I just think the whole thing is an absolute joke now. I'm currently in a discussion on Facebook about whether you can only have 2 households meet in a house in the UK right now, or whether it's any number so long as a max of 6 people. I'm saying the latter, lots of people think the former. I cannot actually find anywhere on the gov website where it says either - but that makes me believe there cannot be a 2 household limit, and if it only says 6 people without then specifying 'from two households', this bit must have changed.
The point is, people are arguing about what the rules are, because nobody bloody knows!
And it might SEEM like a good idea saying that each family can consider the risk in their own situation, but the problem is you never know exactly who is going to suffer with covid and how badly. I think at the moment, more people are being affected by lack of social contact than covid itself, which can seem rather like an abstract danger unless you've actually had it, or had family who've had it. So I think that given the choice right now, many, many grandparents would choose to take care of their grandchildren.
That is them deciding the risks to take - but if everyone took that choice, surely we're running the risk of the NHS being overwhelmed?
And if that's NOT a risk, then why the bloody hell do we still have all these restrictions?
Covid is either dangerous or it's not. We need to either protect the elderly, or we don't. But seriously. They need to make their minds up one way or the other!