Spike in new cases after VE Day celebrations

[Ruskie]

VE Day is celebrated every five years?   

[Treetotal]

That's news to me 
Carol

[Ruskie]

That's news to me 
Carol

I mean, was it celebrated on the 55th, 60th, 65th, 70th, as well as this year, the 75th anniversary? 

(I am wondering if there is a special significance to this being the 75th year. I know that 100 years after an event is usually cause for celebration, but did not know that the 75th year was)

[Kiltpin]

In a small way it is celebrated every year. 

Regards 

Chas

[Ruskie]

In a small way it is celebrated every year. 

Regards 

Chas

 

[rosie99]

That's news to me 
Carol

I mean, was it celebrated on the 55th, 60th, 65th, 70th, as well as this year, the 75th anniversary? 

(I am wondering if there is a special significance to this being the 75th year. I know that 100 years after an event is usually cause for celebration, but did not know that the 75th year was)

Perhaps it was because there are still people living who took part in the war

[Ruskie]

Yes that may be the case Rosie.

I was just wondering if or how I missed out on any commemorations in years past .... nor do I remember my in laws taking part in anything VE Day related (and they lived through WW2). 

I was just curious ... and wondering if there has more interest in war related commemorations possibly since the WW1 centenary? 

[BushInn1746]

I heard that Blackpool was heaving today so I dread to think what's going to happen if any restrictions are eased.  The death toll is still far too high for my liking and with the 10-14 day incubation period for this virus I think another 2 weeks of restrictions would not be that unreasonable.

My neighbour was in shock on Thursday.  He is an engineer and his workplace have been staggering shifts to ensure distancing.  A colleague was sent home sick last Saturday, he was on a ventilator by Monday and died Wednesday.  Confirmed Coronavirus as cause of death

In some cases Covid-19 is directly attacking the heart and inflaming the heart muscle and killing them at home.
https://hms.harvard.edu/news/coronavirus-heart

The VE Day Celebrations should all of been cancelled for Public Health and Safety.

We are not through this yet to celebrate anything and from a distance, I saw and heard that there was often no Social Distancing.

Even if the Virus deaths do now begin to decrease, we've got to keep everyone:- safe, well, housed, fed and watered through likely the worst economic collapse in living memory.

Mark

[LizzieL]

In my opinion the VE Day celebrations should have been postponed until VJ Day, when  the actual end of WW2 could be celebrated, rather than just the end of the war in Europe.  But to encourage people to go out and party at a time of national crisis is appalling; we already have had more people die in the UK of CV than died in the blitz and we're well on our way to topping the total number of British civilians who died in the whole of WW2.  This is not something to be proud of, not something to go and conga down the road about, and then go and infect a dozen other people.  I do begin to wonder if people really understand the enormity of the situation we are faced with.

I completely agree. i remember a big thing being made about the 20th anniversary of VE day in 1965. My father had been in the Royal Navy in WW2 and refused to celebrate VE day. His reason: While everyone in Britain had been partying and thinking that was the end of it all, he was in a submarine in the sea of Japan sinking enemy ships. The war was far from over for him and his comrades, and neither did they know then that the end would only be a few months later.