Lockdown until summer?

[Thedarksideofthemoon30]

Arghhhhhhhhhh.....

I actually can’t take anymore. I’m barely holding on by a thread as it is and I’m really trying to not read the news but it’s everywhere.

I was expecting March/April but summer?!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9172621/Boris-Johnson-refuses-rule-lockdown-lasting-SUMMER.html

Of course it won't. This is what you call irresponsible reporting and/or scaremongering!

It’s the daily mail, I won’t even click on it.

Daily Fail.

They said restaurants maybe May. Doesnt mean other things wont lift sooner.

Also as others have said, read something other than a tabloid!

Someone (in real life) told me that schools won't open until September.

It's nonsense. The government has to balance economy Vs health.

One step at a time and don’t look too far ahead. Try to do little things to nourish yourself. Summer is far away. And warm days and long evenings will make things more bearable.

A crystal ball would probably be as useful as the daily mail when it comes to this sort of thing OP i.e. not at all.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Someone (in real life) told me that schools won't open until September.

It's nonsense. The government has to balance economy Vs health.

Who? that's so unlikely

Summer starts in June. So yes, it’s quite realistic for us to be in a tier structure then and restricted to a large extent, but I think the formal lockdown will end by then.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Someone (in real life) told me that schools won't open until September.

It's nonsense. The government has to balance economy Vs health.

No one knows when the schools will reopen. Just like last time. And think about this time. They closed the schools a day after many had gone in for a day. No one, including those in charge, have any idea.

It's been reported on BBC
We will never have our civil rights and freedoms back.

In the Telegraph too.

I think the daily fail are scaremongering as usual but I do think they purposely use the word lockdown which implies what we are in now as opposed to somewhere in the tier system which I think most people are expecting until May at the earliest. The lockdown in the form we are in now will not last until summer people won’t comply and the government know it.

They don't know. Just get to February. The evenings are getting longer. Things are getting better and this too shall pass.

@Lelophants

Also as others have said, read something other than a tabloid!

It's also on BBC and The Times

Boris was outright asked today and refused to confirm it would lift before summer. That's why it's being reported.

Summer technically starts in March.

@User133847 no it doesn't...

@User133847

Summer technically starts in March.

In what country?

Lockdowns will never end.
Another virus will come along and it will start all over again.
People need to rise up, like they have in Italy 🇮🇹 for example,and demand their freedoms back.

I'm glad he's refusing to make promises he maybe can't keep. He's refusing to rule it out, quite right, this is an ever changing situation, as Christmas showed.

@StealthPolarBear

I'm glad he's refusing to make promises he maybe can't keep. He's refusing to rule it out, quite right, this is an ever changing situation, as Christmas showed.

That's what I thought when I read it. I'm no fan of Boris but he's damned if he does and damned if he don't with this.

@FreshFreesias this is the second time I’ve seen someone mention Italy ‘rising’ up but no news site I can see is reporting anything of this nature. What’s been happening there? I’m genuinely curious.

British summer time starts in March which is what the PP was referring to