Disease appearing differently in different parts of the country, therefore this time a tiered, local approach is suitable

[StealthPolarBear]

Tell that to those f us in the North East who last time had much lower rates for much longer, and yet we're part of the national lockdown anyway.
What's different this time is that the South and London are faring relatively better.

Surely it’s because in March it was a novel virus and no one knew what would happen plus everyone was screaming for a full lockdown. Have you forgotten what it was like on Mumsnet in mid March? Piers Morgan on gmb?
Everyone in the north was convinced they were “2 weeks behind London”
Not having a full lockdown was akin to eugenics!
Can you imagine if Bioris had announced full lockdown furlough etc for London and the south east and not for the rest of the uk. Everyone would have accused him of trying to murder northerners or something

Now people seem to be implying the north was lockdowned too soon and yet the argument had previously been we lockdown too late?!
Which is it?
Surely an early lock down should have benefited the north? arguably London suffered more from a later lockdown back in March

I agree with @sashagabadon. everyone was saying we locked down too late. If the North was so far behind the south surely that was a good thing and it should be in a better position now? You can't have it both ways!

I agree. The March lockdown was arguably too late for London but about right for the rest of the country.

We now have a tiered approach because there is a limit to how much people are prepared to sacrifice, particularly if the risk around them is low.

Local restrictions without movement restrictions are a potential disaster though...

The hardest thing to stomach in all this is the blanket approach to education and exams without taking into account the difference in cases / constant isolation between the north / south.
The postcode lottery that’s facing students is grossly unfair.

Local restrictions without movement restrictions are a potential disaster though..

Yes half term will likely distribute this virus all over

@StealthPolarBear - what’s different this time is we have learnt from our previous mistakes and are making new mistakes. I am a bit fed up with it simultaneously being claimed that the North didn’t need locking down in March when the rest of the country was (as though the entirety of the country outside the North did need locking down, it wasn’t already left too late for London, and the North was being very specifically victimised by the rest of the country), and that the North was opened up again too soon at the end of lockdown, because rates never really went down there. How the f*ck can you not need locking down in the first place AND complain that the lockdown ended too soon in the North because cases were not yet under control there?! How can you fail to bring something under control with a lockdown that wasn’t out of control in the first place?