[nomadking]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

If the first point is a disguised criticism of Muslims for things like the Leicester lock-down, I refer you to this Full Fact analysis. https://fullfact.org/health/leiceste...utbreak-islam/

Regarding testing in care homes, the reasons that many guests are in them mean that they can't just walk into "testing set-ups"!

So no actual specific evidence to the contrary.
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For anyone who's paid attention to Britain's South Asian community and its response to the Covid crisis, Thursday's dramatic announcement of new restrictions in northern England will have come as no surprise.

The areas affected, including Blackburn, Oldham, Bradford and Manchester, have large populations with roots in the Indian subcontinent. And while West Yorkshire Tory MP Craig Whittaker was accused of racism for claiming there are 'sections of our community that are just not taking the pandemic seriously', I'm afraid that he had a point, however clumsily he made it.
I have experience as a community leader in Leicester, where the Covid restrictions were widely ignored by the city's minority ethnic population – and where the Government ordered the first local lockdown after the rate of infection soared last month.

A friend of mine had an urgent appointment for a blood test on Friday at his doctor's surgery in Leicester. As a shielded person, he was shocked to see a number of South Asian women from different households hugging each other in a park.
This sums up the depressing lack of civic awareness I have seen and it is why I have no doubt that – but for the latest Government intervention – many families would have ignored the dangers and mixed with multiple households and generations to celebrate Eid.

I have lost count of the times since March when I have spoken to people about Covid-19, only for them to simply shrug off the risks and say there is nothing to be done.

Now there's actual evidence.

Tests can also be requested over the phone.