Freedom Day, July 19, will go ahead ?

[bad company]

This time?

[Eric Mc]

I think they will go ahead with some sort of restriction lifting on 19 July - although it may not be as complete as we would like.

[mrbikerdood]

From July it will be the new Echo variant & so on

[bad company]

mrbikerdood said:

From July it will be the new Echo variant & so on

A virus continues to mutate, who’d have thought it.

[JagLover]

It is all about phycology and leading to where the want to take things next.

I think there is more chance of this one happening as a brief "Holiday" before the push for the autumn lockdown begins.

Mask mandates, and some social distancing restrictions, likely to remain to maintain a sense of "crisis".

[valiant]

Complete lifting of all restrictions?

Not. A. Chance.

[Jimmy No Hands]

No, not in full - unless we make it happen.

[bad company]

Will this happen yet again? My money’s on yes it will.

[TheJimi]

valiant said:

Complete lifting of all restrictions?

Not. A. Chance.

This.

Not a snowball's chance in hell.

and Scotland is even worse, going by the narrative.

[Colonel Cupcake]

I very much doubt it.

There will always be another variant.

Then, we would need to vaccinate the unborn and all our pets.

By that time, everyone will need boosters so everyone would need doing again.

On a personal level, I never wear masks and I mix with who I like, where I like, when I like.

Obviously, I cannot force establishments to open. I am too old for nightclubs, I don't like sports or large concerts but I certainly don't want to stop anyone else enjoying them.

[Saweep]

No chance this is over till Spring 22 at the earliest.

[Jasandjules]

At this point in time I see no hope of lifting the restrictions. It will only be when people simply fail to comply.

[BeastieBoy73]

Which year?

[Douglas Quaid]

I didn’t want to think it before but I think this is the new normal. It I’ll only get worse from here.

[Jader1973]

Of course not.

Because now it isn’t hospitalisations or deaths that matter, it is number of cases.

Although, with all the at risk people immunised the number of cases doesn’t matter, except it does.

If you see what I mean.

[Vickers_VC10]

Masks and social distancing are here forever. There will always be a reason and majority are on side with keeping the status quo.

[abzmike]

There will be a political imperative for BJ to look like he is releasing restrictions. However, it is very hard to see full nightclubs, normal service in pubs, mask free retail etc any time soon.

[richardxjr]

IF there is ever a back to normal it won't be before, miraculously, March 2024.

ETA and then, alas, restrictions re-introduced that summer.

Edited by richardxjr on Tuesday 15th June 09:15

[Einion Yrth]

mrbikerdood said:

From July it will be the new Echo variant & so on

Eplsilon - Greek, not NATO.

[The Ferret]

It won't ever be over, this is the new normal which the public have voted for, and will continue to.

The final nail in the coffin is a lockdown later this year, when furlough is no longer around (they will remove that, without a shadow of doubt). That will be the real defining moment. At that point the public will be screaming for financial support, and with the realisation that this in/out uncertainty is going to be around indefinitely due to variants, a UBI system really is the only long term answer.

At that point the new normal begins to take shape. It will sound like a good idea by then to most, despite the sacrifices made to achieve it.