When will we be able to go to the pub again?

[Johnnytheboy]

garyhun said:

Davetheraver said:

My phone says I have been in 42 different drink and eating venues in February. 132 total visits.

I’m impressed and envious in equal measure

Appropriate user name is appropriate...

[hotchy]

Im worried about my new found weight loss (1stone 7lb) vanishing if eat out to help out returns. Oh well lol can't wait! Ill be going full on mental. No silly rules, bring it on. People should really just stop getting tested then they can't shut us down.

[Not-The-Messiah]

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[bad company]

Not-The-Messiah said:

^this, cases don't matter if number ending up in hospital are manageable.

When we open up cases will inevitably rise. If you look at the previous times the young get it first then it spreads through the age groups. But when the young get it very few end up in hospital it's just not a problem.
It only gets bad when it hit the 50+ groups once these have been vaccine it will no longer be a problem.

We can then just forget about cases, it's here to stay it will be circulating in society. Everyone will get it every now and then getting a natural booster jab.

I agree but so many people are still terrified. Mrs BC and I walk on lanes and footpaths and come across people miles from anywhere wearing masks and making a point of passing at least 15 feet or more away from us. Others are too scared to leave home at all.

Project fear has succeeded.

[okgo]

bad company said:

I agree but so many people are still terrified. Mrs BC and I walk on lanes and footpaths and come across people miles from anywhere wearing masks and making a point of passing at least 15 feet or more away from us. Others are too scared to leave home at all.

Project fear has succeeded.

Hilarious.

Business as usual in London. Apart from the shops of course. Parks and such as busy as a summers day last week.

[jakesmith]

okgo said:

bad company said:

I agree but so many people are still terrified. Mrs BC and I walk on lanes and footpaths and come across people miles from anywhere wearing masks and making a point of passing at least 15 feet or more away from us. Others are too scared to leave home at all.

Project fear has succeeded.

Hilarious.

Business as usual in London. Apart from the shops of course. Parks and such as busy as a summers day last week.

Was out in Newcastle last night. Walked to the Tesco Express and back. Streets full of teens / student age kids loitering in groups of 2-5. Police sitting in their van across the road doing nothing. Bizarre.

[21st Century Man]

They're still jumping off the pavement or diving into driveways around here.

[bad company]

okgo said:

bad company said:

I agree but so many people are still terrified. Mrs BC and I walk on lanes and footpaths and come across people miles from anywhere wearing masks and making a point of passing at least 15 feet or more away from us. Others are too scared to leave home at all.

Project fear has succeeded.

Hilarious.

Business as usual in London. Apart from the shops of course. Parks and such as busy as a summers day last week.

I’ve seen pictures of the very busy London parks. More space available up here in East Anglia.

[cherryowen]

21st Century Man said:

They're still jumping off the pavement or diving into driveways around here.

Not quite as bad as that around here.

However, had to visit the local Co-Op earlier to get some milk and there I was in a queue of 5 outside which was 30-odd feet long because "One person out, one person in" policy. The three women in front, all in their 20's I'd say, were all masked up. All the time in that b@stard light but persistent rain. I'm fking sick to death of all this masking / distancing / frightened of shadows st now.

[TameRacingDriver]

cherryowen said:

Not quite as bad as that around here.

However, had to visit the local Co-Op earlier to get some milk and there I was in a queue of 5 outside which was 30-odd feet long because "One person out, one person in" policy. The three women in front, all in their 20's I'd say, were all masked up. All the time in that b@stard light but persistent rain. I'm fking sick to death of all this masking / distancing / frightened of shadows st now.

It's weird with the co-op. We've got about 4 within a 2 mile radius where I live. Most of them seem to just be a relative free for all, but the one in the posher village down the road is 1 in 1 out.

[nonsequitur]

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[Carrot]

cherryowen said:

21st Century Man said:

They're still jumping off the pavement or diving into driveways around here.

Not quite as bad as that around here.

However, had to visit the local Co-Op earlier to get some milk and there I was in a queue of 5 outside which was 30-odd feet long because "One person out, one person in" policy. The three women in front, all in their 20's I'd say, were all masked up. All the time in that b@stard light but persistent rain. I'm fking sick to death of all this masking / distancing / frightened of shadows st now.

Not so bad round here, seen the odd single person in a car wearing a mask (for years to come they will be trying to figure that one out scientifically...). I can even understand wearing a mask outside at the moment due to the cold but in the car on the M3 is just strange...

Certainly nobody leaping into the bushes or running away from dogs like in the first lockdown when out walking in the fields.

I think even the most gullible are not falling for it anymore.

[bad company]

nonsequitur said:

Our local Waitrose has a person on the door with spare masks for those who have 'forgotten' them or 'left it in the car'. No one escapes. 100% masking. Shop with confidence in the quinoa aisle.

You just say that you’re exempt and they’ll let you in without a mask/muzzle.

[SCEtoAUX]

39 positive tests per 100,000 here in Somerset, yet people driving wearing masks.

I think they are either terrified or more likely, virtue signalling.

[Cotty]

Carrot said:

Certainly nobody leaping into the bushes or running away from dogs like in the first lockdown when out walking in the fields.
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I wish they would. Last time out it seemed that no one was socially distancing, just walking as close to other people as they like. I haven't spent a year avoiding people to catch the bloody thing just as I am due to get my jab.

[bad company]

SCEtoAUX said:

39 positive tests per 100,000 here in Somerset, yet people driving wearing masks.

I think they are either terrified or more likely, virtue signalling.

There’s a third option. They’re possibly/probably stupid.

[bad company]

Cotty said:

I wish they would. Last time out it seemed that no one was socially distancing, just walking as close to other people as they like. I haven't spent a year avoiding people to catch the bloody thing just as I am due to get my jab.

You sound like a victim of project fear, you’re so unlikely to catch Covid outside it’s ridiculous. How many infections from the crowded beaches at Bournemouth and other places last summer?

[Carrot]

bad company said:

SCEtoAUX said:

39 positive tests per 100,000 here in Somerset, yet people driving wearing masks.

I think they are either terrified or more likely, virtue signalling.

There’s a third option. They’re possibly/probably stupid.

Funny and very true...

[Cotty]

bad company said:

Cotty said:

I wish they would. Last time out it seemed that no one was socially distancing, just walking as close to other people as they like. I haven't spent a year avoiding people to catch the bloody thing just as I am due to get my jab.

You sound like a victim of project fear, you’re so unlikely to catch Covid outside it’s ridiculous. How many infections from the crowded beaches at Bournemouth and other places last summer?

I don't know as I am not a medical professional and was not able to check everyone after the events.

project fear or not I quite like the idea of people actually looking where they are going and avoiding walking into other people. But then maybe I just like manners.