Do you think there’s any possibly of us following Scotland’s no need to social distance if you are under 11?

[Summerdays2014]

Hi,

As above. This would make life so much easier for our family as we have a 4 year old. Why are they doing it in Scotland but not here? Do you think it will be Introduced here? I really hope so, but have heard nothing about it.

Bankrolled - hardly. 🙄

Apart from your eyes rolling out of your head @Pootle40 don't rise to it.

@SengaStrawberry

It's also only outdoors kids under 11 don't have to distance, they still do indoors.

I don’t think that’s right.

It is only outdoors Scottish kids don't need to SD.

I can't workout how it's going to work if they go back to school full-time.

In Scotland under 12s do not need to socially distance indoors or outdoors: www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-phase-3-staying-safe-and-protecting-others/pages/seeing-friends-and-family/

Meeting others: indoors

Children under 12 do not need to maintain physical distance.

I’m certain it’s indoors now as well @Blackbear19 as long as the other person isn’t shielding

@AAT65 you're right thanks, I've just checked and as of 10th July it's changed to be both indoors and outdoors. I'd checked because we're due to go on holiday there in a few weeks but it's been updated since then. It's a bit confusing all the constant small tweaks to what we're allowed to do!

@StatisticalSense

Scotland has the luxury of being bankrolled by another part of the country and therefore doesn't have to worry about the economic consequences of their decisions. This has led to Nicola acting irresponsibly in releasing social restrictions before economic ones in a way that governments that have to sustain a functioning economy cannot do.

Except....

You need childcare to sustain a functioning economy, prioritising “social restrictions” means children can be looked after by someone other than a parent...

@mac12

Scotland are going to be able to do lots of things England can’t because it has very sensibly driven daily cases down to single figures. They can open schools without any SD or masks because community transmission is so lo, making it v easy to quash any outbreaks through TTI. I frankly applaud them & think it shows what an be achieved with clear vision & strong science-led policymaking.

I agree with this, unfortunately England appears cursed to bumble along with muddling transmission rates and deaths for ever more, which means we'll be wary for ever more.

Oh grrr, muddling = middling