@MarshaBradyo
If we do start to get in hot water is it clear what should happen? The thought of closing businesses seems too much when SD is probably effective.
Home visits can be limited but will people do it? I guess most will.
Don’t know though. The thought of closing and furlough etc feels very onerous.
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Sufficiently "hot water" would be a lot of deaths per day - 100, 200, 300 ?
High cases alone would probably not bring public consent for anything much, other than stopping flights
and probably masks in secondary classrooms
If we get to the stage of higher deaths again - and remember, we may not - then measures would depend partly on whether cases and deaths are concentrated in local areas that can be locked down
- but generally I'd expect restrictions on how many can meet
and more restrictions on pubs, restaurants
Maybe closing cinemas & clubs, obviously travel agencies
but I'd expect most other businesses would be expected to continue, i.e. nothing like a 2nd lockdown
Also, as before, high deaths mean many people will start SD, isolation etc before the government acts
So e.g. schools would start to empty, regardless of whether the govt wants to keep them open
and people would not be going to restaurants or shops much