https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54442386

Surely all of us can agree that we can't keep having these blanket rules affecting everyone. I'm glad Nic hasn't put all of Scotland under the new restrictions and has focused on the central belt but closing restaurants COMPLETELY is sooo excessive, and the alcohol rule will just lead to more conjestion. These new measures really aren't going down well here. I get the need for the restrictions to continue as cases are rising so fastly and I won't mind so much if these ones only last the two weeks. We'll see I guess!

Haven't the rates in the lockdown cities of Bolton etc. actually gone up anyway - in the new normal when I've gone to places for a coffee or a bite to eat I've felt incredibly safe, the staff are all wearing face coverings, there are one-way systems and you check-in with providing trace details or the NHS app. Everyone is well spaced out, they santisied our hands as we went in and in the summer months you could sit outside too.

The worst place is work but thankfully we are only allowed MAX 2 in the office at the same time, and we must wipe down our desks/keyboards etc. at the end of each shift.

The stats are quite interesting - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...ort_week_40.pdf - scroll to page 16 and the 2x charts.

I mean maybe Governments are missing something that I am. I think the issue is in a lot of workplaces (including hospitality) is its very difficult for staff to distance each other. Its easier when you're in an office, but still, what is the point of the risk?

Quite simply all these measures we have in place I don't think are that effective unless you are truly accurate with your track & trace and then make sure people isolate.

Bolton: up almost 13 times from 20 cases to 255 per 100k people
Burnley: over 20 times from 21 to 434 per 100k
Bury: over 13 times from 20 to 266 per 100k

Yes, agreed. Here are the stats I was referring to btw:

Bolton: up almost 13 times from 20 cases to 255 per 100k people
Burnley: over 20 times from 21 to 434 per 100k
Bury: over 13 times from 20 to 266 per 100k

^^ These are whilst under stricter restrictions for TWO MONTHS.

Isn't the central belt like 80% of the population though? I get the need for action, but its the same in England as well, the majority of it falls on deaf ears.

Social distancing in school is impossible. The kids aren’t required to distance so they just act like normal. Teachers are supposed to distance but we don’t because it’s almost impossible and kids literally walk right up to you without thinking. The kids aren’t wearing masks even though we encourage them to but the staff are wearing them in corridors. I imagine it’s just as difficult in other work places.

The kids were more careful in July when we opened with social distancing. There were almost 6 months to plan, instigate and more importantly spend to make schools a more safe environment. But of course that doesn’t happen and case numbers soar.

The mask compliance in the corridors has been almost 100% here, well moving between classes it has at least.

Things will change when upper middle class people are affected.

It’s scary to see hospital admissions rising now too

So apparently loads of teachers have been told by their schools not to use the NHS Test and Trace app as it keeps alerting them to close positive cases and instructing them to self isolate for fourteen days even after receiving a negative test result. It’s supposedly causing chaos in some schools.

We had a depressing Covid meeting first thing today and one teacher said we need to prioritise our own health over the children’s education. There’s a point in there but I really don’t think the education is that trivial.

So apparently loads of teachers have been told by their schools not to use the NHS Test and Trace app as it keeps alerting them to close positive cases and instructing them to self isolate for fourteen days even after receiving a negative test result. It’s supposedly causing chaos in some schools.

We had a depressing Covid meeting first thing today and one teacher said we need to prioritise our own health over the children’s education. There’s a point in there but I really don’t think the education is that trivial.