Open the garden centres and stay alert

[WhiteWitch007]

Excellent. I can go to a garden centre and stay alert, in case a massive man-eating plant gobbles me up mid-purchase.

Seriously. In advance of the revised message this evening, WTF does this actually translate as to most people?

I despair of the public today if they honestly don’t know what this means.

I think it is ripe for interpretation. Which means different people will think it means different things things.

To me this message translates as a huge increase in infection numbers two weeks from now swiftly followed a further lockdown.

Lockdown does need to be eased but gradually in a measured way, and with clear steps.

This message is so vague, open to interpretation, and is - IMO - too much, too soon.

I'm sure they'll tell us all about it later on Watch with Boris.

So the 30,000+ people who have died, was that because they weren't alert?

You can 'despair' but the fact is a lot of people are not clear on what it means, which means it is bad communication. The problem is that this government got into power by using vague slogans that everyone could take to mean whatever they wanted, and they haven't broken the habit.

But we haven’t been told everything yet

@ineedaholidaynow

BBC News - Coronavirus: 'Stay alert' advice defended by communities secretary
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52605819

Terribly vague. Quick poll amongst my family members and got a different interpretation from each of them. So that doesn't bode well for the general public.

I agree with PP, I think this is a way to start another wave of infections before blaming us all for too much contact and locking down again over summer. All while letting people think they are in control.

Manipulation at its finest if it's intentional.

What time is Boris's announcement today?

It's going to be an utter shit show.

7pm

@GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal 7pm

Ok I'll fess up, I don't know what 'Stay Alert' means in terms of this?

You can't see the virus,
You can catch it without knowing for 2 weeks,
Some people carry it without symptoms.

So please explain to me, how we can all 'be alert' to save lives?

But if more people are going to go back to work and possibly school, they can’t keep the slogan Stay Home.

I despair of the public today if they honestly don’t know what this means.

Well I don’t know what it means. I assume that we don’t have to stay at home anymore and we’re going back to being vigilant about hand washing etc

Boris is going to announce the next steps this evening, why aren’t people getting this

He's already published what they will be, tonight's address at 7pm is pre-recorded.

This is what has been published

Opening garden centres and relaxing rules even slightly will increase the spread of the virus and it’ll pick up again quickly. Nothing has changed in terms of a vaccination or effective treatment so this will keep happening again and again.
It’s very worrying

I suppose it means the same as it does in the other 14 threads asking what it means.

It means, "We're not going to give you any straight forward directions, as when we get the second wave, we can blame you, the public (even though it is us that have cocked it all up)." Signed Boris.

Thank you!

It's purposely vague, open to interpretation as has been said. Just so bojo can't be blamed further along down the track. Matt Hancock will probably be thrown under the bus after all this.