40,000 Fans and No Masks

[DadAManger]

Watching the football. Yes, I like the football.

But WTF, no masks (literally not one mask) and hugging and kissing like it’s a San Francisco in 1980.

This pandemic is over then? My kids aren’t being sent home from school again, I can spend time sitting with my grandmother at home? I know I will be told ‘life has to go on as normal’. I think I have lost my mind - I just don’t understand anymore.

The lifting of restrictions can’t come soon enough. I’m jealous that sports fans get their events but those of us with other passions such as music and theatre have to wait. And the restrictions are being lifted too late for school pupils rites of passage. It’s all about money not science.

no masks fromthe royals either which might explain Kate's unhappy expression

@Coldwine75

HATE football too and is is SOOOOOOOOOO wrong 40,000 fans and no masks....................

Yes that's correct. Something, something, easing of restrictions, something something, leading towards opening up.

Unbelievable.

@spongedog
I saw this and for the 1st time in 15 months - thought fuck it. I am off to a wedding tomorrow - all carefully socially distanced. Just why do normal people have to comply

You can go to a wedding though, so not sure what you mean by this comment, why would you think fuck it?
Just go, social distance and have fun

wimbledon is not the proper test as yo call it its the lf one which is at best about 60% accurate

40,000 fans and no masks...but 2 bloody amazing goals.

Get in!!!

Blah blah blah. Absolutely brilliant atmosphere, so good to see the crowds back. Couldn’t care less what people like you think.

I think some people are missing the point of some posts.

It’s not the fact there are crowds and people want to keep everything locked down forever.
It’s the fact that there are so many other restrictions elsewhere - loads of events are still cancelled, most businesses are loosing loads of money due to social distancing rules, schools are wearing masks and have cancelled all trips and most normal sports days and their last days and proms are completely different than normal, half of my school is currently isolating and I know of 2 schools that have closed completely, only 16 people can attend a funeral and there’s no singing allowed, weddings also have a maximum guest allowance and hundreds of other things - but this football game can literally have thousands of people mixing which isn’t fair.
If you’re going to relax the rules for a football match then they need to relax the rules for other things too.

Yes all rules should be relaxed
People who are concerned can stay home
Enough is enough

@toocold54

Blah blah blah. Absolutely brilliant atmosphere, so good to see the crowds back. Couldn’t care less what people like you think.

I think some people are missing the point of some posts.

It’s not the fact there are crowds and people want to keep everything locked down forever.
It’s the fact that there are so many other restrictions elsewhere - loads of events are still cancelled, most businesses are loosing loads of money due to social distancing rules, schools are wearing masks and have cancelled all trips and most normal sports days and their last days and proms are completely different than normal, half of my school is currently isolating and I know of 2 schools that have closed completely, only 16 people can attend a funeral and there’s no singing allowed, weddings also have a maximum guest allowance and hundreds of other things - but this football game can literally have thousands of people mixing which isn’t fair.
If you’re going to relax the rules for a football match then they need to relax the rules for other things too.

Er no, that's exactly the point. Gradual re-opening means opening some things day by day, week by week. It isn't just football that's benefitted. That's the point.

the virus is on the increase but as long as those at risk are safe, should be ok

[quote Quaggars]@spongedog
I saw this and for the 1st time in 15 months - thought fuck it. I am off to a wedding tomorrow - all carefully socially distanced. Just why do normal people have to comply

You can go to a wedding though, so not sure what you mean by this comment, why would you think fuck it?
Just go, social distance and have fun[/quote]
Fuck social distancing in London. No point now. 40,000 people. Why do we have to social distance tomorrow? No-one bothered today at Wembley.

Yes I will have a good time tomorrow seeing my lovely relative finally get married (at last). But if I try to hug or kiss them I will be considered odd. yet i could have been at Wembley today with who knows what. And that doesn't matter because (mostly) it is the male national game.

Why football first though? Oh yes ££££££

Lots of misunderstanding about the Event Research Programme on this thread.

It’s a negative lateral flow test done at home, not a PCR done at a test centre. There has been zero follow up from NHS to DH who attended one of the phase two test events to tell him to get a test after the event.

