Stay your distance (including in Dulwich park)

I've had to step in the road many times today, people ignoring the 2 metre rule altogether.

Doesn't the caf? have to close? Guess it was takeaway..

It's a perfectly helpful post .Reminding people that they must keep their distance from others .

It's clearly a reminder that's needed so is useful and helpful .

It appears that with every day that goes by the undermentioned post on the forum becomes more and more applicable.

Posted by richard tudor March 05, 04:45PM

"perhaps there are more A/H in ED than anyone realised."

Well, they've been told what to do. And they're actually ignoring it (or, a noticeable number are).

Enforcement is the next stage, to address herd stupidity.

It's a shame, because significant resources will now be sucked into the enforcement process - manning, planning - while those undertaking this may be put at a higher risk, unnecessarily.

People have been behaving so irresponsibly, not only in Dulwich park, but Peckham Rye Park, Nunhead Cemetery and other open spaces in the Borough. In order to protect residents, this has resulted in closure from tonight.

Renata

I'm so pleased to hear this.

People have been so ignorant and selfish.

NHS staff and their loved ones are putting their lives at risk because people are failing to understand the most basic request.

I've managed not to leave the house for a week because the safety of the elderly, the vulnerable and the NHS staff and their loved ones are worth much more to me than a stroll in the park.

Hi Renata,

Is there the chance cemeteries will be closed, or has this already happened?

Chris1001uk

Agree with the social distancing absolutely. But.. you realise these couples you speak of probably live together, right?!

Interesting article in the Economist today which analyses data released by Citymapper to show how people moving around different cities it operates in have changed from normal patterns. It seems to confirm that Londoners were out and about this weekend far more by foot and public transport than in other European cities. Appreciate that the demographic that use Citymapper may be skewed but presumably it's a fair comparison of its users across different cities.

The article is behind a paywall and is copyrighted, but the key conclusion is:

Though mobility has fallen during the last fortnight in all 40 cities, there are considerable regional differences. Seoul and Tokyo had already experienced significant declines by the start of March, and have stabilised since then, as the spread of the virus has slowed. Australia and Russia are still operating at close to 50% mobility, with few deaths recorded there yet. Western Europe and North America have seen the sharpest declines, as the virus has claimed hundreds of lives in several countries. But among places where the death toll has reached that high, Britain is an outlier. On Saturday mobility in London, Manchester and Birmingham hovered around 25%. New York was at 10%, with Rome, Paris and Madrid all at 5% or below.