Sky news. England set for New Year lockdown?

[likeamillpond]

I wonder if there's truth in this.
It seems to be a habit of gov. to leak things to the press first.
To prepare us for bad news

It needs people to do it properly like last March. Not half arsed tier 2-3. Just until the vaccine is rolled out more widely. Christ knows what state the economy will be in afterwards though.

I’d say it’s almost certain. Or we’ll all be moved to Tier 4 - lockdown rebranded.

Yep, just in time for Brexit 🤔

news.sky.com/story/covid-19-england-set-for-new-year-lockdown-as-coronavirus-variant-spreads-across-uk-12169829

Inevitable, I think.
And most schooling will be on line during it.

What a frigging happy new year. Lockdown & Brexit. Stop the world, I want to get off.

I thought it would be sooner tbh

Yep, and no chance that the schools are going back on 4th Jan.

Roll on the summer.....weather will be better and more people will have had the vaccine. January is grim anyway. Looks like it’s going to be a tough winter.

I expect so. Yesterday Vallance was clear that this mutant strain was spreading across the country. It’s down to Government and parliament as to what happens next.

Just tell us already.
People are sick of not knowing.
All this will we won't we is doing my head in.

It's the not knowing is stressful.

Is this not obvious already! We will be in tier 4 and the announcement will come after boxing day. January into march was always going to be difficult but now mutant covid is about it's stay indoors!

We're back to hunkering down and stay out the way unless you absolutely can't.

Why do we need to be told! Prepare for it now. It's going to come at some point!

Surely that won’t mean we can’t work again? We will lose our house if that’s the case

Yeah Tier 4 for everyone come 27th ish to avoid sales and NY drinking.

Always obvious as cases rose this would happen after Christmas. The government have no other plan to stop it overwhelming everything. Just hoping that some have decided not to mix as much or at all over Christmas so it’s not as bad as anticipated come mid jan.

To be honest, working in a high school, I've acted as if I've been on lockdown throughout! I assume I have it and everyone else has it. Other than work, and the occasionally supermarket trip (when I can't get a delivery) I've been nowhere.
I'll continue like this regardless of what tier we're in.
(City in tier 2 by the way).

I’ve warned my secondary kids to be prepared that they may have to move to online learning a bit.

I’d rather they had a bit of notice to mentally prepare than Boris announcing at 10pm on Sunday 10th that they aren’t actually going back to school.

@likeamillpond

Just tell us already. People are sick of not knowing. All this will we won't we is doing my head in.

It's the not knowing is stressful.

I know exactly how you feel, I can cope with most things other than uncertainty (I'm in the very fortunate position of being able to practically cope in terms of job, money etc). However no one can being certainty. People wanted to know what the plans were for Christmas in November so the government made some, only to have to change them due to circumstances at the last minute. This pandemic isn't conducive to people like me who like to be able to plan.

@HelloMissus

Yeah Tier 4 for everyone come 27th ish to avoid sales and NY drinking.

I'd go for the 26th and yet another press conference on the 24th, scheduled for 5pm, so that means it will start at 6:30pm.

He'll start with a bit of good news, then say "alas" and we'll all then know he's going to bend the country over the dining room table and roger us with a baseball bat!

I know @ASchuylerSister, our Head has been told nothing, and she runs a high school with almost 2K students! Poor woman is tearing her hair out at the government never giving enough notice.

I suspect that everyone will go into tier 4 at some point soon if this new strain is as transmissible as people think.
I am already in tier 4 so I will probably be in tier 10 by the new year, only allowed to leave the house in a hazmat suit once a week for a 10 minute exercise break.

The government will drop off food parcels consisting of freeze dried astronaut style food every other Monday and only my cat will be able to take the bins out.

I am still aiming to be back at work in a school on the 4 of January though, I ant se that changing.

I hope they decide on schools soon. It’s annual leave for teachers at the moment (where I am anyway) and if I have to prepare online lessons during my leave I’d rather know about it sooner than later! I’d also like the government to be clearer about its expectations with employers. When I was travelling to school the tubes were packed, even in Tier 4. I don’t blame the individuals, I think there are some employers who could reasonably expect people to work from home who aren’t letting them anymore.

@MardyBicardi

I am still aiming to be back at work in a school on the 4 of January though, I ant se that changing.

We've been told our youngest (year 9), won't be going back on the 4th.

@PhilCornwall1

My kids are giving me very funny looks here as I sit sniggering 🤣🤣🤣