Personal responsibility is no substitute for proper Public Heath controls.
e.g If we did away with food standards & just 'recommend' that restaurants cook chicken properly & have food handling hygiene measures but say diners can take their own sick bucket if they're anxious.
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e.g If we did away with food standards & just 'recommend' that restaurants cook chicken properly & have food handling hygiene measures but say diners can take their own sick bucket if they're anxious.
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It would sound ridiculous.
You'd expect if you were opening a food outlet that you'd have a responsibility to safeguard the society that uses your services; prevent them becoming ill from food poisoning wouldn't you? You'd be right.
Yet this isn't the approach used for Covid.
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You'd expect if you were opening a food outlet that you'd have a responsibility to safeguard the society that uses your services; prevent them becoming ill from food poisoning wouldn't you? You'd be right.
Yet this isn't the approach used for Covid.
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Even in hospitals. Proper methods to protect the society that uses the services are not routinely used nor enforced.
In schools & all other public buildings - the onus has been removed from those running the spaces to ensure they meet proper ventilation standards for example.
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In schools & all other public buildings - the onus has been removed from those running the spaces to ensure they meet proper ventilation standards for example.
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Instead we've been lumped with 'you do you'.
No collective responsibility and no liability for the places you learn, work or socialise in.
Nope; if you want to protect yourself then it has been made to bee your responsibility.
People say; if you're anxious, wear a mask.
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No collective responsibility and no liability for the places you learn, work or socialise in.
Nope; if you want to protect yourself then it has been made to bee your responsibility.
People say; if you're anxious, wear a mask.
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But this isn't a question of anxiety and nor is it appropriate for any individual to do the work that Public Health makes zero attempt to do.
It needs to work in such a way that the onus is removed from an individual and made into a protective measure that you rarely notice.
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It needs to work in such a way that the onus is removed from an individual and made into a protective measure that you rarely notice.
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Like with water supplies & food standards and a myriad of other Public Health safety measures that keep the public protected. You don't think about them but someone else has and monitors it and checks performance and maintenance of standards.
We need this for indoor air.
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We need this for indoor air.
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We need every public space to have a requirement to provide enough fresh air through ventilation (and filtration or UVC) to reduce the spread of airborne diseases by as much as is practicable by this method.
We need this to be enforced, checked & penalties for non-compliance.
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We need this to be enforced, checked & penalties for non-compliance.
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We need this information to be displayed publicly and ideally on entering a space.
We need to educate the public as to the importance of this requirement and what the measurements mean.
We need real-time information available simply by searching a location online.
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We need to educate the public as to the importance of this requirement and what the measurements mean.
We need real-time information available simply by searching a location online.
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All of this is possible.
It is what anyone who actually wanted to try to lessen the problem and resulting burden on health, healthcare and economies would do.
We need honesty and action.
Simply putting the burden onto those who understand this to protect themselves is madness.
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It is what anyone who actually wanted to try to lessen the problem and resulting burden on health, healthcare and economies would do.
We need honesty and action.
Simply putting the burden onto those who understand this to protect themselves is madness.
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The next time you eat out or get a take-away, I want you to imagine that there are no rules or standards or monitoring of what you are being supplied to eat.
Getting sick is lousy.
Getting sick when it's preventable is even lousier.
Would it be your fault if you became ill?
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Getting sick is lousy.
Getting sick when it's preventable is even lousier.
Would it be your fault if you became ill?
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If there was no comeback when you were made ill with food poisoning, you'd be furious with the place that served you unsafe food.
Annoyed they didn't protect you.
Likewise - you should be furious with places that provide you with unsafe air to breath...even hospitals.
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Annoyed they didn't protect you.
Likewise - you should be furious with places that provide you with unsafe air to breath...even hospitals.
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To finish, understand this:
The wealthy took care of their air long ago. High levels of ventilation and filtration to protect themselves.
They don't care too much what the air is like for you or your children.
I find it hard to understand why folk accept this.
Think on.
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The wealthy took care of their air long ago. High levels of ventilation and filtration to protect themselves.
They don't care too much what the air is like for you or your children.
I find it hard to understand why folk accept this.
Think on.
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