In what order do you think restrictions would be brought back in?

[Fololomolo]

I am just wondering what would be first. Closing cafes and pubs? Closing sports buildings? Closing schools? I know a lot of people think these should now stay open and economy needs to move on. But if numbers start rising again exponentially the government will probably need to react.

Yes what we are doing now is similar but cases are rising. Because of the lockdown and then open up pattern.

It's nothing to do with lockdown, but Sweden has for example much smaller class sizes, distancing in schools and very low household occupancy.

They also have decent public health systems and a very socially-minded population.

I specifically put the disclaimer about Swedish class sizes in my post so I wouldn’t be pulled up on it? Yet you didn’t requote that part obviously! And I said we couldn’t follow the Swedish model due to population density and many other factors.

But once you come out of lockdown then cases will inevitably rise. Sweden have avoided that. I have said we couldn’t emulate that though. I just don’t think repeated lock downs are the answer.

We have managed a corona virus vaccine for cows though, where it was cost effective to bother

Sweden also had all students over the age of 14 working from home, in addition to having much smaller class sizes and much better, larger school facilities in general.

None.
Individual bubbles, classes or years to be sent home at schools depending on the outbreak. Not a national school closure.
Local lockdowns which may include curfews and stricter enforcement on businesses.

Sweden also had an effective track and trace system.

@RigaBalsam

Sweden also had an effective track and trace system.

Was it world beating like ours

Just been reading about the 185k backlog

@BillywilliamV

Some of you are REALLY loving this, aren’t you?

Why do you keep opening these threads just to have a go at people?

It's so tedious.

No, we're not 'loving' it, we're simply having a discussion, one you're not interested in, so just scroll on by!

As a cleaner in other people's houses, I'm wondering will they stop the likes of me and other non essential visits ie a decorator from working.

@doubleshotespresso

I think maybe they'll reintroduce the no mixing of households again nationwide. Agree with pp stating that government are reluctant to close businesses and schools. I expect when it comes to schools parents will vote with their feet soon anyway

I hope not, seeing my dad weekly is what's keeping me going at the moment, it'll break me if they stop me doing that.

@TheDragQueen

You must have started salivating when you read that.

Just grow up & scroll past threads that don't interest you FFS it's not difficult!

@Tootsey11

As a cleaner in other people's houses, I'm wondering will they stop the likes of me and other non essential visits ie a decorator from working.

Are you non-essential though?

If you clean houses for elderly or disabled people and some essential workers then your job is essential.

@kittensarecute care and support of someone is not clearly defined on purpose and covers mental health.

I would hope any decisions are based on data.

So I would hope they wouldn't stop gyms and swimming for example when there's no tracking cases back to those activities but they don't change the way pubs run if there's evidence if outbreaks in pubs.

I know it's not easy to pinpoint the source of an outbreak but it's easy to know what a positive case does and where they've been and then track people in those settings whove also them tested positive.