Will 21st June go ahead?

[Mrgrinch]

I desperately need to know. Of course we won't until they tell us, but what are your thoughts?

Very mixed opinions in the media. Lots of advice to delay but Boris saying there's nothing he can see that would make us deviate from the roadmap.

I was just on another thread saying that I felt quite positive about everything but you guys arguing is a proper downer!! Regardless of who is right, why can't you all just accept that some might think differently to others, we are not robots and can have different opinions without it escalating into this aggression! Come on guys! Group hug 🤣🤣

I don't think that's likely any time soon. But nice thought.

Haha i think you're right, I guess this is what MN is for 😆

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@BogRollBOGOF

I think it's promising. Rates in the hotspots are stabilising, and the rest of the country a are low and stable or generally decreasing. They also haven't geographically spread to wider areas like they did through the autumn because vaccination is sucessfully reducing opportunities for transmission and also significantly reducing complex cases putting strain on the NHS either because more vulnerable people are better protected or it's spreading through younger, low-risk groups.

Maybe Boris got married now so he could have a quiet one with less fuss about it?

Masks are not a small gesture to make though. They are a massive impedimemt to millions of people with hearing impairment and a wider range of communication, social and processing difficulties. The average pocket mask (repeatedly) used in public is not fitted or meeting any kind of medical standards and they have minimal effect on public transmission, particularly now that vaccination is clearly making a massive difference in reducing rates and severity. The only way they significantly reduce transmission is by putting people off doing things, which is bad for businesses trying to recover.

Restrictions are still damaging to society at their current level. Restrictions on sport are reducing particpation which is bad for wider health. Community events still can't be planned which effects community and individual well being.

We have to keep moving back to a real normal and lose this tunnel vision of Covid being the only hazard.

Well said

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So you did come back

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Coming up as address invalid atm

This is what they said in March about Kent:-

www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-kent-variant-deadly-b1815126.html%3famp

This is what was said in April:-

www.euronews.com/amp/2021/04/13/kent-covid-19-variant-more-infectious-but-not-more-severe-two-studies-find

This is why I say it takes time. I don't "have my head up my arse". I read as much data, and journalism and tweets as I can. Not just ones that agree with me.