UK Covid death toll

[Tom Joad]

We are in a better place hopefully. It does appear that they are locking down at the point they should have done last time, my gut feeling is that if they had done it right the 1st time there wouldn't be such a need for this lockdown. The nightingales are available if they have the staff to run them and we as a nation are much more aware of what is needed now.

The problem that i can see now is the blanket approach to everything in one area - I went to a nice pub last night, the staff did everything well and masks were required when not sitting down and the service was great on both food and drink. We checked in and had reserved seats - those same staff will be penalised if there is a harder lockdown when they have done, and are doing, everything right. Penalise those that need it, not those that are abiding by the rules.

So true. Too many are lumping pubs into a general heap of things that can be dismissed as antisocial. My experience is completely the opposite and I'm finding the ones I use to be very organised. All the more so in this difficult situation where numbers are restricted and profits either reduced or non existent. I am desperately hoping that an evening pint after a days' work or a nice meal in a pub isn't added to the forbidden list along with visits to kids, grandkids, friends, cricket and The Hawthorns. I'm miserable enough as it is!