Quote Originally Posted by BCram View Post
I think it is possible to follow government guidelines without losing everything. I agree that we need people back to work and I think there should be more than social isolating as the only way to cope with the virus. Your personal freedom might be the cause of a severe problem for a friend. Surely you have modified your behaviour to try to keep golfing chums safe?
I agree that getting back to work and restarting our economy is *****. Getting health services back to normal is also important. GP's can't see patients, hospital visits for all sorts of treatments have been stopped. These actions will have had serious consequences for many many people.
The only way an acquaintance would get anything from me is if THEY were prepared to take a small risk and socialise.

I'm not gonna impose myself on anyone who dosent want to mix.....so my personal freedom has no cost to them.

They don't do flag pole touching and don't shake hands....something I was never keen on anyway.....apart from that nothing I can think of.

Was playing in the senior pairs a week ago with a 77 year old and 80 year old, quite happy to sit down inside and have a shandy and a meal.....maskless.....one had had throat cancer the other "No bad but chesty"......the 77 year old said "we cud spend our last two or three years hiding or take a wee risk"....sensible opinion.

What the NHS has done and still doing is nothing short of neglect imho. The decision makers have a lot to answer for.