Here’s the info for those attending the euro matches:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-for-ticket-holders-attending-the-euro-2020-events-research-programme-matches/information-for-ticket-holders-attending-the-euro-2020-events-research-programme-matches

No mention of post-attendance testing at all from what I can see.

@HelplessProcrastinator

Why football first though? Oh yes ££££££

Football wasn't first.

(and even if it was yes ££££ is important)

Ugh. What a load of rubbish on this thread.

Hug your cousin if you want to! Literally who cares. Your wedding is totally irrelevant to me and all the hundreds of thousands of football fans who had a great day today.

@HelplessProcrastinator

Why football first though? Oh yes ££££££

Hardly. Here’s all the events that have been part of the test so far:

April 17 - May 3: World Snooker Championships (10,150 participants)
April 18: FA Cup Semi Final (2,800 participants)
April 25: Carabao Cup Final (7,800 participants)
April 28: ACC Business Event, Liverpool (150 participants)
April 30 - May 1: Circus Nightclub (3,100 and 3,900 participants)
May 2: Sefton Park Concert (6,100 participants)
May 11: The BRITS (3,500 participants)
May 15: FA Cup Final (21,000 participants)
May 15: Reunion 5K Run (2,000 participants)

Phase 2:
group stage UEFA EURO 2020 matches hosted at Wembley Stadium, the Download Pilot music festival, the England v New Zealand test match at Edgbaston and Royal Ascot

Phase 3:

Wimbledon Championships, The Open Championship, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Home and Gift 2021, Rugby League’s Challenge Cup and 1895 Cup Finals. Latitude and the Grange Opera Festival. Further events will be added in due course.

This should never have been allowed to happen.

🤣

(The pre and post attendance PCRs are voluntary. Can’t help but think it would be worth incentivising take up of those to improve the quality of the data)

@GingerAndTheBiscuits

Lots of misunderstanding about the Event Research Programme on this thread.

It’s a negative lateral flow test done at home, not a PCR done at a test centre. There has been zero follow up from NHS to DH who attended one of the phase two test events to tell him to get a test after the event.

Here’s the info for those attending the euro matches:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-for-ticket-holders-attending-the-euro-2020-events-research-programme-matches/information-for-ticket-holders-attending-the-euro-2020-events-research-programme-matches

No mention of post-attendance testing at all from what I can see.

thankyou ginger

yes i know we're supposed to come out of this in 3 weeks time but as these were put forward as test events i think they shouldnt be done half arsed

Er no, that's exactly the point. Gradual re-opening means opening some things day by day, week by week. It isn't just football that's benefitted. That's the point.

There was 40,000 people there! That’s not a gradual re-opening!
But schools and nurseries are still closing and things like London carnival is cancelled.
I’m all for the gradual re-opening of things but it seems unfair and that a lot of people who have been Impacted the most are still the worst off.

Its not being run just like a normal event though - they are taking over 2 hours to fill the stadium and giving people slots of when to arrive. I don't think its a great idea but its a capacity of 90k so still less than half full.

@HelplessProcrastinator

Why football first though? Oh yes ££££££

Or maybe because people love it!! Its a brilliant mood booster and just what people need!!

I mean yeah £££ too though.

@toocold54

Er no, that's exactly the point. Gradual re-opening means opening some things day by day, week by week. It isn't just football that's benefitted. That's the point.

There was 40,000 people there! That’s not a gradual re-opening!
But schools and nurseries are still closing and things like London carnival is cancelled.
I’m all for the gradual re-opening of things but it seems unfair and that a lot of people who have been Impacted the most are still the worst off.

Yes it was as there were less people at previous games.

Do I need to type slower?

Its not being run just like a normal event though - they are taking over 2 hours to fill the stadium and giving people slots of when to arrive. I don't think its a great idea but its a capacity of 90k so still less than half full.

What is the point of doing all that if they don't then require the people attending to take tests after the event. I thought the whole point was to see if there was a wider spread of the virus after the event too.

@SofiaMichelle

This should never have been allowed to happen.

🤣

Won't someone think of the children non-football fans