Covid restrictions likely to be lifted on July 19 in England

[louisa maud]

It is  difficult  isn't  it?, , I  heard  a  radio  programme once  where  an elderly  lady  said  it  was the  only chance  she  had  all week of  touching anyone and welcomed it, well done  the  lady  who knelt, I  haven' t  got  that  courage  either but  I  do  wonder  if  it  will be abolished now

LM

[ThrelfallYorky]

I employed as "swing round" of trolley in the checkout queue to "move" someone from crowding too close, quite early on in all this. The woman - and friend - and child on the trolley, queuing behind me was getting SO close, so I "idly" swung my trolley round from in front of me to behind me - caught her with it, smiled sweetly and apologised and said that I'd thought she'd have been further away than a mere trolley length.....
TY

[Maiden Stone]

The woman - and friend - and child on the trolley, queuing behind me was getting SO close, so I "idly" swung my trolley round from in front of me to behind me - caught her with it, smiled sweetly and apologised and said that I'd thought she'd have been further away than a mere trolley length.....

Reminds me of graphics last year to illustrate a distance of 2 metres. 2 trolley-lengths apart.
A website for a farm shop showed 2 metres in lengths of farm animals. Keep a Belted Galloway between you. 

[BushInn1746]

I usually go self service separated by perspex screens from the next.

However, I've had to use a conveyor check-out a few times in the last year or so and put the next customer triangle divider about a metre away from where my personal shopping ends.

However, it did not work last week when a chap dropped a loaf of bread in the short space I'd deliberately created and added a divider, then he proceeded to sneeze over his shopping  , but his mouth and nose were mask covered, thank goodness!

Mark

[treedahlia]

A new more. virulent strain labelled Lambda has recently been reported in the UK so it seems odd to me that your government would give you all the green. light at this time.

[Pheno]

A new more. virulent strain labelled Lambda has recently been reported in the UK so it seems odd to me that your government would give you all the green. light at this time.

I don't know where u are located but here, after a long 18 months, it is simply the time when the economy has won out over health.  Nobody thinks it is going away and estimates are more hospitalisations and more deaths but it seems the economy is dwindling and needs a boost.

Surge in holiday bookings following the changed quarantine rules yesterday.

Rather than the government taking control over how we deal with coronavirus we are now taking control ourselves.

Interesting to see, if after obvious initial spike, things settle down.

Pheno

[sonofthom]

It is not just the economy. The UK government has now admitted that the measures against Covid have themselves cost lives.

[jo1962]

There will always be new strains, we can't live with restrictions forever otherwise there will be no life to return to. The vaccination roll out has been a success, and I think we need to trust the vaccine to do the job of preventing serious illness and death. If we don't then what is the point of having it?  The economy has suffered but so has people's physical and mental health, and will continue to do so while we live with restrictions. People need the chance to get back into work, restart their businesses and get on with family life. I know of several small businesses who are clinging on by their finger nails. If restrictions last much longer they will go bust, they will lose their livelihoods. The knock on affect of that is that they could lose their homes. Let's be aware of covid and be sensible in our behaviour, but we need to stop hiding from it and move on. Life is for living.

[josey]

I am also happy not to have to wander round shaking hands in church during "the peace".

There are other friendly ways of greeting, like the namaste clasped hands or the right hand on the heart; I am surprised these have not been adopted more. Elbow bumps actually bring people within less than 2 meters, though sadly this guidance is part of the restrictions being lifted.