So the gig I skipped on Wednesday has, it turns out, proven to be a bit of a spreader event as loads of people in the FB group have reported testing positive.
One thing everyone has also mentioned is that security where not checking Covid Passes on the door.
This is partly why I've been so cautious about gigs, I think the measures would probably make them relatively safe if a) everyone attending abided by them and b) every venue enforced them but there's no confidence in this happening whatsoever.
Even at Bristol, where I escaped without catching Covid, the staff barely glanced at my pass and didn't scan the code.
Absolute joke.
Bit of a joke that it's either a covid passport , or proof of a negative Lft test required for entry.
As you can scan test strip code and report a negative result , no matter what it is , and then receive a text/ email as proof just doesn't make sense
Read that they are now asking not to take
tests unless actually going to meet people that day, as shortage of tests being available.
Our local pharmacy isn't able to get hold of tests and getting abuse from people not believing they haven't got any.
I've lost 2 friends this past year, to old age and cancer . They weren't allowed visitors or to go out all that time.
The friend with cancer could have been treated , but rather than seeing GP at first , was mis-diagnosed via phone appointment.
Then once escalated several operations cancelled , due to covid, so it spread to other organs so eventually becoming terminal.
She spent the last year of her life in agony , but not able to see anyone because told covid restrictions banned it" to keep her safe". And to keep her safe no visitors, and her husband couldn't go anywhere incase he brought covid into the house.
Same with my elderly neighbours. Stayed indoors with no visitors, as told even though restrictions had lifted their conditions meant they still had to shield. He died of old age conditions after not seeing their son and daughter for over a year ,cus they weren't allowed out of Wales! And when they were allowed out of Welsh restrictions , couldn't see parents properly as told shielding with serious health problems, so when they did come they just stood outside masked up.
All for bloody what??
They and their families might as well have ignored all this so called ' shielding' shit and enjoyed some time with their families in the last years of their lives.
We've towed the line and stuck rigidly to the rules since the start, had our jabs and continued to do everything we can to keep us and others safe.
But just can't see any end to it now in my lifetime .
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