Do you think things are opening too fast?

[onestepat]

My friend has just said she's not rushing into anything /going anywhere for the rest of the year.
Do you think Lockdown is over too fast ?

If the shutdown continues much longer there will not be many places to go back to.

Not fast enough.

We're not forced to go shopping or to the pub etc.

Unless you work in a shop or pub.

far too slowly, IMO

Absolutely yes.

@ktp100

I believe that Boris is more concerned with the economy than lives so yes, I think he's jumping in a bit fast, in honesty.

We all have the choice to go out or not, though. We're not forced to go shopping or to the pub etc.

Economic recessions and depressions are very concerning for many, many lives.

@ArriettyJones

I wish they’d started earlier with the easing but done it more gradually while watching the R number closely.

It seems we just switched from entirely prioritising public health to entirely prioritising economic concerns, with no segue.

100% this. Would like to see them consider the impact on children, who seem to have been entirely forgotten in all this. No mention today of whether holiday clubs will be allowed to open, never mind returning to school!

Lamb to the slaughter!

At least there are sinks to wash your hands when you are working in a pub or restaurant. Unlike most classrooms or on checkouts.

My friend has just said she's not rushing into anything /going anywhere for the rest of the year

Your friend appears to have anxiety issues. Not sure why you think her ideas are important.

And no, I don't think the country is being reopened too quickly. Lockdown was to present the NHS being overwhelmed. That has been achieved, so time to ease back into something approaching normal. Your friend can lock herself away for as long as she wishes.

It's not over yet, it is easing. As long as nobody goes mad and eases gently, I think that will be alright. It is too soon to completely end all restrictions. That has happened in other countries and they've had an increase in cases of C-19, we don't want that here.

Nope, I don't think so. And it's not compulsory to go out anyway. So if you feel it's not for you, just stay at home and only go out for work/ essential food shopping.

No absolutely not , like others have said if your concerned then don't go .
Ok if your concerned and you work in a pub but if you don't go back soon you may not have a job .
The hospitality Industry needs to get back or you won't have a pub/ restaurant to go too .
So many have lost their job anyway .

Kentucky
I agree with you. Also treatments haven't really been developed yet although we're slightly better off.

I believe that Boris is more concerned with the economy than lives

Do you think a flailing economy won't have an effect on lives? It will cost many.

I'm with your friend. But we had local spikes and I work on COVID wards at my hospital so I suspect I have a bit of a skewed view of things!

Unless you work in a shop or pub

In which case you'll likely be very happy that you have a job to go back to. If shops and pubs were to be forced to stay shut much longer, those jobs might not exist.

Do you think GPs surgeries will open soon to normal public as before ? I only through the phone consultation?

I think it's too fast. I don't think most people have been keeping 2m apart for a while.
And yet the numbers continue to drop. If anything this is evidence that social distancing is not necessary. It is entirely your choice not to go shopping or whatever, but those who want to should be allowed to.

I believe that Boris is more concerned with the economy than lives

I think people are right to consider livelihoods and avoiding a tanking economy which would cost lives.

In theory no, but I don't trust the general public to make sensible decisions so maybe they shouldn't give so much advance warning of when they are going to reduce things.

I believe that Boris is more concerned with the economy than lives

It isn't an either/or decision, though, is it. A massive fall in the economy costs lives too, as well as livelihoods. Poverty is clearly linked to lower life expectancy.
Saving the economy is saving lives in the long run.

I don't have a job to go back to. For me the stress of having no work has been greater than the stress of worrying about catching Covid. If people don't want to go back to work there will be plenty of people like me happy to take their jobs.

If people don't want to go out socially that's entirely up to them.

If it was down to me I’d open everything tomorrow night but of course going out to the pub or restaurant or whatever isn’t compulsory. People are free to stay at home should they do wish.

I believe that Boris is more concerned with the economy than lives

The economy IS lives!
ffs, why do people continue to spout absolute shit like this. It’s infuriating. More people will die from a tanked economy than they will from the virus.

Nope, but it’s the inconsistency I can’t bear.

You can go to primark but you can’t get legally MARRIED even with just a registrar and two witnesses. Wtf, this is a legal right that they’ve just suspended for months?!?!

You can go to a hotel straight away on 4 July and yet they’re not opening self catering self contained single family accommodation first? Or even letting people go to second homes? Or saying you had to have booked it before lockdown to avoid everywhere selling out? So there’s clearly going to be absolute chaos at beaches, Lake District etc. I thought they’d do a gradual ramp up with previously booked self catering first, followed 2-4 weeks later by hotels, then 2-4 weeks later by camping (with full facilities, it’s laughable some sites are keeping toilets closed for health reasons, because open defecation is so healthy).

You can go to a pub and yet everyone is still being told to work from home with all the huge productivity implications (and also the lack of spending that people do on their way to/from work and at lunch).

I just hate the lack of logic. But logically I think a whole country lockdown would have been much shorter as it’s much worse in some areas and for some demographics than others, so I don’t know why I’m surprised.