When will this shit end?

[Gilgamesh69]

Been at work tonight, what have I missed? My two questions are:

Are festivals & other large events allowed to go ahead from July 19th?

Will isolating if youve been in contact with someone thats tested positive, still be a thing?

[Toilet Duck]

5 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

It’s good to see the major EU countries really ramping up their rollouts now. They had a woefully slow start and took some well deserved criticism for it but they’ve gotten their arses into gear now and they deserve a lot of credit for doing that. 

We hit 50% of adults double jabbed today! (68% with one dose)…just bought a million unwanted Pfizer and Moderna vaccines from Romania (deal done, crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s) and coupled with allowing J&J for 18-34 year olds from today (phones in pharmacies hopping, no sign of hesitancy), they now reckon we’ll have the entire vaccination programme finished in August (over a month earlier than planned)…we’ll see if we get there, but definitely looking better than it was at Easter!

[zahidf]

Just now, Gilgamesh69 said:

Been at work tonight, what have I missed? My two questions are:

Are festivals & other large events allowed to go ahead from July 19th?

Will isolating if youve been in contact with someone thats tested positive, still be a thing?

Yes for 1.

Not yet for 2 but probably soon

[DeanoL]

1 hour ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Not going to downvote you. Just going to enjoy your faux outrage and tears. We are getting our freedom back in two weeks and there is absolutely nothing you lockdown loving weirdos can do about it. Pleasing 🙂 

I mean, we can not run the events you want to go to (not like for most small music/comedy promoters that promoting is the day job anyway, we don't need it).

And we can not go to the pubs and restaurants we went to before leading to the same problem with numbers that distancing presents. 

What I wonder is how long until the likes of you start to have a real problem with the likes of us not participating in the economy you've desperately wanted open for so long?

[stuartbert two hats]

Any idea what's going on with Novavax? Any idea when they're going to be approved somewhere?

[Gilgamesh69]

Wait a second, are there actually nerds in here that DON"T want restrictions to lift on July 19th?

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Gilgamesh69 said:

Wait a second, are there actually nerds in here that DON"T want restrictions to lift on July 19th?

There aren’t !!! 

[efcfanwirral]

13 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Me too. I'm going to rinse out as much enjoyment as possible from those four days and nights. Right now, I can't look beyond that. Despite everything that's been said today, in my eyes, the situation has never been more uncertain 

Yeah that was my main reason for booking it in the first place to be honest, no idea what the future months will hold but its nice to have something that's almost definitely happening to look forward to! 

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

There aren’t !!! 

Not nerds anyway

[HalfAnIdiot]

11 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Wait a second, are there actually nerds in here that DON"T want restrictions to lift on July 19th?

He shoots, he misses... 

[Gilgamesh69]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Not nerds anyway

Oh dear. Sometimes it feels like these doomsayers will never be happy. Why don't they look on the bright side of things?

[steviewevie]

43 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Whitty seems clear

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/chris-whitty-keeping-covid-restrictions-will-only-delay-wave

That's interesting, models showing that releasing restrictions now could save more lives than waiting till all adults double jabbed...but at same time doesn't take into account booster jabs in the autumn.

[dotdash79]

Three things:

1) if India had been put on the red list when it should rather than when it was, we would be 2 weeks into freedom.

2) I’m already seeing venues that are planning on sticking with fixed tables, etc. I suspect those that can will those venues that can’t won’t

3) people who don’t feel safe won’t go out, no matter what you save you can do. Remember it took eat out to help out to kick start people going out last year. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, dotdash79 said:

Three things:

1) if India had been put on the red list when it should rather than when it was, we would be 2 weeks into freedom.

2) I’m already seeing venues that are planning on sticking with fixed tables, etc. I suspect those that can will those venues that can’t won’t

3) people who don’t feel safe won’t go out, no matter what you save you can do. Remember it took eat out to help out to kick start people going out last year. 

3 good points.

Some of the venues in my town on their social media pages are saying they'll stick to mixed tables etc and won't go back to people queuing at the bars which is interesting.

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Oh dear. Sometimes it feels like these doomsayers will never be happy. Why don't they look on the bright side of things?

You asking me? I don't know, why don't they? Maybe depleted serotonin.

Edited July 5, 2021 by steviewevie

[BobWillis2]

I quit like the table service thing, as long as you don’t have to pre-book and there’s no limit on group size. 
 

Plenty of places in Europe pre pandemic were table service only and it worked fine. 
 

Queuing at the bar is a ball ache. As much as I hate Wetherspoons.. some nights we would go there just because of how quick you get served your drinks through the app versus the scrum at a bar, and then move on to somewhere more interesting later in the night. 

Edited July 5, 2021 by BobWillis2

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

Three things:

1) if India had been put on the red list when it should rather than when it was, we would be 2 weeks into freedom.

2) I’m already seeing venues that are planning on sticking with fixed tables, etc. I suspect those that can will those venues that can’t won’t

3) people who don’t feel safe won’t go out, no matter what you save you can do. Remember it took eat out to help out to kick start people going out last year. 

I think nightclubs are going to be packed

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

I think nightclubs are going to be packed

with fights everywhere .... and police and door staff flat out .... thats if they have enough people to staff the venues and the doors 

[Cooter]

3 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I think nightclubs are going to be packed

Shocking!

[zahidf]

8 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

That's interesting, models showing that releasing restrictions now could save more lives than waiting till all adults double jabbed...but at same time doesn't take into account booster jabs in the autumn.

Well that ISNT what the models say. The models they have is that the exit wave in winter would be worse.

[BobWillis2]

Also good to hear Boris and Whitty confirm what I’ve been saying for months. If it doesn’t happen now/very soon then it wasn’t going to be until spring 2022. 

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, zahidf said:

Well that ISNT what the models say. The models they have is that the exit wave in winter would be worse.

Isn't that what I said?

[HalfAnIdiot]

3 minutes ago, BobWillis2 said:

I quit like the table service thing, as long as you don’t have to pre-book and there’s no limit on group size. 
 

Plenty of places in Europe pre pandemic were table service only and it worked fine. 
 

Queuing at the bar is a ball ache. As much as I hate Wetherspoons.. some nights we would go there just because of how quick you get served your drinks through the app versus the scrum at a bar, and then move on to somewhere more interesting later in the night. 

Yup, table service is definitely 'a good thing' in my book. Very civilised. I hope a few places keep it going. I do tip for table service to encourage this in my own small way. 

[zahidf]

Just now, steviewevie said:

Isn't that what I said?

Doh yes sorry. My mistake 

[dotdash79]

5 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I think nightclubs are going to be packed

I’m not saying they won’t be, but you will see a split night time economy where some venues will hold back on numbers and others won’t