.

People doing strenuous outdoor exercise (running, cycling etc) are exempted from masks, precisely because you have to work so much harder to breathe.

Does brisk walking count in the mask exemption?

Does this law apply to people who are affected by the corona, how are they going to know who is positive? Or does this law apply to every UK resident? Will people need to carry a piece of paper with them when they go to work? How will officers know why someone isn't in isolation? They could just be going to the supermarket or maybe they need to get a cleaning solution for their home.