What is actually the difference between the Tiers?

[iswhois]

It seems that the only difference is pubs and restaurants being closed and no household mixing....

All shops and schools to be open across all 3

Hairdressers etc to be open

Is that it?

Meet in gardens in tier two
Meet only in public outdoor places in tier 3

It's all bullshit.

The BBC have got into a tangle, trying to distinguish between 2 and 3.

It's all a bit Assistant Manager or Assistant to the Manager at Wernham Hogg.

@StealthPolarBear

Meet in gardens in tier two Meet only in public outdoor places in tier 3

Surely both those things carry the same risk? People are still outdoors.

non essential shops won't open in tier 3 I don't think

@BigSandyBalls2015

non essential shops won't open in tier 3 I don't think

Non essential retail is open everywhere.

The government guidance is here

www.gov.uk/guidance/local-restriction-tiers-what-you-need-to-know

Only in tier 3 is hospitality fully closed. Poor souls

Tier 3 means I now can't go out for Christmas dinner and will have to cook it myself for only the second time in my 52 years.

I forgot the pigs in blankets and stuffing balls the first and only time I've cooked it before, I left them in the fridge

@HilaryBriss

Tier 3 means I now can't go out for Christmas dinner and will have to cook it myself for only the second time in my 52 years.

I forgot the pigs in blankets and stuffing balls the first and only time I've cooked it before, I left them in the fridge

Could you get it as a take away?

I’m crossing fingers my tier 3 area might go down to tier two in a fortnight when the first review happens.

In Tier 3 I can't meet anyone outside and sit under a patio heater and have a meal and drink unless I lug one to a public park...

Surely both those things carry the same risk? People are still outdoors. If you're in a garden, you might let people use your loo, you might get a space heater and all huddle around it, you might be more inclined to bring out food and drink. In the middle of winter in a park with no heater, you'll be disinclined to bring a picnic, you'll be walking briskly to keep warm, and you're less likely to spend a long time together. I can see the logic.

@RandomMess

In Tier 3 I can't meet anyone outside and sit under a patio heater and have a meal and drink unless I lug one to a public park...

But you can go shopping and mix with hundreds of others, makes no sense

HilaryBriss- I wonder if local restaurants/pubs will be offering takeaway Xmas dinners? I know somewhere near us has been doing takeaway sunday dinners through lockdown and they're really popular. If you did that you could even feel virtuous that you are helping keep them going whilst they are closed!

@JemimaJellyfish indeed, not to mention where I live the rate is below 1, two of the areas that border is 5 miles away and use our hospital have R rate of over 2 and are in Tier 2.

Utter joke.

Tier 3 shouldn't travel outside their area.

It means those of us who can't fit into a Christmas Bubble can't even travel to see people outside.

In tier 3 - no gym classes.

You can’t travel in or out of tier 3. You can potter around if you are tier 2 (add the usual dull caveats)

If you're in tier 3 can you travel to a different tier 3 area?

@JacobReesMogadishu errr no

All I load of shit!

[quote RandomMess]@JacobReesMogadishu errr no[/quote]
I didn't think so, but a colleague asked.

There can be Covid secure gym classes though?

@RandomMess

There can be Covid secure gym classes though?

In tier 3? No.

So in tier 2 you can meet in your garden but in tier 3 you have to meet in a park/open public space? What really is the difference?