“Schools are safe” says Boris.
Yeah, tell that to the three primary schools in my hometown who have had staff die since half term!
Yes. We should have a hard lockdown now. None of this Tier 4 bollocks. We are at a worse state now than we were in April. But we have vaccines. Let’s shut down now, throw everything at the vaccines and hopefully in 8 weeks time there will be a massive positive shift.
One of the biggest problems is that people won’t comply. As far as I can see, most people who I used to see using masks have stopped, they are still mixing households, bending the rules at every opportunity, my local church broadcast their midnight mass with people singing their hearts out and not distancing (even though no singing is allowed), and “rebelling” and “my family first” “we won’t be complying” “our mental health is more important than a virus that only kills 1% we will take our chances”, “I’m allowing my child to have sleepovers, they are all in the same bubble anyway” “I refuse to wear a face nappy” etc is seen as cool and evolved rather than being fucking reckless, selfish and endangering our nhs and the lives of the people all around us. I’m all for a strict lockdown and more fines and arrests for those who flout the rules. It’s never going to end if people don’t abide by the measures in place. And IMO, it’s never going to end while we let it rip through schools.