Press Conference today Friday 15th Jan

[SophieB100]

The main man will be on stage around 5 pm.
Backing vocals provided by Whitty and Valance!

Enjoy

@Wingedharpy

Who's on drums?

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@Calmandmeasured1

Remove the police from the countryside and direct their efforts at indoor transmission: supermarkets, shops, workplaces, etc. What about people visiting other households?

?Already banned apart from support bubbles so yes the police can direct their attention here to as it is a proven means of virus transmission. They could start with public indoor places (supermarkets, shops, many other workplaces) if domestic settings are too hard.

No evidence of outdoor transmission, particularly if very few people are about, so why the concentration of valuable scarce policing hours on the countryside etc?
Not the best use their time in terms of reducing virus transmission, which is after all what the lockdown restrictions are for, not making us miserable, scared, fat, intimidated, fined.

AFAIK - a travel corridor and travel border are different

Yes, they are - but no doubt some rag will run with a headline about "Boris closing borders"

Supermarkets and shops are generally well managed though. They don’t need police surveillance.

Parties can be interrupted but no right of entry, just from outside

Parties can be interrupted but no right of entry, just from outside

Yet ...!!

Looking on the bright side though, it's a good use for all that stockpiled loo roll; paste it to the windows and pretend you only have your aged mum in there

Parties can be interrupted but no right of entry

The police can enter a building if they think a crime is in progress.

Ha! Puzzled

Cressida Dick spoke well on it, she’s not asking for it to change. I like her not sure how much say she has but I doubt it will change

Personally I really don’t need to see police on Sainsbury’s run. It really is so orderly they’re not needed

The police can enter a building if they think a crime is in progress.

Do you think they can for a party atm?

@MarshaBradyo

Supermarkets and shops are generally well managed though. They don’t need police surveillance.

Parties can be interrupted but no right of entry, just from outside

i dont think theyre well managed at all b and m is like a free for all no counting how many poeple no one way systems anywhere anymore

Travel corridors closed just means people will have to quarantine. It's not the same as shutting the borders.

Did anyone else pick up on the emphasis Boris made (twice) about touching items that have Covid on them? I wonder if they know something about the new variant, that they're finding it lingers more on surfaces?

I think someone has to be in immediate danger to enter without a warrant

i dont think theyre well managed at all b and m is like a free for all no counting how many poeple no one way systems anywhere anymore

Sad times probably area dependent

@MarshaBradyo

The police can enter a building if they think a crime is in progress.

Do you think they can for a party atm?

They must be, or how could they ever enter a property where someone else had reported a potential crime taking place? What if you reported screams in fear for the safety of a neighbour and the police said 'well, we can enquire from outside and ask if everything's ok'?

@MarshaBradyo

Supermarkets and shops are generally well managed though. They don’t need police surveillance.

Parties can be interrupted but no right of entry, just from outside

Patently untrue when you look at where the virus is being caught.

Plus there is a law on face coverings which the police have refused to enforce. That would be a start.

There are no laws on outdoor exercise, and isn't a source of virus transmission, so why the overarching focus here?

Buttery see pp they can if someone is in imminent danger. But a party doesn’t represent that

@Calmandmeasured1

Pfizer have announced possible delays to vaccine manufacturing could affect EU countries. I hope this doesn't affect us, as a non-EU country, too.

I thought our more immediate problem was distributing the doses we already have in the UK.

They must be, or how could they ever enter a property where someone else had reported a potential crime taking place? What if you reported screams in fear for the safety of a neighbour and the police said 'well, we can enquire from outside and ask if everything's ok

They are allowed to enter is there is a risk to human life (immediate risk not a risk in 2-4 weeks' time).
They are not allowed to check if you are having a party in covid lockdown.

It’s from an interview with Cressida Dick. I found it quite interesting as hadn’t thought about it

So...

What is the difference between a travel corridor and a border then?

@MarshaBradyo

Buttery see pp they can if someone is in imminent danger. But a party doesn’t represent that

Cross posted Marsha. So does that mean if you report a rowdy party still going on a few doors away at 3am, the police can't intervene?

Plus there is a law on face coverings which the police have refused to enforce. That would be a start.

Really not needed at zone 2 supermarket it has near 100% compliance. Maybe different elsewhere

Could be needed on public transport but OT police do that? Not sure

@SophieB100

Did anyone else pick up on the emphasis Boris made (twice) about touching items that have Covid on them? I wonder if they know something about the new variant, that they're finding it lingers more on surfaces?

Yes! I did notice that. He did seem to emphasise it very much.

Maybe also why PV did emphasise indoor spaces and ventilation also.

Nowhere as well ventilated as the outdoors, but that apparently needs the most policing.

Good to see Sir Patrick reinforcing the message about the currently unknown impact on transmission and that "just because you have been vaccinated it doesn't mean that you can't catch the virus and pass it on, you will likely just not be so ill with it"
(I'm paraphrasing, but I think that was the gist of it)

However I felt they glossed over the question from the young journalist who asked about the plan/ expectations for what would happen for the younger groups once all the most vulnerable had been vaccinated?