I'm one of those people, I travel round the country blogging about pub life and I see how important they are for communities (not just lonely saddos either), but I'm fully behind the staggered pace of re-opening.
The bigger gripe has been with financial support for pubs, particularly the ones that don't rely on food. Let's see how many survive through to May, possibly more than feared.
Beer gardens will be fun for a month.
as a lonely saddo I reserve the right to sit inside esp in 80 deg weather whilst fun loving families consume microwaved shite and bounce around with their kids between tooting up in the bogs.I'm one of those people, I travel round the country blogging about pub life and I see how important they are for communities (not just lonely saddos either), but I'm fully behind the staggered pace of re-opening.
The bigger gripe has been with financial support for pubs, particularly the ones that don't rely on food. Let's see how many survive through to May, possibly more than feared.
Beer gardens will be fun for a month.
So the Isle of Man had similar case numbers to the whole of Australasia.Feeling really sad for the Isle of Man - 110 cases yesterday. They only had 2 the week before - and 865 in the past 12 months in total - so one eighth of 12 months cases in 24 hours.
That is one heck of an outbreak on a small island that had done so well to protect its people.
Seems to show what one of these raging variants can do in a place that has shielded itself from the world. Whereas in areas that did 'less well' the consequences may prove more easy to manage.
New Zealand may face this when the world opens up.
to be fair...you could swim to the IOM from Liverpool...maybe even sneeze that far...wonder how jersey and guernsey are stacking up?So the Isle of Man had similar case numbers to the whole of Australasia.
Guernsey 0 cases yesterday (like almost every day) and 821 in entire pandemic. And 14 deaths. Again none recentlyto be fair...you could swim to the IOM from Liverpool...maybe even sneeze that far...wonder how jersey and guernsey are stacking up?
Yeah, I think the IOM is another example of how a country that has done so well to keep the virus out is now seeing an exponential increase in cases due to having virtually zero immunity as a result of hardly any of the population being infected previously.Feeling really sad for the Isle of Man - 110 cases yesterday. They only had 2 the week before - and 865 in the past 12 months in total - so one seventh of 12 months cases in 24 hours.
If that was Manchester instead of 48 cases yesterday (under half of the IOM!) it would have had over 2000 cases yesterday.
That is one heck of an outbreak on a small island that had done so well to protect its people.
Seems to show what one of these raging variants can do in a place that has shielded itself from the world. Whereas in areas that did 'less well' as shielding from the world was impractical the consequences may prove more easier to manage.
The IOM have a population of 85,000 and 16, 959 of them have had a first dose - so they have a way to go.
New Zealand may face this when the world opens up. They have vaccinated under 10,000 people - less than the IOM - and just 0.2% versus the 40% in the UK.
That certainly puts it in context yes.So the Isle of Man had similar case numbers to the whole of Australasia.
Yes, this was my point. It is a problem I do not think many are quite understanding yet with the call to open up the planet.Yeah, I think the IOM is another example of how a country that has done so well to keep the virus out is now seeing an exponential increase in cases due to having virtually zero immunity as a result of hardly any of the population being infected previously.