I’d hope so but sounds like bojo electioneering and grandstanding myselfIt's all subject to what happens between now and then.
He did say that.I’d hope so but sounds like bojo electioneering and grandstanding myself
The government are testing mass events in the lead up to this. They’ve been really slow in releasing restrictions this time. At least for once it seems to be scientifically ledSurely this will lead to a spike and therefore an inevitable third/fourth wave.
I’m all for easing lockdown restrictions but this seems like madness to me, especially with so many still to have the first if not second jab.
I think the 1 metre rule of all the rules seems a sensible one to let go of next. its not really based on a lot. Initially the science was suggesting one metre if the virus was only droplet led.
The most important thing to invest time and effort into is good ventilation for me. especially in the winter months. get clean fresh air circulating well. and keep washing hands lots.
we have to endeavour for normality slowly, and interventions/ actions that can be implemented more permanantly to support that are key.
Good ventilation should have been a thing in every office before covid.Yeah, I don't mind going back to an office, as long as it actually has windows that open and close... unlike the one I worked in pre-COVID
The decision at the beginning that this wasn't an airborne virus, but droplets that drop to the floor indoors, appears to be wrong. So the only thing 2m versus 1m will do is minimise the high viral load of a cough in the face. Hopefully, the vaccination programme, for those not fully protected, is minimising the viral load in those who subsequently get infected. There was an early German study where a house with two infected people was swabbed down and no signs of the virus was detected; this should have raised questions about the droplet theory.I am not sure there was ever any good evidence to support a 1m rule. Indoors the air becomes saturated with the virus very quickly. Outdoors, hmm maybe.
Kids have been sardined into classrooms for months now with no spike. Anyone who thinks kids socially distance, clearly doesn't have any.
People have been packing into shops for weeks with no spike.
Zorro, I don't think you have a lot to worry about at the minute. A new variant, then maybe, but right now all evidence suggests we are good to go.
Whilst I dislike hand sanitizer, I would like to see that as a thing moving forward, in fact forever. It's cheap, non-intrusive and will help with lots of different diseases.
That's what I said, without the in-depth explanation and the fancy graphics, admittedly.The decision at the beginning that this wasn't an airborne virus, but droplets that drop to the floor indoors, appears to be wrong. So the only thing 2m versus 1m will do is minimise the high viral load of a cough in the face. Hopefully, the vaccination programme, for those not fully protected, is minimising the viral load in those who subsequently get infected. There was an early German study where a house with two infected people was swabbed down and no signs of the virus was detected; this should have raised questions about the droplet theory.
School classrooms appear to be only areas where there have been increases in infections since March. They increased till Easter, fell away and are now rising again, albeit very slowly. Part of the reason for a measurable increase will be the increased testing of that age group, so it is only indicative of an increase rather than the rate of increase compared with a mostly untested general population.
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You're telling me, it was unbearable in the summer.Good ventilation should have been a thing in every office before covid.
We have **** hot ventilation in the kitchen at work (obviously) but it's still like working in the breath of a dragon in the summerYou're telling me, it was unbearable in the summer.
Didn't help that if one person moaned about the air con being too cold, it was turned off for the entire building.