“ I fully support the need for a short, sharp lockdown - but this one isn't going to work because they are keeping schools open (and despite what some people think on here schools are responsible for a significant number of cases).
Restaurants, pubs and gyms all invested lots of time, money and effort into becoming as safe as possible - and it worked. So it is insane to shut those and keep the hotbeds of infection open.”
I agree completely. Though I’m going to be taking the lockdown seriously (work from home anyway, so will just not go out v much, apart from outside walks) because I really want this over, and numbers to fall, and unless we all do take it seriously, this will go on for longer. I just wish there was more support for people to isolate and for schools to minimise risk. With them open, this is going to go indefinitely, people will lose hope and illness/deaths will go out of control.
I know people who have been hospitalised (who recovered, but it was still scary at the time), and a friend has lost her Dad to it, and relatives who are very vulnerable, so it perhaps feels more of a closer threat than to someone who hasn’t had those experiences. The way things are going, though, a lot more of us will know people who have been badly affected.