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Trafalgar Sq protest + football returns -

Fans return to football in England for the first time since March for a friendly in Brighton vs Chelsea friendly  ?????????   More madness!!!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2263d10 Comments

Why on earth is that madness.Would you prefer them to sit at home and suffer from mental health or get out and enjoy themselves?Chances of them dying of Covid?About one million to one.

Nick Gulliford ● 2262d

Only 2500 at Brighton in a stadium tgsf holds  25000. All well social distanced. The angle the photo is taken does not  Show the social distancing accurately.The sooner we learn to live with this thing the better

Andy Pike ● 2262d

I agree Andy, it is the angle in which the photograph was taken.  Saw a report on this match on the news and social distancing was being respected.No masks though.....  I have no problems with football being open to some fans.  But I thought chanting or shouting is a no-no.  May be mistaken perhaps.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2262d

I think singing and chanting in not allowed at present. On a slightly different theme, it's a great time to visit museums and art galleries without hordes of people - and everyone very sensibly wearing masks; out door concerts too. And all they've got to do it convert all the redundant jumbo planes to theatres and concerts halls (as you can pack 'em in on planes) and life gets back to normal - or moves in the right direction ...

Michael Ixer ● 2262d

1 person died of Coronavirus today in the UK. Yet it’s headline news1000 people die of cancer .It’s a non story Time to move on. It’s boring and far more things to worry about

Nick Gulliford ● 2262d

Your attitude to this is appalling Nick, how about the 40k dead people and their families? Will you be telling them its boring? Or how about telling Lucile and her partner you feel like that? Is it your aim to come across deliberately callous? If so, well done, you succeeded.

Matt Palmer ● 2262d

Worldwide, nearly 1m people have now died from this disease. The daily total is currently running at about 6,000.Thankfully in the UK we currently have some respite as a result of the various actions taken to stall further spread of the disease.It seems to me you are a very poor source of advice on this issue. I understand you are some sort of property professional. I am assuming this involves no expertise in medicine, epidemiology, virology, immunology or any other related field.Nonetheless, there is a wealth of scientific research emerging on the transmission of respiratory pathogens, and on the dynamics of epidemics readily accessible via the internet.It seems you are not familiar with any of this either.It is thus highly irresponsible of you to proffer advice to people as to their chances of catching Covid-19, how they should behave in public gatherings or what they should consider to be important from a news point of view.As you "move on", please remember to do so with clean hands, wearing a mask and at an appropriate distance.

Michael Winstanley ● 2261d

And keep away from Piers Corbyn!

Caroline Whitehead ● 2261d

You have to ask what someones motive is to purposely misrepresent a situation with such a photo at a time of national crises?Not a football fan myself but I wouldn't think masks would reduce the risks significantly.The main danger is that a goal is scored and fans go continental and begin hugging each other etc :-)

Ed Robinson ● 2261d

Of course I feel sorry for people that have died from Coronavirus, I feelsad for any deaths and the hurt it’s caused families. We do now know that a lot of people died with it rather than from it. The point I am trying to make is if you follow various Professors of cancer, the leading cause of death, then you’ll realise more people will now die due to delays in cancer treatment directly because of lockdown and Covid I’ve had young people contact me directly saying they have serious mental health issues and many more will do because of lockdown and the effects it’s had on many healthy peoples lives. It’s my opinion but based on a lot of medical experts as well.

Nick Gulliford ● 2261d