Stan A. Einstein wrote:pembsexile wrote:No point in second guessing what may happen - multiple scenarios could form, I can say what I have seen recently with regards to football fans.
Spent the weekend in London, used public transport, went in pubs and obeyed all the current rules on social distancing, hand washing, masks etc. Can’t say the same for all others though. I think there has been a mental relaxation of the rules prior to Boris statement yesterday already.
We watched the Ukraine game in a pub in Peckham. Went in there with our masks on. Not one other person in the pub was wearing a mask, not even on entry/exit. People were stood up going to the bar, toilet etc without a mask. The owners didn’t seem to give two hoots, they were all wrapped up in the game.
I sincerely hope that when fans attend stadiums at full capacity (if that happens), then they will still have a sense of social responsibility to others, distance, handwash, mask etc. We are not out of it yet. Vaccine or no vaccine.
Hi Mike,
You are quite right in that the pandemic is far from over. My own take is that the balancing act at some stage has to be a return to normal. Life does contain risk. Again, and this is just my personal opinion is that once the entire population has had the opportunity to be fully vaccinated then restrictions should go.
That said, I would hope that hand-sanitizers remain the norm. And I don't see why the minor inconvenience of masks in shops and public transport should be dispensed with.
It is about risk. Every time I drive I risk killing myself and others. By driving sober, within speed limits etc, that risk becomes acceptable. I think once we have everyone double vaccinated so is the risk of Covid.
Afternoon Brendan. My take is this:
This time last week I was of the view that ffs, come on, we have to get used to living with this Covid sometime. With vaccine rates continually going up and the link with vaccines and hospital admissions severely curtailed, it is time to remove restrictions. I have changed my mind slightly. No wonderCovid rates are going up in some areas.
Sorry London, but what I viewed there was pretty bad. Not many tourists around but certainly only about 50%of those I saw on buses wearing masks. As I previously mentioned, no-one in the pub I saw wore a mask although most did in Central London. Odd that. In fact, some places you cannot enter without a mask. Good. However, other entertainment places, hm…..
I hope that when Mr Drakeford makes his statement for Wales next week, that he makes the wearing of masks in public places compulsory. Allow free movement of people including in pubs and restaurants but keep the hand gel washing and wearing of masks a requirement in public places. My understanding at the moment is that you enter a pub wearing a mask, take it off when you are seated at your table and put it in again when you go to the lav. Similar scenario for food. This doesn’t happen at all places in London. It does happen where I drink locally.
I think this mask/gel requirement is most important in sporting venues where people are in close proximity. Football doesn’t need any negative news. It would be a total disaster if we go to 100% capacity and then at some time in the future we go back to some sort of crowd size control.
