>>>On a more practical note, and at the nub of the debate, it is patently another nail in the Government's pandemic messaging, which was already confused. I don't think that does us any favours as individuals or a country either.<<
Absolutely. The government has been behind the people's actions for weeks. Yesterday it was annouced that we would soon be able to socialise with one family in the garden. Well, every one I know has been doing that for the last three or four weeks with no incidence of virus transmission. Anyone with any intelligence and a little scientific knowledge is aware that the virus is almost impossible to get if you are outdoors and social distancing.
The main sources of transmission are internal and in close proximity for a reasonable length of time. Hence care homes are the worst places to be. Even the BBC managed to report that anyone under 45 has no increased risk of death due to Covid-19; i.e. teachers and schoolchildren can get back to work!
Unfortunately too many people, furloughed or working permanently from home are totally scared of the virus and assume it will attack them as they leave their front doors. Those of us out and about doing our jobs are being careful but it is not really affecting our lives unless we have to queue in a shop or line up for the ridiculously shortened hours of banking.
Time for people to grow up, the government to trust the populous to understand the risks and get the economy back. Apart from a few hotspots the property market is going nowhere, when most people are scared for their jobs and will not move house until they feel secure.
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