Massive government U-turn on Covid restrictions

[Wozza]

Weddings off.

Sports test events off.

Leisure centres closed.

etc etc


WOW!


Also, a new motto.

"Hands, face, space, get a test."

 

[Is it PotG?]

If people cannot follow simple guidelines, this happens.



Eejuts.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

If schools are to open other stuff needs to shut as well.

 

[Weststander]

The Government said throughout that they wouldn't hesitate to reimplement restrictions, if there were signs that CV19 was increasing.

That's now.

Starmer and Burnham fully have agreed with this move, Burnham and other regional leaders were part of the committee that initially decided some of these moves yesterday.

Starmer's criticism is that communication was flawed and inadequate.

We'll have to get used to this rollercoaster for many months, potentially for a year or two to come.

 

[Bozza]

I'm not sure I'd describe it as a U-turn.

It's exactly what we were told would happen if/when infection rates started to rise.

I've had my fingers hovering over a new thread about when we would see infections rising again, as it has seemed inevitable to me, based on the loosening that has taken place.

All strikes me as very sensible, right now.

 

[Wozza]

I'm not sure I'd describe it as a U-turn.

Feel free to change thread title to "applies handbrake" if you like.


Point is, they're postponing the relaxation of some rules and reversing others - at v short notice.

I mean, "Your wedding tomorrow is off"...

 

[Is it PotG?]

Feel free to change thread title to "applies handbrake" if you like.


Point is, they're postponing the relaxation of some rules and reversing others - at v short notice.

I mean, "Your wedding tomorrow is off"...

Well, one could let a mass gathering go ahead.

Great plan.

Possibly should give say, a month's notice, see what occurs in the meantime.

 

[Wozza]

Well, one could let a mass gathering go ahead.

Great plan.

Possibly should give say, a month's notice, see what occurs in the meantime.

Well, they've literally given weeks notice on everything else - eg mask usage.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Well, they've literally given weeks notice on everything else - eg mask usage.

Ok

Wasn't sure that masks were recommended because of an increase and upward trend in numbers. Still.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Leisure centres closed.

Unless you have read something I haven't, not true. Bowling and Skating will not open as planned but I have seen nothing about leisure centres and gyms other than Wales opening on 10th August.

 

[wehatepalace]

Christ you should get a job writing headlines for Sky News !

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I'm a cynic ... always have been .... and while I understand the delay in lifting some lockdown rules I suspect there's far more behind the government's reluctance to extend the WFH advice. So the action that millions of people do - i.e. go to work and mingle will now be allowed but god forbid more than 30 people go to a wedding. Utterly mixed messages.

 

[Chicken Run]

Christ you should get a job writing headlines for Sky News !

I know, it’s a joke isn’t it, I guess it sounds an awful lot better than the OP titling it “Government sees rise in infections and have reacted quickly”

The OP was all over Jicinder when she reacted quickly....

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I know, it’s a joke isn’t it, I guess it sounds an awful lot better than the OP titling it “Government sees rise in infections and have reacted quickly”

The OP was all over Jicinder when she reacted quickly....

Reacted quickly with guidelines that make no sense, how is going to work (more so the travel) less of a risk than going to a wedding where you know everyone?

Cinemas ok, outside spaced horse racing, no

 

[highflyer]

I'm a cynic ... always have been .... and while I understand the delay in lifting some lockdown rules I suspect there's far more behind the government's reluctance to extend the WFH advice. So the action that millions of people do - i.e. go to work and mingle will now be allowed but god forbid more than 30 people go to a wedding. Utterly mixed messages.

Some big companies (Costa, Pret) and owners of very lucrative city centre (mainly London) property, both business and residential, will be putting a lot of pressure on government to get people back into city centre offices. A long term move to WFH will cause a reduction in property value. And that is where wealth is made and held. We all know rich people's wealth is more important than poor people's health.

 

[Wozza]

Christ you should get a job writing headlines for Sky News !

I know, it’s a joke isn’t it, I guess it sounds an awful lot better than the OP titling it “Government sees rise in infections and have reacted quickly”

The OP was all over Jicinder when she reacted quickly....

And if you had read beyond the subject heading you will have seen that I conceded "applies handbrake" would have been a better choice of words.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Case numbers remain consistently low in my area .. :shrug;

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Some big companies (Costa, Pret) and owners of very lucrative city centre (mainly London) property, both business and residential, will be putting a lot of pressure on government to get people back into city centre offices. A long term move to WFH will cause a reduction in property value. And that is where wealth is made and held. We all know rich people's wealth is more important than poor people's health.

Oh agreed. But some big companies - IBM and Capita for example - have been reducing their real estate for many years. All of a sudden others have discovered they could save a fortune. There will still be the backward companies - a local telecoms company that might just employ a couple of Albion ex-footballers for example - that don't trust their employees enough for WFH BUT they won't save Pret etc. In a way I feel a little sorry for the government - they need to encourage business to go back to office work to keep other businesses running but on the other hand they need to be seem to discourage travel to reduce the country's carbon footprint. Needs a complete re-structure of the economy really.

 

[Chicken Run]

And if you had read beyond the subject heading you will have seen that I conceded "applies handbrake" would have been a better choice of words.

Engage brain before reacting then!

 

[Wozza]

Engage brain before reacting then!

Read the thread before commenting then!