How to get the population to deliberately infect themselves with Covid - Give them £500

[snarling bee]

As title.
The most stupid idea ever.

 

[Henarar]

That was on the radio when I was feeding the cows, first thing I thought is folk getting it on purpose to get 500 quid

 

[Bramble]

Maybe herd immunity will be achieved quicker than vaccinating everyone !!

 

[serf]

Or people turn up with the lergy on the stick from someone else put it in the test tube at station and collect 500£!

 

[Sid]

Just need a friend that is infected.....and swab them for each member of your house!

Or attend a party!

Covid: Wedding party in Stamford Hill broken up by police

The chief rabbi has described the event as a "shameful desecration of all that we hold dear".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Henarar]

Or people turn up with the lergy on the stick from someone else put it in the test tube at station and collect 500£!

About the size of it

 

[Sid]

That was on the radio when I was feeding the cows, first thing I thought is folk getting it on purpose to get 500 quid

People did it 20 years ago with foot and mouth, purposely infected their animals

 

[Henarar]

People did it 20 years ago with foot and mouth, purposely infected their animals

So I gather, barstewards

 

[7610 super q]

All we need now is to find out the vaccine isn't as effective as first thought, and we'll be in the sh!te for the next decade.

 

[Sid]

All we need now is to find out the vaccine isn't as effective as first thought, and we'll be in the sh!te for the next decade.

It isn't against all the new variants.
Its a virus like the common cold it mutates

 

[Henarar]

It isn't against all the new variants.
Its a virus like the common cold it mutates

If that is the case then people need to stop going abroad until we know what is what, but you can't tell them

 

[Princess Pooper]

As title.
The most stupid idea ever.

That was certainly my initial thought!

 

[wanton dwarf]

As title.
The most stupid idea ever.

Some people are working when they have Covid because they need the money.

Hence the £500, I think it is a good measure allowing people to both recover and look after their community for the next 10 days without the fear of not being able to pay most bills.

 

[wanton dwarf]

It isn't against all the new variants.
Its a virus like the common cold it mutates

It isn't neccessarily against the Virus either, doesn't stop the virus being caught even if you have had the jab nor does it stop you passing it on to others.

However it will reduce the symptoms for 90% or less of people - hopefully reducing hospital admissions.

 

[fudge]

I am don’t know about the detail of this proposal but there does seem

Some people are working when they have Covid because they need the money.

Hence the £500, I think it is a good measure allowing people to both recover and look after their community for the next 10 days without the fear of not being able to pay most bills.

I am not sure about the specifics of this suggestion but I agree with your basic point. The virus certainly seems more prevalent in low paid communities. Indeed a delivery driver told me in the first week of the first lockdown that there was “no way” he would stop work if infected because he “couldn’t bring up two kids on fresh air”.

 

[DrWazzock]

Almost as stupid as saying a house party of 15 or more will attract a big fine. So a party of less than 15 is partially legitimised. Oh dear.

 

[Agrivator]

People did it 20 years ago with foot and mouth, purposely infected their animals

That was because the valuations ( by so-called expert valuers) weren't just outrageous, they were criminal.

£500 for a scraggy shitty-arsed Swaledale gimmer hogg.

 

[jellybean]

Having a suspicious nature I might think that giving £500 to anyone with Covid would lead to a false escalation of the numbers which in turn they would use to justify even harsher lockdowns. You will have to draw your own conclusions about whether harsher lockdowns are beneficial or detrimental.

 

[Princess Pooper]

Some people are working when they have Covid because they need the money.

Hence the £500, I think it is a good measure allowing people to both recover and look after their community for the next 10 days without the fear of not being able to pay most bills.

People on low incomes are already eligible for payment although I think there are some gaps and delays in the system which should be rectified. Anyway this suggestion for payments across the board was only 'considered' and I think fortunately will not come to anything.

 

[Still Farming]

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