Guilt Free Railing 15

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The railing never ends.

No resilience wankery, all railing welcome, along with good things or humorous asides.

Friend in England had her christmas party cancelled, dread to think what the announcement will be!

@Scottishskifun

Public health Scotland is "urging people to cancel Christmas parties...." they don't actually have powers but you can bet loads of places will follow!

We aren't allowed one got to be happy with a walk apparently but it sucks for hospitality businesses yet again!

This makes me so mad. Boosters, masks, passports- has anyone got data on how many cases are actually passed on in hospitality settings? I mean seriously, this could be the end for so many businesses. I won’t be cancelling any bookings, I really hope people stay strong and not overwhelmed by the messages of doom.

Note public health are advising, NOT scot gov because they know they can’t say as no furlough or extra support money available. Shameful tactics using public health to announce.

I won't cancel any of my plans unless they are made illegal
They can fuck off

I reckon they're hoping firms will cancel their bookings as their insurance might cry foul. More likely than personal parties to get cancelled.

DH's work party cancelled. Not sure mine will go ahead. Its the family events I've booked I'm concerned about. We've got various Santa things organised that were either cancelled or shit last year.

I don't think they have ever given us any evidence that cases spread in hospitality
If anything surely spread is more likely to be in private homes
There's no logic or science to it

Well I'm not cancelling anything.
I have night out this weekend and 2 next weekend, including small work do which won't be cancelled.

I've had my 3 jags and I do LFTs.
This is as good as it gets, there's nothing better until the pandemic burns itself out in a few years.
What exactly is it we're waiting for now? Vulnerable people are triple jagged.
I've followed all the rules and we saw no-one last Christmas and new year.
I'm not doing it again.

This time last year we were all waiting to get our jag. What exactly is it we're waiting for to come and rescue us now?

We are a wealthy country with money to spend on NHS.
How many extra ITU nurses have been trained this year?
How many recently retired staff have been enticed back with a golden hello to work a couple days a week through the winter?
Where is the dedicated covid ward for every health board? It was done in the past for TB, in fact there were whole hospitals for TB.

lockdowns and restrictions are only short term measures. Where's the planning for NHS? I'm certainly not hearing about it.

Sorry, rant over

I have a full weekend of Christmas activities including a lunch I'm not cancelling any of it they can sod off!

I've been a good little citizen and been for my booster today even struggled with a surgical mask on.....to which after 15 minutes the nurse told me to take off as she was worried about my breathlessness!

I'm not interested in lectures anymore or being told my life should be on hold for the greater good for a virus which is never disappearing!

@user1487194234

I don't think they have ever given us any evidence that cases spread in hospitality If anything surely spread is more likely to be in private homes There's no logic or science to it

The biggest transmission point is hospitals despite all the mask wearing they just don't advertise that fact!

The ventilation systems aren't great, older buildings generally and windows barely open so viral load is higher.

'You can still enjoy your Christmas' aye, right.

It'll push people out of hospitality into homes where they're more likely to behave in covid unsafe ways.

Scottishskifun
Yes and schools
I just meant as compared to hospitality
Anyway there seems to be precious little evidence

I knew it.

I’m in self imposed lockdown anyway. Only seeing people who won’t grass me to contact tracing

@Scottishskifun

Public health Scotland is "urging people to cancel Christmas parties...." they don't actually have powers but you can bet loads of places will follow!

We aren't allowed one got to be happy with a walk apparently but it sucks for hospitality businesses yet again!

That's it everyone - you are not allowed to have fun at Christmas 🎄 not acceptable to meet colleagues for a party.

What next!

Surely if you do a test which has a negative result you can get to attend??

Is Nicola going to say tomorrow what her 'definition' of a Christmas party is?!
This is becoming like ground hog day again - just can't believe it

I sat with 400 people last night in one room at the Scottish Chambers of Commerce Annual Address ( cant sit with 3 in my office but lets not get into that). The message from the business community overwhelmingly to Scot Gov was a plea to be involved in policy making and not victims of policy changes with no consultation. And here we are. Again.
Hospitality sector blindsided. Scot Gov finance minister says no financial help available " unless Westminster gives us more money". I am, for once, speechless.

And the way scot gov imply they'd 'simply' create money and lock us all down, makes me quite scared really!

I hear you @ecceromani good rail.
Hurrah for this thread. Twitter is a pit of anxiety-inducing posts just now.

Hospitality is fucked

Am I the only one who is feeling really defiant about this? It's a massive overreaction anyway given that the hospital burden of omicron is what, zero? But to slip it out via PHS without consulting the hospitality sector, then effectively say 'sorry, no money to help, big bad Westminster said no' is just absolutely pathetic. I am absolutely not cancelling any Christmas plans. I'm even tempted to make a few more!

All my festive type plans are next week. I am so looking forward to them. I will properly cry if the FM makes announcements tomorrow that make them impossible. Was it this thread that had emergency wine last night? I've cracked open the emergency wine tonight.

I wonder if they might close schools early?

Disappeared for a while and came back to see a 15th thread! Marvellous stuff!

Feeling very sorry for the hospitality sector today following that announcement. I was particularly irked by the finance secretary Kate Forbes telling them there'll be no financial support and blamed Westminster. Eh surely if the scottish government is going about advising people to cancel Christmas parties then it should foot the bill?! There'll be a lot of food purchased and wasted 😕

I'm slightly concerned about the fact that Close contacts of positive omicron cases have to self isolate for 10 days regardless of vaccination status, age, or PCR test results. Sort of putting a damper on my plans - my parents would be so upset if they couldn't spend Christmas with us and I couldn't bear another 10 days in isolation with primary school aged DS again - it gets worse every time

It’s all the suppliers too. Farms, factories, small businesses, as well as hairdressers, beauticians, all the rest of it.

Abd yes, they should fund it.

Lockdown coming I fear

People are panicking enough for lockdown (not on this thread of course) sort of dreading schools being closed again ... two bloody years, effective vaccines, no huge surge in deaths, for an illness that is no longer particularly deadly

Ecceromani. Good points. Do any opposition politicians ever mention NHS staffing and future planning?
We are entering 2 nd Christmas period of this yet we seem stalled.