My condolencesI go for a walk in Carlow town
I was joking.And what is your point, give me a better one , its a great town, when it is up and running of course....
People who work overtime get paid for it, or should do, whether they are in the public or private sector.I think we were all in this together at the start. However, those in essential services and those who can work from home are different to those in the locked down economy - pubs, non food retail, restaurants etc. The former has money coming in, the latter don't. They may have the Covid payment, but many don't. Those who are working, but on pensions, get no payments. To make things worse, some public sector get overtime to rub more salt into the wounds. Covid fatigue is setting in and people are getting fed up.
School children lost education; students lose the familiarity and socialising with other students, which as well as drinking does in fact assist studies as they do help each other out; our elderly are imprisoned in their homes/hospitals/nursing homes, with few if any visitors. Is it any wonder that depression is rising; people are dying of loneliness and the rest of us cannot grieve in death or celebrate marriage.
I think it's more to do with household gatherings etc rather than people moving around towns and cities.The difference between the March lockdown and now is chalk and cheese. I live in County Laois but am within walking distance of Carlow town. (@joer will understand! @Purple You'd be very welcome to come here to go for a stroll around this lovely place. I'll take you for a stroll along the banks of the Barrow via Carlow Town Park and you'll understand what you've been missing. )
Anyway, in March strolling around Carlow town was almost eerie, because it was so quiet. Now it's as busy as any other year.
And this is why the numbers dropped like a stone during the first lockdown and are not being stubborn this time around. We've seen for ourselves in March what we can do but for various reasons, it seems that more and more are choosing not to do it the second time around.
The M50 is full of white vans in the mornings. Traffic seems close to summertime levels but not near what I'd expect at this time of year travelling South to North.In Dublin, October pedestrian numbers were about 4 times what they were during April. Picking a point on the M50, traffic [broken link removed]in October are 2.5 times what was recorded in April.
The roads are a lot quieter than they would be in a typical November though, at least round Dublin Bay North.